Kitty Themed Birthday Card

Hey crafters!

I have another birthday card to share.  This one is cat themed!  :) I have the YT video up on my channel as well.  Here is the card:

The kitty stamp is by Do Crafts.  The background cat paper is from a momenta stack, the flowers are Prima. 
Here is the inside of the card:

 I love how the sentiment turned out!! 

Thanks for stopping by today!!  Hope you're having a great week!





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GINORMOUS Hello Kitty Birthday Card!!

 Hi everyone!

Today I have another birthday card to share.  This one has a funny back story to it.  When I started the Birthday Card Club, I got a question "What size is an A5 card?"  I thought, hmmmm... this is an odd question to ask me, I don't think I have ever made an A5 or mentioned it before.  But I looked it up to provide an answer.  The first couple websites that I saw, showed A5 as something ridiculous like 18" x 27" or something ODD like that.  Then another website showed something just a couple inches different from that.  So, it took me a bit, but I finally found the correct A5 measurements. 

Then I got another question.  "What is A5 size?"  And this time I asked, why are you asking me that?  She told me that my email that went out to everyone had that we needed to make at least an A5 sized card.  WHAAAAAT!??!  No!!  I meant to say A2!  So then I freaked out, and sent a "correction" email to everyone saying that I meant to type A2.  Well, I went back and checked my original email, and it DID say A2, so I thought, "How could it have been changed by just sending it out?!  How could email just change what I typed?"  Well, it didn't.!  LOL!  It tuns out that she read the email quickly, and then called her best friend to ask what A5 was (the other person who emailed me.)  So it wasn't my error in an email! WHEW! 

Well, this gal is awesome, and has such a fun personality, so I was joking with her best friend that I was going to send her a HUGE card as a joke for her birthday card.  And her friend egged me on!!  So I did it!  Here is my card:

I could barely get it all in frame!  It is 16" wide by 24" tall!  yes, HUGE!!!   It started out as an actual greeting card (that I can't remember who made it) but around the big holidays, like Christmas and Valentine's Day they have these giant cards in the greeting card aisle.  This one was a Valentine's Day card, I will show it:

Yeah, it was a Valentine's Day lovey card.  So I covered it up to make it a Birthday Card!!  I used the DCWV 12" x 24" Adhesive backed Patterned stack. 

Here is the Hello Kitty that I cut out on my Cricut:

Yep, that's a quarter by her ear, just so you can see how BIG she is!!  This actual cut is different, I tweaked it with my Gypsy to make the kitty as big as the balloons.  Because the actual cut, she is pretty well proportioned to how it would be in real life.  (I guess.)  But I wanted her bigger, since the card itself is so big.  So I have the kitty and the balloon cut to be about 11" each. 

Here is a look at the inside of the card:

I had to cover the inside as well.  (It had some lovey dovey sentiment like "Be my sugar" or something like that. lol!)  So I used some Hello Kitty paper to do a border on the side, then a piece of 12" x 24" white cardstock (also DCWV) and then cut out my sentiment using MAMBI Sizzix font dies called "Night & Day."

Here is a close-up of the sentiment:

 I had to add a silly sentiment that represented the whole A5 thing!  I hope she likes my card, and I hope she gets a good laugh out of it!  I have always been one to tease, so I love it when I find friends who can laugh easily!  :) 
I hope you have a very happy birthday Penny!!! 

 A video will be up on my YT channel about this card as well.  Thanks for stopping by!!




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ATC I made!

Hey!

Today I have an ATC that I made to share.  This is the first one I have ever made, and I guess it's not a true ATC, this one is 3" x 4".  So it's a little bigger than normal ATC's.  But this was a good size for me to work with.

I made this for a YT challenge.My friend Teresa, (her YT name is craftinmommaML) was having a challenge to celebrate having over 150 subscribers. (YAY TERESA!!!)  Her challenge was to create a 3x4 card that represented you, and that had your YT name on it.  Here is what I came up with:

Since my YT name is the same as here, Craftin Blind, that is on the bottom of the card.  I used some skull paper from Tiddly Inks (a digital paper.)  and printed it on purple cardstock for the background.  Then I put an eye chart on my card.  I thought that was a good representation of me as well as my name! lol.  Then I got these adorable glasses from the jewelry section at Hobby Lobby a while ago, they are a charm...but they are big for a charm!  I also used a wood veneer camera that I colored purple.  I put a butterfly bubble sticker inside the camera.  And I added two cute little skulls to the bottom. 

Here is the back:

The pink skull here is actually a temporary tattoo.  Yes!! You CAN put them on paper!  They work great, and are an awesome embellishment for paper crafting!!   Then I wrote the story of my youtube name, and added some metal dots to finish it off.

I really love how this card came out.  I almost wanted to keep it for my name sign! lol! 

Thanks for stopping by and visiting me today!  Have a GREAT week! 





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Another March Birthday Card

Hello there!!

Today I have a birthday card to share.  This is another one that I made for the Birthday Card Club that I am hosting.  I had so much fun making this card, and really hope the recipient likes it!

