Birthday Card for Dad

My dad's birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks and I decided to make him a card this year. I made him the following card and envelope.

Paper:

• 12x12 striped paper for envelope
• 12x12 argyle print paper for card
• 12x12 cardstock in beige for card
• printed paper for fish (I began with a yellow and switched to a print)
• dark blue paper for lettering
• dark brown paper for frame and accents
• green paper for accents

*The printed paper I used was from Die Cuts With a View "Stack 6" from Joann fabric and craft store.

Cricut Cartridge: Wild Card

Supplies:

• Xyron sticker maker
• Glue pen
• Glue stick
• Bone folder
• Scoring blade in paper cutter

Part 1:  Envelope

• Load in striped paper.

• Select "fit to page" button.
• Select the shift button and then the "Father" button (refer to page 66 in the booklet).  
• Hit "Cut." This will cut an envelope for a 4 1/2 inch card.
• Unload paper.

• Using the scoring blade, score the folds of the envelope so that the stripes are on the inside of the card.
• Fold and glue the envelope.

Part 2: The Card (un-select the "fit to page" button and set the size dial to 4 1/2 inches.)

• Base of the card:
• Load the beige cardstock.
• Select the "blackout" feature key.
• Select the "father" card key.
• Hit Cut
• Unload machine and set aside the card base.
• Front of card:
• Load the argyle paper.
• Select the "father" card key.
• Hit Cut
• Unload the machine and set aside the front of the card.
• Frame and accent:
• Load the brown paper
• Select the "frame" feature key.
• Select the "father" card key.
• Hit Cut.
• When finished cutting select the "icon" button.
• Select the "father" card key.
• Hit cut.
• Unload the machine and set aside the frame and grass accent.
• Green Accent Grass
• Load the green paper
• Select the "icon" button.
• Select the "father" card key.
• Hit cut.
• Unload the machine and set aside the grass accent.
• Fish (I first cut the fish in gold, but I did not like the look, so I used a green printed paper instead.)
• I selected a green printed 12x12 paper.
• Load the paper.
• Move the blade using the arrows surrounding the cut button to a place where I wanted the fish to be.

• Select the "icon" button.
• Select the "shift" key.
• Select the "father" card key.
• Hit cut.
• Unload the machine and set aside the fish.
• Lettering "Happy Birthday"
• Load the blue paper.
• Change dial size to 5 inches.
• Select the "phrase" button.
• Select the "cupcake" card key (see page 61 in the handbook).
• Hit "Cut"
• Lettering "Dad" or any name.
• Change the dial size to 1 inch
• Select the "alphabet" feature key.
• Select the "shift" key.
• Select the first letter "D"
• Select the remaining letters "ad"
• Hit "cut"
• Unload paper and remove the lettering.
• So I do not misplace the lettering, I immediately load them into the Xyron sticker machine and make them into stickers.

Part 3: Card Assembly

• Score the inside of the beige and argyle cards.
• Using the glue stick, adhere the argyle card to the beige card base.

• Using the glue pen, adhere the brown frame to the opening of the argyle card.

• Using the glue pen, adhere the fish to the center of the card in the opening.

• Using the glue pen, adhere the green grass to the inside of the card.
• Cut the brown cattail tips of the brown grass.

• Using the glue pen, adhere the brown cattail tips to the green grass.
• Remove the stickers (lettering) and place on the card.

Now you have fully assembled a birthday card for a fisherman.