Teen Birthday Card

This month's Circle Magazine Challenge is to use the Circle exclusive cart Out of Character (one full image cut including layers)  to create a project. Since my youngest daughter's birthday is around the corner and she views being called a Diva as a positive, I decided to incorporate the Diva cut from Out of Character into a birthday card for her.

The teen carrying the cake is cut from the Paper Dolls Teen Scene cart.  The dolls do not have mouths, so I stamped a Peach Keen face stamp onto a separate piece of paper and hand cut the lips form the image for the doll.  I also added a little three dimension nose inspired by the noses on some of the projects done by the very talented Nadia on her With Glittering Eyes blog.


The cake itself is a piece of confetti with white enamel accents added for the icing.  Since this card was for a teen girl, I was liberal with the rhinestones and glitter.


Supplies Used:
Cricut Expression & Cricut CraftRoom Application
Cricut Paper Dolls Teen Scene Cartridge (Teen)
Cricut Out Of Character Cartridge ("Diva")
Cricut Life's A Party Cartridge ("Birthday')
Cricut CraftRoom Banners Cartridge (Banner)
Peachy Keen Stamps blushing bride interchangeable faces (lips)
Copic Markers (inking cuts)
Stampology ink pad - Ruby 
Sizzix Embossing Folder - Three Dots

Recollections paper
DCWV The Cherry Limeade Stack paper
Martha Stewart Glitter - golden beryl
Recollections Black Blank Card Base
Rhinestones from my stash
Stickles (candle flame)
Inkssentials White enamel accents
CakeConfetti from my stash
Glue Stick

Self-adhesive foam mounts

I'm very pleased with this card and I think my crafting is actually showing some improvement. Thanks for looking and, as always, I'd love to hear what you think.

Girlfriend Birthday Card

I love the Girlfriends stamp sets from Art Impressions and the one I used on this 5"X5" card is called "Out to Lunch":

I cut a circle out of  white cardstock, stamped the image on the circle and colored  the image with pencil crayons.  


The daisies on the lower left of the card were a pain to cut that small (1/2 inch), especially since each daisy is three layers of the same cut (Daisy2) from the Flower Shoppe Cartridge. It took twenty cuts to get the nine good pieces that I used for the three daisies.


The Happy Birthday sentiment is a piece of confetti to which I added some iridescent glitter to soften the color so that it was closer match to the ribbon I wove through the card base. 

Supplies Used:

Cricut Expression & Cricut CraftRoom Application

Cricut Wild Card Cartridge (Doily Card Base)

Cricut Flower Shoppe Cartridge (Daisies)

Cricut CraftRoom Basics Cartridge (Circles)
Art Impressions "Out to Lunch" Girlfriend Stamp

White and yellow cardstock  (scraps from my stash)

"Happy Birthday" Confetti

Celebrate It Ribbon

Hot Fix gems

VersaFine Black Ink Pad

Crayola Pencil Crayons

Iridescent glitter 

Inkadinkado Blending Chalks (soft tones)
Self-adhesive foam mounts

Thanks for looking.

"Chef" Apron

This is an apron I personalized using fabric paint and the freezer paper stencil method:

The apron is for a thank you gift for Marica who is the artistic director of the Alumni of the Croatian Folklore Dance Group with which I'm involved. “Šef Kuhinje” is Croatian for “Kitchen Boss” or “Kitchen Chief”.  In addition, the Croatian letter “š” (an "s" with a caron diacritic) makes a “sh” sound and so the Croatian word “šef” sounds like English word “chef”.  Marica loves double entendres, so I thought this was totally appropriate for her.
Supplies Used:
Cricut Expression & Cricut CraftRoom Application
Cricut Lyrical Letters Cartridge (font)
Cricut CraftRoom Basis Cartridge (squares)

Reynolds Freezer Paper 

Red Apron (Wal-Mart)

Tulip Soft Fabric Paint 

Sweet 16 Explosion Box - Gift Card Holder

I made this gift card holder explosion box for my daughter’s friend:

Top view:

  

I cut the “16” four times - twice with a rectangle welded to the bottom of it using Cricut CraftRoom and twice without the rectangle.  I was able to fold out the rectangle to create a stand to hold up the number.

Supplies Used:

Cricut Expression & Cricut CraftRoom Application

Cricut Out of Character Cartridge (Happy Birthday)

Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge (tag)

Cricut Paper Trimmings Cartridge (scallop box)

Cricut Cupcake Wrappers Cartridge (scallop circle)

Cricut Celebrations Cartridge (retangle welded to 16)

Cricut Sanrio – Hello Kitty Font Cartridge (Sweet 16)

Martha Stewart Scoring Pad

Craftsmart Embossing Pad

Zing Embossing Powder (Blush)

Hero Arts “Special Birthday” Stamp

Ribbon from my stash 

Studio G Chalk Ink, Inkadinkado Blending Chalks and Copic Markers (to outline card stock)

Self-adhesive foam mounts

Self-adhesive rhinestones

Flower from the Dollar Store

Making Memories Packaging Tape (Cheeky)

Brads

Solid and sparkle card stock are Recollections brand

Patterned card stock is GDC studios – material girls paper stack

Leftover plastic packaging

Chunky Glitter

Embroidery Floss

Thanks so much for looking.

