Vintage Fords Birthday Card

**Vintage Fords digitals purchased from Saguaro Graphics Etsy Shop: 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SaguaroGraphics (I had to lighten them a little for printing as they were a little too dark, but they are great digis of vintage automobiles altered art).  
**Gears are clip art I cut out without a die using exacto knife (not sure if I will use a die that often to warrant purchasing...). 
**Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Four; Tim Holtz Alterations Film Strip Frame
**Birthday Sentiment is Papertrey Ink Movers and Shakers Sentiments stamp.

Birthday Oriental Poppy Card

Digital Stamp is from Aurora Wings:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/AuroraWings
colored with copic markers.  Birthday sentiment is from "Hot Off the Press" Birthday Cheer set.

Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Twenty, Parisian Accents, Nestabilities Radiant Rectangles 

Princess Card in a Box

I had so much fun making this Princess Card in a Box for our grand-daughter's 4th birthday.  She loves to play princess, so I printed out some Disney Printable Coloring Pages on watercolor paper, colored with Copics, and added glitter, sparklies, liquid pearls, glossy accents, a flower, candles, and balloons. The castle(s) were cut with Cricut using Wall Décor and More cartridge.

The cake is a freebie digital printable (whimsical cake) at:  http://beyondthefringecrafts.blogspot.com/2011/04/free-whimsical-cake-digi-stamp.html

Birthday Card Box with Drawer

Have seen quite a few versions of this out there....there is a cute one with an easel card on top.  For this one I basically used a "matchbox" template/design, and added a flap for the card.  Finished box was a little longer and wider than 3 inches.  I added a small spot of (weak) Velcro to hold the card closed.  Here's a good tutorial at "Julie's Stamping Spot."

http://juliedavison.blogspot.de/2010/07/box-card-with-drawer-tutorial.html 

 

  Since this was a gift for a crafty friend, I made a bunch of shrinky dink embellishments and baubles (for Christmas or crafts) and put in the drawer.

Peony Explosion Box

I used Spellbinders "Grand Peony" to make the flower for this birthday explosion box, and Graphic 45 Botanical Tea (my absolute favorite) paper collection. 

 

 I added some baubles made out of shrinky dink, some tags with quotes/verses and tabs for pictures, and a 2nd mini box with a jewelry gift inside.  I cut my Explo boxes with Cricut Mini Books cartridge, but they are really easier to make than they look with just some 12X12 papers.  Pinterest has quite a few templates and tutorials.

Birthday Card with Zipper pull tab & "Tiffany Fight Against Cancer" Shrinky Dink

One of my favorite dies and stamps that combine are Papertrey Ink Movers and Shakers "Sentiments" stamps and "Zippers" Die Collection...you can pull the little tab to reveal the rest of the sentiment...this one says "It's not a matter of counting years...It's a matter of making years count. https://www.papertreyink.com/

And I love the little girl fighting cancer....I used shrinky dink, and this is a great little freebie digi from Milk Coffee Stamps blog....Tiffany Fight against Cancer http://milkcoffeestamps.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html

Explosion Box with Tea Light Birthday Cake

I made this Explosion Box with 2 interchangeable lids, one cut with Cricut Lace cartridge design.  I love seeing the little Tea Light through the lacy lid when it is closed, but note that these little Tea Lights instructions say they only last for about 24 hours of burning.

I added a "shrinky dink" charm and lots of tags with quotes and tabs for pictures.



Shield of Faith "Explosion Box" - Graduation Gift

I just love this little digi from Saturated Canary "Shield of Faith!"...colored with Copics...I typed up Ephesians 6 verses on a scroll and covered with Mod Podge Mat finish and rolled the ends...added a little tealight cake and lots of baubles, tags, and tabs for pictures.



Baby Girl Scrapbook

This is a 24+ page scrapbook made for our beautiful grand-daughter Sophia....it was a joy to make as I think of all of the things she will be experiencing and learning in her first few years of life....Sorry, there are quite a number of pictures, but some close-ups show more detail.  The cuts are mostly made with Cricut, and Tim Holtz or Spellbinders dies. (sorry for the "chunkiness" of layout....had trouble with this old blogger format trying to fit more pics to make better use of the space...one of these days I will be brave enough, or have the time to switch over to new format...just click on first pic - it's easier to see them that way)

The film strip is Tim Holtz Alterations Die "Decorative Strip," and bird motif is Cricut cut.

I just love Mo's Digital Pencil digi's, and especially her snow fairies...she is so talented.  I just had to buy a few of them!!  This is "Winter Fairy Talva"....there is another one (Santa Kai) later on in this book.

 It was fun using this little "action wobble spring" to make the snowman jiggle...hadn't used one before (got this one at a craft fair, but you can get many brands on Amazon), and they are so cute for cards or scrapbooks. This lady shows what they are about, halfway down the page:  Sandie's Card Garden  The snow flakes are cut on the Cricut with the "When It's Cold Outside" cartridge. The snow at bottom of page is White Flowersoft.

The Poinsettia here is Tim Holtz Tattered Poinsettia Die., and the punch is Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page.

This BEAUTIFUL little digi is another Mo's Digital Pencil digi....called "Santa Kai"...so precious! The back is left blank for adding a picture.

To make the bough I used the Martha Stewart Branch Punch....great punch for wreaths, boughs or trees!

 I love these little glue on sayings, but I am realizing from previous purchases and books that I have made using these, that the resin in them yellows over time...not a good thing, unless you don't mind the "vintage" look like on this page.

 

 

These butterflies are punched from plain white card stock that I inked in rainbow colors.

The digi of this little girl playing dress-up is another one from Mo's Digital Pencil, called "Big Shoes."

The cut outs on the back cover are from Cricut cartridge "Nursery Rhymes"...Three Blind Mice, Cat and the Fiddle, and Three Little Pigs.