Mom's Trifold Birthday

For my Mom's birthday card I made a trifold on a 12 inch by 8 inch cardstock. Directions on how to make a trifold is posted here. The patterned paper is from the DCWV Linen Stack, my new favorite. The happy birthday was cut from A Child's Year cart and I used that font and welded "Momma" and the heart to "Alex". I glitterfied :) all of these and stuck them on the large main parts of the card. I kept it completely simple so that the paper and design of the card was what caught your eye.

Trifold Directions

• This template shows you how to make the scores and cuts to achieve the 3-D look of the card.
• The red lines are where a cut needs to be made through the paper that makes the backing of the card.
  
• The blue lines are where a score line needs to be place for an easy, uniform fold and also as a sizing guide when decorating each block.
  
• The best size I have found to work is a sheet of cardstock measuring 12 inches by 9 inches. The smaller boxes are 3x2 and the larger ones are 3x4.
• *Tip* This card can be made using any size, using measurements that are easily divided by 3 work best.
• *Tip* Do not put thick and high raised embellishment on the right 2/3 of the card as it will not fold properly. However, a double scored vertical lines could create more of a book look to allow for larger embellishments.
• *Tip* Score the lines only, do not fold them until all of the paper, and embellishments have been added.

Boss Birthday Card, Cake, & Shirts

I work at a summer camp for people with disabilities. Its our off season so there are only 3 of us until summer. My boss's birthday was coming up and he had just learned that I don't like to be near birds, fake or real. So this is the card I made for his birthday.






































His daughters' birthdays are also on and around his so I made them this cake. They have faerie doors and now a faerie terrarium. The cake has a tree (camp logo) and some spring tulips on it. After learning about the faeries I added a faerie door at the bottom of the tree and some hidden faeries through the leaves and grass.


























I also made the three of us in the office matching tie-dyed shirts that I used freezer paper to screen print the tree and our names on them. We also had Marissa and baby come visit (look at the banner, card, and diaper wreath made for them as well).

25 Years

I made this card for my dad on his 25th Anniversary of being a Judge. (I was 6 months old when he was sworn in!) The green tile background is from the DCWV Metro stack and then just white and textured green squares cut with a 1/8 inch overlap to continue the square theme. I got the little icons at a scrapbook garage sale and wish I had gotten all the judge things. I wrote his name on the gold plate and cut the Congrats and 25 out on gold foil paper. I know 25 is the silver anniversary but the other items were already gold so I stuck with that. I put a note on the inside and my mom and I decorated his chambers that morning.

This card and diaper wreath was made for Marissa's Baby Shower.

Nurse Graduation

I made this card for my sister when she finished her RN program. I stole the idea off of another blog and changed/added some of my own ideas. (Crafting the Night Away) The ovals and B were sized and cut with my gypsy/cricut. The stamp was colored in with regular colored pencils. The paper is from a DCWV pack, the glitter one I think. Ribbon was used as the binding for the oval locket and to tie together to keep it shut. The inside: same paper as front but cut at a different angle and the congrats also from using gypsy/cricut. I used a sparkly pen to add some dots on the B and the Congrats.