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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Shaped Birdcage Mothers Day Card

Created this shaped Birdcage Mother's Day card using the Straight from the Nest Cricut cartridge. Used a couple shades of blue. Added a vellum layer on inside. Added some blue ribbons. Stamped the Happy Mother's Day sentiment on inside. Was first going to use a small round tag and attach to the ribbons but I do not have a small enough Happy Mother's Day stamp for the small round tag.

Cloudy day this morning.














































Cricut cartridge: Straight from the Nest 5 1/5" Birdcage1

glitter: blue for Bird's eye

ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

paper: 
3 shades of blue cardstock (1 is core'dinations Nassau Blue, 1 is core'dinations Rivulet and nor sure what other is)
vellum

ribbon: Spool O' Ribbon 3 shades of blue

stamp: Inkadinkado Happy Days 

Entering this into the following challenges:

Anything Goes Ch66 Things with Wings unlim 1st entry 5/1-14
Aud Sentiments Ch Anything Goes unlim 8th entry 4/25-5/8
Crop Stop Ch69 To the Birds lim 3 1st entry 4/26-5/2
Cute Card Thurs Ch 214 Animal Magic unlim 4th entry 4/26-5/2
More Than Favors Wacky Wed 70 Mother's Day 5/2-15
My Grafico Ch127 Mother's Day unlim 2nd 4/30-5/11
One Stop Craft 180 Recipe Ch: 1 image, 2 design papers, 3 embellishments lim 2 2nd 4/28-5/4 1 image: Cricut cut Birdcage, 2 design papers core'dinations blues, 3 embellishments gems
Paper Craft Star Ch95 Mothers Day 5/2-7
Paper Play Wk17 Monochrome & Ribbon unlim 3rd entry 4/26-5/2 
Paper Playtime Ch73 Anything Goes unlim 3rd entry 4/30-5/5 
Paper Pretties Mon Ch37 Shaped Card + 3 layers mine has 2 layers of core'dinations cardstock & 1 layer of vellum 4/30-5/6
Paper Take Weekly Anything Goes + optional Lace unlim 2nd entry 5/1-5/7
Party Time Tues PTT66 Two (or more) Ribbons mine has 3 ribbons 5/1-8
Pile It On Ch18 Mother's Day But No Flowers 4/29-5/5
Reasonable Ribbon Ch47 Mother's Day/Fem + Ribbon unlim 2nd entry 5/1-12
Speedy Fox & Friends Ch105 Blues 4/28-5/4
The Pink Elephant TPE146 Spring Time unlim 3rd entry Spring Mother's Day  4/30-5/6
Tues Alchemy Ch12 May Day  lim 3 2nd entry 5/1-5/7 
Wishcraft Waste Not Wed Wk17 unlim 1st had neglected to use these blue gems previously 5/2-9

55 comments:

  1. Hi Melissa - I'm sure your Mum will love your bird cage creation ... I love all the shades of blue! Thanks for joining in with our "Ribbon and Lace" challenge at Lexi's Creations. Helen x (DT)

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    1. Card is for the woman we refer to as my daughter's Texas Grandmother who is a neighbor and was there for me when I needed her when my daughter was born. My mother & my husband's mother are both deceased. My daughter is finishing up the last of her 1 1/2 wks of her sophomore yr of college. She is staying a couple days after classes end to "chill with her friends" (her words) so I'll be celebrating Mother's Day late with her.
      Melissa
      "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  2. Love the rhinestones on your cage Melissa so beautiful

    Cheers
    Sonia
    cardsandschoolprojects.blogspot.com

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  3. Lovely card which I am sure will be much appreciated.

    Thank you for joining us at Anything Goes

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  4. gorgeous! I love the blue and vellum great job
    Creations With Becka

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  5. Lovely different shape, The velum is quite effective. Good luck with all the challenges

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  6. Lovely birdcage! Beautiful blue color and very cute with rhinestones! Thanks for sharing at Tuesday Alchemy!

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  7. Very Nice! Thanks for plain with us at Cardz tv!

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  8. awesome birdcage! the color is so pretty!

    thanks for joining us at tuesday alchemy!

    cheers!

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  9. That's adorable. Thanks for joining Speedy Fox and Friends.

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  10. Very pretty Mother's Day card. I love shape cards. Great job! Thanks for playing along with us at CCC! :)

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  11. What a beautiful shaped card, Melissa!! The blue paper you used is so pretty!! I just love bird cages...what an awesome card :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  12. Oh wow--what a wonderful Cricut Mother's Day card!!! Wonderful job on the challenge too! Thanks for playing along with us this week at Speedy Fox blog challenge!

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  13. Absolutely splendid! This creation would be perfectly beautiful to display in your home or on a wall - Too pretty for just a card :)

    SO wonderful to have you join again at Tuesday Alchemy!

    Lots of joy,
    Corrinne

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  14. Very pretty card...love that cut!

