4-Ever Love, Anniversary Card

Today is my Anniversary.  It has been 5 wonderful years that I have been married to my Husband today.  I can't imagine life without him!  I made this card for him trying to not get to girly but still show the love.  I used a couple of different colors of Brown card stock, the blue and the blue polka dots paper are from My Minds Eye, the Bohemia collection.  For the card cuts and the envelope I used Just Because Cards Cartridge.  Page 29 for the card cut at 6 1/2" and then the three card liner layers cut at starting from bottom, 7", 6 1/2", & 6".  The envelope is from page 29, also cut at 6 1/2".  The hearts are all done on Sure Cuts Alot 2, shapes.  I did a double background heart with two layers and then 2 single two layer hearts that I stacked together and used foam squares to pop them up for the dimension.  Lots of little 1/2" hearts all over and folded up for more dimension.  I used my white gel pen to add all of the stitching.  Also my blue gel pen & white gel pen for stitching for the envelope.  The hearts say 4-EVER LOVE in white gel pen and then silver stickles.

The inside Vellum is beautiful and is from Quick Quotes.  I won some travel themed chipboard in a blog hop a couple of months ago from Lisa at  http://www.scrapaholic22.blogspot.com/ and she was nice enough to throw in this gorgeous Vellum Sentiment.  It says "You're The Meaning in My Life, You're the Inspiration"  It was perfect for this Anniversary Card for my Man.  Thanks Lisa.

I tried to Post this yesterday before we left for the Beach but my internet was down, so here it is a day late.  We went to the beach for our Anniversary and I loved it there.  My favorite place to go, for anything...lol!

  I am entering into these challenges:

City Crafter Challenge - Heart(s)

Have a wonderful and Crafty Day My Friends!!!

Eva :0)

We're A Pear Card - Peachy Keen Stamps

Recipe

Cricut Cart - "Just Because Cards"

Peachy Keen Stamps - Wide Eyed kids

Paper - Oriental Trading Company

Pink flocked Flower - Stash

Entered into these challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge - Let's Face it Friday - So Punny!

http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/07/lets-face-it-friday-so-punny.html

Lazy Days of Summertime Flip Flop Card

I am entering this card into the

Cricut Cardz Challenge # 83
http://cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/07/cricut-cardz-challenge-82.html

For challenge #83 make a card with summer apparel

or an accessory, using any cartridge and colors you'd like.

Also entered into
Wee Memories Challenge #61 - Summertime
http://www.suchins.blogspot.com/

Fun-Fun Summertime Card.  I love the flip flops from svgshop, they are awesome!!!  This was from a box file but I chose to just use the top layer of the shoe for my card along with the 3-D straps.

Recipe:

3-D Flip Flops - svg shop

Sun Die Cuts - Just Because Cards (page 44)

Sun Brad - Oriental Trading Company

Lazy days Stencil - Just Because Cards (page 62)

Summer Time words - svg cuts

Cuttlebug - Spots & Dots

Inside:

All Through the Year Stickers - atd

I made a mistake and had the wrong info for my cut file on the flip flops

I actually got the Free 3-d flip flop box file from svgshop.com, I am so sorry for the mix up...here is the link if you are interested.

http://svgshop.com/blog/2011/06/20/free-svg-file-162-flip-flop-box/

Birthday Wishes Card - Cindy Loo

Here is the cute little card I made for my Step Daughter Angela, She recieved it today on her Birthday...wooo hooo perfectly timed...lol.

Recipe

Card Stock - Colorbok

Green & Pink Papers - Prima Breathe Collection

Pink Patterned Paper - GCD Cloisonne

Bird and circles - Cricut Cindy Loo (page 64)

Label - Cricut Just Because Cards (page 55)

Corner Punch - Martha Stewart Optic Dots

Stamp - Cardmaker Kit

Embossing - Swiss Dots & Textile

Ribbon - Stash

Wedding Love Card - Cricut Cardz Challenge #78

Cricut Cardz Challenge #78

http://cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/

I made this card using my cuttlebug to emboss not only the card but also the envelope. I cut the card from Cricut Just Because Cards.  The papers are all cardstock from Colorbok.  The Brown, Pink and White colors go so good together.  The ribbon is from Oriental Trading Company (OTC).   The Love embellishment is from my stash.  I used Swiss Dots Folder & D'Vine Swirls Folder on the card.  The Birds & Swirls folder was used on the envelope.

