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Friday, April 15, 2011

It's our Birthday!

Happy Friday! Today we are celebrating the Cricut Card Fairies!! We turned THREE YEARS OLD yesterday! YAY! What are Cricut Card Fairies you may be asking? Well I am here to tell you! We are a group of crafting volunteers who LOVE to send cards to those that need it. To date we have sent over 750 missions all over the globe. That is over 750 smiles and hugs via cards. Isn't that amazing? I became a fairy in the very beginning of the group. I started with the very first mission, and here I am so many missions later, and I wouldn't change it for the world! Crystal, had contacted me and asked if I thought that would people would be interested in having a group. I told her absolutely! Sign me up! Now I don't always get to do every mission, but I do as many as I can. Card making is a stress reliever for me. I have so many cards that I have made that I will ever be abe to use myself. So I thought what better way to share the cards, while giving someone a smile (well hopefully)in the process. If you are interested in becoming a fairy you can email Crystal at cricutcardfairyarmy@gmail.com with your cricut messageboard name and the email for which you wish to receive missions.
If you just happened along my blog you may want to go back to the beginning with Crystal at http://crystalscraftycreations.blogspot.com/.
If you arrived here from Brenda's blog http://www.beejaysstudio.blogspot.com/
you are in the right place! And please remember when you are finished here to continue with the FABULOUS Karel at http://www.kareljcreations.com/.

And now onto my project!
For the blog hop we are celebrating our birthday, and so I created a birthday card. It features the flower from “Because I Care” and the sentiment from the (now retired) “Watercolor Trio”. By the way, I love this image, and love the fact that you don't have to color it in to achieve a great look! The image is stamped in Cherry Cobbler on Very Vanilla cardstock. I then cut it out using the Top Note die from Stampin’ Up. I layered that piece on a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock which I ran through my BigShot using the Square Lattice embossing folder. That was added to my Very Vanilla cardstock base. I added the finishing touches of the oval punch as well as the Oval Scallop punch and a bit of ¼” Basic Black Grosgrain ribbon. What a cheery way to celebrate someone’s birthday!!
Here is the list of bloggers in our hop in case you get lost along the way.
Crystal aka Caitlynsmommy http://crystalscraftycreations.blogspot.com/
Larelyn http://www.handmadefromtheheart-designsbylarelyn.blogspot.com/
Rachelle http://www.rachelle-rachellesplace.blogspot.com/
Shawnee http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/
RachelM http://trickut-rachelscrafts.blogspot.com/
Sheryl http://sherylscraftingcorner.blogspot.com/
Tami http://sunsetami.wordpress.com/
Jenn http://craftingwithjenn.blogspot.com/
Brenda http://www.beejaysstudio.blogspot.com/
Gina http://ginathorntonstamping.blogspot.com/ You are here
Karel http://www.kareljcreations.com/

20 comments:

Unknown said...

Beautiful Card Gina!
I have this set Lol!
Rachelle
joyfulhrt@gmail.com

Unknown said...

Gina, what a pretty card! I'm following your pretty blog--and am so happy to be a fellow Card Fairy with you. You can find me at ksjennings at gmail dot com and/or www.kareljcreations.com

Crystal said...

Gina I am so happy you are STILL with us! I love this card, STUNNING colors and that flower is awesome! Thanks for being a fairy, you and the rest of the fairies make it what it is!

Trickut said...

O I just love your card it is so beautiful and I have been drooling over the because I care set and hope I can earn one before June!

Rachel
gl2814@zoominternet.net

- - Sheryl - - said...

very pretty - Brenda was right - lovely red card!

luv2scrap44 at yahoo dot com

beejay said...

Your card is a beautiful thing, I love the red and white and touch of black. Great job CCFA team mate, I am following.

Stacy said...

Such a pretty card. I love the colors
Hugs
Stacy

lovethatbug1733 at yahoo.com

Lillian Child said...

Beautiful card, Gina!!

Gina Thornton said...

Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments! I must say that I am feeling a little unworthy following Brenda! And now my next stop to Karel has me a little worried that my card was plain. :(
Thanks for stopping by, and remember, if you are interested in becoming a Card Fairy, to contact Crystal!

Tambo said...

Very lovely card and color choice.
thanks, Tami
tambo1010 at comcast dot net

Diana aka *Doodles* said...

Red is my favorite color so of course when I saw this I was very excited!! I love this card, it's so pretty!!

Great job!

Diana
aka Doodles on the Cricut MB
diana.reckaway@gmail.com

Tara said...

This really pretty! It looks devine! Kudos! Thanks for being a Card Fairy!

Larelyn said...

Oh, that is sooooo beautiful! Thank you for being a Card Fairy and sharing your wonderful creations.
Hugs,

Lisa said...

What a beautiful, elegant card! I love it! I'm a new follower...if you get a chance, I'd love for you to stop by my blog and follow as well :)

http://indymermaid.blogspot.com

Kaitlin said...

Beautiful card!:)

Kaitlin
http://cupcakesandcards.blogspot.com/

KathyJo said...

Your card is breath taking. It is so elegany looking. Mine never some out looking like this.
skrappindiva29 at hotmail dot com

Just call me Vic said...

Thanks for sharing! I love your project!

vegeater@gmail.com

Cindy said...

Beautiful!!!

http://mylazycrafternoon.blogspot.com/

kisatrtle said...

very pretty color

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