Today I have a juvenile boy birthday card to share.  

I believe this is the first time I have used my ticket border die.  For this card I tore the perforations to stack the tickets.  

For a little interest, I added embroidery floss to anchor them.  

Paper: Close to My Heart - star paper; PTI - Lemon Tart, Pure Poppy, and Blueberry Sky
Stamps: PTI - Just the Ticket
Ink: PTI - Simply Chartreuse and Orange Zest
Embellishments: blue floss, PTI - ticket die

For my daughter's first birthday we went with a cupcake theme.  In the hospital for her birth, my husband nicknamed her CupKate and it stuck.

I began the idea of a cupcake invitation with these die cuts that I first stamped with the coordinating frame and then with the cupcake image.  Thinking ahead I stamped extras just incase some didn't turn out right.

I colored the cupcake wrapper with Copics and used hot pink slick puff paint for the frosting detail.  After the paint was thoroughly dry, I applied purple glitter glue for the sweet star. When they were ready, I realized I had forty-eight cupcakes that were usable--way more than I needed.

This is the invite.  The aqua is glitter cardstock and it is a pain to adhere things to, but I really the sparkle it adds.  I used a ridiculous amount of Scor-tape on these to get the ribbon and Mat Stack to stick.

The inside had the party info and a cute little coordinating cupcake which I embossed with aqua embossing powder.

I was pleased with how the icing turned out.  It had a great subtle bumpy texture as if it was hand frosted. :) It dried much quicker than I thought it would so that was a bonus too.

With the extra cupcakes, I whipped up these thank you cards.  I used letterpress paper so it took the embossing folder nicely.  

I still had extra ribbon so I made these drink labels for the party.

And yes, we served cupcakes. :)

Paper: PTI - Raspberry Fizz, Plum Pudding, Stamper's Select White; The Paper Studio - aqua glitter cardstock; Lifestyles - white letterpress paper
Stamps: PTI - Tremendous Treats: Birthday & Tiny Treats: Birthday
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, PTI - Raspberry Fizz
Dies: PTI -Mat Stack #5 & Modern Alphabet, Spellbinders - Labels 4
Embellishments: Tulip - pink Slick Puff Paint; Bo Bunny - striped ribbon; purple Stickles; Cuttlebug - thank you embossing folder; Fiskars - corner rounder

A shaker card for a girl was a new territory for me.  Out came my sticker maker, die cutter, and off to work I went.  This was the result.  I cut the butterfly in the paper and a fun foam sheet which I adhered together with my Xyron sticker maker.  It makes this soooo easy!  I layered an acetate sheet between the paper and the fun foam and put the peachy-pink back on after I stamped it with a subtle butterfly that coordinates with the die.  

A bit more adhesive and then attached it to a card base.  Mounted the sentiment strip and it was complete.  I really like these micro jewelry beads for the shakers since they work so well and have a nice noise when you shake it.


Thanks for looking.


Paper: DCWV - The Stack 6 - whimsical outdoors and dots, PTI - Sweet Blush
Ink: PTI - Hibiscus Burst and Sweet Blush
Stamps: PTI - Pretty Peonies Anniversary Set
Other: Pretty Peonies Anniversary Set die (butterfly), Xyron 5", Cuttlebug

I have found that it is normally easier for me to create a card based on a theme.  When we got this invite for an upcoming party, I knew what I was going to make!  

The chevron rainbow is individual pieces I butted up together and adhered to the card.  The hills are three pieces of paper layered and inked for dimension.  This is my first time using a Lawn Fawn set and this one is quite fun.  There are other whimsical images in the set that I have yet to use.  I like how the unicorn's rainbow hair turned out. Good to know I have a nice rainbow assortment of Copics.  It was extremely easy as there was no blending to do.  I added prisma glitter to its body, which is on the actual invite. Sparkly, sparkly!

I colored the castle with my Copics as well, but used shading this time.  The door handles and window openings have Glossy Accents on them to give them shine and dimension.  You cannot tell here at all but it there.  The castle, unicorn, and hills were hand cut; it made me really appreciate my dies.

