Weekly Challenge #59: Birthday Challenge

This week's challenge on the Cricut Circle Blog coincided perfectly for two birthdays this week. My mom turned 60 on Tuesday and my oldest son is going to a birthday party for a friend from school today. The first card is my mom's. This was also my first attempt at a cascading card and I really like the look but need to find more time to embellish them.

Paper: American Crafts and scraps. Twine/String: Divine Twine in Cherry and CTMH. Stamps: CTMH. Ink: VersaMark. Emossing Powder and Zap! Gun: American Crafts.Tooth picks. Cartridges: Create a Critter and Celebrations. CCR and E2.

The second card is for my son's friend. Paper: Fancy Pants, Bazzill and scraps. Twine/String: CTMH and Doodlebug. Cartridges: Create a Critter and Country Fair. CCR and E2.

The challenge rules Using a bouquet of birthday balloons as your inspiration, create a project of your choice using string in a creative way on your project somewhere . . . you could use it to create your own bouquet of balloons, dangle a set of chinese lanterns across the top of your page, hang a series of Cricut cut charms from a tag or journaling spot, use it to anchor a banner strung across your page, or swirl it on a lollipop shape. Whatever it is, show us how to use string in a fun way on your project.

Thanks for Looking!!