Saturday, May 4, 2013

Alien Birthday

May all your Wishes come true!

Card made using OWH Sketch #116.

A2 sized card = 5.5" x 4.25"
Cricut Life's a Party
Cricut Accent Essentials
Card Recipe:
  • Mat 1 (lighter blue) = 5.25" x 4".  Mat embossed with the Paper Studio Tiny Stars folder.
  • Mat 2 (darker blue) = 4.75 x 3.5".
  • Mat 3 (striped pattern) = 4.5" x 3.25".  Paper from My Mind's Eye Party Time pack.  Edges inked with Tim Holtz Faded Jeans Distress Ink.
  • Mat 4 (blue border) = 4" x 1.5".
  • Circle Mat (stars and red shadow) = cut at 3" from Cricut Accent Essentials; found on page 34 of folder.  Pattern paper from My Mind's Eye Party Time pack. Edges inked with Tim Holtz Faded Jeans Distress Ink.  Mat mounted with foam tape.
  • Alien in Space Ship = cut at 2.5" from Cricut Life's a Party; found on page 25 of the folder.  Silver bling added to create "button controls" are from Imaginisce.  Eyes of alien are Liquid Pearls.
  • Stars = cut at .75 and .50 inches from Cricut Accent Essentials; found on page 65 of folder.
  • Sentiment "May all your Wishes come true!" = from Scrappy Mom's Hooray for Birthdays stamp set.

Inside of Card
Cricut Accent Essentials
Inside of Card:
  • Mat 1 (striped pattern) = 5" x 3.75". Paper from My Mind's Eye Party Time pack. Edges inked with Tim Holtz Faded Jeans Distress Ink.
  • Mat 2 (white) = 4.5" x 3.25".
  • Stars = cut at .75 and .50 inches from Cricut Accent Essentials; found on page 65 of folder.

4 comments:

  1. LOL, how fun! This alien is adorable Marilyn. This would be perfect for a boy and I am sure some hero's kid is gonna just love it. Thanks for joining in on my challenge for the VCMP today.

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  2. What a sweet little alien! The star embossed paper is perfect. And the additional punched stars really tie it all together. Great job!

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  3. How cute is that???? All I need, another cricut cartridge, lol. It's just darling and I know it's going to make some child's day! (I have a friend who was in Iraq when her children were babies and toddlers, so kids' cards are super important to me.) Super, super job!

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  4. WOW!!! Your card had so many wonderful details! You put a lot of work into it - and it shows! Well done!!!

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