Birthday card workshop

 These were the cards and gift bag we made at our last workshop. Don't you love those?! This time around I did not use any circut cartridges, but I used quite a bit of the new products and papers. Love some of those new papers - don't you?

 

This is one of my all time favorite gift bags to make - please let me know in your comments if you want me to make a video on how to make this little bag. It is super easy - once you know the fold - but you need to know the fold - so comment away! I may even do a drawing for a little gift if I get enough comments :)

Here are the products I used: B1462 Lovely Birthday

Z2197 Pear and Z2644 Pixie inks

scallop punch for top edge

Scaredy Cat B & T, white CS

 

This card was layered with:

Gypsy, Canary, Confetti wishes Paper, Lagoon, white CS,

Confetti wishes Paper

I also used the Lovely Birthday stamp set again, Thistle Ink pad, Itty bitty Sparkles, our new Sequins gold assortment, new thin 3-d foam tape, teal resin flowers and teal glitter trim

Ok, so I fibbed a little - I did use the Cricut for this card! The yellow flower was cut out with the Art Philosophy cartridge! For my cards I used a lot of layering, as you can tell - it gives the cards a lot of dimension and color. You may also be able to tell that I love to distress the edges of my cards with my scissors. Our cardstock has the white core and I like to bring that out.

As you use the cuddlebug and emboss our cardstock, go ahead and distress. It looks and it feels good to distress! Its good therapy :)

Here are the products I used B1417 Perfect Fit- Birthday, B1599 Pretty Petals, C1456 Heartfelt Treasures

Z2644 Pisie, Z2643 Canary, Z2114 Cocoa Inks

Desert Sand CS, Topiary CS, Pear CS

Z2023 Bling Gem Asst, 3-d Tape, red brads

Another note, if you ever have to look any of these items up in my website, just type the item in the search cube and it will pop up. You do not need to have the exact name of the item. Its a great feature.

I hope you can join us at our next workshop on September 22! 

 

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Sometimes it’s the details of a page that makes it really shine. But adding some glitter paper, Shimmer Trim, and glitter gems doesn’t hurt, either! Learn how to make a sparkly bouquet of balloons by combining embellishments, Cricut^® cutouts, and specialty paper. You and your customers will get carried away by these glitzy decorations.

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Have fun!

Cricut Craft Room tutorial

Here is a great little tutorial for the free Cricut Craft Room you can use that with our two exclusive cricut cartridge bundles or any of the cartridges you own. I have used and love it! Have fun creating!