A Couple 'Thank You' Projects

Hello friends!

I decided to make a couple little, simple 'thank you' projects this past week.  I had a couple people that I needed to thank.  I will start with the Girly Thank You.

Since this is for a lady, and one that I don't know all to well, I decided to go with a generic "Girly" theme.  For the card, I decided to use a svgcuts file of a high-heel shoe.  I absolutely LOVE how it turned out!!  And, if I actually found a pair of shoes that looked like this, I would buy them in a heart beat!  Ha.

I added rhinestones along the side of the show, for some added bling:

This flower comes with the cut file, and I couldn't decide if I liked it or not.  I really liked the shoe without it.  Personally, I wouldn't wear a shoe with a huge flower on it...but I did like it on the card.  This is the flower:

It is a lot of layers, and I inked the edges for just a finished look.   The sole of the shoe is some black, metallic paper that I have. I like how it finished the look.  Here is the completed card:

Next, I made a purse for the gift bag.  This purse is also from the same cut file.   I love it because it has a movable handle.  I have not seen any like that with the cricut, although, I LOVE the tags, bags, boxes, and more cartridge!!!  But, this is the purse I used:

I used cute little button brads to connect the movable handle.  Here are some shots of the handle ... being moved. Lol.

Since I didn't add any zebra print to the purse, I figured that it needed a flower.  Here's the flower I used:

And the flower with the added leaves:

I also like this purse because I didn't need to add any type of closure, it just has a tab that slips into a hole. Easy!
For the finishing touch... what's a pair of shoes, with a matching purse...without a matching wallet!??!  I used this gift card holder from the Wild Card Cricut Cartridge.  And added some zebra print to finish it off:

And here is a odd angle of the gift card wallet while opened.  haha.

That's it!  That's the first 'Thank You' project!  I am happy with how it all turned out.  Here are some pictures of the entire set:

I'm pretty sure I will be making this project, well..a similar one...very soon!!

Now for part2  of my post!  This thank you project is for a man, so I had to turn of my 'girly' mindset. I know that he is a fan of nautical decor, so I ran with that theme!
 Here is the card:

I love lighthouses.  LOVE them!  Everywhere I looked for a cut file, I just couldn't find one that I liked enough.  There are so many beautiful lighthouses out there, and I felt that my card wouldn't do them justice.  So I decided to go with the Life Is A Beach cricut cartridge.  The lighthosue on that cartridge is a tall, skinny one.  I just manipulated it to be short and fat.  Haha.  I then flipped one, and welded them together to make a card.  I also welded some seagulls (also from the Life Is A Beach Cartridge) to the top, backside of the card... so when it was closed, it would look like they are soaring in the background.

As I was piecing together this card, I kept thinking.."oooh this is NOT going to be good!"  But I really liked how it turned out!  Simple and sweet. My favorite! haha. The reason that I manipulated the lighthouse to make it wider, is so that I would have more room to write inside.  Also, it was easier to weld two of them together.
Next is the box.  I decided to use a Gable box.  This box is from the Elmo's Party cricut cartridge.  I just welded circles for the handles rather than keeping the 'Elmo head' (since the recipient is older than three! lol.)

I also welded a 'window' onto the gable box, and added some acetate behind it to make it more of a window. :)  I also added a anchor sticker that I had in my stash, and cut two ship wheels to put on the sides. (Ship wheels are also cut from the Life Is A Beach cartridge.)

Finally, the gift card holder.
This is actually from the Going Places cricut cartridge.  It is under the 'Slider Envelope' function key These envelopes are ideal for gift card holders!!.  When I saw this cut, I know it would be perfect for this project!

And there you have it!  My projects are complete!! I juse filled the purse and gable box with some candy, and then put the gift cards/and holders inside too. I hope the recipients liked them!!

Thanks for looking at my projects, and I always love comments!! :)

Since this is a post about thank yous, I also wanted to give a shout out to Momo from www.madebymomo.blogspot.com   I have been a follower of her blog for a while now. (I think she was one of the first people I followed.)  I have never met her, or spoke to her, but I can tell she is a super fun lady, and has an amazing talent for crafting!  She is doing a 'link you blog' thing on her blog, where if you have less than 200 followers, you can post your blog there...and hopefully get some followers, and find some new inspiring blogs to follow as well!   Since I was the 222nd person to post my blog, it looks like I will have a busy night of blog-looking! :)   Thanks to Momo for doing this!!

Birthday Cake for my Niece

Hey Paper Pals!

Today is my niece's ninth birthday!  What a fun age!  So I kept up my tradition of making each family member a paper cake for their birthday, and made her one!  For the last one I made (I forgot to take pictures!! ARG!!)) I filled it with cash, and lots and lots of candy.  Since it was for my brother, an adult.  Since this one was for a 9 year old, I thought I better fill it with just gifts, instead of 20lbs of chocolate!  Although, I'm sure she would have loved that.  Ha ha.   

These cakes are perfect for holding small presents.  My favorite thing to do with them, is to hide a gift card or cash in lots of candy!

I started making it yesterday, and had to let part dry, so it was finished and stuffed with gifts today.  This is how it turned out:

The cake pieces were cut out of plain white card stock, then I used a metallic card stock for the 'frosting,' and ran it through the Polka Dots embossing folder.  The edges of the 'frosting' are scalloped, to make it look a little more like real frosting was spread on the cake. 

The flowers were made out of 4 cut flowers.  I inked the edges and then folded and glued until they looked like a rose. I then added Stickles to made it look like dew drops on the flowers.  

The big flower topper is just laid on the cake.  I did not want to glue it down, so that it wouldn't effect the individual cake pieces.  The topper is made out of a scallop circle for the base, then 3 daisy flowers in two different sizes, with each petal curled up.  The leaves are cut from Gypsy Wanderings, and I finished it off by placing a large gem in the center. 

I love the way it all came together.  I am always so pleased with my cakes.  I think this is my favorite thing to make.  Making bags and boxes are my favorite for sure... but I just love these cakes!  I put so much work into them. 

Thanks for looking at my project!  Let me know what you think!