Flip-Flop Card

I threw this card together in about 20 minutes. One of my girls had a birthday party - swim party - to attend.  I, of course, forgot to make a card.  So, with no time to spare.......

Supplies Used:
Card Stock: White 5.5 x 8.5 (scored at 4.25 to make the card 5.5 x 4.25).  Scrap of pattern paper (that I bought at least 4 years ago) 5.25 x 4.  Strip of white 2.5 x 4.  Pink 4 x 5 and lime green 4 x 5.
Pink Gem - Michael's dollar aisle.
Adhesive
Cricut Cartridge: Life is a Beach: Flip Flops cut at 2.5 inches
Stamp Set: StampinUP! Happy Moments
Ink: Paper Trey Ink, Snow

Adhere the pattern paper to the white card. Adhere the white strip to the pattern paper.   Stamp "happy birthday" on each flip flop in snow ink.  Adhere the green strip to each flip flop and top with a gem.  Adhere the flip flops to the strip of white.

Done!  There you have a quick and super easy card.  You could replace the "happy birthday" with any other saying or greeting.

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A FIN-Tastic Birthday Card

Materials Used:

• Paper - StampinUP! Pumpkin Pie, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise; Bazzill orange, dotted swiss brown; K & Company Halloween pack; Michael's blue glitter
• Stamps: My Pink Stamper Even More Punny-licious, Everyday Life; Peachy Keen Stamps PK-753 Critter Faces Set A small
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swirls
• Ink - Paper Trey Ink True Black
• Pen - Uni-ball white
• Adhesive - Xyron (1.5 and 250), StampinUP pop dots
• Cricut Cartridge - Create A Critter

Create A Citter Cricut Cuts:

• Base of fish (Chocolate Chip) 2 x 1.26
• Fish (Pumpkin Pie) 2 x 1.26
• Fish body (K & Company) 1.52 x 1.26
• Fish head (Bazzill orange) 0.9 x 1.26
• Fish bowl (Tempting Turquoise) 4 x 3.28
• Water in bowl (Blue glitter) 3.5 x 3.38
• Sand in bowl (Bazzill spotted swiss brown) 3.24 x 3.38
• Plant in bowl (Kiwi Kiss) 0.81 x 2.43

Other: Kiwi Kiss to emboss was cut at 3.75 x 5.25

Given I have a gypsy, I am able to cut every layer at one time.  Here is the paper place on the cutting mat.

After the Cricut has cut the layers out, it is time to assemble.  Given that the "water" layer is glitter paper, I decided use my Xyrons to apply the adhesive. 

For bigger cuts I use my larger Xyron (250).

For smaller or narrow pieces I use my small hand-held Xyron (1.5).

For all the fish pieces, I used the same small Xyron.

Now it is time to put the fishbowl together. 

1. Blue glitter is applied to the fish bowl.

2. The Bazzill spotted brown paper is applied to the glitter.

3. The Kiwi Kiss plant is applied to the brown paper.

Now it is time to assemble the fish.  Again, I used the smaller Xyron.  Assemble the fish as follows:

1. The Pumpkin Pie fish is applied to the Chocolate Brown fish.
2. The K&Company paper is applied to Pumpkin Pie paper fish.
3. The light orange is applied to the K&Company.
4. The fish is applied to the fish bowl.

I used Peachy Keen Stamps - to stamp the eye.  I colored in the eye area with an Uni-ball white gel pen.

I used Paper Trey Ink - Perfect Match in True Black (the best ink out there).

Very carefully I combined two of My Pink Stamper stamps to create the saying on the card - Have a FIN-TASTIC Birthday!  I used my StampinUP black marker and "colored" over the words Have a (My Pink Stamper Everyday Life Stamp set) and stamped it at the top of the fish bowl. 

Next I used My Pink Stamper Even More Punny-licious set and "colored in FIN-TASTIC (did not color the exclamation point) with the black marker and stamped it above the water.  I did the same thing with Birthday! (from the same stamp as Have a) and stamped it at the bottom of the bowl. 

