Flower Card

I saw a similar card by Monique (http://monkeydoodlecricut.blogspot.com/2011/02/wall-e-valentine-card-more.html) on her blog, and I had to try my twist. I turned this card into a thank you card for my Grandmother. The sunflowers, vase and bee were all cut from Walk in My Garden. The bee's wings are cut from vellum. The card base is 6 1/4 by 4 1/4. I measured 2 1/8 down from the top right corner of the card and cut diagonally to the top left fold. Next I cut a 4x6" piece of purple flowered paper and measured 2" down from the right corner and cut from there to the top left corner. I glued this on my card base leaving an 1/8" border all around. I next cut a 4x4" paper and cut diagonally again and also a 2x2" cut. The background paper on the inside of the card was cut at 4x6". The pink square on the inside was cut at 4x4. The bee is tucked slightly under the sunflowers so that when the card is closed it looks like the bee is sitting on the sunflower. However, when you open the card it stays on the inside of the card.

Johnny's Birthday

This is the card I made for cousin's Birthday. He is a huge football fan. I came across the instructions to make a gift card holder here: http://blog.ginakdesigns.com/2008/11/10/preview-day-1.aspx. I changed the dimensions to so that it would look more like a card and less like a gift card holder. I started with a 12x5 piece of cardstock and scored it at 3.5, 4.75, 6, and 10 inches using my Martha Stewart Score Board. Only the 4.75 score line should be a mountain fold, the rest are valleys. Then, using my ATG gun, I glued together the mountain fold. Only put a thin strip of adhesive in the inside bottom of the mountain fold, do not put adhesive up towards the crease. Next I used a ruler and a craft knife and cut a small slot into the top of the mountain fold. That way I could slide the money into the fold. Because I didn't put adhesive all the way up towards the crease, the money could slide in and out easily, but it wouldn't fall through the fold. I used Wild Card to cut the envelope. It is on the 4th row, 8th column of the overlay. I used hide condor on the gypsy to hide the "#1" cut out. It was cut at 5.5 inches and fits the card perfectly. I used 3 Birds for the football (8.75 inches) and Gypsy Wanderings for the sentiment (3.5 inches) The football was run through the Cuttlebug using my Swiss Dots folder.