explosion

Friday was the "big" gift for our Boo Buddies, so I made a Halloween explosion box to hold a gift card to her favorite store. I wish I would've had more time to add details, but there were too many projects to finish in a short amount of time. She LOVED it, though! :)

A Fashionable Birthday

My family and I went out to celebrate my sister's birthday this past week. I couldn't quite figure out what to get her, so I thought a gift card was just the answer (though I'm not too keen on giving gift carts - they're so impersonal). So, I needed an idea of how to present her gift in a more exciting way than a regular, everyday card. She's very much into fashion, so I took that into account, and here's what I came up with...

A few people have requested directions for the box, and I hope it makes sense to you guys. Here we go...

Box Bottom: 12x12 paper, scored at 4" and 8" - turn your paper 90 degrees and score again. Cut the four outer edges. The polka-dot paper layers are cut at 3 3/4 x 3 3/4. I rounded all the corners with a corner punch.

Box Lid: 7x7 paper, scored at 1 1/2" and 5 1/2" - turn your paper 90 degrees and score again. To make it easier to put your sides together, cut a small slit on outer edges.

Cake: I used a DS cut file for the cake - I can't remember where I got it, but I'll be glad to send it to you if you e-mail me. It is totally doable WITHOUT DS or a G with paper strips and circles, so if you need help with that, let me know.

Cake Decor: I cut a strip at a little shorter than 1" and punched it with a MS edger punch. The shoe on top was cut at 1" for my very fashionable sister :)

Gift Card Holder: I got out my driver's licence (seriously! :)) to measure the size of the gift card. I cut a rectangle that would fit perfectly all the way around. For the tab that closes, I cut a rectangle at 1 1/2", taped it to the back and made a small slit on the front to insert it. I figured when I closed the box, the gift card might slide out, so I cut another rectangle at 1" and taped it to hold on the side that would be facing down when the box was closed.

It's a Party!!

My honey's little boy is turning 3 in a few weeks, and asked if I could make the invitations for his Cars-themed party. I said of course!!! I never pass up the chance to create something with my cricut, and I just happen to have the Cars cart! Anyways, I made 18 of these invitations to be sent out for the party. I considered using McQueen for it, but I thought I'd save the more detailed work for the decorations...to come after the party... and made something simple and quick. Well, semi-quick lol.

A Sweet Birthday Card

I am getting together with the girls for a friend's birthday on Thursday, so I made a card to go with her gift. I had the colors picked out, but had to play around with my CB and punches to figure out what I wanted and where. After I embossed the cupcake itself, I thought it was still missing 'something', so I used stickels to make it a bit more cheery!

A Baby Shower

My best friend's baby shower is tomorrow afternoon, and I had not bought a card in hopes of making one. Needless to say, I wasn't going to bed tonight until I accomplished that task (way to procrastinate). Since I'm new to crafting,and things don't come to me all that quick, I really had to play around with it until I made something I actually liked. I'm sure I could've "blog hopped" until I found some great ideas, but I wanted to make something myself. So, after a few scraps of cardstock, and lots of extra, unused cutouts later, this is what I came up with...



I used the New Arrival cartridge and my Cuttlebug (as you can see I'm currently a bit addicted to it)