Birthday Candles Candle Holder

My husband's birthday is this coming Friday and since I'm not doing a cake with candles I thought I would make something else...since you have to be able to blow out a candle on your birthday!  I found a candle and created a candle holder for it.  I used the candle box cut from Wrap It Up and cut it at 9 1/2."  I put it all together and added some yellow glitter to the candle flames.  I then wrapped the holder with some turquoise ribbon.  I cut four more candles from Wrap It Up at 4."  I inked around the edges of the flames with some Tim Holtz Distress Ink.  I then stamped four different Peachy Keen faces on the flames.  I adhered them to the middle of each side with some foam tape for dimension.  I stamped four sentiments, all from Scrappy Moms Stamps, on some light blue striped paper and trimmed it to fit.  I then matted each one with some dark blue cardstock cut 1/8" larger.  I then added those to the candle holder with some pop-dots.  I finished it off with some midnight blue Stickles around the edge of the "happy birthday" sentiment mat.  I think it turned out so cute and will be the perfect little thing to hold a candle for my husband to blow out on his birthday.  

I made this for the following challenges:

• Peachy Keen: 3-D objects - candles
• Fantabulous Cricut: birthday project with a candle
• My Sheri Crafts: project for a family member
• BBTB2: boy project with the color blue 

Perfect Senitments: "Vintage Christmas"

It is time for another challenge at The Perfect Sentiment!

The challenge: create a card with a Christmas sentiment

The twist: use something vintange on your card

 

Now, bear with me as my style is clearly not vintage.  In face, I think this card may actually be the first time I have ever made a vintage project. 

The card is 4 1/2"x6 1/4."  I used white cardstock for the card base.  I then cut some polka dotted cardstock at 4 1/4"x6."  The dark red layer is 3 3/4"x5 1/8."  The notebook cardstock is 3 5/8"x5."  The dark red banner is 1 5/8"x3 3/8."  The patterned banner is 1 1/2"x3 1/4."  All the patterned cardstock is from the All is Bright stack by My Mind's Eye.  I put a white pearl brad through the top of the banner.  I used a stamp from my stash for the sentiment.  It is stamped in rhubarb stalk ink by Tsukineko.  It is pretty simple, but I think it works. 

Now, come on over to The Perfect Sentiment and join us in our "Vintage Christmas" challenge.  I can't wait to see what you create!

Gates to a Winter Wonderland

I have a simple, but pretty Christmas card for you today. 

This one is 4 1/2"x6 1/4."  I used white cardstock for the base, then cut some snowflake patterned cardstock at 4 1/4"x6."  I ran it through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder.  I thought it helped with the "snowy" feeling.  I used Spring Cottage to cut the fence and arbor.  It was cut at 4."  I used Create a Critter for the string of lights.  They are cut at 3/4."  Finally, I used Christmas to cut the mistletoe.  It was cut at 1."  I adhered the fence to the card with foam adhesive.  I added the strings of lights to each side of the fence and covered the string part with glossy accents.  I added waterfall, star dust, and starry night Stickles to my lights to make them twinkle.  I used white pearls for the berries on the mistletoe.  I stamped my sentiment on a piece of white cardstock and trimmed it to fit.  I adhered it to the card with two shimmery blue eyelets.  That's all there is to it! 

I made this for the following challenges:

• 365 Cards: "Day 207" - sketch
• 52 {Christmas} Card Trowdown: eyelets 

Monsterously Fun

I got Bump in the Night at Walmart last night for $20 and decided to make a cute little Halloween card with it today.  The card is 4 1/2"x6 1/4."  All the patterned cardstock came from a Making Memories 8"x8" stack that I had on hand.  All the plain cardstock is from my stash.  I used black cardstock for the card base.  The orange cross-hatched cardstock was cut at 4 1/4"x6."  I then cut some more black cardstock at 3 3/4"x5 1/2."  The polk dotted cardstock is 3 1/2"x5 1/4."  I wrapped the two smaller pieces of cardstock with some black and white twine and gathered it in the midde with a black button tied with some orange and white twine.  The monster is from Bump in the Night and cut at 4."  I flocked the orange parts with orange flocking powder, added glossy accents to the black parts, used some burgandy Stickles on his hair, and gave him a big googly eye.  I then added him to the card with pop-dots.  I used a Scrappy Moms Stamp for the "boo" sentiment. 

