Today we celebrate Humble's birthday!! :o) As a tradition, I like to include a handmade card and handmade little surprises with his gifts. This year, I made this for him...
I just love him! :o) I'm not sure if I should call him a box or a bag, so I'm calling him a box-bag. :D I could fit two small gifts in there! Here's another view of him...
I have him sitting on the bookshelf in our living room and keep smiling at the sight of him. :o) I wanted to make a video showing how to make this, but my hands aren't healed yet. The construction is not very difficult, though. I used a cute die set from Taylored Expressions called Sack It Kitty -- this die set gives you the details of the cat but not the body. Their Sack It sets are designed to be paired with their Sack It To You die, which makes a treat bag, but you're not limited to using them together. I don't have the Sack It To You die, so I just used a Sizzix die to create the body of the cat, and I cut four pieces [two for the front of the kitty and two for the back just to make the box-bag sturdier]. For the sides and bottom, I cut a strip of matching paper -- all it takes is a bit of measuring, scoring, a little more scoring and some little snips to create tabs for attaching the strip to the front and back pieces. Hopefully my hands will be normal-ish soon so I can make a video!
Here's the card I made for Humble this year...
I used lots of stickers and wanted to make his card fun and dimensional! :D The card base is actually a trifold card that was in a kit I bought. The heart lifts up, and then the polka dot part folds down.
I thought I would share a few more things that I made for Humble in the past! Here's a shaped card from another birthday...
For this card, I used my favourite embossing folder: Paw Print from Darice! Love that folder! The adorable kitties are stickers from American Crafts. :o)
Here's a card I made for one of our adoption anniversaries...
I found this super-cute 12x12 cat paper from Best Creation's Meow collection, and I cut part of the paper for the front of the card and decorated the inside of the card with other images from the paper. Since the little guy is taking a nap in his bed, I decided to make a 'dream bubble' using the Cloud Border die from Taylored Expressions. I used Thickers for the sentiment -- these are my favourite Thickers, so I bought three sets [the set's called 'Kitten', too!]. Same Thickers I used on this year's card for Humble! :D
Here's a Christmas card I made for him...
To make this, I used the same Sack It Kitty set that I used to make this year's box-bag! The hat is a printed die-cut, and I added some Flower Soft to it for texture. :D
I love making things for Humble...he means so much to me. :o) Happy birthday, Humble boy! I'm so happy you're in this world!
After making the monster tags for my last video, I had one monster left over and didn't want to neglect him!
I made this card using dies from We R Memory Keepers -- the frame die is from one set, and the square with rounded corners is from a separate set. I thought this sentiment was a good fit for the monster because he's got his cute little hands out! :o) I wrote "I Love You" with a black fineliner and spelled out the rest with little foam Thickers from American Crafts.
In my video, I showed this card that I made back in February using Taylored Expressions stamps and dies [click here for the original blog post for this card]:
Here's the other card I showed in the video -- I made this for my dad's birthday this year!
The cat is from Penny Black's Good Day stamp set. I coloured him to look a little bit like Humble! :o) They have a range of stamp sets and rubber stamps featuring these adorable cats doing different things -- typing, driving a car, riding a bicycle...they're just so cute!
Here's my video showing how I made the monster card, and I also share a simple tip for placing letter stickers!
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Hey, folks! Today I'd like to share this monster card that I made a while back...
:o) How cute is that monster? I just think he's so charming. He's from Fancy Pants' Be Different collection, and so are the balloon die-cuts. I love that stamp with the numbers -- it's from Jillibean Soup's Birthday Bisque clear stamp set. I got that stamp set because of that stamp, and when I first saw the stamp, I immediately thought, "I think that will look neat fussy cut!"
I heat embossed the numbers with Ranger embossing powder in Tan. I really like that embossing powder because it's a nice change from using white [I think the tan gives a softer look], and it suits pet-themed projects so well! :D I coloured in the 6 with a Copic marker.
This card appeared in Paper Crafts' January 2015 issue in a category for birthday projects that featured numbers. I remember when I first read about that category in the publication call, no ideas or supplies came to mind, so I wasn't that drawn to the category -- I thought I'd end up not making anything to submit for it. When I looked through my craft supplies, remembered the Jillibean Soup set I had, and found some other things that stirred up some ideas, I wound up having so much fun making stuff for that category! You just never know, eh? :o)
Here to share some treat packaging projects for my last reshare post of the day!
:o) This is my Luv U Candies Box from the January/February 2011 issue of Paper Crafts! I made this using my Cricut machine. I used the Love Struck cartridge to die-cut the box and conversation heart. The smiling heart-shaped balloon is from one of my favourite cartridges -- Create a Critter! Another one of my treat packaging projects from that issue can be found here! :o)
:o) I made this Easter treat pouch 2 years ago from a Silhouette cut file, some Lawn Fawn paper and a super-cute bunny sticker from Doodlebug!
