Happy Birthday to Ewe! - Shaped Card for a 7th Birthday

Hello!  Drip, drip, drip...what's that sound??  It's heaven!  Well, not really, but close enough!  It's the sound of snow on our roof melting and dripping to the ground....yea!  I can't tell you how good it feels to see the sun...it's so bright right now...even though it's only 38 degrees outside.  My mood is much brighter too!  :-)  Hope everyone is enjoying their day!

Today I'm sharing a shaped (yes, another!!) birthday card I made for a classmate of my twins.  I thought I'd use my Birthday Bash cartridge for the occasion...imagine that!  :-)  I got a kick out of this sheep...blowing a noisemaker...how funny!  And it's really a perfect match since the birthday girl is a really funny child too....I think she'll like this.  The image in the handbook has the number '2', but I hid that cut with my Gypsy and pop dotted up the '7' instead.  I thought the striped paper and googly eyes would liven her up a bit...what do you think?...good choice?

Recipe

Sheep from Cricut Birthday Bash; welded into a shaped card with my Gypsy; cut all layers

'7' and shadow from Birthday Bash font

Striped paper - Basic Grey Gypsy paper pad

Textured cardstock - DCWV Brights stack

All other cardstock - Recollections

EK Success dimensionals to pop up the '7'

Cat's Eye chalk ink

Black Creative Memories marker for stitching

White Gelly Roll pen for doodling

Googly eyes



I'm entering this card into three challenges:

Crazy for Cricut - It's Dina's 1st challenge...check it out....make any kind of card as long as it includes a Cricut cut.

Fantabulous Cricut: Challenge Me Monday #49 - Shaped Card - Create a shaped card; something other than a square or rectangle.

More Than Favors: Wacky Wednesday #27 - Farm Theme - Make anything farm-themed.

Have a great day!

~Sharon C.

Chomping Critter-Shaped Valentine's Day Card

Another Valentine's Day card for one of my children...only one more to go!!  This one is for my 9 yr-old middle son Stephen, who we affectionately call Stephen Beaven or Beav.  (His football teammates call him "Stevie Nightmare", but that's a story for another day!)  What better to make for the Beav than a beaver-shaped card from Create A Critter!

With my Gypsy, I welded the log from Create A Critter to the bottom of the beaver so it appears that the little guy is sitting on it. I then duplicated that shape, flipped it and welded those two pieces together at the top of the head to make the shaped card. I also welded 'I *heart* U' to the top layer of the log...hoping to make it look like the toothy animal had cut the phrase himself. Oh, and I popped up a felt heart in his paws...need a pink heart on there somewhere for Valentine's Day!

Recipe

Beaver & log - welded and cut with my Gypsy to make a shaped card; cut all layers

Cardstock - Recollections; Recollections Kraft

Patterned paper - scrap from my stash

Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes folder on belly

Brown Creative Memories marker for stitching/doodling

White Gelly Roll pen for stitching/doodling

Pink felt heart from local dollar store

EK Success dimensionals

"Happy Valentine's Day" stamp from Michael's dollar bin (sentiment inside card)

I'm sure Stephen will enjoy my card.  He's very crafty and creative.  Just today, he asked me if he could start his own scrapbook to keep his sports pictures.  I'm very excited to have a new scrapping buddy!  :-)



I'm entering this card into two challenges:

More Than Favors: Wacky Wednesday #23: Color Challenge - Create any project using the colors brown, green and pink.

Two Scraptastic Gals: Cricut Cartridge Chaos Challenge #3 - Create A Critter - Make a project with Create A Critter, the cartridge chosen for this week by the blog's followers.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

~Sharon C.