Assembling the card is the last part - I ran the 3.75 x 5.25 Kiwi Kiss paper through my Cuttlebug using Swirls embossing folder.  I adhered it to a white card measuring 4 x 5.5.  Using pop dots, I adhered the fish bowl to the Kiwi Kiss.

Mr. and Mrs. Wedding Card

As you all probably know by now, I was on vacation last week.  We spent a wonderful week in Grand Haven, Michigan (on Lake Michigan) and attended my cousin's wedding.  Here is the card that I made to go with their gift.

The wedding invitation was purple and cream.  I used a 5 x 12 piece of StampinUP Vanilla paper, scored at 6 inches, making the card 5 x 6 inches. The purple cardstock was taken from their invitation (great way to ensure the color is a perfect match and recycling!).  The cake was cut using Cricut cartridge Simply Charms at 4 x 5 inches. 

Photo courtsey of Cricut.com

Next, I used two embossing folders to create the texture on the cake.  I used swiss dots by Cuttlebug on the bottom layer.  To separate the layers in the cake, I used the Frills by Cuttlebug embossing folder.  The purple gems and flowers were purchased from Michael's in their clearance aisle.

Photo courtsey of Papertreyink.com

The stamp set Big & Bold Wishes from Paper Trey Ink was used for both the outside and inside of the card.  I used True Black ink by Paper Trey Ink.

For inside the card, all materials are described above.  On the back of the card (which is not pictured) I cut down their invitation and adhered it to the back of the card for a keepsake.

This card was so, so easy to make and my cousin and his wife (!!!!) loved it.

Fin-Tastic Birthday Card

I made this card for the My Pink Stamper Design Team Call!



Challenge: Make a card, scrapbook page, or other Cricut project with your favorite Cricut cartridge using the following colors......

• Orange
• Turquoise
• Green
• Brown
• (other optional color of your choice)

Here is the card I made for the challenge.

Materials Used:

• Paper - StampinUP! Pumpkin Pie, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise; Bazzill orange, dotted swiss brown; K & Company Halloween pack; Michael's blue glitter
• Stamps: My Pink Stamper Even More Punny-licious, Everyday Life; Peachy Keen Stamps PK-753 Critter Faces Set A small
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swirls
• Ink - Paper Trey Ink True Black
• Pen - Uni-ball white
• Adhesive - Xyron (1.5 and 250), StampinUP pop dots
• Cricut Cartridge - Create A Critter

Create A Citter Cricut Cuts:

• Base of fish (Chocolate Chip) 2 x 1.26
• Fish (Pumpkin Pie) 2 x 1.26
• Fish body (K & Company) 1.52 x 1.26
• Fish head (Bazzill orange) 0.9 x 1.26
• Fish bowl (Tempting Turquoise) 4 x 3.28
• Water in bowl (Blue glitter) 3.5 x 3.38
• Sand in bowl (Bazzill spotted swiss brown) 3.24 x 3.38
• Plant in bowl (Kiwi Kiss) 0.81 x 2.43

Other: Kiwi Kiss to emboss was cut at 3.75 x 5.25

Given I have a gypsy, I am able to cut every layer at one time.  Here is the paper place on the cutting mat.

After the Cricut has cut the layers out, it is time to assemble.  Given that the "water" layer is glitter paper, I decided use my Xyrons to apply the adhesive. 

For bigger cuts I use my larger Xyron (250).

For smaller or narrow pieces I use my small hand-held Xyron (1.5).

For all the fish pieces, I used the same small Xyron.

Now it is time to put the fishbowl together. 

1. Blue glitter is applied to the fish bowl.

2. The Bazzill spotted brown paper is applied to the glitter.

3. The Kiwi Kiss plant is applied to the brown paper.

Now it is time to assemble the fish.  Again, I used the smaller Xyron.  Assemble the fish as follows:

1. The Pumpkin Pie fish is applied to the Chocolate Brown fish.
2. The K&Company paper is applied to Pumpkin Pie paper fish.
3. The light orange is applied to the K&Company.
4. The fish is applied to the fish bowl.

