Another Birthday Card and Big News!

My brother's girlfriend recently celebrated her birthday. This is the same person I made this card for last year. She loves frogs and I was not in love with the result of last year's card so this year I tried it again and am much happier with the result!

What I used:

• Autumn Leaves 5x7 in white card and envelope
• Various card-stock colors
• Cricut Create-a-Critter cartridge (frog)
• Scrappy Moms Hooray for Birthdays "May all your wishes come true!"

As for the big news, well I will be going overseas again for work and will not be returning until August! This of course is going to make it impossible to make all the summer time cards that I normally have on my list. This means that all birthdays and other celebrations that I normally would be busy crafting away with will not get done. I'm kind of bummed about it as I will be missing out on a lot of thing like my garden blooming and my cousin's wedding but on the plus side I will be celebrating my 26th birthday in the Philippines with my best friend! So that being said, I have one more post to get together for my Easter cards (almost a month later...) and then I'm off to the tropical island until August... if I don't get extended.

A Masculine Birthday Card

My father hit the big 5-0 last week, I always find it hard to make cards for the guys but this cartridge make it a little simpler! So this is the card I put together using the Campin' Critters cartridge.

What I used:

• Autumn Leaves 4x5.5 in white card and envelope
• DCVW Citrus Matstack (yellow backdrop)
• other various card-stock colors
• buttons (adhered with Zots glue dots)
• Cricut Campin' Critters cartridge (scene)

Wish Big!

I have been on a Create a Critter craze lately! I just can't help it though the cuts are so cute and the layers are so easy to put together. This was a very last minute card I put together last night, I thought I had until the weekend but the birthday girl decided she wanted to go out for drinks last night instead. So I kept this one as clean and simple as possible, it only took me 15 minutes from start to finish!

What I used:

• Autumn Leaves 5x7 in white card and envelope
• various card-stock colors and scraps
• Scrappy Moms Simple Sentiments "Wish BIG!"
• Cricut Create a Critter  (hippo)
• buttons

birthday card for a (stinky) man

This was a simple and quick card I made for my brother's birthday. I never know what to do for a masculine card. He has always been the smelly one in the family and I felt this was well suited!

 
What I used:

• Autumn Leaves 5x7 in white card and envelope
•  cardstock
•  Cricut Campin' Critters cartridge
•  Scrappy Moms Furry Friends "Have a Scent-sational Day"

my first tri-fold

This one was a 2-in-1 card as I was able to combine both a birthday and Mother's day card! This was my first SUCCESSFUL try at a tri-fold card, instructions I used can be found here. I should say that I did not follow the measurements exactly as I wanted a bigger card but you get the idea.

What I used:

• mixed card-stock
• Cricut Wrap It Up cartridge (sentiments)
• Cricut Cindy Loo cartridge (nesting doll)

birthday card for my dad

Today is my dad's birthday! Growing in a bilingual family April fool's was always poisson d'avril which translates to "april fish". This is what I came up with.

What I used:

• Autumn Leaves 5x7 in white card and envelope
• Cricut Create-a-Critter cartridge
• Scrappy Moms Hooray for Birthdays "Happy Birthday to you!"
• Scrappy Moms Amusing Animals "Fishing you a great day"
• Cuttlebug A2 Spots and Dots emboss folder

happy leap day!

A day like today only happens every four years... I think that should be celebrated with a paid day off!... too bad my employer doesn't feel the same way.

I have been seeing frog related things everywhere lately due to today being leap day. So what better day than today to show off the birthday card I made for my brother's frog-obsessed girlfriend.

What I used:

• Autumn Leaves 5x7 in white card and envelope
• Recollections Card Stock (purple and light blue on front of card)
• Cricut Create-a-Critter cartridge for frog, lily pad, sun and cloud
• Scrappy Moms Furry Friends "wishing you a HOPPY day"
• Scrappy Moms Hooray for Birthdays "Happy Birthday to you!"
• Cuttlebug Happy Birthday emboss folder