Cupcake Birthday Card

Cupcakes are so adorable and with many birthdays fast approaching in my family, I decided to make a cupcake birthday card for my niece. I used the Wildcard Cricut Cartridge and Cutting machine, stickles, brads, lace and cardstock to create this little card. The glitter mat stack was wonderful to use as the "icing" on the cupcake and gave it a sparkly and yummy look.

“Celebrate” A Child’s Birthday Scrapbooking Page

   I was in a recent Birthday Border Swap on the Cricut Message boards. The rules were simple and were to create 5 kits for the swap we were in and we would receive 5 back. The three categories were: Boy’s Birthday, Girl’s Birthday and a Birthday kit for anyone. I chose a spot in three. What we were to create was a layered 2”x12” border, 2 layered photo mats, and add a few birthday embellishments (we were not to include the 12”x12” paper so that we could use our own). I got my box of goodies a few weeks ago, and last night dug it out. So far, I have created 6 layouts. Using the “Page Candy,” I went to work and used the items in each kit. I added my own personal touches such as brads, stickers and other embellishments on other pages. I love the colors used on the “Celebrate” page and the “page candy” for a girl used was from: CarrieCameron. The elements I used from her kit, included: the pink and blue photo mats, and the long 12”x12” layered border with the 3 adhesive bling on either sides, and the word “Celebrate”(which I used a little Clearsnap Cat’s Eye Ink Distressing Chalk on the word and on the edges of the mats and borders). I embellished the page using craft foam for dimension, a light blue and white paper, added layered embellished stickers which included the Happy Birthday sticker placed in the top center of the page, 2 little cupcakes with pink bling, a tipping cake sticker, 2 party hats on either side of the word “Celebrate”, and placed 6 glittery stars on various places on the Celebrate word. I love the simplicity of this page. When I add my pictures, I will be adding photo corners to hold the picture into place. For now, my page is complete.

Beautiful Handmade Cards and Prima Inspriration Easter Paint Can

During a recent Easter Paint can swap, I had two partners who created some of the most beautiful items, cards, cans and blessed me with so many scrapbooking, crafting items. I recieved 3 of the most beautiful handmade cards that have so much detail, ribbon, bling and embossed paper, and much more. I think the cards and the Paint can were my most favorite from my wonderful partner -*Kristina*-.

Here are some various angles of the Paint can and all of the wonderful goodies inside:

Another surprise in the package was the most adorable "cupcake" towel holder wrapped with purple mesh type materials. Kristina is so talented. These would make wonderful hostess gifts, bridal shower gifts, wedding gifts, parties and much more. It is so beautiful I don't have the heart to use it at the moment.