I'm still alive. Still trying to make progress on Christmas. After spending 6 hours on the soccer field on Saturday, I decided to keep going and spend another 5 hours power shopping with the rest of the world. That's not really my kind of shopping, but I did pretty good crossing some gifts off my shopping list. I also had great intentions of putting the decorations on the tree, but I got side tracked when the power cord on my laptop broke. I had to borrow my great friend, Deneen's, power cord from her laptop, and I'm working on borrowed time trying to prioritize what needs to be done on my computer before giving it back to her. Then I'll patiently stalk the delivery trucks until my new cord arrives.
But I did manage to find a few projects to share this week. The first one is this birthday card that I found under a stack of papers, forgotten. I'm really bad about having birthday cards on hand. I made a point to create quite a few of them not too long ago, and they're already all gone. What usually happens is that we're on our way out to a birthday party, and there's this frantic "I need a card NOW". Then I scramble to whip up a card in 5 minutes.
And that's exactly how long this one took me to make. Alyssa was headed to a friend's house, for a little impromptu birthday get together. So in a mad rush, I went to make a card. The main reason this card came together so quickly is that most of these pieces were laying around from other projects. I had embossed the front of this white cardstock card base with a woodgrain embossing folder a while back, and never ended up using it. So that was easy to pull out.
The "enjoy" was already cut out using my Silhouette, from when I made some confetti cupcake cards. I had a handful of punched circles from the Birthday Boy collection, from Bella Blvd, that were left over from some projects. I just kind of threw it all on the card and went with it. I thought it was a decent card for a teenage boy. Then it turned out that she didn't want a card. That no one else was giving cards or gifts, so she thought it would be weird to give him one. Soooo. I now have a card for the next time a birthday comes up.
Hey Laura- nice to see ya!! I wondered if you were among the shoppers this weekend. I have been stuck on the computer for a few days printing pictures. What I wouldn't pay to have someone else edit, re-size, and organize my prints...uurggh!
But nice to relive the memories as printing-so it is all good, right?
Cute card and a great way to use your leftovers. LOVE that woodgrain background-who makes that folder?
Posted by: Janet | December 17, 2012 at 06:31 AM
What do you use to get those tiny, skinny words like "Enjoy" to stick and to stay?
Posted by: Julie | December 17, 2012 at 07:28 AM
Julie- I have seen gals use spray adhesive, but I pull out my trusty Zig 2 way glue pens. They work perfect for these 'skinny' pieces. I also use my Tombow mono glue glue too at times.
Hope that helps and hope Laura pops in with what she uses.
Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Janet | December 17, 2012 at 09:05 AM
You know, I've never figured out how to "reply" to questions here in the comment section. Which is why I always email my answers to whoever asks. I guess it just seems weird to comment on my own blog. Lol. I use my Xyron sticker maker machines all the time for things I die cut. I have several sizes, and I just run them through there. I have heard of using the Zig pen, but I just havn't though to try it yet. And I know some use spray adhesive, but it's just not a preferred way for me.
Posted by: Laura Vegas | December 17, 2012 at 09:18 AM
Oh wow! Love this one, Laura! Love the circles and texture! :)
Posted by: Kathy Martin | December 18, 2012 at 03:59 AM
Great card! Sure wish I could pull one together in 5 minutes that looks like that. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family.
Posted by: SandraA | December 18, 2012 at 09:07 AM
HA! Love when a plan comes together only to be foiled by "no one else is doing that mom!" I think it's GREAT and yay for being prepared for the next time! :)
Posted by: Diana Waite | December 18, 2012 at 03:58 PM
great card! So many fun details but easy to make!
Posted by: CT | December 21, 2012 at 07:29 AM