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  15. Oh, this is fabulous! LOVE the shape of the card, and the blue is so pretty!!! :)

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  16. What a pretty and unique card! Thanks for stopping in at Tuesday Alchemy!

    Eileen

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  17. Very pretty and perfect for mommas day...thanks for entering the rrr challenge. cherry

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  18. What a fun Mother's Day card, Melissa, love your birdcage design! Thanks for joining us this week for the Papercraft Star "Mother's Day challenge.

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  19. This is so sweet! Love the birdcage die cut and that Inkadinkado stamp is so fab inside! I love it all!

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  20. Thanks for joining us at Paper Playtime for our anything goes challenge!

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  21. Very sweet, thanks for joining us at Dilly Beans. :)

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  22. Very pretty! Thanks for join us at Tuesday Alchemy!

    Hugs,
    Victoria

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  23. Beautiful card. I love the bird cage. Thanks for playing along with us here at Speedy Fox and Friends challenge, we hope to see you again next week. Make sure to check out our challenge with Friends of SpeedyTV for more fun and more chances to win with Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

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  24. Oh super cute Melissa!! Thanks for playing with us at Dilly Beans this week!!

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  25. Beautiful shaped card!!! Love the birdcage idea of a shape- thanks for playing at Go Fish Challenges! :)Amy

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  26. Hi Melissa, fantastic Mother's Day card! Thanks for playing along with Go Fish!

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  27. This is fabulous! What a great Mother's Day card! Thanks for joining our CropStop Bird Challenge.

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  28. I love your shaped card - well done!
    Cheers, Karen

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  29. this is really Tweet!! (pun intended!) Thanks for playing along at Pile it on this week! Gemma :)

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  30. Soooooooo cute! Thanks for joining us at Go Fish! :)

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  31. Gorgeous shaped card! Love the blues and I'm sure your daughter's "Texas Grandmother"(love that) will too. Thanks for joining us at Dilly Beans. xxD

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  32. Wow, what a beautiful card - love it! Thank you for joining us at Lexi's Creations this time!

    Chrizette
    DT Member
    Celestial Things

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  33. Wow I love it! GThanks for joining us at HIMCR DT AJ!

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    1. SO STINKIN CUTE!!!!!!! great challenge entry for this week!

      Thanks for joining the party this week at Party Time Tuesdays!

      Holly PTT DT

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  34. Beautiful card Melissa!! Love the birdcage:)
    Thanks so much for joining us in the challenge at Go Fish!
    Have a great evening!
    Sherrie K
    http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com

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  35. Such a beautiful Mom's card, that color looks great, perfect for the challenge, thanks for joining CCC!

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  36. Very cute card!! Thanks for joining us at HIMCR!
    Angela
    HIMCR DT

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  37. great card! the bird cage makes a great shape for the card.

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  38. Gorgeous card.Love the color and love bird cages.Thank you for joining us at MCS Challenge.

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  39. Wow, this is so pretty - love the monochromatic scheme and the touches of bling! Thanks for playing along with Pile It On this week!

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  40. Really lovely, a gorgeous colour and a fantastic shape. Thank you for joining in with the LEJ Designs challenge blog
    Lindsay xx

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  41. This is so stinkin cute. Now I wish I had that Cartridge. I have to make a card like this. Thanks for the insperation and Thank You for playing along with Pile It On this week.

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  42. Hi Melissa your card is fabulous what a lovely idea! Thanks for joining us at Delightful Challenges this week hugs Susan x

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  43. That is such a pretty Birdcage. I love how it looks. Thank you so much for joining us over at GoFish! Challenge . Hope to see you again.

    Hugs,
    Kate

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  44. What a fabulous idea, so sweet, love it! Thanks for joining us at Divas!
    Helen x

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  45. I love the shape of that card! And I think there is something special about monochrome cards! Very stylish

    Thank you for joining us at Tuesday Alchemy
    Hugs
    Katya x

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  46. Beautiful. Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Alchemy.

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  47. Fantastic Mothers Day card, Love the birdacase. ;) Thanks for joining DC.

    Hugs, Rosalien

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  48. Very creative and love the shade of blue! Thanks for playing with us at Aud Sentiments!

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  49. It's gorgeous! Thanks for joining us over at PCW.

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  50. Forgot to say above but thanks for joining us at Lexi's too!! xx

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  51. So pretty! Love the monochromatic theme!
    Thanks for joining us at Paper Crafting World's Mothers' Day challenge!
    Evelyn

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  52. Super SWEET Mothers day gift!!!
    Thank you for joining us at Really Reasonable Ribbon's challenge :)
    Hugs,
    Cheryl

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  53. I really need that cartridge! Wonderful!
    Come by for a visit!
    http://georgie-hornpuddinnpie.blogspot.com/2012/05/were-not-in-kansas-anymore.html

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