Twins December Birthday

Yesterday was Chris and Connie's True birthday!  We had the surprise party for them back in November but yesterday they truly turned 60!  Here are the cards that I made for them.  They both are Disney lovers so it was a toss up as to who got this card.  It is pretty straight forward with punches for Mickey's head.  I saw this one on pinterest. Sizzix's embossing folder for the background. Just a cute simple card!

I just bought this Memory Box poppy die and used it for this birthday card.  Once I glued it to the Sizzix top note, then I embossed the whole top note to give it this quilt effect.  Love this technique!  I have used it before and wanted to try it again.  Another simple little birthday card!  Thanks again for stopping by!!

Balloons and Cake Galore!

This is my first time making a Sliding Pop up card so I know I need to work on it a little more. But I love the outcome of it. Kim Score's tutorial really explains it well on  her "Cherry on top sliding pop up card" which is on her blog. She shows just how to make the little cake. Check out her blog at http://www.paperpunchaddiction.com/2010/07/cherry-on-top-sliding-pop-up-card.html

She uses the small tag punch from SU for the base of the cake and I used nestabiities scallop rectangle for the icing  with a little glitter.  The cherry is from SU cupcake punch but I think Kim used just a small circle punch. The stand for the cake is hard to see which I think I will change next time because it is the same color as the background but it is a word window punch and tag punch. The tag punch is cut into a triangle and the word window is cut just a little to give it a little indent.
The balloon punches are Martha Stewart and the hands holding the balloons are Mickey Mouse's. 

If the link for the Cherry on top doesn't work I have Kim's blog  on my blog list below just click on Paperpunch addiction and go to the Cherry on top sliding pop up card to the right where everything is listed.  Have fun!!!