On the inside I added more of the flowers that I used on the front.  They are simply leftover punched flowers from pink tissue paper my friend gave me after she completed a project.  After I glued them down I added a dot of purple Stickles.  The sentiments on the front and inside are both heat embossed.  I have gotten a lot of use out of this aqua Zing! embossing powder I picked up a few months ago on clearance!

Here is the card with the coordinating gift wrap.  Oh, how I enjoy when I can make it all match! 

This ribbon flower came together quick.  I added the ribbon to some Scor-tape and worked the loops into a flower.  The flower gemstone finishes it off.  The ribbon was attached to the gift al the way around the package with Scor-tape.  I was not there when it was opened so I have no idea how hard it was to get into the gift.  I am interested in knowing though...

Paper: Papertrey Ink - Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest, Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse, Hawaiian Shores, Wisteria, Spring Rain, Spring Moss, Stampers' Select

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Versamark - watermark

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Critters Ever After

Other: prism glitter; PTI - chevron die; Zing! - aqua embossing powder; heat tool; pink tissue paper; Stickles - purple; Copics - V01, V12, V15, BV0000, RV21, RV23, RV25, RV29, 0, Y15, YR16, B24, YG 13, T1; Michael's ribbons - yellow, green, purple saddle stitch; Ribbon Boutique - aqua ribbon, Hero Arts - purple flower gem, Glossy Accents, dimensional adhesives, craft knife

My friend likes owls and her daughter was having a birthday so logically I made an owl card to celebrate her special day.  It is super girlie and full of bright colors and different textures.  

I got the inspiration from a couple blogs I follow.  Since I needed a large owl for a card, but I do not own any Cricut cartridges that fit the bill with an owl I wanted to use, I made one out of shapes I pieced together.  I got the idea for the owl months ago from one of the craft blogs I follow--The Queen's Scene.  If you have never visited her blog I highly recommend it as she is exceedingly talented and her creations are top notch.  I also merged ideas from Kerry's Craft Blog with her use of owls with circles for the belly feathers.  Her blog is phenomenal as well and she can crank out some amazing paper crafts and gifts.

  

I made this owl out of circles, ovals, triangles, and hearts.  It is put together with Scor-Tape, which I kept the backing on the back to get the owl put together before adhering to the card base.  I used paisley and swiss dot embossing folders, textured paper, glitter paper, and a bright and colorful scolloped paper.  I primarily used my Cricut with the Basic Shapes cartridge but also used my Papertrey Ink 1 3/4" Limitless Layers dies.  See the "eye lashes"? Limitless layers to the rescue!

I kept the inside simple since the front is so busy.  The little bird is from Tiny Treats: Birthday, which I colored with my Copics.  

Hope you enjoyed this one as much as I did. It was quite fun making. :)

Paper: Echo Park - Summer Days stack - scallops; Best Occasions - Textured Stack; Staples - white; The Paper Studio - black glitter paper; Papertrey Ink - Lemon Tart, Raspberry Fizz, Plum Pudding, Simply Chartreuse, and Aqua Mist

Stamps: PTI - Think Big Favorites #12, Tiny Treats: Birthday

Ink: PTI - Raspberry Fizz

Embellishments: PTI - Saddle Stitch ribbon - Raspberry Fizz, 

Other: Cuttlebug; Swiss Dot and Paisley Cuttlebug embossing folders; Cricut; George and Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge; PTI -1 3/4" Limitless Layers: Circles and Block Alphabet dies; Copics - V17, V15, BG11, BG49, BG72, colorless blender; standard office hole punch

I had a little boy's 2nd birthday card to make and thought a shaker card would be fun.  

After some thought, I purposely put a lot of these red beads inside the pocket so it had to be shook to read 'happy' and 'birthday.'  I have literally had these beads since 2001.  I haven't a clue why I purchased them as I haven't used beads in my other crafty endeavors but they work great here.

The Papertrey Ink Make It Monday #50 last week was on how to make a shaker card.  Since I wanted to use this cute paper, I opted not to use a die to cut the pocket area in the paper and fun foam layers but instead used a craft knife.  The city blocks are so well defined I thought it lent itself to have one cut out for the shaker pocket.

