"Five Minute" Birthday Card

Can you really finish a card in five minutes??  Maybe you can, but I have yet to accomplish that feat, although this birthday card from the Five Minute Cards SVG Kit (from SVGCuts.com) I made for my mother comes close.  Usually the longest part of the creative process for me is choosing the paper to use.  Once my paper was chosen for this card, there were only five cuts to make, but I wasn't done yet!

This card is only four layers and went together quickly, if you don't count the time I spent obsessively applying foam tape to the back of the flower cut out layer.  You can see what I mean here:

Just a little bit of foam tape!

Once the foam tape was on, it really did take five minutes to put together!

For the inside sentiment I used my Silhouette sketch pens and wrote with the Cameo.  I haven't used my thin fonts from Lettering Delights nearly enough, so I was happy for the chance.

 

Being able to write with your cutting machine comes in real handy when you don't want to stamp or when your printers are out of ink (both are the case for me).  I thought putting the candles on the bottom was also a cute idea, but I'm not sure my mother will appreciate them!  I really enjoyed putting this card together, now all I have to do is get it in the mail!

Supplies Used:

Make The Cut* 

Silhouette Cameo

Silhouette Sketch Pen

DCWV Playtime Stack

Core'dinations Cardstock

Five Minute Cards SVG Kit

LDT Cursive

LDT Cutesie Doodles

Hope you Have A Crafty Day!

*I'm an affiliate for Make The Cut because I LOVE it and you will too! 

  

A Musical Birthday!

Birthdays.  I'd like to forget them.  But when you're only turning 15 like my son did a few weeks ago, it's okay to remember, in fact, you'd better!  Son #2 loves music and plays piano, guitar and viola.  Deciding what to make for him was a no brainer.  SVGCuts.com has two kits which contain 3D musical instruments.  One is called Thank You For the Music (piano), and the other is Vintage Valentines (guitar).  At first I thought they'd be difficult to put together, but they were surprisingly easy. Mary at SVGCuts makes everything look easy in her assembly videos, and this time it was!

The only part I'm not satisfied with is the guitar "strings".  I apparently didn't tighten the fishing line I used for them enough.  It was too late to tighten them by the time I realized how loose they were.  My son, however, could care less about the strings.  You see, the cool part is both instruments are also boxes, and I had stuffed his favorite candy inside!
 
I also designed a card to go along with the piano and guitar, using a program called Popup Card Studio (PCS).  This is an awesome, somewhat new program created by Andy, the same smart guy who created Make The Cut!(MTC).  It was really easy to create this simple pop up card, and it eliminated the need for some tedious node editing in MTC.  Of course I did cut the card with MTC after importing the card from PCS.  Here's the front which is a frame that I welded a keyboard and musical notes to, along with my son's name.

The black portion of the musical notes on the bottom are printed because they were so tiny there was no way they could be cut.  And yes, I did try!  It was a free file from somewhere, don't know where so I can't give credit.

Now check out the inside.

This is the first card I made in PCS, so it's pretty basic.  There is a learning curve to this program, and the place I get help is at susanbluerobot.  She has tons of helpful videos that got me up and running.   The cards that can be made in Popup Card Studio are amazing, so go check it out here.  Once I get more familiar with PCS I hope to be making some wow factor cards to show off, but until then...

Here's what I used:
Silhouette Cameo
Make The Cut!*
Popup Card Studio 
Thank You For the Music SVG Kit
Vintage Valentines SVG Kit
Musical Instruments and Symbols Cut It Set (keyboard on card)
LD Modern Slab (font)
Paper from Bazzill, Core'dinations, K&Company and The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby)
 
Have A Crafty Day!
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Quick Post: Happy Birthday Popup Card with Make The Cut

Since it's my birthday I thought I'd post a birthday card I made for my mom a few months ago.  It's a popup I made with Make The Cut.  Of course it would have been a lot easier to make if Pop Up Card Studio was around!  Even so, it didn't take that long, because I used a tutorial from Susanbluerobot.  I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out.

For the caption on the front I used two thin fonts and a Zig marker with my Cougar pen holder in my Cameo.  I was so happy when I discovered the pen holder fit perfectly.  I think I have to lower the thickness setting on the Cameo because there are dots in the writing.  The banners were welded together and I made the word "another" conform to the path of the middle part.  On the inside, for a place to write, I used a journal card that came on a sheet from the paper pad I used.  So, that's what I'll be doing today, adding another candle to the cake, ugh!  Here's what I used for this card:

Make The Cut*
Silhouette Cameo
My Mind's Eye Indie Chic Nutmeg Paper Pad
Core'dinations Cardstock 
SNF Simon Says (Happy Birthday)
Light Sans Thin Font (another)
Cursive Thin Font (Add, candle!)
Birthday Sparkle Stencil SVG's (Cake) This set is no longer available.
Christmas Cookie Party SVG Collection (Banners)
 
Hope you Have a Crafty Day!
 
