Happy Birthday

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Always needing birthday cards, I was inspired by the popcorn box challenge at Die Cuttin Divas to incorporate a popcorn box in my project. Tickets or money to buy movie tickets and popcorn seems like a good present that could be easily enclosed with the card for the birthday person.

Card is 5"x 6 1/2" cut from white cardstock. Top layer is a gray embossed paper from Craft Smith Embossed Neutrals pad. Other papers are scraps from other projects.

Cricut Cartridges:

Family Album - Red and white shaped mats are cut 6" wide. Phrase Movie Night is also part of the mats grouping. The border of Stars is cut 6.48" wide using yellow and a gray paper. I ungrouped these images from the rest of the scrapbook page in Cricut Design Space and cut sizes that would fit my card.

Movie Night - Pop Corn box image is cut 1.50" wide. Cinema ticket is cut 1.8" wide.

Picturesque - Swirls in the upper corner and the one under Happy birthday.

Cricut Font and Basic Shapes - Happy Birthday is cut 3" wide. 

Challenge: 

Die Cuttin Divas - Ch. 237 National Popcorn month -include popcorn box or inspired by a movie.

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Fall/Turkey Card

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Today I am sharing another Fall card. Because I enjoy the colors of the Fall season I like to play with pretty patterned Fall papers! Papers are scrap papers from a K & Company pad. Card measures 5" x 6  1/2" from a cream Recollections paper. All images are cut using the Cricut Explore machine.

Cricut Cartridges:
Celebrate with Flourish - Turkey is cut 2.50" wide.
Cricut Font and Basic Shapes - Cream colored square is cut 3" wide.
Designer Calendar - Leaves are each cut 1" wide.
Gypsy Wanderings - Patterned paper open square is cut 3.10" wide.
Splendid Soirees - Lace doily is cut 4.75" wide.
Thanksgiving - Bountiful is cut 3" wide; Harvest Blessings is cut 5" wide--used inside card.

Wow! I used six Cricut cartridges on this one! Cricut Design Space makes it easy to find the images! Although, sometimes it is hard to choose which pretty image I do want to use!!

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots is used on the cream mat. Banner for the Bountiful phrase is hand cut.

 Inside of card!

Challenges:

BBTB2 - Turkey

FCCB - Ch. 262 Fall/Autumn 

MyTime To Craft - Ch. 306 Autumnal colours

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Ch. 322 Sketch

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Baseball Card for the Birthday Boy

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My grandsons love to play baseball. My thoughts turned to making a baseball card for a grandson who is having a birthday. We were so proud of him and his team this season. During the regional tournament, he scored his first home run. What a happy guy and parents! He ended the tournaments making two more home runs with one being in the state championship tournament. The card measures 5" x 6 1/2" and is cut from red Recollections cardstock. Star patterned paper is from a Recollections Play Ball page kit.


Cricut Cartridges: I have been enjoying a month subscription to images in Cricut Design Space. I do not own Baseball but it may be added to my list!
Baseball - Batter is cut 3" wide x 4.99" high. I reversed the image for a left handed batter. Home Run is cut 5.50" wide.

Life is a Party - Baseball is cut 1.07" wide x 1.06" high.

Inside of card.

For Inside:

Cricut Font & Basic Shapes - Happy Birthday is cut 4.50" wide.

Baseball - All Star is cut 4.50" wide. 

For the phrase "Baseball is Life", I added the swoosh by slicing it from another image in the Baseball cartridge and then welding it to the word Baseball using Cricut Design Space features. Then using the text box, I added "is Life" with the Plantin Schoolbook font. Yes, there is a similar phrase in the Cricut Sports Mania cartridge, but I did not have access to that particular cartridge. So I just tried to make the phrase. I thought it turned out ok!

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for your visits and comments!

Rainy Day

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We have been having several rainy days and more on the way. I decided to play along with a rainy day theme. The card is 5" x 6 1/2" white cardstock. I was inspired by the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches. I began the layers with the yellow solid cardstock and I continued with solid colors. This is not my usual style of papers--you know I love patterned papers--but I chose the solids this time. All the papers are from my scrap stack. My younger grandsons enjoy being outside on rainy days but they do not bother with any rain gear!!

Cricut Cartridges:

Everyday Paper Dolls - Boy wearing rain gear and the umbrella are layered together and is cut 3"h.

Disney Pooh and Friends -  Cloud and raindrops cut 3"w.  The cloud is used for the rain puddle. I failed to record the name of the cartridge for the gray cloud.

Cricut Font and Basic Shapes - Rainy Day is cut 1.74" w, 1.18" h.

Paisley - Heart button is cut 1" w. I added a bow with Sew Easy Fancy floss.

Challenges:

BBTB2 - April Showers

Simple Create Too - Ch. 83 No Digis or Stamped Images

The Sisterhood of Crafters - April Showers

Tuesday Morning Sketches -  Sketch 296

 

Hope you enjoy this card! Thanks for your visits and comments!