Birthdays... birthdays... birthdays!

September is birthday overload month!  Which makes for a very happy JD because I recently saw a fun birthday card using the Cuttlebug Happy Birthday A2 folder.  I wish I could remember the name of the blog as I would like to thank the designer again for the inspiration.  I loved this folder when I bought it, but after I got it home, I blanked.  I'd pull out the folder and nothing... a complete block to my creativity.  Does that ever happen to anyone else??  Then I saw a great post showing this two-toned A2 split and BAM!  I was back.  I remembered this Happy Birthday ribbon I've also been wanting to use, and the rest is scrap history!

JD'S SCRAP-IPE:
♥ Solid paper from Recollections
     - Yellow cut and folded to A2 size with top fold
     - Red cut to 4 1/4 x 2 1/8
     - Blue cut to 4 1/4 x 3 3/8
♥ Red & blue cuts embossed with Cuttlebug Happy Birthday A2 folder
♥ Happy Bday ribbon from the Paper Studio
♥ Present cut from Celebrations at 2"
♥ Tiny yellow star from Recollections

Until next time, Cricuteers!
~ JD ~

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Today is my mom's birthday!  I was having a hard time deciding what to get her... until she got herself a Cuttlebug last week!!  Once I saw her newest bug, I knew exactly what to buy.  I got her the With Love borders, Spots and Dots, Swiss Dots, and D'vine Swirls.  I personally think Swiss Dots and D'vine Swirls should come with the Cuttlebug... every Bug owner needs them!  :-)

To go along with her gift, I made this cute card... using my Cuttlebug, of course(!), and my new DCWV The Sweet Matstack from Hobby Lobby (their 50% off paper sale always gets me in trouble!).

JD'S SCRAP-IPE

♥ Brown base card

♥ Cupcake paper from The Sweet Matstack by DCWV

♥ Pink / Green / Brown Dots 5/8" Ribbon by the Paper Studio

♥ Cupcake cut from Celebrations

     -"cake" ~ cupcke1-s

     -frosting ~ cupck2-s (cut using Shadow feature)... embossed with Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder and accented with glitter pen

♥ 1/8" White Ribbon by Offray

♥ Scalloped Circle cut from Mini Monograms

♥ Happy Birthday sentiment from TPC Studio - Greetings Clear Stamps

     -inked with SU! Chocolate Chip (my personal favorite!)

Until next time, Cricuteers!

~ JD ~

Birthday Fun & New Tools!

I think this should be the last of my "catch-up" posts!  :-)

This card has lots going on!  I got tons of new scrapping goodies for my birthday back in July and wanted to try them all out.  So I used buttons, ribbons, heat embossing, edge punch, and more!

JD'S SCRAP-IPE:

*Purple base card

*Green card layer ~ edge punched using EK Success Dotted Scallop Edger Punch

*Patterned paper ~ Cricut Celebrations Paper Pad

*Cake ~ cut from Celebrations cake2

     *Pink layer ~ "cake" embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and "stand" heat embossed with Stampin' Up! Silver Stampin' Emboss powder

     *Purple layer ~ cut using Shadow feature

     *Button ~ Wal-mart variety pack

     *Turquoise Ribbon ~ Offray 1/8"

*Happy Birthday Sentiment 

     *Tag ~ cut from George and Basic Shapes cylinder2

          *Pink layer ~ cut using Slotted feature

          *Purple layer ~ cut using Shadow feature

     *Happy Birthday ~ stamped from Paper Studio Everyday Expressions Clear Set

     *Orange Ribbon ~ Paper Studio Orange and White Stitched Ribbon

Until next time, Cricuteers!

~ JD ~

Happy 7th Birthday to a Very Special Niece!

While blog surfing earlier this week, I discovered this great layout done by Holly at Scrappily Ever After... Challenge Card.  I was checking out her Celebrations cartridge designs, and this one was just too adorable not to "scraplift".  As with all scraplifting, I changed the colors and added a few elements of my own.  I was super disappointed b/c the 7 on the Celebrations card didn't have the rectangle scallop cutout like the 5 did, but I was able to add more color and embellishment by simply cutting the rectangle out using the Blackout feature and pop-dotting a 7 from the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge.  I tried (unsuccessfully) recreating the cutout 7, but I'm still learning the Center Point feature on my "new" Expression.

JD'S SCRAP-IPE:

• All Solid Paper from various The Paper Studio and Recollections value packs
• Light Pink card - 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" folded with top-fold
• Patterned Paper - The Paper Studio - cut to 4" x 5 1/4"
• Dark Pink layer - rectangle cut at 4" x 2 3/4", embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots, and cut on left side with decorative edge scissors
• Mint Green layer - 3" #5 w/Blackout feature (Celebrations) and embossed using Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirl
• Purple 7 - 2 3/4" #7 w/Shadow feature (Plantin Schoolbook)
• Balloons - Blln(1, 3, & 4) layered on Blln(1, 3, & 4)-s w/Blackout feature... don't remember exact size (Celebrations)

Happy Cricuteering!
~ JD ~