I used my program Craft Artist to create the sentiment for the inside and simply printed it out on my printer and pasted to the bottom section of the inside of my card.

Get Whale Soon Swap Card

This card was another card I did for our Card Swap, this one and the previous round flower swap card were both the very first 2 cards I cut on my new Expression 2.  I was very sick with a sinus infection so I did pretty simple cards on these two.

So Saturday Challenges #11 - Shaped Card

I was inspired to make this card from a challenge that is running over at http://cardcreationsbyc.blogspot.com/

Shaped Squirrel Love Card - Front

This card I made using the Cindy Loo cartridge, I don't have a Gypsy so I actually had to make it the old fashioned way by attaching the 2 pieces together.  I used the Shadow feature of the squirrel shape on page 62 and cut it twice at 5" for the card base layer, which I of course attached together at the edges.  I scored the back layer at 7/8" on the far right hand side of card.  After I used my bone folder to crease the fold line I then placed adhesive to the left of the score line and then lined up the two shapes and adhered them together.  I then cut all of the remaining layers of the squirrel all cut at 5".  I then layered and adhered them all together.  I adhered the completed Squirrel to the front of card base.  I found an acrylic embellishment in my stash and adhered that to the front.  Such a fun cute card the could be cut in such a variety of colors.  I used Brown for the base and some pretty pink and brown flower paper and a solid pink paper from OTC.

Shaped Squirrel Love Card - Inside

On the inside of the card I used a cut from using the Just Because cards cartridge.  On page 63 I used the Stencil feature and cut using the same solid pink paper from the front of the card.  I inked the edges of the oval with Walnut Stain Ink and then adhered to the inside of my card.

Fisherman Birthday Tri-Fold Shutter Card

I have entered this card into the Quick Cards Men's Challenge over at Cardmaking and Papercraft.com I loved the Shutter card so much I thought I would try another one.  This one with a fishing theme for my Son in-Law.  It really turned out Super Cute I think.

On this card I used the Shutter card technique from Cricutology.com and added lots of fun fishing stuff.  I Started with a White cardstock for the base.  Placing the base in landscape view - Score at 2 inch and 4 inch, then rotate page 1/2 turn and score again at 2 inch & 4 inch.  now place base on your paper trimmer in the portrait position, cut  at the 1 1/2 inch mark, cut only from top score line to bottom score line which is from 2" to 10 ", flip base and repeat.  Accordian fold your card, now pulling the middle section toward you refold and crease with your bone folder.  I used different blue background papers, here are the dimensions you will need to cut for your panels:
2 times 1 3/4 X  5 1/4
2 times 1 1/4 X  3 3/4
2 times 1 3/4 X  2 1/4
4 times 1 3/4 X  1 1/4
1 time    3 3/4 X 2 1/4
I inked the edges of all the pieces with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Ink.  On 5 of them I embossed with my CuttleBug and used the Tiny Bubbles folder.  On two of them I embossed with the Happy Birthday mini embossing folder and then inked it with the Walnut Stain, rubbing it over the raised letters.  Paste each panel in it's appropriate place. The Fisherman & fishing pole and the 4 big fish were cut on my Cricut E2, The large fish cut at 2 inches & the other three cut at 1 1/4 inches with the Everyday Paper Dolls Cart.  The other fishing pole in the middle with the fish was cut from the Just Because Cards Cart.  The Grass Border was a cut file I got from PDC and used my Sure Cuts A Lot (Scal) Software to cut on my Pink Expression.  The fishing line is some hemp cord that I picked up by Crafters Square.  Paste all of your cut files on the card.