Here's to You! 21st Birthday card

It is so hard to believe that my niece is going to be 21 years old. I remember the day I got the call from my brother telling me she was born. A lot has happened in those 21 years. All I can do is hope and pray that her life is filled with many blessings and she continues to become more of the wonderful woman she already is.

So I created this fun 21st birthday card. I knew immediately that I wanted to use the Wild Card Cricut cartridge simply for the champagne bottle card. I was though very intimidated by this cartridge, manly because I just didn't understand how to figure out the size. I did a little research on pinterest and found great tutorials and then I just jumped right in and this is what I came up with.

 

I created the look of the champagne exploding by using rhinestones

I gave this piece some dimension with some foam squares

 



Here I cut and layered 6 pieces of kraft cardstock and 1 piece of cork pattern paper to make this look like a realistic cork.

 



This is what I did with the inside. I put some repositionable glue on the back of the bottle so when it is closed it will actually stay closed. 

 





I used these items to create my Here's to You! 21st Birthday card:

• Wild Card Cricut cartridge - champagne bottle card cut and all coordinating cuts @ 6 inches
• Designer's Calendar Cricut cartridge - 21
• Glossy Accents - on the bottle
• Stampin' Up rhinestones - to appear as the champagne exploding from the bottle
•  Cardztv Stamps - "Good Times" stamp set - on the bottle and the inside
• Foam squares - behind the 21

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

• DL ART - March Linky - Anything Goes
• Little Scrap Pieces - Show it off Saturday Linky Party - Anything Goes
• Craftin Desert Divas - Craft it up Link it up - Anything Goes

I am so please with the way this card turned out and I am finally not intimidated by the Wild Card Cricut cartridge. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Here's to You! 21st Birthday card

Oh Christmas Tree

I am super excited today that I have been given the opportunity to be a Guest Designer for My Sheri Crafts. The challenge this week is #147 Oh Christmas Tree and you are to make a card for Christmas which must include a tree on it. This is what I made.

Here is a side view...you can see the dimension I added by putting a second layer on top with foam squares.

This is the inside...I kept it plain and simple with "Merry Christmas"

I used these items to create my card:

• A Child's Year Cricut cartridge - children with tree image
• Bright Pink Recollections cardstock
• White Recollections cardstock
• KI Memories - Joyful Twinkle background paper
• 3 Snowflake brads
• 3 Rhinestones from Stampin' Up - added to the snowflake brads for a little extra sparkle
• Foam squares - added to the image for some dimension
• Merry Christmas clear stamp
• Green ink from Color Box Petal Point

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

• BBTB2 - Anything Goes Challenge
• Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge Me Monday #237 Embellish Me - Use 3 Embellishments
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday Challenge #144 - Anything Christmas
• Cardz TV - Challenge #5 - Color My Christmas - Make a Christmas card using ONLY Red, Green, White and Pink

This was such fun being chosen a Guest Designer for My Sheri Crafts, I hope to get to do it again another time. I hope you enjoyed my little Christmas card and I thank you for visiting,

Mr. & Mrs. Triple Heart Shape Easel card

I am sharing with you tonight a wedding card that I made using a different style of shape/easel card.  I was inspired by a pin on pinterest Triple Heart Shape Easel Card Tutorial. I made this for my niece who will be getting married in less than a year. I am super excited about the way it turned out.

I used these items to make my Mr. & Mrs. Triple Heart Shape Easel card:

• Sweethearts Cricut cartridge - hearts and Mr. & Mrs.
• Create a Critter Cricut cartridge - bow tie
• black, white and lavender cardstock
• real black buttons - from my stash
• Stampin' Up Rhinestones 
• Swiss Dots embossing folder
• Stickles 
• Fabric Fancies flowers
• foam squares

I am entering my Mr. & Mrs. Triple Heart Shape Easel card in the following challenges and linky parties:

• My Craft Spot - Monday Challenge #141 - Shape Card
• DL ART - June Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
• CardzTV - Challenge #3 - Wedding card
• Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge #217 - Anything Goes
• PDE Linky Party #13 - Many Layers

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Mr. & Mrs. Triple Heart Shape Easel card.

Wedding Tag

I don't normally do tags, I don't know why but I had a reason this time...my niece is getting married next year. Based on what I have seen her Pin on Pinterest, I believe her colors include a lavender purple. So when making this tag I new I would include lavender. Plus, there are several challenges this week that this tag will fit into.

 I used these items to create my Wedding Tag:

• George and Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge - tag cut at 5 + the shadow in balck
• Sweethearts Cricut cartridge - hearts cut at 1 3/4 + the shadow in black
• Paper Dolls Dress Up Cricut cartridge - bow tie cut at 7
• Lavender, black and white cardstock
• ribbon
• 3 Stampin' Up Rhinestones
• 2 black brads
• D'vine Swirls and Swiss Dots embossing folders
• Inkadinkado Clear Stamp FRIENDLY ADVICE Kid Quotes - on the back of the tag
• 1 small bell
• 1 lavender button
• foam squares - behind hearts

Here is a look at the back of the tag:

I am entering this tag in following challenges and linky parties:

• My Sheri Crafts Challenge #135 - 3 in a Row - I did a TAG shape, BUTTON, and EMBOSS
• Exploring Cricut - Wedding Challenge - use black and white and a splash of one other color
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #218 - 3 or More Embellishments - I did 3 rhinestones
• Cut it Up Challenge - Wedding Bells - Make a wedding project with a bell or bells on it
• DL ART - June Linky Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Wedding Tag.