Birthday Card

I have been slowly trying to redo my kitchen by painting the cupboards white and removing the wallpaper and painting the walls. This is a very slooooow process. I have to sand each door, prime them three times, add bead board then paint them white. Today I put the first coat of paint on the walls which only took 1-1/2 hours. It is already looking brighter! I love it and can't wait to be finished. When it is all done I will have many pictures, it will be a total transformation!

Today I created a birthday card based on a card by www.smallbitsofpaper.blogspot.com. I absolutely loved their colors and happened to just have bought a packet of similar colors, plus I finally got to try out my new Cuttlebug! I am waiting on my stamps so that I can stamp Happy Birthday on the bottom and add a bow. I don't think the colors come out as nicely in picture as they are on paper :(

Cricut Creations

Here are two of the newest cards I made. I found the designs on http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com which is an excellent site for getting a lot of ideas. Since I am still new to this I just wanted to get the hang of layering them together and adding embellishments before I started creating my own ideas. Cricut takes practice! It also takes a lot of paper! If I didn't live 45 minutes from the craft store I would have already turned in my change bucket for more paper even though I have a lot already. I wish I had purchased more solid colors.

I used the Once Upon a Princess and Create a Critter cartridges for the cute little guys. I also used the Wild Card cart for making the shape of the cards. For the fairy I cut the card at 5 1/2" and the fairy at 4". I have not attempted envelopes yet because I am afraid to waste paper, but I will soon. You can't tell but I brushed the fairy card with a glitter from Martha Stewart that gives it a pretty gleam.