I kept the inside of the card simple as well--two strips of paper and a sentiment.  Easy peasy.  Now I just need to get more beads in my stash to make more shaker cards.  I like beads in the shaker instead of confetti, little paper cutouts, glitter, etc. because of the movement, sound, and texture.  
Paper: Echo Park - Little Boy stack - Road Map; Papertrey Ink - Hawaiian Shores and Pure Poppy, Staples - white cardstock; acetate
Stamps: PTI - Birthday Basics
Ink: PTI - Pure Poppy and Orange Zest
Embellishments: red beads (unknown)
Other: fun foam and craft knife

When I began organizing my stamp collection (blog post all in itself), I found I really did not have anything for preteen and teen boys.  I knew right away this set could be quite useful for me.  


Yes, I am on a torn paper kick.  You'll see it here and there in my upcoming posts.  I ruin a lot of paper to get the right torn look sometimes, but it is worth it to me.

I heat embossed the skateboards with black and aqua embossing powders.  The aqua powder I grabbed on clearance last week!  It is my first colored embossing powder and I must say I really like it.   The glossiness is a nice contrast against the matte papers. 

I kept the inside pretty simple with the torn paper detail and the framed sentiment.  I really like how the orange ink pops here. 

This little stamp is on the back of the card and is one of my new stamps from Homemade Hodgepodge.  Cute, cute.  I usually stamp my blog address on the back of my cards, but I left the stamp at home while I was at the craft retreat.  I'm hoping these stamps will quell some of the questions of "Did you make this?"  Why, yes, I did and you would be surprised at how long it took me to make it since I am normally a slow crafter.  Just don't throw it away in front of me, okay?  :o)
Paper: Authentique - Freebird stack - polka dots and distressed orange; PTI - Simply Chartreuse; Staples - white cardstock
Stamps: PTI - Boy Basics: Skater Dude, Fillable Frames #4, Homemade Hodgepodge
Ink: Versamark; PTI - Hawaiian Shores and Orange Zest
Other: PTI - Boy Basics: Skater Dude die; Fiskars - corner rounder; Zing - black & aqua embossing powders; dimensional foam adhesive, cuttlebug

Felt icing?!  Love it!  The texture is so fun.

I pulled out my Papertrey Ink numbers impression plate for this card.  The letterpress style impression is a refreshing texture compared to my usual embossing.  You'll see the glitter sprinkled around the pink background and on the felt icing; I tapped some of the green glitter cardstock scraps over them and the subtle glitter here and there was left behind.  It also was here and there on me all day but it was worth it.
Paper: Papertrey Ink - Hibiscus Burst, Doodle Bug Designs - limeade sugar coated gitter paper, DCWV - Nana's Kids stack - stripes, DCWV - The Glitter Stack - orange
Embellishments: Papertrey Ink - Hibiscus Burst satin luxe ribbon, numbers impression plate, Joann - clothing grade white wool blend felt 
Other: Cuttlebug, Cricut, Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge

Fun and crazy birthday card for a little four year old.  Check!  I know, I know, lots of polka dots and zebra together on one card.  It adds that craziness that sweet kids putting together a card might do. Busy?  Yes, but it's fun.  Four year olds don't care.  ;o)  The ribbon the monkey is hanging from needed something on the ends to finish it.  I made these small ribbon roses with some Scor-tape.  They come together quickly.  I like how the bow on the monkey matches the roses.  The monkey was only attached at the tail to the ribbon so it was able to swing freely when moved. 

Paper: KI Memries - The Classics Stack - pink zebra, DCWV - Animal Crackers stack - animal print polka dots, Best Occasions - Textured Cardstock - brown, Recollections - tan

Embellishments: googley eyes, Sharpie - ultra fine pink, Copic - C1, Papertrey Ink - Hibiscus Burst stain luxe ribbon, Michael's - green grosgrain

Other: Scor-tape, Cricut New Arrival cartridge

A colorful birthday card for a sweet one year old.  Her momma really likes kitties so I thought a little kitten on her card would be appreciated.  

