Who Loves Chocolate???

I've been looking for this Stampendous stamp for the longest and finally found it in stock this weekend at Michael's.  My friends and family know my love for chocolate, or for that matter anything sweet, so I wanted to incorporate that love into a card.  I created this birthday card using some precut window cards that I also found at Michael's.  What a steal...eight cards and envelopes for a dollar!! I just love a great craft buy.  Anyway, I cut the wonderful chocolate cake using my "Just Because" Cards Cricut Cartridge.  The cake is cut at 4 1/2 inches.  I decorated my cake with some "chocolate" glitter glue from Studio G.  I added a cherry on top using some red Stickles.  I added two chocolate brads from Creative Imaginations and embellished the card with some ribbon from the Ribbon Boutique.  The background cardstock is from a scrap that I had leftover from my DCWV The Homemade Christmas Stack.  I hate to let anything go to waste!! The inside of the card reveals the remaining message from the stamp and is embellished with some birthday stickers from Karen Foster.  I used both chocolate and cream colored cardstock for the background.   I think this card looks yummy enough to eat :) !!     Have a wonderful day!                Patty

Howdy Pardner!!!

This rainy weekend has allowed me extra time to work on some March birthday cards.  This past summer my husband, mom, and I went on a cross-country camping trip, exploring the American West.  I created this birthday card with the Old West in mind.   We visited Bodie, California.....a real-life, preserved ghost town!! If you are a western buff, check this place out....fascinating!! I used my Cricut Old West and Animal Kingdom cartridges to create the embellishments for this card.  I found the bandana-print paper at Hobby Lobby.  The paper is from The Paper Studio.  The metal brads turned into cute little nails for my posts and "Howdy".  The brads are Spare Parts, also from The Paper Studio.  I used my Zig calligraphy pen to add the creative features to the little piggy and the rope.  I embossed the white cardstock with my Texture Boutique and Cuttlebug folder.  The inside of the card features the same theme as the outside.  I cut the sign from the Old West cartridge and the cow's head from Animal Kingdom.  The font for the inside and the outside of the card are from the Old West cartridge.  It's chow-time so adios!!             Patty