Birthday Sundaes challenge

Nothing like a last minute entry for a challenge, right?  This week's challenge at Birthday Sundaes was to create a tall or long birthday card.  Here's my entry:

I used my Fruit Medley stamp set from The Rubber Cafe that I got at last spring's Scrapbook Expo, some ribbon I had in my stash, and a card sketch from the CTMH book Wishes.  Thanks for stopping by!

This to That Challenge #4

If you're here for my giveaway that ends September 30, please click here!

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If you're here to see my Birthday Sundaes Guest Designer post, please click here!

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My friend Suzanne over at Scrap With Suzy recently turned me on to a new challenge blog where she's on the Design Team.  The team is The Digi Bistro, and the challenge blog is Cher's Studio.  I won second prize over there a couple of weeks ago, so I thought I'd try again!  The challenge this week is to create a tag with a Halloween theme in any size with cutting files, stamps, or embellishments of your choice.  Here's mine:

I embossed the purple cardstock with my D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder before adding the embellishments and adhering it to the orange.  The sentiment and skulls are rub-ons, and the embellishments are from Jolee's Boutique.  The ribbon was in my stash.  Thanks for looking, and happy scrapping!

Birthday Sundaes Guest Designer!

If you're here for my giveaway that ends on September 30, please click here!

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Happy Sunday, everyone!  I feel so privileged as the wife of a United States Marine to be honored with being the Guest Designer at Birthday Sundaes this week (You can see my spotlight here.), a day (and week, for many) that we will honor and remember everyone who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.  This week's challenge is to create a criss cross birthday card, so here you go!

I'd never made one before, but once I read through the instructions, it was SUPER easy!  You can find a tutorial here.  I used red, blue, and yellow cardstocks for my bases, and everything else is from Bo Bunny's It's My Party collection.  My oldest son, Kennedy, has a birthday coming up, so I think I will use this for one of his birthday cards.  Be sure to get over to Birthday Sundaes and check out the rest of the Design Team's creations!  They're WONDERFUL!!  Thanks for taking the time to check out my blog and my creation!  Happy scrapping!

Cakes and Cupcakes Birthday Cards @ Birthday Sundaes!

This week's challenge at Birthday Sundaes is to include cakes or cupcakes on your card.  I have a friend having a birthday VERY soon, so this is going out to her.  I hope she likes it!

I included views on two different backgrounds, because I couldn't decide which one looked better!  I used the cards and layers features on my Cricut Sweet Treats cartridge to cut the card and elements before adhering them together.  I added some ribbon I found in my stash to the "icing" between the layers, as well as some rhinestones from Queen & Co.  I ATTEMPTED to use some red embossing powder to put some swirls on the "cherry," but it didn't come out so well. :-(  The sentiment on the front is from a stamp set from The Rubber Cafe.

You should hop over to Birthday Sundaes and check them out, if you haven't already.  I'm going to be a guest designer over there in a few weeks!  WOOHOO!!!!  I'm REALLY excited about that!  I'll post more info on that later.  I hope everyone has a great weekend!  Be sure to check back here tomorrow for the new Lasting Memories challenge and information about the DT call!  Happy scrapping!

Happy Birthday card for Birthday Sundaes challenge

I'm trying to be more diligent about entering challenges on friends' blogs, so tonight I created this card for the weekly challenge at Birthday Sundaes:

Using my Cricut, I cut the crown shape and accents from the Sweet Treats cartridge and paper pieced the crown together.  After measuring the height of the crown, I cut a piece of purple cardstock that was twice the height and folded it in half.  I adhered the crown to the purple card base and used my X-Acto knife to cut around the crown shape, thereby having the fold of the card at the top.  I stamped "Happy Birthday" across the bottom using words from a birthday phrase stamp set (sorry, but I don't remember who makes it!), added Art Glitter in Cheeky Pink for some shimmer, and then found some pink gemstones in my stash for some added bling.

I've also applied for the new DT at Birthday Sundaes and would be REALLLLLLLY excited if I got chosen!  Kristie isn't going to announce the team until mid-July, though.  Wish me luck!  This card also satisfies one of the monthly card challenges (make a shaped card) in the Yahoo group Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' where I'm a moderator.  I hope everyone had a great Saturday!  Happy scrapping!