Mom's 85th Birthday

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(card inside clear box)

 

Here is another candle card.  This one was for our mom's 85th birthday.  You can see the details on how to make a candle card HERE.

Supplies used:

Graphic 45: A Ladies Diary 6x6 pad

K&Co. Bailey

American Craft: Peach, Mediterranian, Vanilla, Olive, Truffle

CTMH: Buttercup

Distress Ink

Cheery Lynn: Miniature Rose

MS Pine Branch Punch

Small Retro Flower Punch

SU! Bird Punch

Outline stamp birthday verse

Glossy Accents

Rock Candy Distress Stickles

Rhinestones

String Pearls

Glitter

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Carol and Cheryl

Accordion Card - How To

We have received many requests on how we did the card base for our 90 Candles Birthday cards.  We decided to do a little picture tutorial for you.  This tutorial is for a 6"x6" finished card, but you can adapt it to any size that you need. 

First start by cutting 12"x12" paper in half to get two 12"x6" sheets.  Score each sheet at the half at 6 inches.  If you are using textured paper, be sure to score and fold your sheets so that you have some that are folded with valley folds and some with mountain folds (see below).  If your paper doesn't have texture, you can just fold them in half.  For our candle cards, we needed nine 12"x6" sheets.

Once you have your sheets cut, you are now ready to start assembling the base.  You want your first sheet to be a valley fold card (sheet 1-2) so that when it is folded shut, the fold is on the left and the opening is on the right.  This way, when your card is all assembled, the first page opens like a regular card.  We wanted the textured side to be visible on the inside of the card so we put the textured side up.  Next you want to take a mountain fold card (sheet 3-4) with the textured side up and attach it to sheet 1-2.  You will adhere side 3 over top of side 2.  Make sure everything is lined up evenly and that each piece can fold properly.

Your next sheet will be a valley fold card (sheet 5-6).  We put the smooth side up on this one because you will not see this sheet when the card is open. (Be consistent: we made sure the textured side was face down on all the sheets that were covered so that when you flipped the card over, it was uniform in appearance.) Adhere side 5 behind side 4. 

Your next sheet will be a mountain fold card with textured side up and would be adhered on top of side 6.  Alternate between valley fold and mountain fold cards until you have the length of card you want.  Make sure you end with a valley fold card (textured side will be up on this one).

(illustration of card assembly)

  

The above picture shows the first few pages of the card we did for our uncle when it is assembled.  When it is open, you cannot see the front cover of the card.

 

This picture shows the last page of the other 90-candle card we did.

Some other information:  On our first candle card, we cut the brown pieces 3"x6" and adhered to each sheet.  This will leave the card base color showing at each of the folds.  When we did our second card, we cut the brown 3"x12".  This way, you only see the card base color on the mountain folds.  Either way you do it, make sure that your card is open so that you can line each piece up evenly with the next.

The candles were cut 3"x7/16".  We used a mix of patterned paper and solid card stock and assembled them in the same order on each of the pages.  The flame is the wing of the SU! Bird Punch.  On one card, we used a yellow patterned paper which gave it a bit of a flame look. On the second card, we used solid yellow cardstock and then sponged a darker yellow around the edges of the flame.

This card is too thick to put into a regular 6x6 envelope.  We used a clear plastic box that Papertrey Ink packs their stamps sets in.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Carol and Cheryl

Another 90th Birthday Card

My neighbor wanted a special card for a friend who was turning 90 so I told her about the 90th card that Carol and I made for our uncle. Without seeing pictures of that card, she requested that we make one for her friend. Since the card was for a female, I decided a quilt pattern would be perfect for the front.

Carol decorated a clear box that a stamp set was packaged in for the envelope for the card.

Supplies:

Paper: K & Company, Bazzill, American Craft, CTMH

Ink: CTMH sunflower, Memento

Stamps: MFT Pure Innocence Caroler (music notes)

Accessories: Cheery Lynn dies, Cricut Plantin Schoolbook, flower punch, Martha Stewart punch, Cuttlebug embossing folder, SU two step bird punch

For more information on assembling this card and the size of the candles, please see the 90 Candles post.

Cheryl

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90 Candles

On Saturday we attended a 90th birthday party for our Uncle Charles. Since a 90th birthday is such a milestone, I wanted to make a card that was more than just a birthday card. I found this card on Splitcoaststampers for inspiration. Since it was only a couple days before the party and this was a big card, Carol and I worked on it together. We both did the pages with the candles which surprisingly went rather quickly. The next day I worked on the front of the card and left the last page for Carol to do.

We made an accordian card with a total of 10 inside panels (6"x6"). On nine of the panels we put 10 candles (3"x7/16") each, repeating the same pattern on each panel.

Every other panel has the words to "Happy Birthday" printed from the computer and music notes on the opposite panels.

The front and last panel we cut out the words, numbers and stars from the Cricut.

Because the card was too thick to put in a regular square envelope, we put it in one of the clear boxes that Papertrey stamp sets are packaged in. (Thanks to our friend Paula for the idea!) It fit perfectly. We decorated it with twine and a tag that said "Happy Birthday Uncle Charles." (Sorry no picture.)

This would be a great card to do for any milestone birthday.  It was actually quick and easy to do.

It was requested that no gifts be given for the birthday party but if you wished to bring a card, it was requested to include a memory of Uncle Charles. Carol wanted me to find the picture of us on the day of our baptism with Uncle Charles, Aunt Wanda (Carol's godparents), Uncle Bob and Aunt Jean (my godparents). Unfortunately, I didn't find it in the box that I was looking through (and didn't have time to look further) but I did find a picture of both of us with Uncle Charles and Aunt Wanda on our first birthday. Carol scanned and reprinted it for us to include with the card. 

Supplies:

Paper:  Basic Grey Max & Whiskers, American Craft

Flame: SU bird punch wing

Cricut: Birthday Bash, Plantin Schoolbook and ? (I'll update later with the cartridge I used for "celebrate")

Stamps: music notes from Pure Innocence caroler

Thanks for looking!

Carol & Cheryl

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