Hoppy Birthday - Waterfall Froggy

This is a Birthday Card I made for Him indoors's sister, both of us have younger sisters, and both of them are chefs and although they are not the same age they both have the same birthday!!! (Him indoors and I's birthday is a day apart, and the six years he has on me of course!!!!) seems we were destined to be together either that or destined to be broke!
anyway on with the card!



This cute little frog is from Stampin Up (Unfrogettable) he so cute!! I do love moving cards, anything with a little quirk really, The waterfall component is made using the Cricut Design Studio, and the George Cartridge

To make the frog "jump" I stamped him first with his head and body on the square and then on the next square using the same image, I just stamped his back legs as he jumps away


See the tiny little frog eyelets!! aren't they sweet!! no idea where i got them, I have loads of bitties in my stash that I have collected over the years, only problem is I don't want to use my stash in case i cant get any more!!! (hence the three paper rule, 1 to use, 1 to stroke and 1 to keep for ever)
To add the colour to this card, I used mostly my brand new bienfang watercolour self wicking water colour brushes, these are AMAZING, i have really enjoyed using them, and there are so many different ways to play with them! For my toadstool on the bottom square i used my sakura glaze pens for the red and my sakura souffle pen for the white spots,

After I made the waterfall component up and folded my card blank, i took the "Hoppy Birthday" stamp from the set and using dew drop VersaMagic in Aloe Vera and Sea Breeze i randomly stamped the card blank,
I tied a green gingham ribbon around the card

I love to make my inserts as eye catching as the main card, so in this card using the computer i typed in Hoppy Birthday, Hope your day is Unfrogetable (I know i know, him indoors groaned loud enough for you all but when the pun fits!!!!) the little image in the bottom corner is from a font would you believe, its a font called Komedy Kritters using the capital V and then painted with the bienfang pens

any questions or comments i would love to hear from you!

Amanda

Cute and Simple, bow

Lois on the cricut message board asked about the ribbon on my card a Tisket a Tasket (link here) so i have made my very first picture tutorial, I used Picasa 3 which is a free tool from google its very easy to use, and can make some basic fixes and effects.

Daddies Girl

This is my little person and him indoors, the paper has been cut on the diagonal and there is a ribbon down the middle covering the join which says family ties, the two small picture frames are wooden and have a burnt effect with flowers around them, there are two vellum quotes from DCWV all about girls vellum quotes, the bottom one is the title and says daddy's girl the one at the top is my favourite and reads "My Finger may be small, but I can still wrap my daddy around it" these are both attached using brads
The photo in the middle was what we crafters call a Happy Accident the focus on the camera was out, but it really works in the context of the page. it is of him indoors and little person having a wee kiss and has a rub on over the top which reads " You can't help look through this book without realising how much i love you, but don't underestimate the love that your dad also has for you! Your father has a soft place in his heart for you but he expresses his feelings differently. I use my scrap book to tell you my thoughts. Your dad may not write in a special book but he reveals his love for you in other ways that may not always be visible"

This is my scrapbook, and this is the first page I did, I layered in three different papers, the first being a 12x12 soft grey and pink stripe, the second a smaller 8x8 pink stripe and the small 6x6 is actually the words to twinkle twinkle which i have been singing to my little person since she was born, the word sweet is chipboard letters from a set i was given and the hearts are wooden and painted red, the word dream is a metal embellishment

although not obvious there are clear stickers on the photographs, the bottom one which is little person sleeping on top of me (she always takes liberties!!!) and it says, "there is nothing sweeter that sleeping with your babies, and letting their breathe touch your cheeks"
the picture at the top with little person sucking her thumb, says "people who say they sleep like babies, don't have any, L J Burke

Gift Card Box

This was made for my brother I had purchased one of those credit card type gift cards that are so common now, and i wanted something nice to give it in so i created this, the cut file for this has small lines to guide you with folding the card to make the small box i used one small glue dot on the back of the gift card to keep it in the box part of the gift card.
There is also the scalloped detail on the inside and out of the card which is included on the cut file, the cut file is using plantin for the main card and mini monograms for the scallop circle
Gift Card Box Cut File

A Tisket, A Tasket a green and yellow basket

this card was made for a friend of him indoors, mum so i wanted something traditional with a contemporary twist (listen to me i sound like i know what i am talking about!)
The basket is from the my community cartridge on the cricut, and the daisies i bought from a local craft shop, the happy birthday is a silver peel off as is the silver border and the ribbon which is my contemporary twist lol is from a qvc kit, don't you love the bow i wont tell you how long it took me to realise there was a nice easy way to do this!!!
The dragon fly on the handle is a little metal embellishment and the tiny lady bug is wooden and so cute! i actually love this card although there is no movement or anything particularly "unusual" about it, it came together so well, and i know the recipient loved it, and you know what? that's all that mattered!

boy spinner card

Using the same instructions as below, this time the spinner card is for boys, I have used an odd shapes dinosaur on my spinner this time, I found adhering a weight (I used a glass bead skittle thing) under the head helped the card spin better

Slider Card for the Baby Bug and George

Slider for Plantin and the Baby Bug

Slider for Expression and George