I pulled out my bling to embellish the kitten.  Everyone who likes cats needs one with a rhinestone collar, hair bow, and eyes, right?  The white fur is actually white flocking so it was furry.

On the inside I used this cute little sentiment to tie it together.

Papers: The Paper Studio - Birthday Extraveganza stack - pink swirls and multicolor scallops, KI Memories - pink polkadots, DCWV - The Glitter Stack - aqua and dark pink, Staples - white cardstock, The Paper Company - blue and pink cardstock, Recollections - black cardstock

Embellishments: Kaiser Craft - aqua and pink rhinestones, Hero Arts - clear flower rhinestone, Hampton Art - Sprinkle Glitter Flocking in white

Other: Cricut, Create a Critter and Lyrical Letters Cricut cartridges

My son requested a Pixar Cars themed birthday.  To set the mood I made invitations with the Cars theme as well.  The diamond cut pattern embossing folder was perfect for this project.  There has to be Lightning McQueen's lightning bolt incorporated somewhere and what better place than the front?  I literally bought the Cars Cricut cartridge just for this lightning bolt which I manipulated in Design Studio to fatten up.  (I really need time to play with that cartridge.)  Thank goodness for Ebay and the great prices on cartridges there.  I was excited to find the Cars font as it really put the finishing touch on the invites.

I edited out some information on the invite but you get the gist.  The logo and Lightning McQueen are one large clip art for invites I found online and then added the Cars font.  You can see the reflection/shadow of Lightning on the bottom.  The inside of this trifold card was black so the invite really popped on it. I enjoyed making these special invites for my sweet son who carried one around with him for weeks.  I think he approved.
Paper: The Paper Studio - all paper except white, Kodak - glossy photo paper
Other: Cuttlebug diamond cut embossing folder, printer, Cricut, Disney/Pixar Cars Cricut cartridge, Cars font, Cars clip art

A cute dinosaur ready to party.  Perfect card for a little guy on his birthday.  The Create a Critter Cricut cartridge really has adorable animals.  Every time I pull it out I am reminded of all the cutesy card possibilities it holds.  

I added Glossy Accents to all the orange paper and also to the mouth.  At the rate I'm going with that stuff I'll be needing to buy a new bottle soon.

Paper: The Paper Company - blue, Best Occasions Textured Cardstock - green, Papertrey Ink - Orange Zest, My Mind's Eye - Twinkle Twinkle Little Boy - patterned orange
Stamps: Technique Tuesday - Cake & Candles
Ink: PTI - Orange Zest
Embellishments: Glossy Accents, googley eyes
Other: Create a Critter and Birthday Bash Cricut cartridges

I have had fun coloring rocket ships lately to learn how to color and blend with my new Copics.  I needed a card for a little boy and knew one with a rocket ship would be perfect!

Paper: The Paper Studio - green swirls, PTI Stampers' Select white, The Paper Studio - blue and yellow
Stamps: PTI Boy Basics: Out of this World

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Danube Blue

Embellishments: The Paper Studio mat silver stars, crimson satin ribbon from Michael's 

Other: Copics (R24, R27, R29, YR68, Y15, YG13, YG17, B24, B26, C1, colorless blender)

This card was inspired by my niece who likes things bright and sparkly. I wanted substansial sparkles so I opted to use a sparkle glaze versus glitter pens.  I applied it with a detail paintbrush and the result was exactly what I wanted to achieve. The goggly eyes add a fun, whimsical touch for a three-year old.

The ladybugs on the inside really pull this card together. This happy birthday cut has a fun, retro feel and worked nicely with the card.

Paper: DCWV - Nana's Kids Stack - ladybug and The Glitter Cardstock Stack - aqua, Best Occasions Textured Cardstock - dark pink, The Paper Company - light pink, built on Staples white cardstock

Embellishments: goggly eyes, wavy scissors, Delta Ceramics Sparkle Glaze

Other: Cricut Doodlecharms ladybug (p. 94), Cricut Lyrical Letters 3 (p. 56) and happy birthday    (p. 70), fine, black Sharpie