Hedgehog Birthday - Paper Players Challenge #163

I received my new "You Are My Happy," stamp set in the mail on Saturday (the special for this month) and I couldn't wait to play with my favorite image from the set, that cute little hedgehog! Here's an image of the sheet (1 of 3) with the hedgehog on it and the birthday cake too which I also used.

Every year, at the beginning of the school year, I think that it would be a good idea to make up a bunch of birthday cards to send out to my preschool students when their birthday rolls around. I often get started with two or three but never make enough of them for the whole class and then am left scrambling to make something at the last minute. Last school year, I did not even get to making a single one. This year, I've been motivated by that sweet hedgehog! Well, I'm not completely done...because this year I have two classes! But I do have a good head start! And before you think that I'm crazy to try this, you should know that our class sizes are small. I have eight in each class. That's manageable, right?

 

I'm entering my card in the Paper Players Challenge #163 (create a CAS project, "For the Kids").

 

I decided to do some paper piecing on the hedgehog and the cake images.

So this...

 ...became this!

 And this...

 ...became this!

 

I also used the Surf's Up paper pack, Aqua Dots, my Nestabilities circle dies, and the Holiday Tags stamp set (I cut the tags out with the Cricut Artiste cartridge) and came up with this card design.

 

So do you think I can make ten (and a half!) more? Wish me luck!

 

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Card Workshop: September 14th

Do you need to restock your supply of greeting cards? Join me on September 14th from 2-4pm and we will make a set of eight cards, two each of the above designs, using the gorgeous stamps and papers from the new Idea Book. Email me at lubfarid@gmail.com to reserve a spot.

The workshop fee is $10 or for $3.50 more, you can order a monogram stamp, as shown in the second card. If you'd like to order a monogram stamp, just let me know by September 5th so it gets here in time. Bring your own adhesive and I will have some on hand for purchase in case yours runs out. If you'd like to reserve your spot at the workshop, let me know by September 10th (or by Sept. 5th if you are ordering a monogram). The first three people to reserve a spot will get a free stamp set from me!

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Free Spirit Birthday Cards

I mixed some old products (very old) and some new products for these cards. I used one of my favorite paper packs of all time, Free Spirit, and the new Holiday Tags stamp set (D1560) for the frame and sentiment. The frame is cut with the Artiste Cricut cartridge and popped up with some foam tape. I also used the Neutral Assortment of Baker's Twine and an old teardrop punch I had in my stash. I used Chocolate and Indian Corn Blue (retired) stamp pads. The rolled up candles are a good way to use up some small pieces of scrap paper. If you're sending the cards through the mail, you could keep it 2-D and use rectangular pieces of paper

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It's a Boy!

We had some good news yesterday! My cousin had her baby! I broke out some of my new CTMH products to make a baby card. So here's a sneak peek at the new Babycakes paper pack (X7173B) and the new Wild Wonders stamp set (C1558), available on August 1st. The frame is from another new stamp set called Holiday Tags (D1560). I popped my frame up with a little foam tape. The Holiday Tags stamp set has a bunch of frames which can be cut with the Artiste Cricut Cartridge and the Wild Wonders has a giraffe and lion image which have coordinating cuts on the new Artbooking Cricut Cartridge. They were all so much fun to play with!

 

I usually don't add too much inside my cards but after looking at some examples of how other people do, I thought I might start incorporating some of my scraps on the insides. I like the weight it adds to the inside also. This way the card isn't too unbalanced. Here's what the inside looks like. I love all those floating giraffes!

 

There's an, "It's a girl!" sentiment in the Wild Wonders stamp set also. I think I could duplicate this card and leave the frame part blank or use the, "Too cute!" sentiment from the same set to have a baby card on hand for when I need one.

Some other supplies I used were the Slate and Autumn Terracotta stamp pads and the Neutral Baker's Twine Assortment.Pin It