Birthday and Birthday card

Sorry I haven't written a new post in a while. Things have been a bit hectic. My niece was down a few weekends ago and this past weekend was my birthday. I have bunch of birthdays coming up very soon so I will be making quite a few cards in the next little while (I also have to make a wedding card for a friend too!).

I was inspired by this card that I found on pintrest. I'm not sure who made it, but it's so cute. Love the little kites in the clouds.

 I got a cuttlebug and embossing folders for my birthday and I just love it. It`s a black cuttlebug, isn`t that cool? I think you can only get it at walmart, because I've never seen a black cuttlebug anywhere else. I also got the original Create A Critter cartridge too.

I cut the clouds and kites for this card using my new create a critter cartridge. I ran the pattern paper through my cuttlebug using the devine swirls embossing folder. I glue the blue clouds directly to the card and used pop dots on the white clouds and kites. I stamped the sentiment in Close to Cocoa with the fabulous Phrases stamp set from Stampin Up. I cut the pink scalloped piece at the top of the card with my pattern scissors. The bow is actually crochet thread, I'm too cheap to buy that fancy twine stuff.

 I'll be back soon with a post on my husband's birthday card (I'm thinking of making him a never ending card) and a wedding card for a friend of mine. Thanks for reading!

Early starts

 I started playing with the cricut markers that I got for christmas and I can`t believe how easy these are to use. They even put the settings on the marker (thanks cricut!). Tags, bags, boxes and more 2 has card phrases for use with the pen (and in my mind perfect for the markers too). Since Valentine`s Day is coming up, I decided I`d pick "Be Mine" to draw. I know Valentine`s is a month away, but I`m a terrible procrastinator if I let myself. I decided I didn`t want to cut the cordinating card and I just used a scrap of paper and then matted it with some dark red. I think it looks great, might turn down the pressure a bit though.

I was so excited that my friend`s birthday was coming up because I had the chance to make a birthday card for the first time. My friend is a guy so I couldn`t do anything too girly, but I think it turned out nicely. This card is made entirely from Create A Critter 2. That cupcake is super cute!



I don`t have any stamps for birthdays yet, so I decided that I`d cut out a sentiment for the inside of the card too. So I cut "Make a wish". Sorry about the fuzzy picture, I tried a bunch of times to take a clear picture. My camera doesn't seem to like the colours.



 

I'll post when I complete the Valentine's Day card and a couple of other cards in my queue.