a "simple" valentine

By "simple" I mean plain, this card was not simple by any means (although it should have been). I used a textured paper that I loved when I found it but my cricut just would not co-operate. After changing all my blade settings, mat and eventually the actual blade, I was left with a big mess and ONE itty bitty little piece of vine that cut without any trouble. So my original plan changed quickly and my hubby got my least favorite card to date. This is the simplified version of the card I originally envisioned.

What I used:

• Autumn Leaves 5x7 in white card and envelope
• various card-stock colors
• Momenta All Through the Year Paper Pad (exes and ohs)
• Ditto red glitter glue (heart)
• Scrappy Moms Love Notes "my Heart belongs to you"
• Cricut Create a Critter 2 (monkey, vine and heart)
• clear gel pen for hairline
• EK Success corner rounder punch

my first gatefold card

I have been seeing a lot of gatefold cards lately and decided to try it out. It looked simple enough to me but once I scored and closed my card I found that there was a little bit of a gap... oops! Guess I should have measured a little better. I decided to leave it and just layered my image over the middle to cover up my oops. This is an outside/inside view of what I came up with:

What I used:

• 5"w x 12" sturdy cardstock (blue base)
• 2" 3/4w x 4" 3/4 patterned cardstock (layered panels on front of card)
• 5" 1/2w x 4" 1/2 yellow cardstock (top layer inside)
• 5" 3/4w x  4" 3/4 patterned cardstock (inside layer, under yellow)
• left over scraps (for cricut cut outs and layers)
• Celebrate It 360 Blue Ribbon
• Cricut Elegant Edges Cartridge (pg 50, oblong with shift layer)
• Cricut Suburbia Cartridge (pg 46, "Mary" with shift layer)

2012 Christmas card pt 3

This is the final post about Christmas cards this year! I am really happy with what I came up with this year and I am excited to hand them out!

For this card I used the snowman cut from Create a Critter 2 along with his scarf and mittens. I used red glitter glue on the scarf and added a little holly sticker to his hat. Again the ink didn't show up too well on the paper I used, this time I kept going anyways and had to cover it up or start my base over again. So I used George and Basic Shapes for the red and green shapes used to cover up the ink on the green paper and to add my sentiment. I found the "bakers twine" at Michael's, it's actually knitting yarn but worked just the same!

What I used:

• Autumn Leaves 4x5.5 in white card and envelope
• various card-stock colors
• DCWV holiday stack (green paper)
• Ditto red glitter glue
• Scrappy Moms A Holiday to Remember "have a holly jolly holiday!"
• Red Heart cotton yarn
• Clear gem embellishments
• Jolee's Boutique Dimensional Stickers Christmas Holly
• Cricut Create a Critter 2 (snowman)
• Cricut George and Basic Shapes (red and green shapes)

2012 Christmas card pt 2

As I mentioned in my last post I would be using 3 different character cuts for my cards this year. I am really happy with the first card and the second is no different.

I used the penguin cut from Create a Critter 2 along with her scarf. I used red glitter glue on her scarf to make it stand out a little.

What I used:

• Autumn Leaves 4x5.5 in white card and envelope
• various card-stock colors
• DCWV holiday stack ( blue snowflake paper)
• Ditto red glitter glue
• Inkadinkado Clear Stamps "Warm Holiday Wishes" set (sentiment)
• Jolee's Boutique Snowflakes
• Celebrate It 360 White Ribbon
• Clear gem embellishments 
• Cricut Create a Critter 2 (penguin)

2012 Christmas card pt 1

When I sat down to figure out what cuts i was going to use for this year's Christmas cards I could not decide. I think that part of the problem is that I have too many cuts to choose from. Although the angel card I made a few weeks ago turned out great I knew it would take way too long to make all the cards I needed. I narrowed it down to 3 different cuts. I just got one of the latest cricut cartridges.... Create a Critter 2, I will be using 2 of the character cuts from that cartridge and one from the original Create a Critter.

The first card I have completed is using the reindeer and lights cuts from CAC, I just didn't like the way he looked on CAC2. I also used George and Basic Shapes to cut out the red square as the ink does not show up very well on the green paper. I used red glitter glue on the reindeer's nose and the light bulbs and a white gel pen to add the dots for that little extra that was missing.

What I used:

• Autumn Leaves 4x5.5 in white card and envelope
• various card-stock colors
• DCWV holiday stack (green dotted paper)
• Ditto red glitter glue
• Gelly Roll Gel pen in white
• Scrappy Moms A Holiday to Remember "have a holly jolly holiday!"
• Cricut Create a Critter (reindeer)
• Cricut George and Basic Shapes (red square)

DIY Christmas gift tags

I was at Michael's picking up some paper supplies and as usual spent some time browsing around, I came across this gift tag punch. I saw this idea on pinterest to DIY gift tags using pictures but thought I would use my old Christmas cards instead. Well when I got home I had to try it out right away and used some scrap crafting paper I had laying around. I will eventually get around to using the punch on my old cards but I love how these turned out!

What I used:

• Recollections Jumbo Tag Punch
• 6mm Round Punch
• Inkadinkado Clear Stamps "Christmas Characters" set (penguin, Santa and Frosty)
• Inkadinkado Clear Stamps "Snowflakes A-Plenty" set (snowflakes)
• Recollections Rubber Stamp (raccoon and owl sledding)
• colored pencils

an early start on Christmas cards!

From the time I first saw "A Quilted Christmas" introduced on cricut.com I knew that I had to have it. My mother beat me to it but I am the first to use it :) I am love the images on this cartridge but I have to say it is a pain in the butt to work with... oh well the beautiful cuts are so worth it!

What I used:

• Autumn Leaves 4x5.5 in white card and envelope
• Various card-stock colors
• Clear gem embellishments (snowflake middles)
•  Celebrate It 360 Blue Ribbon
• Cuttlebug Snowflakes Embossing Folder (background)
• Cricut A Quilted Christmas (angel)