Birthday Slider Card

Here's a fun birthday slider card that I made for one of my students.  This particular boy is very creative, so I thought he'd appreciate an interactive card.  I started by cutting my base out of kraft cardstock with the My Creative Time Stitched Journal Die.  Then I used the Papertrey Ink Movers & Shakers Sliders Dies to make the slider mechanisms out of patterned paper from the Echo Park A Perfect Summer collection.  I trimmed the white patterned piece down a bit so that it would fit on the kraft base, and I also rounded the corners on it.

This cute present is cut at 2 3/4" from the Cricut Everyday Pop-Up Cards cartridge.  I added a tag made with a sentiment and die from MCT's Chunky Jar Accessories, attaching it with a brad from Simple Stories I {HEART} SUMMER collection.  The nine candles I stamped are from PTI's Birthday Bash Sentiments stamp set.

The "Pull Here" stamp is from PTI's Movers & Shakers Sentiments stamp set, and the birthday sentiment is from MCT's It's All About You stamp set.

Lastly, I made a fun envelope with the MCT Scallop Stitched Envelope Die that is just the right size for this little card.

Products used for this project:

Cricut Everyday Pop-Up Cards AC Kraft Cardstock Core'dinations Cardstock *Echo Park A PERFECT SUMMER 6 x 6 Paper Pad PS47023 MCT Scallop Stitched Envelope Die PTI Movers & Shakers: Sliders Die PTI Movers & Shakers Sentiments Stamp Set PTI Birthday Bash Sentiments Stamps MCT Chunky Jar Accessories MCT It's All About You *Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK *Simple Stories I {HEART} SUMMER Metal Brads 3226

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Pop-Up Baby Card with Video

I'm so thrilled to be guest designing for My Creative Time today!  I was able to hang out with Emma and her boys last week, and I can tell you first hand that Baby Aaron is doing great!  Emma is focusing her full attention on bringing him back to full health, so the guest designers are trying to keep you entertained in the meantime!  I have a fun project for you today, but first I want to remind you that Emma is having a customer appreciation sale this weekend!  Everything is 20% off, including sale items!  Be sure to head over to the store to check it out.

Today I have a fun baby card for you that has a pop-up surprise inside!  I started with an A2 size aqua card base and added a brown layer and then a rustic white layer that was run through my Cuttlebug with the Papertrey Ink Woodgrain Impression Plate.

I used my Gypsy to alter some wooden blocks from the Cricut Wrap It Up cartridge, using letters from the A Child's Year cartridge.  Check out the video further down in this post for the how-to details.

This sweet sentiment is from My Creative Time's All Star Baby stamp set.  I just love this set; it's full of precious sentiments.

Now, for the fun part!  On the inside of the card I added a pop-up baby carriage that I made using the Everyday Pop-Up Cards cartridge.  I know a lot of people have difficulty with the lack of directions on this cartridge, so I made a video showing how to assemble it:

I added another little sentiment from All Star Baby on the inside.  Don't forget to head on over to the store for the sale!

Products used on this card:

Cricut Everyday Pop-Up Cards Cricut Wrap it Up Cricut A Child's Year PTI Aqua Mist Cardstock PTI Dark Chocolate Cardstock PTI Rustic White Cardstock PTI Blueberry Sky Cardstock PTI Lemon Tart Cardstock PTI Aqua Mist Pattern Pack PTI Woodgrain Impression Plate MCT All Star Baby Stamp Set PTI Dark Chocolate Ink

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Notebooks for the Kids

Here are the end of the year gifts I made for my students.  I had each of them fill out a little questionnaire about their favorite colors, sports, and animals a few weeks ago, and then I used the information to make them personalized notebook covers.  The notebooks inside are 5" x 8" (from Staples), so I cut my base at 10 1/2" x 8 1/4", scored at 5 1/8" and 5 3/8".  I then added layers cut at 4 7/8" x 8" and 4 5/8" x 7 3/4".  The topmost layer at the bottom of each notebook was cut at 4 5/8" in width and whatever height that worked well for that particular cut.  I then added a border cut with either the ekSuccess Bumpy Roads edger punch or the Martha Stewart Icicles punch.

I cut each of my students' names with my Silhouette.  Both the archery and the ballet shoe cuts are from the Silhouette online store.

Here's a look at the inside.  To be sure that the notebook would stay put, I used Scor-Tape across the top and bottom of the back and ATG down the sides of the back.  I adhered a 1" x 5" piece of patterned paper across the top, to cover the "Staples" label.

