Priscilla's Papercrafts: Birthday Celebrations

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Friday, June 20, 2025

Gate Fold Grad Card

I have mentioned that I had two granddaughters graduating this month, one from high school (see my last post) and the other from college. Today I'll show you the card I made for the college grad:

Izzie graduated from California State University at San Marcos. The school colors are royal blue and white. So I pulled some Blueberry Bushel card stock and went to town.

This is a gate-fold card; I started with a 5-1/2"x 8-1/2" piece of cardstock (Thick Basic White) and scored it at 2-1/8" from either end. This gave me a standard-sized card that opens in the middle. I wanted it to look like her gown.

Izzie wore a white collar (it actually had the word "management" on one side, which I free-handed later on the card), so after adding textured Blueberry Bushel strips to the two front sides, I adhered the white "collar". This held the card closed, as the white circle slipped under each side.

To make the cap, I simply cut a small square of Basic Black, placed it as a "diamond" and added a tassel cut from one of the Birthday Celebrations dies.

The numbers were also cut with the Birthday Celebration dies using White cardstock on Foam Adhesive Sheets.

I used some old retired dies for the inside.

And once I thought I was done, I looked at a photo and realized she was wearing a lai, so I added one:

Sending congratulations and best wishes to Izzie as she awaits a call from a job interview...it even has benefits! 😊

Product List

Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146968]

$14.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$17.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$14.00

Fresh Freesia 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[155613]

$14.00

Lemon Lolly 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[161720]

$14.00

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[115320]

$14.00

Strawberry Slush 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[165625]

$14.00

Pretty In Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[163793]

$14.00

Birthday Celebration Dies

[164598]

$27.00

Stylish Shapes Dies

[159183]

$30.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Foam Adhesive Sheets

[152815]

$8.25

Saturday, June 14, 2025

Graduation Day

One of my granddaughters just graduated from high school, and now I can share the card I CASED for her. Unfortunately I never took note of the demo who created the original card, so I can't tell you who it was, but she made a great card:

The school colors for Sophie were Teal, Black and White. I dug out a piece of Tahitian Tide (a retired In Color from the last two years) and paired it with a little silver foil for extra oomph!

The Birthday Celebrations dies were the perfect way to create the banner/tassels and the numbers, which were mounted to a Stylish Shapes banner that was cut in half.

The Wanted to Say dies cut the "celebrate" and the stars, for which I used Silver Foil. It looks great against the black!

Congratulations, Sophie! We look forward to seeing your successes in college!

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$14.00

Tahitian Tide 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159261]

$10.00

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$5.00

Birthday Celebration Dies

[164598]

$27.00

Stylish Shapes Dies

[159183]

$30.00

Wanted To Say Dies

[161594]

$39.00

Adhesive Sheets

[152334]

$11.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Friday, April 25, 2025

Interactive Gift Card Holder

Today is my grandson, Nate's 12th birthday. H loves his video games (like almost every 12-year old?) so we gave him a gift card so he can purchase one. But me being me, I needed to present it in a special way! Fortunately I remembered I had posted, long ago, a video on how to make an Interactive Gift Card Holder. So I brought up the video, checked the directions, and created this:

So what's the "interactive" part?

Watch:

Isn't that cool?

I used Blueberry Bushel and Lemon Lime Twist (great boy celebration colors!) and found some of my DSP stash of Bright & Beautiful paper in the same colors. I actually asked ChatGPT (AI) for a third color choice, and got the suggestion of Pumpkin Pie.

So I created a little banner, using the Birthday Celebrations dies (an OnLine Exclusive) to add to the top of my card. Unfortunately, I no longer have a small alphabet set or dies that will fit on this tiny banner, so I had to resort to my own printing - not the greatest, but still effective, right?

The Happy Birthday was cut with the Wanted to Say dies, a great set that cuts the "bubble" behind the words as well as the words themselves. It also has a die to make the stars! So fun!

And inside, the pocket that lifts the gift card. I added the "12" using the Birthday Celebrations dies too.

I hope he likes his gift! 😊

Product List

Bright & Beautiful 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[161449]

$12.50

Blueberry Bushel 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146968]

$11.50

Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144245]

$11.50

Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[105117]

$11.50

Wanted To Say Dies

[161594]

$39.00

Birthday Celebration Dies

[164598]

$27.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$130.00

Adhesive Sheets

[152334]

$11.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

A Wilderness Card

My little grand-nephew is turning one! Hard to believe that Miles is already reaching that special birthday, but here it is.

And he's having a "wilderness" party - featuring lions and tigers and bears, oh my! His little friends have been invited to a near-by park, and they will play on the playground, try to bash a piñata (I'm certain that Miles' two older brothers will be doing the dirty work) and eat cupcakes.

So I pulled out some oldie but goody stamps to create my version of a "wilderness" card:

These critters aren't at all scary, and I think they are adorable!

Fluffiest Friends has a collection of furry friends, and I chose the bear, the chipmunk (?) and the bunny to join the little bluebird in a tree.

After stamping, coloring and die-cutting them out, I played with layouts until I liked what I had. I started with a piece of Early Espresso and embossed it with the Timber embossing folder. Then I cut a few holes (the "hive" shape for the bear and a circle for the bunny) and layered the piece over some Pecan Pie.

I used the coordinating Fluffiest Friends dies to create the tree branch for the bird, the bee hive, the grass and the leaves, and then put it all together.