My First Care Package

My childhood best friend had her birthday this week and I wanted to send her something extra special.

I've always seen 'welcome/care packages' moms send their kids while they are in college and couldn't help but to try to make one myself. Of course, I had to attach one of my cards with it ;)

A2 card:

- Cuttle bug Happy birthday folder

- Bird/Chick cut at 3 in

- Present cut at 1.5 (?) in.

I used some recollections "April" paper for the present...too bad you can't even see "April." haha, oh well.

Presenting my first care package! I filled it up with some school supplies, candy, crackers, snacks, gum/mint, soup base mixes and more!

Do you see my card? =)

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Graduation season is around the corner. Get ready for some graduation cards!

Chocolate Cupcakes

I made this card for a friend who celebrated her birthday last weekend.
Isn't this card so sweet and cute??

A7 card:

< cupcakes are 'popping out'

Hope you enjoyed this!

Simple Present Card

Here is a simple birthday card I made

Cuttle bug folders used: Leafy & Swiss dots

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Birthday card using Kate's ABC's

Here is a simple birthday card I made for my sisters friend.

I found this cute background paper in a super old stack of leftover scrapbooking pile  in my closet =)























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Simple A2 Happy Birthday Mouse

I made this mouse card for my boyfriend's mom who celebrated her birthday last week.
She loved it! It is sitting on her kitchen counter right now. haha

Simple A2 card:

Materials used:
- Purple cardstock 5.5x8.5 in
- Patterned Recollections Pastel cardstock 4x5.25 in
- Happy birthday cut at 1.5 in
- Mouse cut at 2.75 in
- Essentials Ribbon









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Dinosaur Birthday

This past week was my boyfriend's birthday and I wanted to make him a 'fun' card.
He usually likes my cards where the shape itself is of some unique figure.

Here is a cute A2 card:

Materials used:
- Dark blue cardstock 5.5x8.5 in
- Light blue cardstock 5.25x4 in
- Dinosaur cut at 4 in
- Grass cut at 2.5 in
- Happy birthday phrase cut at 1.75 in















So did you guys notice that I tried to cut around the dinosaur's neck and head? haha..I wanted to make the card shaped around the dinosaur's head...I think it turned out okay.

Hope you guys enjoyed this! I will hopefully blog more often over the next week =)

Happy Valentine's day!

I am doing a quick post before I am off to my Valentine's day dinner!
This is a really simple and cute cricut card you can make for a birthday event.

A2 card:

Materials used:
- Green cardstock 8.5x5.5 in
- Yellow cardstock 5.5x4 in
- Patterned paper 4.5x3.5 in
- Ice cream cut at 2.5 in
- Martha Stewart edge punch
- Ribbon from...Michaels? (dont remember!)

















^ For those of you who own this cartridge, you may realize that the ice cream is missing a smiley face...! when I was done cutting all the parts, I couldn't find it's mouth anywhere!!! Therefore, I left it out. haha. Probably would have been cuter with the smiley face, though!

Hope you all enjoy this bright and fun birthday card! Thanks for stopping by!

Double Birthday Party

Hello! Here are two birthday cards I made for my girlfriends who celebrated their birthdays together this past weekend.

Materials used:
- Light purple cardstock 7X10 in
- Purple cardstock 4.75X6.75 in
- Ice cream sundae cut at 4 in
- Embossing folder: Happy Birthday
- Ribbon Celebrate it

Materials used:
- Beige cardstock 7.5X9 in, score at 3.75 in
- Recollections patterned cardstock 6X3.5 in
- Make a Wish cut at 2.5 in
- 24 cut at 1.25 in
- Ribbon Celebrate it: Holiday

The girls had some fun activities planned including taking a painting class together! I am not a painter but I was pretty satisfied with the picture I painted that I brought home:

Think I can add painting as a hobby on top of my cricut cards?? haha jk!
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Birthday Sundae

Happy Thursday! The week is almost over! woohoo!