We Love Grandma Frame

Here's a simple altered mirrored frame:

Supplies Used:
Cricut Expression & Cricut CraftRoom Application
Cricut Base Camp Cartridge
Black Outdoor Grade Vinyl (scraps from a sign company)
Mirrored frame (dollar store)

"Volimu Baku" is Croatian for  "We love Grandma".  My daughters gave this frame to their Croatian grandmother for Mother's Day.
Thanks for looking.

Birthday/Un-Birthday Card & Gift Bag

Several years ago, we took a family trip to Disney World.  As part of the trip, we had booked our two daughters for a “princess” experience at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique in preparation for a Pirate & Princess party that was taking place in the evening.  My eldest had previously seen an Alice in Wonderland costume at Downtown Disney, but unfortunately the Boutique did not offer that costume as one of the "princess" choices, so she opted to get the “Crown Package” which included hairstyle, nails, make-up, but no dress, shoes or photo shoot.

After the makeover, we went on a hunt throughout Magic Kingdom for the Alice costume to no avail.  My dear husband then took our eldest daughter on a roundabout trip back to Downtown Disney, so that she could buy the Alice dress, change and get back to Magic Kingdom in time for the Pirate & Princess party.  Here she is in her costume.

Well, my eldest little princess is no longer so little, but she still has a fondness for Alice in Wonderland -- though she’s favours the Red Queen over Alice these days.  So, I thought for her birthday it would be appropriate to give her a Red Queen card, but an Alice gift bag for while she is getting older, that little girl is still a part of her.

Here’s the card:

 The card is 5.5” x 5.5” and the Red Queen is on a homemade wobble spring.

Here’s the altered gift bag:

Supplies Used:

Cricut Expression & Cricut CraftRoom Application

Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge (Banner)

Cricut Disney Classics Cartridge (Alice and the Queen)

Glossy Accents (Queen’s Crown and Earring)

Zig Opaque Writer (drawing in the whites of the eyes)

Sharpie Markers (drawing in the iris and lips)

Copic Markers (inking some of the carstock)

Sentiment Computer Generated on MS Word

Celebrate It Ribbon
Florist wire (for wobble spring)
Heart Confetti

Gift Bag from Michaels

All Card stock (except card base) was scraps from my stash

Wausau Bright White Premium Card Stock (card base)
Sizzix Embossing Folder (from the "Love Set")

Sewing Machine and white thread

If anyone is curious about the reference to the un-birthday in the sentiment, an un-birthday is any day that is not a person’s birthday.  In the Disney animated film Alice in Wonderland, Alice comes upon the Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Dormouse having an un-birthday party.  The Mad Hatter explains un-birthdays to Alice, she realizes it is her un-birthday as well and the Mad Hatter presents Alice with an un-birthday cake.  The un-birthday reference seemed more appropriate sentiment for the card than the Queen’s typical “off with her head”, don’t you think?

Newlywed [Game] Treat Boxes

Well my dear hubby and I have been invited over to a friend's house for “Newlywed Game” party and I thought I'd give my new  Tags, Bags, Boxes & More® 2 cartridge a try and create a little treat box for each of the host and hostess of the party.

The bride box was cut from Recollections shimmer cardstock while the groom box was cut from regular Recollections cardstock.  I used the fit to page setting to cut the boxes as large as possible from the letter sized paper. I cut the groom box out twice - once in black and the other in white, so that the groom's shirt could be white on the box.  I had to hand cut the collar piece off the white  box to attached to the black box but the front of the shirt for the groom box is already a separate piece.  


I think these would make a wonderful favor boxes for a wedding especially if you embellished them a little more (perhaps a boutonnière or pocket square on the groom and a ribbon on the bride's waist?).  Here's a side view of the boxes:


The bride box is approximately 4.75" x 3.5" x 1" while the groom box is  approximately 5" x 2.5" x 1".  I put about four  individually wrapped toffee candies in each of the boxes.


To be clear, none of the attendees (including my hubby and I) are newlyweds, so I really am curious as to how the evening will go.  In the meantime, I just have to figure out what appetizer I'm going to make to bring. Maybe I'll feel ambitious and make some California Sushi Rolls....


Thanks for looking and as always I'd love to hear your comments.