I recently purchased Anna Griffin’s Mini Frames Dies and they are incredible. They sold out on HSN, but you can purchase them directly from Anna.
I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season. I cannot believe it will soon be the start of a new decade. I have a friend that said this is her decade to sparkle. I hope it is your decade to sparkle too!
You all know how much I love Anna Griffin, so I thought I would share a few of my favorite birthday and thinking of you cards.
I thought it would be fun to feature quick and easy cards and projects that take only minutes to make, but look like you spent more time making them.
My good friend Donna made this card for my husband’s birthday and we both loved it!
I have been neglecting my Imagine and thought it was time to make a fun birthday card for my husband. I forgot how easy it is to make a card using the I. In fact, it was so easy that I actually made him two cards. I posted the football card last week. Click here if you missed it! By the way, he had a great birthday!
Today, I want to share with you my design project for Creative Critterz Imaginations blog.
I got the idea from a card in Cards magazine and just had to adapt it!
Since one of the hottest trends this year is buttons, I wanted to make a card using the Imagine and buttons. I made this cute card for a friend’s birthday, but it could be easily adapted for many different occasions. I think it would make a fun thank you or an anniversary card!
I made this retro card for my best friend’s birthday, but it could be easily adapted for many different occasions. Both the television card and the envelope SVG files were free thanks to SVG cuts. Click here for the free files. I used Photoshop for the sentiment, added some bling and faux stitching and was done. Super quick and easy card!
If you want to use your Cricut for this card, there is the cutest television on page 118 of the Disney Mickey and Friends cartridge. Be sure to check it out below.
Have a great day and please stay tuned for a fun new video!
Today I want to share with you my design project for Creative Critterz Imaginations blog.
One of the reasons that I purchased my Imagine is that I have a limited amount of time to craft, yet I want to make quick and easy cards that look like I spent a lot of time and effort on them. The Imagine allows me do this and has simplified my life! This card literally took 15 minutes to make and it was such a hit at the birthday party. Our friend was turning 40 so I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to make a funny card. I find making cards for men challenging, but not with the Imagine More Cartridge.
Recipe:
Imagine More art cartridge
Kirkland’s professional glossy inkjet photo paper
3-D Foam Squares
Adhesive
Instructions:
The clock is on page 32 of the Imagine More manual and is cut at 5 inches. Cut two and then manually cut out the words Tick and Tock from one of the clocks. Weld two 4.8 inch circles using the George Cartridge. Next cut a 4.25 inch circle for the inside of the card and use Microsoft Word or another type of word processing program to print the sentiment. Use pop dots to give the words Tick and Tock added dimension. If you use thick glossy photo paper, be sure to increase the pressure to five and change the paper setting to glossy. Also remember to set the blade at 6.
Thanks for visiting and please stay tuned for my first Gypsy video. Hint: It involves Christmas.
I know I am beginning to sound like a broken record, but I do love my Imagine. I used the Nursery Tails cartridge and photo glossy paper to make a Hoppy Birthday Card. If you use thick glossy photo paper (I used Kirkland’s professional glossy inkjet photo paper from Costco) be sure to increase the pressure to five and change the paper setting to glossy. Also remember to set the blade at 6.
The outside scalloped circle is on page 37 of the Storybook cartridge and cut at 5.5 inches. Next, I glued the outside circle to a welded card made using Design Studio. All the paper is from the Nursery Tails cartridge. The smaller scalloped circle is from the Forever Young cartridge on page 72 and cut at 4.1 inches.
For the image, I used the circle layer from the Nursery Tail’s baby shower announcement on page 18. The image is cut at 3.6 inches using the true size function. The frog layer is cut at 1.7 inches also using the true size function. I added rhinestones and pop dotted the frog. Too cute!
I received a number of emails and comments asking about the paper I used on the card I posted yesterday, so I thought I would provide a quick update. The paper is from Creative Imaginations and it is from their "Old Guys Rule" line.
The name of the reversible paper is "No Regrets" and below is a photo. All of my cuts were from this paper. I love this paper and thanks for the questions and nice emails!
Saturday was my brother-in-law's 60th birthday and I made this card and matching envelope for him using my Cuttlebug and Old Guys Rule paper from Creative Imaginations. It is really a card on top of another card. The smaller card on the front opens but I forgot to take a photo of it.
I purchased the paper from The Memory Trail and had fun cutting out the recliner and the old guys rule circles. This is a fun line of paper and very versatile.
Today is my niece’s birthday and I made this cute card for her using the Cindy Loo and the George Cartridges.
First, I used the shadow feature of the Doily Cut on page 71 of the Cindy Loo cartridge manual along with my Design Studio to weld the base of the card. The doily was cut at 5¼”. Next I cut the filigree1 (page 28) and layers at 3½”. The circle is cut from the George cartridge and measures 4¾”. To finish it, I added pen work around the doily and added some bling. Did I say I love this cartridge?
Happy Birthday Mandy and I hope you have a fun day!
PS I just mailed the card.
I made this card for my grand nephew Landon’s birthday. My goal was to make the card using only solid color card stock. I used Hero Arts stamps for the cupcakes and the sentiment.
This is the inside of the card and the envelope. The sentiment is from the Beyond Birthday cartridge. I used a Fiskars punch for the border. Click here for the free Toy Train SVG cut.
I made the envelope and liner using the Scor-Pal. Click here to see a tutorial on how to make envelopes and liners using the Scor-Pal and the Martha Stewart Score Board.
Thanks for visiting!
I love the Cricut Wild Card Cartridge and use it often, especially for gift cards. It is easy to use and comes with envelopes for every card. Please scroll down for abbreviated directions. Have a great Monday!
I am so trying to learn Photoshop CS4 and this is my first card using layers. I created the text in Photoshop CS4 and changed the opacity in each layer to get a softer effect. On the last layer I left Happy Birthday at 100%. I am amazed at all you can do in Photoshop. Wow.
