Tri-Fold Birthday Card

Today I'm sharing a card I made with my Gypsy and Cricut Expression in the style of the cards on the "Just a Note" Cricut cartridge that is included in the E2. To make this without an E2, I welded together some rectangles and shapes that I wanted to include. "Happy Birthday" is from the Cricut Classic Font cartridge. I welded the shadow to my card base and cut it again as a shadow and a regular cut.

My cupcake is from Birthday Bash. Again, I welded it to the card base and then also cut it with all of its layers. Before adhering it down, I added the striped rectangle.

Finally, the center rounded part of my card is actually a liner from a Wild Card envelope. I adjusted the width and height to make it just the right size. I added the star paper, along with some plain cardstock for my message.

Recipe:

Core'dinations Cardstock

My Mind's Eye "Lime Twist: Fly a Kite" Patterned Paper

Cuttlebug "Divine Swirls" & "Distressed Stripes" Embossing Folders

Versa Magic Jumbo Java Chalk Ink

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Circle Weekly Challenge: Sketch Challenge!

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I really haven't tried working with sketches before, so I thought this week's Cricut Circle Challenge would be a good opportunity to do so. We were asked to use the sketch below, and it ended up working pretty well for scrapping another page from my son's 4th birthday party.

The star border going across the center of my page is cut at 1.25" from the Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art cartridge. I cut "GAMES" from Boys Will Be Boys at 2". The phrase is actually "GAME", but I used my gypsy to weld an "S" to the shadow.

My dump truck is cut at 2.25" from Mickey and Friends. I popped it up on a 4" circle that I cut from Cricut Classic Font and ran through the Polka Dots Cuttlebug folder. Some Jolee's dimensional stickers made the centers of the wheels.

To make the circle peeking behind my yellow layer at the top of the page, I dragged the same 4" circle I used before off the bottom of my Gypsy screen, so that only part of it would cut out. I did the same thing with a 3.65" circle for the green layer. The little stars were leftover from the border cut.

I'm also entering this layout into the Whimsical Wednesday "Happy Birthday" Challenge.

Recipe:

Core'dinations Cardstock

Recollections Patterned Paper

Papertrey Ink Stamper's Select White Cardstock

Cuttlebug Polka Dots Embossing Folder

ColorBox Cat's Eye Chalk Ink

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Jolee's Dimensional Stickers

Family Scrapbook Page

We had a drizzly Sunday here - a perfect day for some scrapbooking. I recently saw a couple of Jana Eubank's videos on the Cricut Circle Blog. They are great for people like me, who scrapbook, but don't really know what they're doing. I kind of modeled this layout after one of hers, where she explained how to use the visual triangle rule and add texture and depth with some dimensional embellishments (sewing, in this case).

I used my Gypsy to design this layout. The circles are from the Cricut Classic Font cartridge, but I didn't keep track of the sizes. For my journaling, I used part of a stamp from My Creative Time's "My Journaling."

I meant to make a rug to put under the chair and table, but I totally forgot. Oh, well. The chair is from French Manor, cut twice at 3.5" and layered. The table is cut at 2.5" from Kate's ABCs, and the books are cut at 1" from Locker Talk. All of those were run through the Cuttlebug with the Papertrey Ink Woodgrain Impression Plate. "Family" is cut at 2" from Gypsy Wanderings.

Recipe:

DCWV Summer Dream Stack

DCWV Neutrals Stack

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate and Vintage Cream Cardstock

Papertrey Ink Woodgrain Impression Plate

My Creative Time "My Journaling" Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink True Black Ink

ColorBox Cat's Eye Chalk Ink

Birthdays Layout

This was a really fun layout to make. I used my favorite Papertrey Ink stamps and dies, "Banner Builder," for my title. The little medallions are popped up with foam squares. There is not a die for that little 1/2" circle, so I used the punchouts that are created when using the ekSuccess Circles Large Edger Punch. They are the perfect size! Notice the cute little "screw" brads that I found at Michael's yesterday. :-)

The bee is cut at 4" from Birthday Bash. He usually holds a little pail, but I replaced that with an oval stamped with a journaling tag from My Creative Time's "My Journaling" Stamp Set. Perfect! Behind the bee is a 4.25" circle from Cricut Classic Font, which I ran through the Windowpanes Cuttlebug folder.