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You're As Sweet As A Cupcake

Aren't you?

 

 

 

 

Of course you are!

Whenever your birthday may be!

Cupcakes are sweet, and so was the time I spent making this card!  I really love what can be done with Make The Cut (MTC)!  For the card base I used a background paper from the Lettering Delights Love Is Sweet set.  I scaled down the paper to fit the card size (I forget exactly what size it is LOL!)and then printed it directly from MTC.  Then I scanned in a stamp from the dollar bin at Michael's.  A simple, cute, but very small cupcake.  Once I got it into my computer I brought it into Adobe PSE 7, resized it and saved it as a PNG file.  I then opened up MTC and traced the image.  I created a few shadow layers of the cupcake, and even a layer for the "icing".  I printed out the stamp image from MTC at the size I wanted and then cut around it.  I also cut out the other shadow layers and stuck them together using foam tape.  I printed out the sentiment from MTC as well, using the Lettering Delights Buttercream font(my current favorite font!).  Isn't it amazing?  From a little stamp I now have a much larger one, as well as a die cut if I wanted it!!  Thank you MTC!  Talk about adding versatility to the things you already have.  Now the stamp idea is not mine, I believe I got the idea from CleverSomeday's blog where she tells you how to make mats for your stamps using MTC.  I just thought wouldn't it be neat to just print out the stamp so it could be any size, and to my amazement it worked!  Hope you like this idea.  I can't wait to try it out with other images as well.  No cartridge necessary!   Let me know what ya think!  Thanks for stopping by!

Give A Hoot It's Your Birthday!! Card

About what?

My Dad and I both celebrate our birthdays this week, and this card is for him (since I wouldn't be making it for myself-LOL!).  The owl, the banner and the phrase come from the Give A Hoot Cricut cartridge which I bought months ago and have never used.  I grabbed a square from Plantin Schoolbook and a scalloped square from Mini Monograms.  For the last two years (about as long as I've been making cards) I made my father a card using the Paper Pups cartridge and the Cuttlebug embossing folders with the similar puppy images.  This year I thought it would be nice to change it up a bit.  It's always hard for me to figure what to make for my Dad.  The girlie stuff is so easy, but I find the stuff for men to be a challenge.  I don't even know if he likes owls!  He's not aware that in the crafting world they're all the rage-LOL!  Any hoo, I planned this card out on my Gypsy, which made it easy to figure out sizes.  The only thing I don't like about the Gypsy is the lack of a color preview.  I wonder if that will be in a future update?  Sometimes I'll just create the file in Design Studio (DS) and load it on my Gypsy, that way I can look at the preview while I'm picking out paper and cutting.  I have to say, however, if I wasn't using the cartridge images I would be using Make The Cut (MTC) instead.  It is a much easier program to use, and not only can you use colors for a preview, but patterned paper as well.  I show this in my post Be Mine Valentine with Make The Cut.  You can also print directly from MTC, as I did on this card and shown in the picture below.

 I used a font from Lettering Delights called Old Typeset.  I simply typed it in and created a shadow layer (another convenience of MTC!)for the background.  I chose my colors for each layer and printed it out.  You can't get much easier than that!!  So as much as I enjoy the Gypsy and DS, they are both limited in their abilities.  Perhaps Provocraft will do some serious upgrades to catch up!  So what do you think of my Give A Hoot card?  Why don't you give me a hoot and let me know?  I appreciate you stopping by and taking the time to comment!  Come back again sometime!

Tri Shutter Birthday Card

It's my mom's birthday today, so I made her this card. Shh, I haven't gotten around to mailing it yet because I have to get one of those bubble mailers since it's kind of thick when it's folded. I got the directions to make this card on CardzTV. I have seen plenty of other examples of this card- it's pretty popular so I thought I'd have a go at it. I came across a Gypsy file I had downloaded from 217 Creations for a pop up card she had made. I realized she had used two slits in the card to form the pop up, and I wondered how she'd done it. After looking at the carts she used I discovered it was the end cap feature from Plantin Schoolbook. I figured I would try to cut the slits for the tri shutter using these so I could be sure they'd be straight and where I wanted them. It worked out pretty well. The slits were off by a little but not noticeable, and all I would have to do is move the paper a bit. I just thought it was cool to try. I know it isn't hard to cut two slits in the paper by hand, but hey, why not use the Cricut when you can? I like the way it came out and I'll be making more of these. It is a challenge for me to decorate these kinds of cards, but it was worth it. Thanks 217 Creations and CardzTV!

