Birthday Blog Hop

So happy you could join me for the “It’s My Birthday Blog Hop” hosted by Crafty Card Gallery.

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You should be coming from Audrey at http://audreyscardsbydesign.blogspot.com/. If you need to go to the beginning, head to the Crafty Card Gallery blog.
For my birthday project I made a card with the Smiley Cards Cartridge.

Supplies:
  • cardstock: black from Hobby Lobby
  • patterned paper: We R Memory Keepers
  • cake diecut and phrase: Smiley Cards cartridge
  • DMC floss (2 strands)
  • glossy accents on flames and cake frosting
  • ribbon: We R Memory Keepers
  • brads: stash

Sizes:

  • Card base is standard A2 size – 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ (5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ folded in half)
  • Cake: 3 1/2″
  • 3 strips for front: 1 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ each
  • green paper: 3″ x 3  3/4″ with the top corners rounded
  • (Inside) rectangle: 5″ x 3 3/4″ with corners rounded
  • (inside) strip: 1 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
  • (inside) circle: 3 1/4″
  • (inside) “Ha-p B-day” 2.87″ wide x 1.72″ tall (on gypsy)

Thanks so much for hopping through! Your next stop is Cherie at www.CherieScraps.blogspot.com

Here’s the complete list:
8 Nicolette (Beyond Scrapin) www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com
9 Ellen Jarvis (Cardmonkey) www.cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com
10 Kellie (Crafty Baskets) http://craftybaskets.blogspot.com/
20 Brandi http://learningthecricut.com/ <—–YOU ARE HERE
21 Cherie http://cheriescraps.blogspot.com/ <—–YOUR NEXT BLOG
28 Michelle (Scrappin with my Bug) http://www.scrappinwithmybug.com
33 Scraps to treasure www.scraps2treasure.blogspot.com

Happy Birthday Cricut Mug

Yesterday was my Daddy’s birthday. I bought him a gift card to his favorite place to eat. He’s a beer drinker, so I thought a beer mug would be perfect.

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The mug and the “cheers” is from the Smiley cards cartridge. I welded the mug shape into a card and then attached patterned paper inside to make a pocket for the gift card. I made the ‘beer’ inside by cutting the mug smaller than the original. I then cut the handle off and made it wavy at the top with scissors. I embossed the foam with the swirls in my Cuttlebug. The word I printed from my computer on white cardstock.

I would love to make one again but with acetate so it is clear like a real mug. I didn’t have any, so cardstock had to do.

Thanks for visiting! I will be participating in a blog hop starting this Saturday.

“Be Mine”: Slumber Party Lite Cart

Better late than never, right?!….

I’ve been under the weather a bit. Swinging from sunny to blizzard back to sunny has sent my sinuses haywire. Feeling a bit better now but for a couple days I didn’t wanna get out of bed. I even took a pillow and slept in the car during Cali’s basketball practice last night!

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I made this little card from the Slumber Party Lite cartridge.

Supplies:

  • My Minds Eye paper (not sure which line) 8″x4″ folded in half
  • Bazzill Bling (pink heart and behind the numbers)
  • Cut from Slumber Party Lite at 3 1/2″
  • “Be Mine’ rubon from a Basic Grey card kit
  • Ribbon and bling from stash

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Don’t forget… You have until the end of February to let me know if you are interested in sharing your work in my ‘secret” (for now) project. brandigore (AT) hotmail (DOT) com.

Cricut Card: Smiley Cards Car

I went to get a tire checked out this morning and overheard the man telling how his wife didn’t clear her windows well enough and ended up doing a good amount of damage to their car by hitting a light pole. I kept thinking how horrible she must feel. So, I headed home and made this cute card. It’s the first time I’ve used the Smiley Cards download that we got on our Gypsys. I dropped it off this afternoon. Hopefully it brightened her day when he brought it home to her.

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The background card is 4×6 (8×6 folded in half)

All the car pieces are cut at 3.35″ I used mini brads for the eyes.

The strip across the card is 1.5″x6″ and I wrapped black ribbon around it.

Now it’s your turn….grab a cart you haven’t used and get cutting. Or make a card to brighten someone’s day- even a stranger’s!

MPS Challenge Card and Checklist Winner

My Pink Stamper has started having Wednesdays be “Imagine That Wednesday“. Yesterday she had a challenge to use an Imagine cart and bling up your project. So… I used the Imagine Best Friends cart and added some Stickles.

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Also, the winner of the Cricut Checklist App is Lisa Malcom. I combined comments from the blog and the post on Facebook since most people seem to read the blog posts from Facebook. Congrats Lisa!

Have Your Cake and Eat It Too…

Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and are refreshed for the week ahead.

This weekend I made a masculine birthday card using the Sweet Treats cartridge and some old KI paper. You know you’ve been scrapping a long time if you recognize that paper!

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Baby It’s Cold Outside Card

Well, after blogging for an hour and everything being deleted, this post will be short and sweet.

Card made with Create a Critter, Peachy Keen Stamps, and My Pink Stamper Winter Punnies stamps.

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Sweet Card from My Pink Stamper

Robyn (My Pink Stamper) sent me this cute card before my Creating Keepsakes Convention classes!

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She was sweet enough to send some giveaways- her Cricut DVD and stamps. She even sent me some of her new stamps, Winter Punnies, to play with.

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Thanks Robyn!!

New Thanksgiving and Cmas Seasonal Carts

If you haven’t heard already, there are three new seasonal cartridges. And lucky for us…the imaged have been leaked! They are Thanksgiving, Christmas Village, and Christmas Cards.

Thanksgiving

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Christmas Village

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Christmas Cards

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Your favorite? I love the phrases on the Thanksgiving but think I would get the most use out of the Christmas Cards.

Seasonal Cartridges retail at $24.99 and are supposed to be available for just a season.

My Beautiful Bra…

Our precious Cricut friend Monique has recently been diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. You can follow her journey on her Caring Bridge Site

Last night I made this card for her with my Gypsy. I used the bikini top from Life’s A Beach, flipped one of them and welded them together. Pretty cute for a bra I must say:)

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Robyn from My Pink Stamper has encouraged us all to send pink cards her way, and I would like to make that a reality. You can participate in the “Pink for Monique” campaign by sending cards and words of encouragement to:

Monique Griffith
1879 Butterfly Ct.
Rocklin, CA 95765

I can not possibly imagine what she and her family are going through right now. I do know that we can lift her up and keep her covered in prayer. My Jesus is a healing Jesus,  and I know that He has her family in the refuge of His wings.

I have never used a “linky’ before, but if you make a card for Monique (or a breast cancer/pink card in general), Please link your pic so we can all be encouraged and inspired. Thank you all!