Recipe:

sei "Playday" Patterned Paper

Papertrey Ink Enchanted Evening, Rustic White, and Simply Chartreuse Cardstock

Core'dinations Cardstock (for the bee)

Papertrey Ink "Banner Builder" Stamp Set & Die

My Creative Time "My Journaling" Stamp Set

ekSuccess Circles Large Edger Punch

Papertrey Ink Enchanted Evening Ink & Rustic Jute Button Twine

Recollections Brads

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

ColorBox Cat's Eye Chalk Ink

Beach Bum Layout

Here's the 2nd page in my 1999 Newport Beach layout. I kept this one pretty simple to keep this scrapbook moving! The title is from Pack Your Bags, cut at 3". My sun border is from Cricut Classic Font. I welded together three of them, at 1.5", on my Gypsy.

I love these swim trunks! They're also from Pack Your Bags, cut at 3".

This super cute journaling tag is a stamp from My Creative Time's "My Journaling" stamp set. I just cut a rectangle a round it and rounded the corners.

Recipe:

DCWV Summer Dream Stack Patterned Paper

Bazzill Red Cardstock

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate, Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse, Pure Poppy, & Vintage Cream Cardstock

My Creative Time "My Journaling" Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate Ink

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

More Altered Canvases

If you haven't entered to win My Pink Stamper's Winter Punnies, be sure to scroll down to the post below!

Here is my second altered canvas, for my niece Sarah. For hers, I used the Feeling Groovy font, cutting the letters at 3". The cat is from Create a Critter, cut at 3", with the pillow cut at 2".

Recipe:

DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies Patterned Paper

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate Cardstock

Core'dinations Cardstock

ekSuccess Rick Rack Punch

Michael's Canvas and Ribbon

Mod Podge

My 15 year old son thought these were pretty cool, so I made one for him too! He's playing basketball for his high school, so I used his team colors. The basketball players are cut from Sports Mania at 5", and the font is Cricut Classic Font, cut at 1 3/4".

Recipe:

DCWV Patterned Paper

Core'dinations and Bazzill Cardstock

ekSuccess Rick Rack Punch

Michael's Canvas

Mod Podge

BIG Christmas Tags

Last year my best friend, who lives across the country from me, asked me to make Santa tags for her. I'm surprising her with some for this year. The tags are cut from Cricut Classic Font at 5". All of the other cuts are from Jolly Holidays, cut at 3 1/2".

Recipe:

Bazzill and Core'dinations Cardstock

sei and DCWV Patterned Paper

ek Success Ticket Punch

Papertrey Ink "2010 Holiday Tags" Stamp Set and Fresh Snow Ink

Michael's Ribbon

White Sakura Gelly Roll Pen

Christmas Tag #5

Here are the last in my sets of tags to give away this year. I think these cuties are my favorite! The tag is again from Cricut Classic Font cut at 3 3/4" with a shadow. The little gingerbread people are cut at 2 1/2" from Jolly Holidays. I didn't cut out the button layer, substituting real buttons instead.

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate and Stamper's Select White Cardstock

Provocraft White Textured Paper

AC Patterned Paper: Jolly

K&Company Secret Santa Designer Paper

Papertrey Ink "Tiny Treats: Christmas" Stamp Set, Chai and Dark Chocolate Ink, Buttons, and Rustic Jute Button Twine

ekSuccess Ticket Punch

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Christmas Tag #4 and a Winner!

Thanks so much joining the Your Story Photo Hop on Saturday! I really appreciate all of your nice comments and I'm excited to get to know my new followers! I used a random number generator to pick the winner of the Imaginisce birthday goodies, and the winner is:

Anniebee!

"Your little album is just as cute as can be! I have the original Your Story but I think I'd use the smaller one more often. I'm putting it on my wish list! Thanks for a chance to win blog candy. This hop is great!" - Anne (lucyblueeyz at yahoo dot com)

Congrats, Anne! I'll be sending you an email to get your mailing address to get those right out to you. And now, today's project...

Here is another tag that I made for the ladies in my family. For this one, I used a tag from the Cricut Classic Font cartridge, cut at 3 1/2" and decorated the tree with gems using my iRock.

Recipe:

(all materials Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise specified)

Pinefeather and Stamper's Select White Cardstock

DCWV Holiday Collection: The Christmas Stack Patterned Paper

Limitless Layers: 1 3/4" Circle Collection Dies

ekSuccess Ticket Punch

2009 Holiday Tag Collection Stamp Set

New Leaf and Chai Ink

Pure Poppy Baker's Twine

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Recollections Eyelets