8 Ball Card and TShirt

I made this card and T Shirt for my son's friend who was having a birthday party. I made the card on my Gypsy by welding the base of the 8 ball on Indie Art. My son thought this was supposed to be a record, so the concept was lost on him! (I don't know how he knows anything about records, since I don't think he's ever seen one!) The top layer was cuttlebugged with the spots and dots folder, which was difficult since the card was bigger than the folder. I strategically placed a strip of paper across where you would see the line from the folder. The letters are from Street Sign. I really like that font since you can make the letters pretty small and they always cut well. I used patterned paper from the My Mind's Eye Complete Boy stack. I get a lot of use out of this stack, having three boys! I made the T shirt using my Yudu. (Sorry for the bad picture!) This screen is one of the first ones I made about a year ago and I've used it a couple of times so I'll probably never wash it off. Apparently this boy saw my son wearing one I had made for him and requested it as a birthday present! (Well, I'm happy, this is the cheapest birthday present I've ever given!) The screen I made is only for the bottom layer and uses the guitars and words from Indie Art. On the top layer I used vinyl as a stencil to paint on the guitar parts. I used the gunmetal bronze Yudu ink for the guitars and some tulip fabric paint on top. I find that layering is quite difficult for me with the Yudu. I suppose I haven't used it enough yet to be real good at it. I would like to do so much more with it! Thanks for stopping by!

Throwback Thursday Challenge #8

Just a quick last minute entry into the Throwback Thursday Challenge that was a birthday theme using the Celebrations cart. I don't own that cart so I used Doodlecharms and Zooballoo. I welded the two birthday hats to make the base and just added the black out version for the layers. The Happy Birthday is welded with the little top part of the party hat (I don't know what to call that thing!). I put an i top brad on the top of the hat. I used paper from a pad I got at Wal-Mart that Mary had mentioned on Cardz TV. It's really cute paper! I added some stickles and called it done. I'm feeling a little out of it because I foolishly got sunburned the other day while going to a pool with my kids. It was 107 degrees and even though we all had sunblock on, we ended up burned anyway! I feel like I need to sleep for a week. Hope you like the card and thanks for looking!

Guess I've been gone awhile! My life has been getting in the way lately, and believe me you don't want to know the details! Well, birthday season is in swing and I made this card for my daughter whose birthday was two weeks ago. She wasn't that impressed with it, but that's ok. The base and 7 candles (6 +1 for good luck!) are from Wild Card, and the borders and font are from Storybook. I ran the glitter paper thru the CB with the D'vine Swirls folder. I really like embossing glitter paper, it's a two for one, glitter plus dimension! I used the prismatic paper I got from WalMart, I just love the way it shines! Patterned cupcake paper is from DCWV and I used an EK Succes border punch on it. The whole thing is a little too pink for me, but that's my daughter's favorite color, so I had to go with it! She had a little surprise on her birthday, my parents finally came for a visit! I think my daughter was three the last time she saw them, so she didn't really know them at first. It was good to see them again and we got to enjoy cake together! All I kept thinking was I wish I had that Cricut cake machine, I could have made her a really cool cake! Maybe next year? I just have to convince DH I really need it, that's all! Anyway, I do have some more things to post, so I won't be gone so long. I am really loving that Easter 2010 cartridge and I've been playing around with it a bit, so there's more to come! Thanks for looking!

Both my father and I have a birthday this week, mine is tomorrow and his is Friday, so I made him a card. I haven't made one for myself yet! (Truly I'm beyond the age of celebrating!) This is an S Fold that I saw over at Cardztv. It's quick and simple, just the way I like it! No cricut, I just used a small CB puppy embossing folder on the front with a little chalking and the MS loop border punch. For some reason these pups make me think of my dad. My husband looked at me funny when I told him that, like I must think my dad is some poor pathetic looking puppy, but that's not it! I made him a card last year with a cut from the paper pups cart, it just seems to work since making a card for a man can be tricky. Next I've got to come up with some valentines for my daughter's kindergarten class and then it's what I call "birthday season"! March, April and May, three kids and DH all have their birthdays! Guess I'd better get started! Thanks so much for stopping by!