April 23, 2012

Happy Birthday Michele!


Hi everyone!  I'm part of a special blog hop today to celebrate a very special lady:  the one and only Michele Gross!  Not only is she our fearless leader at CAS-ual Fridays, but she is a wonderfully talented designer and all-around sweet gal.  I hope you'll join us in wishing her a happy birthday!


What better sketch to use for my card than this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge sketch?


I used Lawn Fawn's Bake Me a Cake to paper piece a birthday cake for Michele on the inside of the card, then cut a window in the card front with Spellbinders Labels 3.  I used the coordinating Vintage Labels 3 stamp from Waltzingmouse to add an aqua frame, then stamped a sentiment from PTI's Flower Fusion #9.

Hopefully you can see the detail of the debossed music score on the card front.  It seemed appropriate since the sentiment had me humming the birthday song.  *grin*

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink (White), Stampin' Up! (Pool Party)
Patterned paper:  Echo Park (Dots and Stripes)
Stamps:  Lawn Fawn (Bake Me a Cake), Waltzingmouse (Vintage Labels 3), Papertrey Ink (Flower Fusion #9)
Ink:  Memento (Tuxedo Black), Stampin' Up! (Pool Party), Copic markers
Tools:  Spellbinders (Labels 3 die), Papertrey Ink (Music score impression plate), We R Memory Keepers (Corner Chomper)
Accessories:  Michaels (rhinestones)

When you open the card, you get to see the whole cake!


Many thanks to Karen Baker for putting together this hop for Michele!  You'll want to visit the rest of the hop participants to see what they've created:

Karen
Dana
Stephanie
Karolyn
Angie
Laura
Debby
Lorena
Suzanne
Kimberly
Jenny
Virginia
Julie Ranae
Laurie
Lisa
Deb


Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope your week gets off to a great start!

28 comments:

Kim S said...

What a fun and creative card! I love the little window for the big cake.

~amy~ said...

ooohhh...I love it...fabulously sweet!

Diane - oliver.mdiane@comcast.net said...

OMG this is adorable! I LOVE what you did with the peek-a-boo window and matching stamped image. So clever!
That cake is adorable! hugs.

Dana said...

Oh Christina, I seem to always be fawning over your work, but again, evidenced by this card, you seem to have an "edge" to your craft that I covet. *smile*
I love that your window cuts out part of the frame, and that the entire cake is visible inside.
Can you please be my guru and teach me all you know?!

Gayatri said...

Wow! this is so cool. Love that you used the same die and stamp in an innovative way and then the cake inside seen through the window is brillant work. You are uber talented, Cristina!

Bethany Stellpflug said...

So sweet! I love the cake!

Michele Gross said...

It's awesome!! I love the peek-a-boo cutout :) I'm having the best time on this hop :) Thank you so much for making my birthday so special :)

JJ Bolton said...

So much fun! Love that little window:) Your choice of the red polka and the light blue is just awesome!

Tracey McNeely said...

Such a fabulous birthday card Christina! You have such great style.

Julie S said...

Very clever - love the window.

Marisa said...

What a fun, funky cake and it looks wonderful paper pieced :)

June K said...

How cute is that to have the entire cake when you open the card. And I love the color combos too.

Virginia L. said...

Brilliant design, Christina! Love love this! Glad that you are part of the blog hop for Michele! xo

Lisa Elton said...

What a sweet card Christina, Michele will love this!!

Chunyuan said...

such a sweet card. love the window and the layered birthday cake.

Patrice said...

Love that cutout!

Anonymous said...

Wow, Christina! Perfect paper piecing, perfect die cutting, perfect debossing... This card is amazing! And I love the colors too :D
xo
Lorena

xiumaiyuki said...

And a very happy card it is!! Terrific use of the frame.... the peek of that cake is brilliant.

Aimes said...

Super duper take on the sketch, Christina! Love the bling placed to perfection too :D
Hugs!
x

Deb said...

Love that your window is a sneak peek inside to a fabulous cake! So clever! Thanks for sharing!

Kimberly said...

Christina - what a great idea to combine the stamped frame with the die, but not together! And that cake peeking through is adorable!

Karen B. said...

Love this! Love the idea of a window with the sketch, and that color combination is gorgeous! Thanks for helping make Michele's day special!

Jeanne J. said...

Hi Christina! What a clever card - I like how the window matches the frame - that sprinkle of gems - and then BAM! that sweet cake on the inside!

Lisa A. said...

What a cool idea and a wonderful birthday card, Christina!! I LOVE your die cut window and your "sweet" birthday cake...what a great take on the sketch and and card for Michele:)!!

Julie said...

This is BRILLIANT!! I love the layout with the full cake on the inside!!! LOVE IT!!!

Angie Tieman said...

WOW! What a unique take on that sketch! SO clever! Love it!

Marybeth said...

Love it! The inside is as pretty as the outside. Love the window and the music embossed background.

Laurie said...

Christina this is adorable! I love that cake image! the colors are too cute!

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