I also finished the inside of the card.  I cut more of the orange cross-hatched cardstock at 4 1/4"x6."  I cut another piece of black cardstock at 3 3/4"x 5 1/2" and the polka dotted cardstock at 3 1/2"x5 1/4."  I cut a piece of black cardstock at 2 5/8"x2" and some orange cross-hatched cardstock at 2 1/2"x1 7/8."  I then cut another piece of black cardstock at 2 1/4"x1 1/2" and some white cardstock at 2"x1 3/8."  I used a stamp from My Craft Spot for the sentiment and stamped it on the white cardstock.  I cut a piece of black cardstock at 3"x2 1/2" and some white cardstock at 2 3/4"x2 1/4" as a spot for writing a note.

I made this for the following challenges:

• 365 Cards: "Day 203" - decorate inside with patterned paper and a sentiment
• Scrappy Moms Stamps: Halloween
• Cricut FANatics: sketch 

Perfect Sentiments: "Masculine Birthdays"

It is time for another challenge at The Perfect Sentiment! This week's challenge is "Masculine Birthdays." The challenge: create a card with a birthday sentiment. The twist: make the card masculine. Here is my card:

This challenge is perfect, because my husband's birthday is just over a week away, so I used this challenge to create a card for him! I think he will like it. :) The card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4." I used a dark silver cardstock for the card base. I then trimmed some teal polka dotted cardstock 1/8" smaller. I used Cricut Craft Room to create my next layer. I used a rectange from Cricut Craft Room Basics and sized it at 5 1/4"x4." I then added the "33rd" from Robotz. I cut it out of silver cardstock, then I removed the "33rd" and used the negative image. I stamped "happy" above the number and "birthday" below using a stamp I found in my stash. I then embossed the silver layer with the Diamond Plate embossing folder and my Cuttlebug. I adhered this layer to the teal layer with foam tape because I like the added dimension it created.

I hope you enjoyed my card and I hope you join us at The Perfect Sentiment. I can't wait to see what you create!

Autumn Starburst

This card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4." I used olive green cardstock for the card base. I cut some brown cardstock 1/8" smaller for a mat. I cut a piece of shimmery green cardstock at 4"x2" and embossed it with the Wicker Weave embossing folder. I created the starburst from four patterned papers. You can find the tutorial I used here. I wrapped the card with some sheer leaf ribbon, which I got at JoAnns last fall. I used Elegant Edges to create my scalloped circle. I used the frame feature to create the shimmery copper and brown part. I stamped my sentiment on the ivory part and then used pop-dots to adhere the frame for some dimension. The sentiment and stamped leaf is from My Craft Spot. I used jumbo java ink by Tsukineko to stamp my sentiment and images. I finished off the card with five pearls that gradually get larger.

I made this for the following challenges:

• Color Throwdown: chocolate chip, really rust, summer sun, cherry cobbler, old olive
• The Friday Mashup: sketch and starburst technique
• 365 Cards: "Day 199" - fall card using five items (five colors and five pearls)

The Last Wedding Album Pages

I did it!! I am finally done with the wedding album for my friends! :) These are my last pages. Well, one of them is the last pages, the other is a redo of a set of pages. Now all that is left is to do the journaling, but that is the easy part.

These are the last pages I created. They will come just before the "Happily Ever After" page, which you can see here. This one is a clean and simple layout, but I really, really like this one. I was going to add more to it, but nothing felt right and I just kept coming back to the simple one. The floral background cardstock is from the Formal Affair Stack by DCWV and the wood cardstock is from the Tahiti Beach Stack by DCWV. The strips of the wood cardstock are cut at 6"x12" and matted with some teal cardstock cut at 6 1/4"x12." The photos are all 3 1/2"x5" and matted with teal cardstock cut 1/8" larger than the photos. I used Type Candy to cut the "so," "in," "with," "you," using Cricut Craft Room the weld them, and Sweethearts for the "love." I covered "love" with tropical tangerine Stickles and finished it off with some dark coral pearls and teal gems.

I redid the "Here Comes the Bride" layout. You can see the original layout here. It wasn't bad, but as I was going through the whole album I just didn't like the look of it and felt it didn't fit in. I kept the title, just cut it in different colors and kept the flowers, I pulled them off the old layout. Here is the new layout I created:

The pearl patterned cardstock is from the Formal Affair Stack by DCWV. All the photos are 3 1/2"x5" except the one on the far right, it is 4"x6." I matted all the vertical photos with teal cardstock cut 1/8" larger. The largest one also has a coral layer that is 4 1/4"x6 1/4." I did not mat either of the horizontal photos. The title is from Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art and is covered with glossy accents. I had the title saved in my Gypsy from the old layout, so I was able to cut it easily. I added the flowers from the old layout, which are from Prima and are covered in Tatter Angels Glimmer Mist. I then used Cricut Craft Room and the digital cartridge Sea Shells to cut the two shells. I covered the darker part of the shell in smoky quartz glitter by Martha Stewart and then covered the shells with glossy accents.

