100th Post and Birthday Blog Hop Day #1

It's my 100th post!  Wahoo! 

Now, onto business...

The Birthday Blog Hop Day #1

If you have just hopped on the tour, please go to the first stop on the hop at Samantha's Cricut Creations (www.samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com). If you have arrived from  http://gloriasgoofycraftspot.blogspot.com/ then you are in the right place. Thanks for hopping by!


My Dad's birthday is Monday, August 1st, so I made this special shape card for him!

My parents "full-time" in a motor home and travel all over the country visiting any place they want!  It's quite the life!  So, I though he definitely needed an RV shape card.  Luckily I have the Camping cart, and had one readily available.  I cut the shadow (black), the body (cream) and then the shell (tan).  While I thought this looked good, it needed something else.  I hand cut the windows and headlights to added a little pop of color.  I also added two small mat silver brads for rear tires and one larger one for the front tire.  Lastly, I cut the star from Home Decor (twice) and added it to the back.  I thought the RV needed a little "birthday" pop!

 Thanks for looking and I love comments and new followers!  Be sure to come back tomorrow for another great birthday card!  


Now, head to Courtney at  www.craftingwithcourtney.blogspot.com!  She is so creative!  You will love her project!


Here's the blog list in case you get lost! ;)  

Samantha

http://samanthascricutcreations.blogspot.com/

Meighen

http://scrappin3rdeeschik.blogspot.com/

Jenn

http://scraphappensembellishit.blogspot.com/

Ruthie

http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/

Gloria

http://gloriasgoofycraftspot.blogspot.com/

Jen

http://mccalleyhouse.blogspot.com

Courtney

www.craftingwithcourtney.blogspot.com

Momo

http://madebymomo.blogspot.com/

Kim

http://rickettscricuts.blogspot.com/

Have your CAKE and eat it too!

This was a quick and easy birthday card for my wonderful sister-in-law!  I used a few scraps of paper from "A 29th Street Market."  The shabby chic bluish-purple background paper was cut to be 5x4 when folded.  I then cut out the cupcake from the Smiley cart. I cut the bottom in another scrap of 29th Street Market paper and the top in white.  I inked the edges of everything, the card, cupcake and cupcake topping with Margareta ink.  I then used my great Peachy Keen face stamps to add the cute face.  I used my finger tip to add little cheeks using the same Margareta ink.  I hand wrote the saying "Have your CAKE and eat it too!"  I added a small strip of patterned paper (same line) across the top and then tied a matching ribbon scrap around the top. 

Inside I mounted another strip of paper on the bottom half of the card (see the fleur de lis??)  The great thing about this line of paper is it is all reversible! :)  Then I added a solid block to the inside to show the sentiment.  I cut the HA-P B-DAY from the Smiley cart and mounted it on a solid paper.  I inked all the edges again!  In the end, a cute and easy card!