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.

Party Favors

Remember the 'Cars' birthday invitations?! Well, I decided to make fun favors to give to the kids at the party. Scoring the box itself took a while longer than I imagined, but otherwise, it was a rather quick project to put together - especially because I had all the supplies I needed at home.

I am having Cricut withdraws....

I've been so busy with work related things, but working on so many crafty projects at the same time, that none of them seem to be getting done. By the end of the weekend, I should have one or two more new projects posted (even a new detailed LO). Stay tuned! :)

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.

Modern Framed Art...Cricut Style!

I wanted something colorful for my master bedroom, but couldn't find anything I really liked. Hence, my bedrooms walls have been bare since I moved into my brand new house a year and a half ago. So the next alternative?! I made my own art using my cricut! The color scheme in my room is beige/light brown and green. So to break up the earth tones, I wanted bold, bright colors for the walls to cheer up the place a bit. Here's what I came up with...


When mom saw it, she decided she needed a pair for her bedroom as well, but wanted a different color scheme (and I wound up liking her tone of green better, so I went back and re-did my green). I had her choose the paper, and cutting we went... (FYI - mom FINALLY loves the cricut LOL)

The best part about this project, is that it was cheap and didn't take a lot of time. I found the frames at Michael's - for $10.00 each after a 50% off coupon (*sigh*, I love coupons). The background, chocolate/brown paper is the big paper from the drawing/sketching areas at Michael's or Hobby Lobby - they run $.79-$2.99 (mine was only $1.99 for the color I chose). I already had the paper for the leaves, and once I had them cut, it took all of 15-20 minutes to put everything together. The overall cost of the project: $11.00 (each) !!!!!! Oh the possibilities to come.....

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!

Father's Day Card

I finally got around to finishing my honey's Father's Day card, and I like the way it turned out! I started with a design in mind, and actually stuck with it (minus the patterned paper); but I have to say I can't live without my Gypsy (I heart my G!!). I designed the whole thing at different times of the day when my baby boy was sleeping, then plugged it in, cut and assembled it. I was so excited I was almost done, that I forgot to run the golf ball through my cuttlebug, but oh well! I hope daddy likes his card!

A Flowery "Pick-Me-Up"

A good friend of mine is resting in bed after having surgery, and I thought a simple 'get well' card wasn't enough. So, I decided to make her something happier - something that just screamed summer - since we both have a wonderful, and well deserved summer vacation ahead of us!

If you can't read it, because my picture-taking abilities aren't quite what they could be, it says "If friends were flowers, I'd pick you."

A Unique Thank You Card

A friend I work with is helping me with last minute things as I get ready to move to the new Early Learning Center in our district. I wanted to say thank you, but with something that just screamed "her". I absolutely loved this background cut on the Wild Card cart and couldn't figure out exactly what to add to it, but I knew I wanted to use a skull somewhere in the design (which she loves). I wound up finding the same design I had in mind on the cricutcritters blog. I went ahead and added the bow Tammy had used, because it added a girly touch. My friend will love it!

You Rock Card

So, just when I thought the news couldn't get any better, my niece - who is a 3rd grader and taking the TAKS test for the first time herself - tells me she passed BOTH tests with 100%. I was so excited for her!! So, I was obviously going to take the opportunity to make another card.

The funny thing is, I thought I would never use my cricut for card marking, because I bought it with the sole intention of making my son's scrapbook. Needless to say, I am yet to get started on that. But hey, I'm glad to announce that the cards didn't take over 2 hours like the first two or three...I'm actually down do about 30-45 minutes. YAY me!!