The next two projects were made for past Paper Crafts' blog hops:
:o) Made in 2011 for the 350 Cards & Gifts blog hop! To create the box, I used the Tea Light Thank You Gift pattern by Lori Tecler, which can be found on this page of patterns from the issue! I can't take credit for the flower border, either -- it's a fancy sticker embellishment from Martha!
:o) I made this one last year for another 350 Cards & Gifts blog hop! The super-cute monster stamp is from Starving Artistamps -- they have such fun stamp designs! I didn't have any candy handy when I was photographing this project, so this monster is extra excited about Halls. Ha! :D
Thanks for visiting today, and have a great weekend!
Hello, folks! Today I wanted to share the card I made for Diesel's birthday "pawty" a little while back on September 3rd. Though it was sad that he wasn't there with us, I thought it was a nice celebration of the life he lived. We love and miss you so much, Diesel!
I tried to make this card extra cute for him. I wanted to go with the blue and orange because they're the colours of his toy ball that he really loved. :o)
When making this card, I realized that I rarely use most of my border punches anymore. I tend to reach for dies rather than punches nowadays. But the one border punch that I still get plenty of use out of is my Martha Stewart grass border punch -- love that thing! It's so great for making little scenes like this. I love, love those cute stickers from K & Company -- when I saw them on sale [long ago], I went crazy-jazz-hands and bought 4 packs. Tell me I'm not the only one who does this! ;o) I'm not a hoarder, though -- I've actually used most of the stickers up. The banner die and coordinating stamps are from Wplus9's Basic Banners, and the super-cute frame is from Sizzix's Frame, Scallop Rectangle die set.
Hello there! You may have seen Paper Crafts' super-fun Stamp It! Techniques issue out on newsstands! I wish I had made more things to submit to this issue, but I just couldn't get my act together at the time. Ha! I was, however, really overjoyed when they accepted this here project because it's one of my fave submissions! I present to you... Birthday Monster Box [formerly known as Ferocious Monster Gift Box]! :o) I love that little monster!! The monster, his fiery breath and the buildings are from My Cute Stamps' Eeek! A Monster! stamp set [funtastic!]. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn's Sophie's Sentiments stamp set [that stamp set gets a ton of use!].
And speaking of Lawn Fawn, I have a really fun announcement to make!
Kelly invited me to join the Lawn Fawn design team.
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How crazy is that?! I'm a little nervous but also over the moon -- it's still kind of unreal to me. And I'm not the only new team member! The card making super-talent Julie Campbell is joining the team, too! Woo-Hooooo!!!
Check out the Lawn Fawn blog today for a sneak peek at the new stamp set to be released on February 10th, and tomorrow we'll be sharing projects made with this new stamp set!!
Here's yet another card using the Bake Me a Cake stamp set [and a sentiment from Sophie's Sentiments]! I made the cake quite similar to my previous cake card, only taller! :o) :o) Super-fun to make!! My candy-colour-love strikes again!
Check out the other awesome contest entries here, and there's still a week to enter your own cards! :o)
Thanks for stopping by, and have a crafty weekend!
You may have heard that Lawn Fawn is holding an awesome contest right now -- you can win a chance to have your card shown in their first-ever catalog and in their CHA booth! How exciting is that?! Your card must be made with one of their following stamp sets: Sew Lovely, Critters in the 'Burbs, Bake Me a Cake or Hello Friend. Thankfully, I have the first three sets, and I'm just waiting for Hello Friend to arrive in the mail [I ordered it right after the release -- fingers crossed that it arrives before the contest's deadline!].
Here's a card I made with the super-cute Bake Me a Cake stamp set! :o)
My camera decided it didn't want to pick up on the colours as they really are -- ha! The card base is actually a minty teal colour, which I thought made for a cute, kind of retro colour combo with the green. And the coloured-in cake stand is a bit more teal-y. Please go easy on my colouring -- I'm a beginner when it comes to Copic markers!
When I first got this stamp set, I was a tiny bit nervous that I would -- despite this being a CLEAR stamp set -- still somehow manage to mess up the alignment of the stamps when building cakes [knowing me, I thought I'd definitely stamp something crookedly!]. But it's actually really easy to line up the stamps, and it's REALLY FUN to build your own custom cakes and decorate 'em as you wish! This stamp set is TONS of fun to craft with! Love it! :o)
The latest issue of Paper Crafts magazine, the November/December 2010 issue, includes my first published card! Wa-hoo! :o) Here's the birthday card I made, inspired by a super-fun sketch from the issue -- it can be found on page 23, alongside three more interpretations of the sketch by other paper crafters! :o) This was an extra fun one to make!
