Happy Birthday Card

I needed a quick birthday card, so I found a pattern for a card that doubled as a gift card holder.  It was super easy, except for all those little fiddley bits of the bear.  Instead of using Stickles or glitter, I cut the pink and yellow layers out of glitter paper.  Looking back, I probably should have used a pretty pattern for his shirt, though.  Next time...

When you open it, the gift card slides into a little pouch at the bottom.  Pretty cute, eh?

 

 

Happy Birthday

I am involved in a card swap with a different theme or requirement each month.  The theme for July was anything you want, but you had to use ribbon somewhere on the card.  I thought this was going to be an easy-peasy swap until I remembered that I am severly ribbon-challenged.  Ugh, I can never get my bows to look right even though I have 4 (yes four) different "easy" bow-making contraptions. 

I decided to make a simple birthday card and employed 2 of my bow systems to make a decent bow.  I used tons of glitter on the flames and a few of the candles are on pop-dots to give some dimension.  Of course my bow is defective, but hopefully the glitter distracts you.  lol. 

The candles are all different sizes cut with my Cricut Expression (or was it my E2?) and the background paper was embossed with a birthday Cuttlebug folder that I've never used. 

Explosion Box / Gift Card Pillow Box

As I mentioned in the previous post, at yesterday's class we made, among other things, a birthday explosion box and a pillow box that holds gift cards.  I first saw this explosion box at a Cricut Stampede last year.  Cindy Royal designed it and sent us the Gypsy file.  I modified the file a bit by replacing the Cricut theme to a birthday theme.  If you have a chance, go check out her blog, she is amazing! 

Happy Birthday Card

Lately I've realized just how dependent upon my Gypsy Girl I have become.  I don't do anything without her.  This became blatently apparent when I was asked to demonstrate the Cricut Expression 2 and all I could do was turn the darn thing on and off.  How embarassing!!  So, one of my New Year Resolutions is to re-learn my Expression, E2 and Imagine without my GG (insert eye-rolling here).  Today I decided to put away (blow-off) my valentine cards that I've been working on for an upcoming class and work on something totally new.  I grabbed my Just A Note cartridge and worked on this cute tri-fold birthday card.  Of course I had to add some Stickles for the balloons.  I kinda like how it turned out, and the fact that it was easy-peasy was a bonus. 

First flap open:

Inside of card:

Now back to those valentine projects.