Old West Birthday Card

 I made this birthday card using the Old West Cricut cartridge and the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge. 

This is an A2 size card (4 1/4" x 5 1/2"). The first layer of the outside and inside of the card measures 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" and I used some patterned paper from my stash. I used the Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge to cut the mat (cream) and mat shadow (blue) for the outside of the card at 4 1/2" using the Oblong shift and Shadow shift features on page 51 of the handbook. The blue mat on the inside of the card is 3 5/8" x 4 7/8" and the cream mat on the inside of the card is 3 3/8" x 4 5/8". The cowboy boot (page 54 of the handbook) was from the Old West Cricut cartridge and I cut it at 1 3/4". The cowboy hat (page 57 of the handbook) was also from the Old West and the one on the front of the card was cut at 1", while the one on the inside was cut at 3/4". The Happy Birthday on the front is a Stampin' Up! stamp I bought at a garage sale, and the Celebrate on the inside is from the Close To My Heart Card Chatter-Birthday stamp set. All solid cardstock is Recollections.

Here are pictures of the handbook pages I used. The first one is from Elegant Edges and the other two are from Old West.

Thanks for stopping by!

CS's Father's Day Blog Hop

Welcome to CS's Father's Day Blog Hop!  Thanks for joining us.

You should have arrived here from the talented
Michele

.  If you missed the beginning of the hop, please go back to the top of the hop with
Chris

 to start so you don't miss any of the projects.  There is Blog Candy offered, so you want to start at the beginning and read how to participate to win.

For my Father's Day project, I made a simple, one-page layout, and here it is:

Even though it is a simple layout, I felt that it really showcased the pictures of my Dad.

The background paper is from The Paper Studio's Little Boys and Their Toys paper pack.  All soid cardstock is Bazzill.  I cut the #1 ribbon at 2 1/2 inches using the Just A Note Cricut cartridge (loaded on the E2).  I cut "DAD" at 2 inches using the Old West Cricut cartridge.  I used pop dots behind the #1 ribbon, and here a picture of the side view: (sorry it's kind of blurry)

I am offering Blog Candy, which is a mini chipboard album kit by Me & My Big Ideas.  Here is a pic:

If you would like to enter to win my Blog Candy, please leave a comment and include a way to contact you.  I'd love for you to become a follower as well, but it is not required to be eligible for the prize.  I will draw the winner on Tuesday, June 21st, and will use Random.org to draw the winner.

Thanks for hopping along with us.  Remember, if you leave a comment on every designers blog hop post, your name will go into the drawing for the Blog Candy offered by
ChatterScene (Chris).

Next up on the hop is the wonderful
Roberta.

In case you get lost along the way, here is the lineup for the blog hop:

http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com/  - Chris
http://kimberliscreations.blogspot.com/  - Kim
http://www.scrappinpalace.blogspot.com/  - Cassie
http://www.myamusinglife.blogspot.com/  - Jamie
http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/  - Kristen
http://greengirlscraps.blogspot.com/  - Michele
http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/ - Brenda   <---------You are here
http://www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com/  - Roberta  <----------Your next stop
http://kbiendesigns.blogspot.com/  - Kelly
http://polkadotpaperprincess.blogspot.com/  - Doreen
http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/  - Renee