So today was another snow day for me - our 10th this winter! My nephew's second birthday is in a couple of weeks so I took this chance to craft!
I found the "Hoppy Birthday" sentiment last weekend when I was looking for a regular happy birthday and just knew what I had to do with it! The stamp comes from the "Punny-licious" My Pink Stamper set. I cut the frog from the Cricut cartridge Create a Critter 2 (there's also one on Create a Critter, but I liked that this one had the heart). The 2 is from the Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge. I looked through my stickers/thickers first but couldn't find a number 2 that I liked (some were too big, some were too small, etc.) The background is Cuttlebug Polka Dots, again that I already had embossed in my stash.
My sister's birthday is 8 days after my husband's, so I also finished a really quick card for her today. I again went to my stash of embossed card fronts, this one also from a Cuttlebug folder (A2 - I can't remember the name and don't have time to search my stash at the moment.) I used a q-tip to apply white ink to make the saying "pop." (I otherwise would have embossed using the Core'dinations paper. I decided to use this since it was already done). Somehow I managed to (with my ATG) glue the card front just a little off on the left side. It bugged me, but I knew ATG is super sticky... so instead I used my Threading Waters punch to add a border.
One more card to make for my nephew's second birthday at the end of March. I was playing around with stamps and found a My Pink Stamper stamp with "hoppy birthday" that I am thinking of using with a frog for the front of the card. We'll see how much later my daughter naps today...
My husband's birthday is on Monday so I thought I'd finish a quick card this weekend while the little one naps. I found a few ideas on Pinterest, including this one from Vintage Page Designs. I loved the idea of the Washi tape present, especially since I feel like a Washi tape collector and haven't used it much! The ribbon is from American Crafts and the banner is from the Cricut cartridge Create a Critter 2. The stamp is from the Inkadinkado "Collaged Expressions" set. The background I believe is from a Cuttlebug folder (Polka Dots maybe?) I found it already embossed in my stash and just cut it down to use it. (Polka Dots is a 5x7 folder which would explain why I had to cut it down to A2 size before adding it to my card.
Here's the pin of the original that I scraplifted.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/267260559111294991/
