July 1st was my mom's best friend's birthday. As I am a craptastic crafter, I've been using every occasion to practice my skills. (I got my Cricut in January and didn't have a successful project until June. Which I did not photograph. So craptastic.) So, I made her a birthday card using my Cricut Personal Cutting Machine and the Simply Charmed cartridge.
I had originally planned on using the bowl of strawberries from the cartridge saying something like, "have a berry sweet birthday." I just think the strawberries are so cute! But my mom's best friend has a notorious sweet tooth, so I decided to go with what is near and dear to her heart, and use the birthday cake. I also cut the "happy birthday" phrase from Simply Charmed. I already had the pink embossed paper from Michael's. I planned on using it for a poodle skirt for a birthday party, but got the date wrong and didn't have time to make it. (A very craptastic move indeed!) I used a pink ballpoint pen to add detail. I especially love how it looks on the yellow cake. I used a Sharpie pen to go over the small faces in the "happy birthday." Here is an image of the front:
For the inside, I used the Cricut Classic Font in the Cricut Craft Room on my computer to make the word "now." I then added it to the phrase "cut the cake" from the Simply Charmed cartridge. As I've said before, I really, really love this cartridge. Take a look at the inside:
I'm very excited because I just expanded my Cricut collection! I won a pink Cricut Expression on eBay! It came with 3 new cartridges (Pink Journey, Plantin Schoolbook, and Accent Essentials) and a 12x12 cutting mat. I'm not sure these cartridges are ones I would have bought on my own, but I ended up getting such a good deal. I won this whole bundle for only $55! The package came in today, and I'm very excited to play with it. I'm having a Craft Night with my mom and a couple of friends this Friday, and it will probably make its debut then. I'll have to share whatever project I make that night. :)
What a cute card! Thanks for sharing! And congrats on your fantastic eBay deal!
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