The highlight of this birthday card is definitely the adorable cupcake! I cut it using the Hello Kitty cartridge with the Cricut, layering the different sections on the blackout feature base cut. When you have several pieces to cut you can mount the different card stocks onto one cutting mat and do the whole thing at once - this makes it so fast and easy to make your own embellishments.
Another reason I like these icons formed from several layers is that you can use patterned designer paper for one or more of the cuts. That means instant decoration, as on the cupcake wrapper. I added glitter to the icing, which works perfectly to add some pizazz and it represent sprinkles or sugar! The ribbon is taped onto the back of the pink layer of card stock which helps keep the bulk of the card down and the greeting is a rub-on, clean and sharp.
Cleaning day today and then hopefully time to scrapbook. Baking and cooking has not interested me lately - my eldest resorted to whipping up her own batch of chocolate chip cookies yesterday! (They were pretty good and I didn't help her at all! "...Teach a man to fish..."
that is such a cute card! i really like it- aren't cricuts the best???
Posted by: easy craft ideas | July 08, 2009 at 05:39 PM