Happy Birthday to Heathen #2!!!

My littlest heathen's birthday is July 5th. Which, unfortunately, falls on a Sunday this year. Who wants to attend a kids' birthday party on the Sunday after the Fourth of July? (And trust me, my extended family will be to hungover on Sunday.) So, his party will be held on July 4th around noon. Early enough that I can feed 'em and send 'em home before the fireworks begin!

So, onto the papercrafting part of this diatribe! My awesome friend, Jenn, came over and helped me make 20 of these cute little boxes. We used the Cricut cartridge Bags, Tags, Boxes & More. (I never really appreciated this cartridge until I got my Expression!) It is the Inchbox w/the Window option, cut at "Fit to Page" (love, love, love that button!). We taped pieces of acetate on the inside of the boxes. Then, used the Stampin' UP! set Independence Day (will not be available after June 30th!!!) to stamp the stars and firecrackers.

Filled them with: bubbles, poppers (it's the 4th of July!), a waterball, a mini squirt gun, and a sucker. Cost per box? $1.51!!!

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My Cricut is my new BFF

I've really enjoyed my Cricut more now that I've upgraded to the Expression. Tonight, I explored an old cartridge of mine, Doodlecharms, and found a delicious watermelon cut! The heathens just had to have some watermelon one day and didn't you know? You're supposed to eat it while riding a bike! Jackson helped on this LO; he colored all of the seeds on the little watermelons.
These pics were taken that same day. Hey, they had to get clean and the tub is just too confining. I used the Life Is A Beach cartridge for the waves and the "Heat Wave"/sun combo. I also went a little crazy w/Stickle! Waterfall stickles add accents to the wave. I used orange, yellow, and goldenrod stickles to spruce up the sun. It just didn't look finished after all that, so I went digging through my stash. I found these old diecut stickers from one of SU's retired Simply Scrappin' Kits (don't remember the name) and thought if they were used in the right way, they screamed "surfer".

Thanks for looking!