 The Polaroid frame was cut from my Cricut.  I used a CC designs stamp for the girl image, and the Dachshund is from a stamp set by MayMay Made It, the set is called Trixie's Valentine.  The banner pieces is also a stamp set, but at the moment I can't remember what brand that one is.  If anyone wants to know any specific details, just ask!  :)

Thank you so much for stopping by today!!  Have a great rest of your week! 




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Friendship Card

Hi guys & gals!

I hope you are all having a great week! I have a friendship card to share today.  This may look simple, but as most of you already know, even the simplest looking of cards takes me like...two weeks to complete!!  Lol!

I'll jump right into it, here is the card:

 The background black patterned paper (that you can barely see) and the purse & shoes paper is from DCWV, the pretty flower is by Petaloo, and the rhinestone flourish is by The Paper Studio.

I was an idiot and forgot to take a picture of the inside, which to me, is the best part of the card!!  I have a sentiment stamp that reads, "Who needs a therapist?  I have you."  And I LOVE that stamp!!!  it is such a good sentiment to use for any of those amazing friends of yours that are always just there to listen, whenever you need them, without judgement!  And that is the kind of friend I made this card for!  :)

I also sent her two of the We R Memory Keepers punch boards, (the gift box one, and the pillow box one) so I can't WAIT to see what she makes with them!!! YAY! 

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a great week!





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Owl Themed Birthday Card

Hi everyone!

Today I have another birthday card to share.  This one is for an owl lover!

Here is my card:

 I don't think it's just me...but I see a horrible blue tint to this picture.  The background paper is a teal-ish color, and so is the majority of the owl, but to me..this entire picture looks teal!!  Anyway.

Ok, so I cut this owl from the Hoot N Hollar Cricut Cartridge, and the balloons were cut on the Cricut as well.

 Here is the inside of my card:

Thanks for stopping by my little creative space today!!  Have a GREAT day!!



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Beach Themed Birthday Card

Hi everyone!!

I hope you are all having a great week!  I have been super busy this month making cards and stuff, but I haven't posted most of them yet because I wanted the recipient to be the first to see them.  :)

I started a birthday card club on youtube this year.  It officially began in March,, and it kicked off with a bang!! There were FIVE birthdays for March!  I was worried that it would scare people off, but I promised that the rest of the year would be easier!!  Lol!  There are 25 people total in the birthday card club, so I will have 24 extra cards to make this year, and I am SO, SO excited about it!! 

Here is the first one:

   This particular person said that she likes beaches and marine themes, so I knew I wanted to do a relaxing beach scene!  I hope I did a good job, and it looks alright.  I get nervous when I make cards for other crafters!!!  Eek!  I used two shades of blue, the lighter blue was to represent the seafoam that shows up as the water recedes from the beach.
Here is the inside of the card:

And that's the first birthday card I have made for this card club!  I hope the recipient likes it!
Thanks for stopping by today!



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FUN Idea For Giving Ca$h As A Gift!!

Hi everyone!

I have been neglecting my blog lately.  I don't intend on that, but it happens.  Now that I post videos for my projects rather than just taking pictures, it is so much easier for me to just upload a video than write out a blog post.  (Especially since being on the computer makes me nauseous.)  I just wanted to say that I do have some new videos up, if you're interested you can check out my YT HERE

I do have some pictures to go along with a video today.  This is a gift that I gave my nephew a couple days ago for his 8th birthday.  He is going to Disneyland, so I wanted to give him some "fun money" to spend while he is there.   Well, I don't like just giving cash or a gift card.  I like to try and make it special or unique.  So this is what I did:

Here are the pictures of the finished gift:  (Keep in mind that I KNOW the bow does NOT match the wrapping!  Lol.)  I "wrapped" the box in Sport-themed Duct Tape!!  The bow, is the colors of his favorite team, that's why it doesn't coordinate too well hahaha!

This is the wrapped box with the "pull" tag hanging out

 Here is a pic showing the "pull" tag attached to the first dollar bill:

 A Closer view:

 Here is the GIANT bow (to hide the hole where the money comes out, and to hide the rest of the "pull" tag:

 Another view: (I use these huge bows, so that it just looks like a gift tag with the persons name on it.  Then you tell them to read the tag, and the FUN begins!!!!)

 This is just the box and the card together:

This is SUCH a fun gift to give!  It is so awesome to watch the person just pull and pull and pull the cash out of the box, all taped together, one dollar at a time!! Haha.

Hope you like my gift idea!!  Thanks for stopping by today! 

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Christmas Card Share: Some More For 2013

Happy Holidays my crafting friends!!

I hope you are all having a nice holiday season!  This time of year always seems to be a bit crazy for everyone!  Here is a video of a few more cards that I have been working on:

 Thanks for watching!!  Let me know what you all think! :) 

Merry Christmas!!






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Some Simple Christmas Projects

Hey everyone!

I hope you are all having a GREAT week so far!!  I just wanted to share a couple quick projects that I have been working on.  Here's my video from YT:

 Thanks for watching!!  Have a good week!




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