CTMH Milk Carton Using Victory Paper Pack and Stickease

Whenever my kids attend a birthday party and want to give a gift card, we like to think of different ways to present it.  After consulting my "little experts", we always try to incorporate a few elements.  We always use the child's name, choose colors we think the person may like, and we almost always include candy!

Lately, I have fallen in love with the Close To My Heart milk cartons!  They are super duper cute, and really economical (you get two in a pack for $4.95).  Best of all, they are something different.  It is really fun to decorate them and personalize them.  This one is for a friend of my son's -- a super great kid so we wanted to make sure it was specially decorated.  In this case, I used the Victory Paper Pack from CTMH.  I absolutely LOVE this paper pack!  The first time I saw it, I knew it would be perfect for me since I have four men in my life :)  I ended up using only half a 12x12 sheet on this project.  Instructions and supplies are listed below.

First I chose the paper I wanted to use.  Then, I inked all the edges of the milk carton with a sponge and co-ordinating color (in this case, Bamboo).  I cut four pieces of cardstock (2 patterned, 2 solid color) at 2-7/8" by 3-1/8".  This is for the sides. I then cut two patterned pieces of cardstock at 2-7/8" x 2" for the top.  I simply used the Victory My Stickease Assortment for embellishments - some I mounted on to cardstock first and then cut, others I "popped up" using foam tape.  The tag slide and numbers pictured below were cut using the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.

We added some candy and a gift card -- voila!

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Supplies used (all are CTMH unless specified):

My Creations Milk Carton (Z1739 - $4.95)
Victory Paper Pack (X7150B - $9.95)
Victory My Stickease Assortment (X7150C - $4.95) 
CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Collection (Z1686)
American Crafts Ribbon (brown)
Bamboo Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (Z2103 - $5.25)
Sponge (Z697 - $1.25)
3D foam tape (Z1151 - $5.95)
Bonding Memories Glue (1512 - $6.95)

Birthday Cards using CTMH Art Philosophy Cartridge

These cards were made using the Close to my Heart Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge (see sizes below).  This cartridge is one of the main reasons I became a consultant with Close to my Heart.  If you are a Cricut user, this is the most amazing cartridge!  You will quickly fall in love.  If I had to choose my favorite Cricut Cartridge, this would be IT!  You purchase it as a bundle -- it comes with three co-ordinating stamp sets as well as three sheets of co-ordinating chipboard dimensional elements.  All for only $99!  I love the idea of stamp sets with co-ordinating cuts on the cartridge.  All you have to do is cut it and stamp, and you end up with a beautiful complete embellishment!  The cartridge is complete with 700 images including font, shapes and 3D items.  I will continue to add project ideas on this blog as I reach for this cartridge over and over!

Using the Art Philosophy Cartridge:

I cut out the ticket shaped card (Rctngle4 with Card feature selected) at  5-3/4" on black cardstock.
I cut out two ticket shapes (Rctngle4) at 2-1/2"- one on patterned cardstock for the front and one on colonial white cardstock for the inside.
I cut out three stars (Star5) at 1" on Tulip cardstock as well as one cupcake (Cupcake) at 2-1/2".

I then stamped on the cupcake and stars with the co-ordinating stamp from the Celebration set that comes with the cartridge.
I cut out three 1-1/2" squares in colonial white and inked the edges with a sponge and Tulip ink.
On the cupcake, I tied black and white grosgrain ribbon around it.  I then used some sparkles to add a little bling to the muffin top!
The sentiments were stamped in black also using the Celebration stamp set that comes with the Art Philosophy cartridge. Voila!