Fun in the Sun

I am on a roll with these layouts! I am so excited...I should be done with the album this weekend! This layout is just a simple, but fun and whimsical one. My friends did a lot of snorkeling while were on San Pedro so they thought that some pictures in snorkeling gear would be fun to do at their wedding. So I really wanted to make this layout represent that fun they had.

The polka dotted paper I used in the background is from My Minds Eye, the Lime Twist collection. The two largest photos are 4"x6" and matted once with coral cardstock. The two vertical photos are 3 1/2"x5" and the horizontal photos are 3"x6." I used a Spellbinders Nestabilities die for the label, which is where I will do the journaling. I added some turquoise gems to it. The sun is from Ole and cut at 4 1/4." I added some tropical tangerine Stickles to the coral part of the sun. The sentiment that I used for the title is from Summer Celebrations. I covered "fun" and "sun" in glossy accents and "in the" with turquoise Stickles. The snorkelers are from Life is a Beach. I flipped one of them. Since the snorkeler on Life is a Beach is male, I had to get creative, I hand cut the bikini top to make one of them female. I also welded two pieces of hair together to make her hair longer. I added glossy accents to their flippers and masks and turquoise Stickles to the bubbles. The shell is from the Cricut Craft Room exclusive cartridge, Sea Shells. Pretty simple, but I like how fun it feels.

I am entering this in the challenge at Exploring Cricut, which is to use a person on your creation.

A Day at the Beach

I am almost done with the wedding album for my friends! I can't believe it...only three more double layouts left! :) Here is the latest one I created:

The background cardstock on this one is from The Formal Affair Stack by DCWV. I used Elegant Edges to cut the two mats. The turquoise one is 10 1/2" on the shadow feature and the floral one is 10 1/2" on the regular feature. The floral cardstock is from the Tahiti Beach Stack by DCWV. I ran some glossy accents around the edge of the floral mat and covered it with turquoise glitter. The two largest photos are 4"x6" and matted three times with each layer 1/8" larger than the previous. The smaller photos on the left page are 3"x4" and matted one with a shimmery turquoise cardstock. The smaller photos on the right page are 2 3/4"x4" and the middle one is 3"x4" and are all matted once with glittery turquoise cardstock. I used some leftover hibiscus from Tie the Knot and covered them with lagoon Stickles. The shells are from Life is a Beach, the one on the left page is the border feature. I added glossy accents to the darker outline of the shells. Both hearts are from George and Basic Shapes. I covered the shadow layer in cinnabar glitter by Martha Stewart. I used a stamp from Scrappy Moms, stamped in pearlescent rust ink by Tsukineko, on one of the hearts. The title was created from five different cartridges for a fun and whimsical feel. I used Opposites Attract for the "a," Lyrical Letters for "day," Songbird for "at," Printing 101 for "the," and Life is a Beach for "beach." I used Cricut Craft Room to put it all together so that I could get the sizing right. I used pop-dots to adhere all the shells, except the border ones, and the word beach. I also covered the word beach in black diamond Stickles and the rest of the title in glossy accents.

Perfect Sentiments: "Falling For You"

Time for another challenge at The Perfect Sentiment!

This week's challenge is "Falling for You."

The challenge: create a card with a fall or Thanksgiving sentiment.

The twist: use some baker's twine.

Here is the card I created:

My card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4." I used a dark red cardstock for the card base. I then trimmed some striped cardstock 1/8" smaller. The striped cardstock is from the Indian Summer Stack by DCWV. The cream and gilded layer is 1/4" smaller than the striped layer. The gilded cardstock came from the Gilded Orchard Stack by DCWV. The pumpkin is cut from Sophie at 3 1/2." I embossed the orange layer with the Distress Stripes folder and my Cuttlebug. The red layer is covered in burgundy Stickles. I tied three pieces of baker's twine in a bow and used a glue dot to adhere it to the pumpkin. I adhered the pumpkin to the card with pop-dots. My sentiment is stamped on cream cardstock and matted with some gilded cardstock. I adhered it to the card, then added a pale burgundy pearl on each side.

I hope you enjoyed my card and I hope you come join us a The Perfect Sentiment. I can't wait to see what you create!

True Love

This is a pretty simple layout, but I still really like it. I really love the hibiscus border I created with this one. I used Tie the Knot for the hibiscus. They are all cut at 2." The ones on the right hand page were cut using the flip feature. I also used Word Collage to cut the title. I cut it using Cricut Craft Room so that I could hide every other part of the collage except the "true love" part. The whole collage was about 11" tall to get the letters that size. They are about 1 1/4" tall.