I've been continuing making birthday cards and I've come to really like the #10 size (fits in a letter envelope!).
Here is another one. Enjoy!

Materials used:
- Yellow cardstock 7.5X9 in, score at 3.75 in
- Pink cardstock 6X3.5 in
- Embossing folder: Happy birthday
- Martha stewart edge punch
- Sundae cut at 5.5 in
- Hip Hip Hooray cut at 2 in
- Essential Ribbon: yellow










































Stamp by TPC studio greetings



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24

Here is another birthday card I made for my friend who turned 24 earlier this week.
This is a really simple and cute A2 card to make!

Materials used:
- Pink cardstock 5.5X8.5
- Purple cardstock 4X5.25 in
- Cuttlebug Happy Birthday folder
- 24 cut at 2 in
- 24 patterned cardstock from old scraps!
- Celebrate it ribbon: Holiday

Added some bling from Studo g.














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More birthday cards to come!

Birthdays, Birthdays, and More Birthdays!

Hi everyone!

I've been busy with my cricut machine lately making a bunch of birthday cards!
A lot of my best buddies birthdays happen to be in January, February and April-- This is the first year I can officially give them a personalized handmade card =)

I decided to try something different instead of the traditional A2, A7 cards. This is a standard 9 card (I think that's what they call it) and they fit perfectly inside a long letter envelope.

Materials used:
- Pink cardstock 9X7.5 in, score at 3.75 in
- Blue cardstock 8.5X3.5 in
- Martha stewart edge punch
- Cuttlebug: Happy birthday
- Cupcakes cut at 2.25 in.
- Pink patterned paper from Recollections stack

Added some glitter glue ;)
Isn't this a cute card??

A little area for a personalized message and a cool rubber stamp from studiog:

"Birthdays are natures way of telling you to eat more CAKE"

Series of Birthday Cards Part III

Sorry for the long delay~ I haven't been feeling that well the past few days......but....

Finally! Here is the last part to my series of birthday cards of the week:

- Recollections cardstock:
tan @ 8.5in X 5.5 in (folded down the middle)
hot pink @ 1.5 in X 5.25in
- Nana's Kids Matstack: 3 in X 5.25 in
- Bear critter: cut at 3.75 in.

In the end, I decided the card would look a lot cuter with a bear balloon (cut at 3 in.)

Other Materials used:
- Essentials ribbon
- Studio g stamps

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psst...
Anyone skipping the Thanksgiving cards and moving straight to the Christmas cards?
I made a list today of how many Christmas cards I would need to make this year... so excited to get started =D

Series of Birthday Cards Part II

Here is the second birthday card~

 A Cute Lady Bug:

- Recollections cardstock:
hot pink @ 8.5in X 5.5 in (folded down the middle)
light pink @ 1.5 in X 5.25in
- Nana's Kids Matstack: 3 in X 5.25 in
- Lady Bug critter: cut at 3.75 in.

< ignore my finger, haha.

Other materials used:

- Recollection edge punch

- Celebrate it Ribbon: Fit to be tied

- TPC Studio stamps: Greetings

- Studio g stamp (bday cake w/ candles) 

Hope you all have a great day =)

Look out for part III! 

Series of Birthday Cards Part 1

I haven't made any birthday cards recently and now I've made 3. haha

These are all from the Create a Critter Cartridge, which is the cutest cartridge I own so far.

They have so many different critters and accessories to chose from!

I am trying to post better details on how I make my cards... this post will include measurements.

Here is the first one:

 A 'wintery' birthday card:

- Recollections cardstock:
light blue @ 8.5in X 5.5 in (folded down the middle) White  @ 2in X 5.25in
- Citris Matstack: 3.75in X 5.25 in
- Penguin critter: cut at 3.75 in.

I love the color snow flake ribbon!
It is getting colder and colder where I'm at and I am falling in love with the winter spirit (even though I hate the cold, haha)

Other materials used:
- American Crafts Ribbon: Snow Flakes Satin
- TPC Studio: Greetings stamp

Stay tuned for the next few cards!