Birthday Last Year!

It is my daughter's birthday next month and so I have to start thinking of ideas for her card. It becomes a challenge every year! I thought I would show you what I made for her last birthday. It's a box card made using the Deco Template from Creative Craft Cabin which I love making but they can be a bit time consuming. The decorative panels inside have been stamped with a background stamp and the letters, hearts, flowers and balloons have all been cut using the Cricut and the George cartridge.

Deco Template

I created this for the Papercraft Essentials designer of the year competition but was not one of the lucky winners. Now that I have set up my blog I don't feel the need to send my work to the magazines for approval as I am really happy posting my work here where people can drop by and have a look if they wish.

This gift box card was made using the template from Creative Craft Cabin. http://creativecraftcabin.com/index.html

I went to an all day workhshop which was run by the shop in Twyford last May and had a fabulous day, in one of the workshops we were shown how to use the template so I decided to buy it and now use if for my "special occasion cards".

The topiary tree is made from polystyrene balls skewered onto a chop stick (sounds painful!)and then die cut leaves pinned onto them. The flower panels are made from die cut circles glued together with a leaf die from the Cricut Solutions Home Accents cart. The front has been stamped with the Wisteria tapestry stamp set