The baseball and football players are cut from the Cricut Sports Mania cartridge.

The horse is from Noah's ABC Animals, and the soccer player is from Sports Mania.  I also used some Cuttlebug embossing folders.  The one on the left is called Stylized Flower.

Both of the gymnasts are from the Silhouette Online Store.  I love that when I don't have a certain cut that I need on one of my Cricut cartridges, I can just go there and buy one for 99 cents!  The embossing folder I used on the left is called Bricks, and the one on the right is Spots & Dots.

Both the wolf and the cow are from Noah's ABC Animals.  Here I used the Seeing Spots and Distressed Stripes embossing folders.

The dog is from Everyday Pop-Up Cards, and the monkey is from Create a Critter.

I used Paisley for the zebra, and the kangaroo is from Birthday Bash.  The kids' reactions when I gave these out were really cute.  One of the boys asked everybody to hold theirs up at the end so he could see them all. That definitely made it worth all of my effort!

Baby Mini Album

My neighbors just had their first baby, so I had to make something special for them. I decided to make a mini album to record some of those special first moments.  The pages of the album are from the Kerri Bradford Silhouette class that I took about a month ago.  I cut them at 8".  I didn't use any chipboard.  To make the front and back covers sturdier, I made an inside base of the sturdy Papertrey Ink kraft cardstock with patterned paper and colored cardstock on either side.  The inside pages are all made of patterned paper adhered to colored cardstock.  I bound the whole thing using The Cinch.

For the cover, I used patterned paper from the Simple Stories Baby Steps collection (all of the patterned paper in the book is from this collection, unless otherwise noted).  The banner was made with My Creative Time's Build a Banner Kit and stamped with letters from MCT's Anyday Bingo & Crossword.  I used some natural hemp twine from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique to string the banner.  The cute elephant is from the Cricut Birthday Bash cartridge.  I cut "Julien" out of Core'dinations cardstock, using my Silhouette.

The kraft cardstock I used is from The Paper Company, and all of the solid cardstock is Papertrey Ink.  On this page, the bird cut is from the Cricut 3 Birds on Parade cartridge.  I ran the sling through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder.  The orange polka-dotted paper is a printable from the Kerri Bradford class.  Don't you just love the baby flash card?  It's from the Simple Stories paper, and you'll see a variety of them throughout the book.

"Special Delivery" is another cut from 3 Birds on Parade.

For this page, I took another printable background (the blue polka dots) from the Kerri Bradford class.  After printing it in my regular printer, I ran it through my Cricut Imagine and printed this word art from the Cricut Word Collage cartridge, using the "print only" feature and brown ink.  I then edged it with my ekSuccess Bumpy Roads Edger Punch.

This funny bird is another one from 3 Birds on Parade.  The polka-dotted papers are from Papertrey Ink, and the grid papers were scraps in my stash.

Here we have a cute carriage from the Cricut Everyday Pop-Up Cards cartridge.

"Lullaby" is also from Everyday Pop-Up Cards.

"Cute as a bug" and the ladybug are cut from the Cricut Just Because Cards cartridge using some Crate Paper patterned paper.

I used my Imagine and the "cut only" feature to get my little onesie.

This cute little bunny and "Peek a Boo" are from the Cricut Just a Note cartridge that is built into my Expression 2 Anniversary Edition.  The strip down the middle of the page is more PTI polka-dotted paper.

And lastly, "Sweet" and the bunny are from the Cricut Baby Steps cartridge.  I made the cute pocket for my bunny with the die from My Creative Time's Fun Pockets stamp and die set.

Here are some of the products used in this mini-album:

Cricut Birthday Bash Cartridge Cricut Word Collage Cricut 3 Birds on Parade Cricut Everyday Pop-Up Cards Cricut Just Because Cards Cricut Just a Note Cartridge Cricut Baby Steps Simple Stories Baby Steps Crate Paper Farmers Market Paper Core'dinations Cardstock PTI Kraft Cardstock PTI True Black Cardstock PTI Dark Chocolate Cardstock PTI Spring Rain Cardstock PTI Spring Moss Cardstock PTI Harvest Gold Cardstock PTI Rustic Cream Cardstock PTI Sweet Blush Cardstock MCT Build a Banner Kit MCT Fun Pockets Stamp Set MCT Anyday Bingo & Crossword Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folders ekSuccess Bumpy Road Edger Punch PTI Ripe Avocado Buttons Hemp Twine Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink PTI True Black Ink Cricut Baby Steps MCT Fun Pockets Stamp Set

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