April Fool's Day Blog Hop!

Welcome to the It's A Joy 2 Scrap's - April Fool's Day Blog Hop!  I hope everyone is having a fabulous Friday!  If you came here from  Patty at The Crafty Kitten, you are in the right place. However, if you just happened to be visiting me today, make sure you head over to the beginning at It's A Joy 2 Scrap's by April, so you don't miss any of the fun!

This is my first hop and I am so excited to be a part of it!  For this hop, we were asked to create a project that “tricks the eye.” I made a birthday card.  Here's what I did:

I started out by just making the gift box on the Forever Young Cartridge.  This has become one of my favorite cartridges lately.  I added some holographic paper because I feel like it always tricks your eye when it moves.  Here's how it looks:

 Then I decided it wasn't eye tricking enough, so I made it do this:

To make the gift box open: First, I cut the shadow (it's purple, I'm not sure you can tell in the picture) of the box out twice (at 3.5") and glued them together just around the edges.  I added layers to make it pretty.  Then, I cut the assembled box apart where the lid and the box met.  Since I only glued the boxes around the edges, it was open on the inside.  So, I attached some paper to the lid so that it could slide in and out of the box.  Since it is a birthday card, I decided to stamp a happy birthday sentiment on the inside of the box as a surprise for the person who receives the card!

What I Used:

* Green Card Stock cut at  8.5" x 5.5", scored in half

* Pink Polka Dot Paper - From the Dollar Spot at Target Cut 5.25" x 4"

* Self Adhesive Holographic Paper from Hobby Lobby

* Striped Paper - DCWV Christmas Combo Stack

* Scrap Purple, Bright Blue and Light Blue Paper

* Happy Birthday Stamp (I can't remember who they are made by, but I got the set for $1.00 on clearance at Wal-Mart)

* Gemstones

Carlene from Me N' Miss Pink Cricut is up next. She always makes amazing projects. So, hop over and see what wonderful idea she has for you today! If you get lost along the way, here is the line up:

* ELAINE

* VICKI

* DARLENE

* LINDSEY

* TAMMY

* KARA

* AMY

* ASHLEY

* JANICE

* TONIA

* KIM

* JANICE

* JILLIAN

* WENDY

* KAYLA

* JENNY

* PATTY  (This is where you came from)

* TIFFANY  (This is me!)

* CARLENE  (This is where to hop to next)

* KRYSTAL

* JENNY

* MICHELLE

* LINETTE

* KATIE

* DEBI

Before you go... What's a hop without some wonderful candy?!?!  Today for blog candy I have a few of my favorite "eye catching" things (you'll notice I felt like spring colors were necessary):

D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder, 3 pack of Stickles glitter glue, 2 spools of The Paper Studio's Ribbon Trends and some amazing Paper Studio gems

To be eligible to win my candy just leave a comment on this post with a way that I can contact you.  You don't have to become a follower, but of course I would love it if you did. I will choose a winner using random.org and announce it on Monday. Don't forget! If you leave a comment on all the blogs in this hop by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. CST. You have a chance to win some fabulous prizes from April! *~* Thanks for stopping by*~*