Colorful Birthday cards

Hi everyone, glad you stopped by.  I have a couple of cards today that have similar colors in them so I thought I would post them together.
The first one has a paisley cut from the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge and the oval from Plantin Schoolbook.
Both cards were made following a sketch last week on RAQs Challenge on the Cricut message board and also a color challenge.

I thought the paisley matched the paisley on the background paper.  After putting all the layers together on the paisley I covered it with Crackle Accents.

For the next one I used a lot so glitter paper.

I embossed and sanded the green paper with the Spots & Dots embossing folder to march the spots on the background paper.   I stamped the happy birthday on white glitter tags I cut out using Calligraphy Collection and added a piece of ribbon.  The star with the tail is cut from the Home Accents cartridge.

I finished the inside using the same paper and stamped a sentiment from a new set of stamps I got from Clear Dollar Stamps. they are having a huge sale.

Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget the special that is going on a Close to My Heart where if you sign up as a consultant you get the Art Philosophy cartridge for free, so for $99 you get the consultant kit packed with tons of goodies and the Art Philosophy cartridge with 3 matching stamps sets if you have been wanting this cartridge this deal is the way to get it.  Check out my post HERE if you are interested or want to read more about it.

Challenges for this card

Make it Monday  Always anything goes   ends - 3/11
Simon says Stamp  Anything goes   ends - 3/7
Paper Crafting Journey  Anything goes  ends - 3/14

Mirror - Mirror on the wall

Here is a card I made for my brother-in-law whose birthday was January 6th.  He is a very funny person and we joke around a lot.  Later in the post I will explain the "joke".   I wanted to make the front of the card very serious looking so we would be thrown off track.

The frame was cut from Elegant edges and I backed it with silver mirror paper.   The saying was computer generated.  So hard to take a picture of that mirror with my camera showing up in it.  LOL
Then when you open it this is what you see................................

Well now to tell a bit of the story.  One time while we were in Las Vegas, my BIL did a bit too much partying one night and when he got up in the middle of the night to go the bathroom he said he looked in the mirror and there was "an ugly man" in there.   Even though he just turned 71 he still has a lot of hair, (some grays ones so I colored them in) so it was quite a mess when he looked in the mirror.  The image I colored using my Copics, it is an image from Digis with Attitude and thought it fit the theme of this card perfectly, with him proudly holding up his brew.

I even added a piece of rope for his belt.
The grill I cut from glossy black paper and silver for the grate using the From my Kitchen cartridge.  The steak was also cut using From my Kitchen and covered with Glossy Accents.
I printed the grass paper using my Imagine and the Snapshot Nature cartridge, then cut it out using the grass cut from Plantin Schoolbook.

I added cloud paper to the background.  The happy birthday is cut from glitter black paper using MS Birthday Cake Art cartridge.

I want to say thanks for stopping by and I would love to hear what you have to say about this card.  It was so much fun to make and we all got a big laugh out of it.

Challenges for this card
Make it Monday   Always anything goes   ends  1/16

Back to School Book Worm

This is just the cutest little book worm image.  It is an image from Jen at the CDAC Freebie Progressive Challenge that is going on right now.   It is so fun to play along, they provide you free images and every two weeks you have to post a card using one of the images.  Go ahead and click on this link for all the details CDAC  Freebie Challenge 
Since it is back to school time that was the theme of the images this challenge.  Also the challenge theme at If the Shoes Fits is back to school so I will also post this card there.   I was so excited to find out that my card was chosen as one of the Top 3 last week at If the Shoe Fits.
On to on card, I colored the image using my Copic markers and then added Crackle Accents to the book.

I had this paper in my stash for a few years and thought it would work well with this theme.  I finally used my Bakers Twine, I got it a couple of months ago because I love how it looks on so many cards I have seen but just have not used it till now.
Here is a closer look at the Crackle Accents on the book.  I thought about putting Glossy Accents on the worm but couldn't decide so I just left it off, guess I could always go back and add it.  What do you think, should I add it?

The apple I cut twice using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge from plain white cardstock then colored it using my Copics.  I did it that way so I could color the apple, stem and leaf separately.  The two layers are pop dotted.  The A-B-C I cut and welded using the new Cricut Craft Room out of shinny gold paper.  I added a pretty heavy coat of Glossy Accents to the top apple and when it was near dry I put the A-B-C on top of  it and right after I did it I though "Oh no, should not have done that" I wanted it to sit op top but it immediately started to curl and I thought I was going to have a mess on my hands and would have to start over.  Well I left it for a bit and keep checking on it as it dried further and pressing down each end of the letters till it finally held.  WHEW! I think in the end it worked out.

Well I feel like I went to school and learned a bit about Glossy Accents when it is still wet.  LOL
I hope you all enjoy your Labor Day and for those going back to school, I wish you a very good productive school year.
Thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment. I love to read them, besides that way I knew you were here to take a peak.

Challenges this card will be entered in
CADC Progressive Freebie   Back to School   ends - 9/14
If the Shoe Fits Scrap it   Back to School   ends - 9/14
One Stitch at a Time  Use a Digi    ends - 9/10
Make it Monday   Always anything goes   ends  9/11
Sweet Stampin Challenge  -  anything but a birthday  ends -  9/9
Card caravan Challenge   Use twine   ends-- 9/17
Fantabulous Cricut  ABC - !@# Back to School  ends - 9/11

Happy Birthday Robotz

I made this card for the Jitterbuggin Challenge this week.  Our challenge was to follow the sketch posted, make it a birthday card and add  rickrack somewhere, well it worked out perfect because I needed a birthday card for our grandson who turns 4 this month.

 The card is 5 1/2 inches square, I covered it with robot paper that I had in a pack I bought that had boy papers in it.  I cut the robot using the Robotz cartridge at about 3 1/2 inches and shadowed him with a holographic silver paper.  I added the googlie eyes, then thought the rest of his face looked a little plain so I added a small white button for his nose.  I cut the number 4 from the Birthday bash cartridge at about 1/2 inch.

The "happy birthday" is also from Birthday Bash, but instead of cutting it I used my Cri-Kits pens to draw the image.  Now for the rickrack we had to added, I used the rickrack cut on Plantin Schoolbook and welded two pieces together in Design Studio to get the correct size for the card. 

For the inside I just added a strip of paper that I edge punched and stamped a sentiment, and added a couple corners.
I hope you like my Robot card, I would be real happy if you leave a comment so I know you have been here :).

Red, White & Blue Birthday

My Grandson's birthday is February 24th and he will turn 19.  On March 9th he will be leaving for the Navy so I thought it was appropriate to make him a patriotic card.  This card is also made for Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge 173, following the sketch that was posted.

The papers are mostly from a small DCWV mat stack, the ribbon is something I picked up a while back from the Target dollar bin.  Very little Cricut, just the oval and the stars which were both cut from Plantin Schoolbook.  The stars are from glitter paper.
Thanks for stopping by, let me know what think.