I used Peachy Keen Stamps - to stamp the eye.  I colored in the eye area with an Uni-ball white gel pen.

I used Paper Trey Ink - Perfect Match in True Black (the best ink out there).

Very carefully I combined two of My Pink Stamper stamps to create the saying on the card - Have a FIN-TASTIC Birthday!  I used my StampinUP black marker and "colored" over the words Have a (My Pink Stamper Everyday Life Stamp set) and stamped it at the top of the fish bowl. 

Next I used My Pink Stamper Even More Punny-licious set and "colored in FIN-TASTIC (did not color the exclamation point) with the black marker and stamped it above the water.  I did the same thing with Birthday! (from the same stamp as Have a) and stamped it at the bottom of the bowl. 

Assembling the card is the last part - I ran the 3.75 x 5.25 Kiwi Kiss paper through my Cuttlebug using Swirls embossing folder.  I adhered it to a white card measuring 4 x 5.5.  Using pop dots, I adhered the fish bowl to the Kiwi Kiss.

Baseball, Apple Pie and Fourth of July!

I remember my grandmother always saying this time of year.....Baseball, Apple Pie and Fourth of July!  Of course my grandfather (the farmer) would always say, "the corn needs to be knee high by the Fourth of July!"  Priorities!  My grandmother loved baseball, her favorite team being the Detroit Tigers.  I know, I know...but being from Michigan, we are die-hard fans.  Her apple pie was loved by all. I honor of my grandmother, I made this......

Supplies:

• Tin pail/container - $1 at Target
• Firework straws - $2 at Target
• Flag Tootsie Rolls, red and blue starred Tootsie Pops, and Baseball gumballs - Wegmans bulk aisle

I filled the pail about 3/4 full with shredded paper (yup, all those credit card applications that went through the shredded!).  I filled the rest of the pail with the Tootsie Rolls and Baseball gumballs. Next I stuck 5 of the firework straws in the bucket (cutting the front 2 shorter).  The last step was to add the Tootsie Pops.

I took this to work and they were totally amazed (right brain accountants!!). The guys LOVED the Baseball gumballs and had a great walk down memory lane. Do you remember them as kid? My siblings and I use to love them. The Flag Tootsie Rolls were a big hit too. None of use have every seen them.

Happy Fourth of July to you all.  Be safe and enjoy the long weekend, baseball and apple pie!

What Could Be Better Than......Father's Day Card

What could be better than watching game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals and cheering for Boston (my #2 team...Detroit is my #1)?  We are a big hockey family and spend August to April at the rink. 

Oh right, so what could be better than......watching the game? Watching the game while making a Father's Day Card and writing this post!  By now you all know - easy is what it is all about!

Materials Used:

• Paper: StampinUP! Ballet Blue; Bazzill Black, and Glitter Gold
• Cricut Cartridge: Sports Mania (one of my favorite - amazing hockey items!)
• Adhesive: Scotch
• Stickers: Glitter Gold stickers from Michaels

1. Cut the Ballet Blue 11 x 8.5 paper in half - 5.5 x 8.5 and score at 4.25.  Fold and card should be 4.25 x 5.5.

2. Using your Cricut, cut the Trophy (Glitter Gold) from Sports Mania cartridge and the layers (Black) at 4.5 height (let the width set itself).  Any trophy sticker would do too.

3. Adhere the Glitter Gold trophy to the card. Adhere the black layers to the trophy.

4. Add stickers.

5. Cheer for the Bruins!!!!

At the end of the second period it is Bruins 3 and Canucks 0.  I really hope I have not jinxed them. In all seriousness  this has been a great Stanley Cup Playoff.

P.S.  WOOOO HOOO!!!! Final score....Bruins 4 and Cancucks 0.  Way to go Bruins!

Additional Goodie Jars

Here are two more jars that I decorated for the other teachers.  Click here for the post on how to make one. Enjoy!

This one was filed with Cheetos!

This one was filled with Chocolate (my kind of lady!).