To my SIL to be...

My brother is getting married next week, so last night we (the ladies of the family) went out with my SIL to be.  We wanted to make her so very welcome to the family. I think she knows that she is part of the family already, but yesterday we made it "oficial"...

So, I made a card for her.  

My brother and her are both biologist/ornitologist so they world spin arround birds, so I couldn't stay away from birds theme... With so many cute cuts of birds on the cricut cartridges the hardest part of making this card was to choose the one that works with the ocassion.

I went with Sweethearts cartridge and the sweet couple in the nest.  The card basse is from A child's year cartridge which I cut twice in 2 diferent colors because I wanted to use the light color for the inside and the dark one for the outside. I love how you can see the birds through that window on the card. Then I dry embossed the front of the card with my cuttlebug birds and swirls folder. I finished the card by adding the string and the tag with the sentiment.

 

This is a shot of the inside.

Hope you like it and as always all your comments are so very welcome... it makes my day to read comments on my blog.

Thanks for visiting!

Vivi

Mini card

I was playing with a small piece of cardstock while I was hoping from blog to blog looking for a challenge when I found at 365 cards the perfect challenge for my scraps.
Today's challenge at 365 cards is to create a card not bigger than a 3x3" and the challenge at Flutter By Wednesday's is to use embossing (any kind) with your butterfly, fairy or angel.
I put both challenges togather into my small piece of cardstock and came up with this cute 3" by 2.5" card.

I heat embossed the butterflies which are part of a stamp set from MS that I bought a long time ago, I hand cut them out and placed them over the dry embossed yellow cardstock. Very simple / quick card and a great use of my scraps. (I know I have to make houndreds of these to actually start reducing my pile of scraps, but this could be a begining)  ;o)

Hope you like my mini-card.

Vivi

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #11

We all know that masculine cards are not easy to make, maybe because we have to forget about use our flowers and ribbons and glitter and all that cute embelishments we love to use. But, after a week full of lace and pearls at the Birthday Sundaes Blog, it is fair to make some birthday cards for men in our lives. Soooo, Amber, from our design team suggested for this week's challenge to make a Masculine Birthday card.
We all at the Birthday Sundaes DT want to see what you can create for this week... I think we all need a little inspiration on this topic, so if you haven't gone there yet, hop to the Birthday Sundaes blog and see the beautiful cards that my talented friends made this week to inspire you.
Todos sabemos que las tarjetas masculinas no son fáciles de hacer, tal vez por que tenemos que olvidarnos de usar flores, lazos, escarcha, y todos esos adornitos y tiernas decoraciones que amamos usar. Peeeeero, después de una semana de encajes y perlas en el blog de Birthday Sundaes, es justo que hagamos alguna tarjeta de cumpleaños para los hombres en nuestras vidas. Así que Amber, del equipo de diseño, sugirió para el reto de esta semana, elaborar una tarjeta de cumpleaños masculina.
Todas en el equipo de Birthday Sundaes, queremos ver que hacen ustedes esta semana... Yo creo que todos necesitamos un poquito de inspiración en este tema, así que si no han ido aún, salten al Blog de Birthday Sundaes y vean las hermosas tarjetas que mis talentosas amigas hicieron para inspirarles esta semana.

I embossed aluminum pieces with the gift and the cupcake folders that came with my Cuttle Bug.
I also dry embossed the bottom piece of cardstock and then heat embossed my sentiment with silver embossing powder... It is hard to see on the picture but I wanted that the sentiment shines as the aluminum pieces.
A small piece of ribbon, 3 brads and call it done!


If you'd like a chance at being a featured 'Super Sundae', please have your card linked by Thursday at 6 pm EST. However the challenge is open until Saturday at 11:59 pm EST.
Si quieren participar para ser nombrados en el "Super Sundae" por favor agreguen su tarjeta antes del Jueves a las 6 p.m. hora del este. Sin embargo el reto estará abierto hasta las 11:59p.m. hora del este del Sábado.
 See you there!  Nos vemos allá!

Vivi

This is my card:
Esta es mi tarjetä:

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