Saturday, August 17, 2013

Fabulous 29th Birthday

My daughter-in-law-to-be will be turning 29 on Tuesday.  The card I created uses left-over CS scraps from projects of her upcoming wedding. 

A2 sized card = 5.5" x 4.25"
Cricut Forever Young cartridge
Cricut StoryBook cartridge
Card Recipe:
  • Mat 1 (orange and white polka dots) = 5 3/8" x 4 1/8".
  • Mat 2 (orange) = 4 3/4" x 3 1/2".  Mat embossed with Cuttlebug "Divine Swirls" folder.
  • Mat 2 (brown border) = 1 1/2" x 3 5/8".  Mat embossed with Cuttlebug "Swiss Dots" folder.
  • Sheer Ribbon = from wedding stash.  I believe it was purchased at Hobby Lobby.

  • "fabulous" = cut image and shadow at 1" [cut using relative size, actual size is a little more than 1/2"]  from Cricut Forever Young cartridge; [Flower7][word feature] found on page 70 of the folder.
  • Shoes = cut at 1 3/4" from Cricut Forever Young cartridge; [Heels1] found on page 54 of the folder.  Half pearls added are from Michaels.  Image cut 3 times to make a chipboard effect.
  • Gift with Flower = cut at 1 3/4" from Cricut Forever Young cartridge; [Box] found on page 53 of the folder.  To make the green leaf behind the flower, I cut a second lid in green and trimmed to the leaf portion.  Center of flower accented with Stickles.  Image cut 3 times for make a chipboard effect.
  • "2" "9" = cut at 1" from Cricut StoryBook cartridge.  Images cut 3 times each to make a chipboard effect.

Inside of Card
Inside of Card:
  • Mat 1 (orange) = 5" x 3 3/4".
  • Mat 2 (beige) = 4 3/4" x 3 1/2".
  • Sentiment "May all your Wishes come true!" = from Scrappy Mom "Hooray for Birthdays" stamp set.
  • Sentiment "Happy 29th" = from Scrappy Mom "Hooray for Birthdays" stamp set.

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