Owl Birthday Card

I made this cute little card for one of my students who recently celebrated her birthday, using an owl from The Cricut Hoot 'n' Holler cartridge and the pretty branch from the Cricut Cake Basics cartridge.  Some Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins dressed up the flowers.  For the background, I used one of the My Creative Time Stitched Postage Frame Dies, along with a sentiment from MCT's Grad Night.

Products used on this card:

Cricut Explore Machine Cricut Hoot 'n' Holler Cricut Cake Basics MCT Stitched Postage Frame Dies PTI True Black Cardstock PTI Stamper's Select White Cardstock PTI Cocoa Bean Cardstock PTI Melon Berry Cardstock PTI Tropical Teal Cardstock PTI Hawaiian Shores Cardstock MCT Grad Night Hero Hues Black Ink PPP 6mm Sparkling Clear Sequins PPP 4mm Sparkling Clear Sequins

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Finished! My Pink Stamper's first challenge for today is to make anything "cupcake"! I decided to make a birthday card. I've been into making square cards lately, and if they are kept at 4 1/4", they can still go into an A2 size envelope with no extra postage. For my card, I cut the cupcake from the Cake Basics cartridge at 2 3/4". Here's a look at the inside:

Recipe:

(all materials Papertrey Ink)

8 1/2" x 4 1/4" Dark Chocolate Cardstock, scored at 4 1/4"

4" x 4 " Sweet Blush Cardstock

3 3/4" x 3 3/4" Distressed Dots Patterned Paper

Pure Poppy Cardstock

Pretty Pastels Patterned Paper

"Tiny Tags" Die and Stamp Set

"Inside & Out: Birthday" Stamp Set

Pure Poppy & Dark Chocolate Ink

Vintage Button

Rustic Jute Button Twine

Cricut Cake Mini!

I got my Cake Mini this morning! I went to Joann's about 45 minutes before they opened and was fifth in line. Yeah! My big bargain was the Cricut Cake Tool Kit that I got at Michael's last night. I brought it up to the register to see if they would take a coupon for it, even though it is a Cricut item. The saleswoman didn't think it would, but she scanned it anyway. I couldn't use the coupon, but it turned out to be on clearance for $5.99 (usually $30)!

Anyway, I couldn't wait to give the Cake a try, so I made some cookies today. I was wiped out after making a midnight order at walmart.com and then the Joann's run, so I kept it simple. For the cookies, I used a Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix. It cut really well! I have 3 mats, and I used all of them. For the mats, after putting down the shortening and rolling out the dough, I popped them in the freezer for 10 minutes before running them through the Cake.

The fondant is Duff's from Michael's. It's buttercream and I'd heard it was supposed to taste good, but I really don't like it too much. Maybe it will harden overnight and taste better? Anyway, it was pretty easy to work with and cut well too. All of the cuts are from Cake Basics. The cookies are 3 1/2", and I cut the fondant at 1 1/4" to 2".