Baby Shower Card

Used Cricut Doodlecharms and Plantin SchoolBook cartridges

Crocheted Chinese Take-Out Gift Box

Chinese take-out box to hold a Christmas present. Isn't this nice?!

It's a small box.. Around 3" x 3" and I made it about 4 1/4" high. The Pagoda is a cut-out from Cricut.

Crochet Instructions:

I used a 4-ply cream yarn with a 5mm crochet hook and mostly single crochet stitches to make it sturdy.

BASE

R1. Make a magic circle. Ch1, 12 sc, sl st to first st to join
R2. ch1, 2 sc on same stitch, *(sc on next 2 st, 3 sc on next st to form a corner), repeat * 2X, sc on each of the last 2 st, sl st to join row (20 st)
R3. ch1, 2 sc on same st, *(1 sc each on the next 4 st, 3 sc on next st), repeat * 3X, sc on each of the last 4 st, sl st to join row (28 st)
R4. ch1, 3 sc on same st, *(sc on next 6 st, 3 sc on next st), repeat * 3X, sc on next 6 st, sl st to join row (36 st)

WALL

R5. ch2, sc all around in front of each sc of the previous row  to make a 90deg angle, sl st to join row (36 st)
R6 - desired height. ch 1, sc on each st (36 st) until desired height is reached

FLAPS

Flap A
R1. sl st to corner, ch2, dc on same st, dc on each of the next 8 st (9 st in that row)
R2-R3. ch2, turn, dc on same st, dc on each of the next 8 st (9 st)
R4. sl st down the 3 dc to the leftmost side of the flap until you reach another corner to start the next flap

Flap B
R1. ch2, dc on same st, dc on each of the next 8 st (9 st in that row)
R2-R3. ch2, turn, dc on same st, dc on each of the next 8 st (9 st)
R4. ch1, turn, 3 sc on each st, ch3, 3 sc on each st (9 st)
R5. ch1, turn, 9 sc (9 st)
R6. sl st down to the leftmost side of the flap until you reach another corner to start the next flap

Flap C
- repeat Flap A

Flap D
R1. sl st to corner, ch2, dc on same st, dc on each of the next 8 st (9 st on that row)
R2-R3. ch2, turn, dc on same st, dc on each of the next 8 st (9 st)
R4. sl st on 4 st, ch3 on the 4th st, 1 tr on same st, 2 tr on next st, 1 tr on next st, ch3, sl st on same st, sl st on the last 3 st (9 st)
R4. sl st down the 3 dc to the leftmost side of the flap until you reach another corner to start the next flap. fasten off.

References:

Square: link
Chinese take-out Box: link

Birthday Greeting from the Frog Prince

From the "Once Upon A Princess" Cricut cartridge, I used the frog prince and the birthday tag to say "Happy birthday". I then cut a square shaped card stock and added the running stitch border using a marker. The flat card was taped on top of the gift box.

Perfect for the princesses themed party!

Got Caffeine Birthday Card

Used the Accent Essentials Cricut Cartridge for the snowflakes. Had to manually cut the coffee cup. Then laced the label with brown yarn.

NES Controller Birthday Card

Needed to make a birthday card tonight to be given tomorrow since we'll be traveling for the holidays. Did a quick google search for inspiration (had no idea what to make) and came across this neat NES controller - link. This works well with the Wii motion gift for the birthday celebrant. hehehe...

Here's what I made for a 4x6 envelope.

Used white, black and red card stock paper. Didn't have gray card stock so settled for some grayish paper. Sticky Doos glued the buttons in place to have a "floating" look. A black yarn served as the wire that I looped inside the card and secured at the back with a tape.

For the "happy birthday" message inside the card, I used the Cricut. I used the midnight blue card stock for this with the tag pattern. You can see the "controller wire" snaking through at the bottom right.

Cricut cartridge "Plantin Schoolbook" was used for the "happy birthday" message.

The card needs improvement but not bad for a rush project. :-)