HIS/HERS Birthday Cards - Here is HIS

     My daughter and son's spouses have adjacent birthdays. Yesterday and today. When I sat down to create two cards, I started both cards exactly the same way - Karen Burnistan's "Happy Birthday PopUp". As you can see by this post and my previous post, that is where the similarities end.
     This is HIS. I used lili's Rough & Tough paper collection (Wishing Star and All Star).

Challenges

ABC Challenge - X is for Xtra Special - #36 -*
Crafting for All Seasons - Birthday - #72 -*
Crafts Galore - Anything Goes - #213 -*
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - #320 -*
Dream Valley - Anything Goes - #91 -*
Pixies's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes - #52 -*
Tip Top Tuesday - 3+ Papers - #64 - *
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes - #38 -*
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes - # -*

HIS/HERS Birthday Cards - Here is HERS

     My daughter and son's spouses have adjacent birthdays. Yesterday and today. When I sat down to create two cards, I started both cards exactly the same way - Karen Burnistan's "Happy Birthday PopUp". As you can see by this post and my next post, that is where the similarities end.
     This is HERS. I used My Mind's Eye "Dreamy" Collection (Blueberry Pop, Pink Gingham, and Sugar Stripes). 

Challenges

Corrosive Challenges - Girly - #99 -*
Crafting for All Seasons - Birthday - #71 -*
Crafts Galore - Anything Goes - #212 -*
Ladybug Crafts Challenge - Bright Colors - #48 - Top 3 - Woo Hoo!

Dream Valley - Anything Goes - #89 -*
Pixies's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes - #51 -*
V's Sweet Ideas - Anything Goes - #71 -*
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes - #214 -*

Tag Keeps on Giving - Free .svg Download

     I have a Christmas tag SWAP due this month. As usual we have a required paper collection to use: "Christmas Wishes" by Bella Blvd. I designed this tag for the SWAP and asked my husband, "How do you like it?". His evaluation: the tag is going to be worth more than the gift. Too much work for a tag, yadda, yadda, yadda. I decided to make the tag reusable. I used the arc option on the Silhouette software to create tabs under which the "to/from" card can be slid.
     I am including an .svg file that will cut the tag base, the two trapezoids, the hole reinforcer, and the panel with the tabs to hold the "to/from" card. Everything else can easily be cut on the trimmer. 
     This is the first project I was able to use the Silhouette PixScan mat for. I stamped 25 "James - Deck the Halls" stamps using my MISTI and cut them out on the PixScan. The best part about it is that I have 25 stamps cut out and everyone of them is an original stamp.

   

Tag flips down

Materials

Paper - Bella Blvd:  Merry & Bright

            Bazzill: Yellow Green

                          Red

                          Yellow                    

Stamps - LOTV: James - Deck the Halls

               Fiskars: Terrific Tags

               Hero Arts: Magic of Christmas

Dies - DieNamics - Blueprint #3

Punches - 1/2 inch corner punch

Inks - Momento - Tuxedo Black

Embellishments - Gold Wire

                             Red Ribbon

                             Brad: Gold Star

                             Elizabeth Craft: Red Glitter Stickers

                             Glitter Gel Pen

Tim Holtz Distress Markers: Bear - Tea Dye and Brushed Corduroy

                             Pine Bough - Peeled Paint and Forest Moss

                             Bow and Star - Mustard Seed

                             Gift and Ornament - Festive Berries and Fired Brick

                             Ornaments - Salty Ocean

Equipment: Cameo Silhouette: Regular and PixScan Mats
          Free .svg DOWNLOAD 

                    Big Shot

                    MISTI 

 

Getting Ready to Kit

Directions for kit: DOWNLOAD

Challenges

All Sorts Challenge - Not a Card - #83 -*
Alphabet Challenge - T is for Traditional Christmas - #109 -*
Crafts Galore - Anything Goes - #211 -*
Delightful Challenge - Happy Holiday - #73 -*
Dream Valley - Anything Goes - #85 -*
Milk Coffee - Hand Colored - #214 -*
Mod Squad Challenge - Tags - #23 - Grand Prize - Woo Hoo!
 
Pixies's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes - #48 -*
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes - #36 - *
V's Sweet Ideas - Anything Goes - #70 -*
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes - #212 -*