Birthday cards for my cousins

I have two male cousins, who are brothers, that were born one day apart (and 6 and 7 days apart from me – only I am MUCH older, LOL).  I always find it hard to create cards for men; it is such a challenge.  Anyway I came up with these because one of the boys (note to self…they aren’t boys anymore, they are men) reminds me somewhat of a prep.  He is uber sweet and is a doll (can’t call your cousins cute, can you now?  Kind of gives the wrong impression).  Anyhooooo….I thought the argyle cut from Wild Card fit his personality.  The second card was for the younger cousin who just qualified for his pro Motocross license (GO Ricky!!!!); so, I thought the diamond plate embossing folder and the barbed wire image from Indie Art fit.  Both cards have the birthday sentiment from Simply Sweet.

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Holy Mackerel...he's 19!

My oldest nephew just turned 19.  I had a card made for him that I just wasn’t loving.  It really is a challenge making cards for guys!  Then I saw it…the perfect card for him.  It was the customer spotlight card in the May 18^th issue of the Cricut Chirp Newsletter.  I HAD to scrap lift it, and as the rule goes…give credit where credit is due. You see my nephew eats, sleeps and breathes fishing; making this card a perfect fit.  Of course I changed it up a little and didn’t use some of the cartridges that Ms. Nooren Pierce used.  I decided to use a real fishing lure dangling from the rod, instead of the age she used.  I tried to get a more realistic look by using a silver shimmering ink pad I had (I hope you can see it in the pics).  I thought it turned out super cute and he loved it, which is all that mattered.

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Mother's Day Card

Before we get into the card I just want to apologize for the lack of posts lately.   It wasn’t for lack of crafting; it was just from lack of time to spend uploading and posting pics.  I am going to try to catch up tonight, so forgive me for the multitude of posts you will see today.

I made two mother’s day cards; one for my mother and one for my mother-in-law.  Dumb me forgot to take a picture of my mother-in-law's card, but I did get the one I sent my mother.   I had been wanting to use my Forever Young cartridge for a while and I remembered seeing a cut on there that reminded me of an old pic of my mom from the 70’s.  The font is from Hello Kitty Font.  Since I was born in ’73 I thought I would play off of her being established as a mom in 1973 (which was done with flocking).  The paper made me think of the 70’s too.  Anyway…hope you like it.

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Welcome Baby!

A colleague of mine invited me to her baby shower next month so I thought I would make her a card.  I have been dying to use the elephant from Zooballoo and now I got my chance!

I used Zooballoo for the elephant.  Simply Sweet for welcome baby.  Sentiment inside was printed on my printer using Candy RoundBTN font.  Elephant eyes are Jolee's Swarovski Crystals.  Orange Stickles.  White Souffle pen used to create dots on baby.

     

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Sweet 16 birthday card for niece

One of my nieces is turning 16 this month...WOW, I can't believe it!  Well she is just a great young lady, so just a standard sentiment wouldn't do.  I wrote her a poem to go on the inside of the card.  I sure hope she likes it!

I used Hello Kitty Font for her name on the front of the card.  The embossing folder is Spring Flowers.  This was a very simple card.

   

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Birthday Card for Cousin (Tara, don't peek :))

I made this card for my cousin Tara's birthday.  She loooooves cupcakes.  Hopefully this one is cute enough to eat (even though she can't eat it, hehehe).  I fell in love with the saying on the inside...it just fit her.  If you can't read it, it says "Birthdays are natures way of telling us to eat more cupcakes"

I used the cupcake from Wild Card and the cherry and additional topper on the cupcake is from Sweet Treats.  Embossing folder is Spots and Dots.  Glitter for icing is PK Glitz Crystal glitter.  Cherry is coated with Glossy Accents.  Inside sentiment was printed on printer using Angelina font.

 

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More cards! More cards!

I realize it has been awhile (again), but I have finally found a few minutes to post some additional cards I have made. 

This first one is for a special Aunt.  She is one of the dearest sweetest women I know.  She has always had a special place in my heart ever since I was a little child.  She was the Aunt that would stay in the room and play with me while all of the other adults gathered around the kitchen table to gab.  This Aunt also played an instrumental role in planting the seed of God in my heart, and for that I am forever grateful!

This one is for my borrowed grandmother that I call Mawmaw Moore. She is my Aunt's mother and when my last grandmother passed away a little over a year ago she gave me this huge hug and told me that she would be my grandmother now. She is so sweet, I guess that is where my Aunt got it from. Anyway, she has had a couple of shoulder surgeries and so I was wanting to send her something to tell her I was thinking about her.

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