7th Birthday Cards

Hard to believe the twins turned 7!

The girls love cards with movement and so I had to put my thinking cap on for this card because their theme was gummy bears, do you know how hard it is to come up with gummy bears?

First I dug out my Sizzix card base Pop 'n Cuts Die (retired) and cut one in Real Red and one in Pacific Point. 

I next cut a strip of paper that was the same length as the card and ¼" shorter in width than the card from the It's My Party Designer Series Paper. Trim the DSP so it doesn't cover the edge of the base where the card attaches. Round the edges with the Project Life Corner punch.

I used the Ovals Collection Framelits on Whisper White Cardstock and the blue or red cardstock to make the front of the card. Used the Number Of Years bundle set to make the seven and banner. For their names I used Basic Black cardstock and the Little Letters Thinlits.

I also cut a strip from the DSP for the inside of the card. 

Using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool, I took a piece of cardstock that was about 6" long and the same width of the card. Score every ½" making an accordion strip with about 4 folds, trim excess cardstock. Fold card base in half, attach accordion strip then score the card so it will fold at the edge of the accordion strip so the card closes properly. You should have about a 1"fold.

Trim the DSP paper and round the edges.

I found some bear pictures on the internet and printed and trimmed them out. I also went through my many birthday stamps and made little embellishments to add to the accordion strip with a strip of window sheets varying the height of each embellishment. I also used the new Party Pop-Up Thinlits Die for the Happy Birthday piece and added Silver Glimmer Paper on the candles.

It's My Party Designer Series Paper Stack
$26.00

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.50

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad
$6.50

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
$7.00

Simply Scored
$30.00

Punch Corner Project Life
$6.38

Party Pop-Up Thinlits Dies
$30.00

Silver Glimmer Paper
$5.00

Number Of Years Photopolymer Bundle
$49.25

Ovals Collection Framelits Dies
$27.00

Whisper White 12" X 12" Cardstock
$6.00

Little Letters Thinlits Die
$29.00

Basic Black 12" X 12" Cardstock
$6.00

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Card In A Box

My daughter will be celebrating her 40th birthday on the 12th and I wanted to make a special card for her and the Card In A Box was the perfect choice!

The new Large Number Framelits Die made the perfect focal point with the "40" out of the silver glimmer paper. Then I filled it with balloons from the Balloon Bouquet Punch.

I used the It's My Party Designer Series Paper to decorate the box.

Very festive don't you think?

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Bloomin Heart

StampinUp's new Occasions Catalog features the Bloomin' Heart Thinlits Dies. I just love love this new die!! It's so versatile and makes the most delicate cards.

On this card and the second card, I used the Shimmery cardstock for the heart. I used  Red Glimmer paper for the flowers that are included in the Bloomin Heart die.

On this one I used black glimmer paper for the flowers, which I'm sorry to say has been retired.

On this card I used the Red cardstock on the heart and the Shimmery White on the flowers. The card stock used behind the hearts are from the Call me Irresistible Specialty Designer Series Paper.

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Thankful for you Gift box

Today I'm posting a gift box I made for the aides that take care of my Mom at a assisted living facility. They work so hard and I try to show our gratitude for care and love they give to her. They can put a smile on her face every time they enter her room.

This was their Thanksgiving gift. 

I got the idea from Susan Itell's blog Simple Stampin. She has the cutest ideas so make sure you check out her blog!

The box was made with the Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits. I love this box. It makes a cute gift box and it's not so big it breaks the bank to fill it up! Especially when I made 30 of them! They are also so quick and easy to make!! 

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Lego Birthday Card

Lego birthday party means a Lego birthday card.

My grand daughter loves Legos and this was her request as the theme of her 9th birthday, of course that means a Lego birthday card and she loves cards with movement so I thought the "explosion box" would be perfect for her, especially with a tea light cake in the center!

First came decorating each side of the card. I had this Lego paper that I bought years ago for that scrapbook I never got around to making! The box is made from black cardstock and trimmed in the Lego paper. The little Legos on top are made from cardstock. I just miniaturized a box pattern and punched 6 circles with the ¼ handheld punch  from matching cardstock to make the little dots on top of the box.

The mat behind the 9 and all the elements on the box is punched from silver glimmer paper with the now retired Apothecary Accent framelits.

Cupcake was made using the Cupcake Builder punch and the banner was stamped with the retired Best Of Birthdays set and the Bitty Banners Framelits.

The balloons were made with a generic balloon punch and I added gold thread for the strings.

This shows the box/card when it's open. The cake is made from a tea light and the banner poles are made with skewers and wood beads that I painted black. The banner is made from the retired Little Labels Punch Pack, folded over the string and circle alphabet stickers for her name and age.

 

I punched out small flowers  and leaves to decorate the cake and wrapped the cake with some now retired Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper.

Sorry for all the retired products but I think all of these items can be substituted with currant products, you just need to think outside the box!

 

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Has it really been six months since my last post??

Between my computer crashing, issues with posting and vacations, time just got away from me! I have lots to post in the next week to catch up and I hope you enjoy the projects!

This is what I made for my son's birthday (May) and son-in-law (June) see how far behind I am! I used the now retired Neutrals cardstock (130132) sets; Patterned Occasions (129624) and Tag It (130303). The cardstock was cut with the Big Shot and the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits. I stamped the images on Whisper White cardstock and color in the images using the Stampin' Write Markers and the Aqua Painter.

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Barbie 6th Birthday Card

My grand daughter's picked Barbie as their theme for their 6th birthday. It was a bit of a challenge to come up with stickers and pictures to add to the card. Seems like Frozen and the 3 princesses are more popular birthday theme. I did find some Barbie confetti to add to the shaker portion of the card.

The girls love cards with unusual folds and movement so this year I made and easel card with a shaker heart on one side and 3 folds which I added candles on the other side. The shaker was made out of the silver glimmer paper and the heart thinlits. I used Melon Mambo cardstock which match the Barbie confetti just perfect.

They love the owl punch and the new bow punch, the have made several of their own, so I had to add both to their card. The bow was also punched from the silver glimmer paper, as was the #6 which I used my Cricut Expression machine to cut out. I made 6 candles from different colors of scrap paper that matched the Birthday Basics Designer Paper (retired)

I stamped their names using the Melon Mambo ink and the Metro Type Alphabet set.

The flower was made using the 1¾ scallop punch. I punched 5 then tinted the edges using the melon mambo ink. I then layered the scallops and attached a Barbie circle from the confetti to top it off. It dressed up the envelope a bit.

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