Happy Valentine’s Day

I made this card two years ago when Anna’s lovely die first came out. 

For this card, I used Anna’s Valentine Easel Card Dies, paper and die cuts from my Anna stash.

I used the Heart Design (#MBFF75B1) image from Cricut Design Space to cut the red hearts out of cardstock.

Anna’s die set is truly stunning. I can’t wait to make more unique Valentine’s Day cards. I love how easy it is to use Anna Griffin dies with Cricut images!

Have a wonderful day!

Cricut Joy… Ready-to-Make Projects

I am loving my Cricut Joy and I love Anna Griffin’s new marble paper.

I made this card in less than 5 minutes. I just went to Cricut Projects and clicked on Cricut Joy Cards to find tons of easy to make cards.

For this card I chose the Hearts Card for Valentine’s Day. There are tons of heart cards and they all are super quick and fun! 

I cut my insert card from Anna Griffin’s Marble Paper  Collection and I was done! I love making my own inserts with patterned paper.

Hope this post finds you safe and well.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

I am seriously addicted to Cricut Vinyl and found this cute image on Cricut Design Space.

I cut the Sweet Valentine Wishes (M4C8A9A) image from the Always and Forever cartridge out of Cricut permanent vinyl. The cute bucket is from the Dollar Store.

Please view my video below for more inexpensive items to decorate with vinyl.



Have a wonderful day.

SVG Valentine Card Box Cut with the Cricut Maker

The ability to cut SVG files with my Cricut is one of my favorite features of Design Space.

Lori Whitlock designed this adorable box card and I am so happy she did. I used paper from my stash and rhinestones for the bling.

The Cricut Maker is my go-to machine and I love that I can purchase SVGs from other companies. I love Cricut Access and use Cricut images for most of my projects, however it is great to try other SVGs too.

Have a wonderful day!

Cricut Valentine Card

I love the Cricut Ready to Make projects. They are so quick and easy, yet look like they took hours to make!

For this card, I used the Rob and Bob – Do All Things with Love Valentine Card from Cricut’s Ready to Make Projects. I am a huge fan of Rob and Bob!

This year, I got an earlier start on making my Valentine cards. I enlarged this card to 5.5 by 5.5 inches and used papers from my stash.

Have a wonderful day!

Make it in Minutes Monday

Welcome to Make it in Minutes Monday. 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.

This shaker card was so easy to make. Instead of using dimension tape to make the shaker, I used a really strong double sided tape. It totally eliminates the bulk.

I cut the Heart Image (#M3EE62) using my Cricut Maker, from a piece of 4 x 5.25 inch card stock. My image measured 3.384 x 3.111 inches. I used hide contours to remove the outer cutting line. I used strong double-sided tape to go around the outside of the heart image and added sequins. Next, I backed the rectangle with a piece of glitter paper. Then I adhered the rectangle to a pink 4.25 x 5.5 inch top folded note card.

I triple cut a sentiment and attached to the front of my card. Super easy way to make a shaker card without the added bulk.

Thanks for stopping by and have a marvelous Monday!

Make it in Minutes Monday

Welcome to Make it in Minutes Monday. I thought it would be fun to feature quick and easy Valentine cards and projects that take only minutes to make, but look like you spent more time making them.

For this project, I used the Small Heart Chocolate Box (#55074) that I purchased from the Silhouette on-line store.

Instead of using this adorable box for candy treats, I decided to fill it with colorful office supplies. This box would be perfect for a gift of candy of other treats. The valentine’s paper is from a Recollection’s pack that I purchased at Michaels. Click here to purchase a larger version of the box.

Thanks for stopping by and have a marvelous Monday!

Love Birds

I will be back next Wednesday with a fun new video, but had to pop in to share this quick and easy card.

For this card, I used the Lovebirds image (#118184) that I purchased from the Silhouette on-line store. I sized the images to fit the 4 inches x 5.25 white layer.

I embossed the white layer using an embossing folder from Anna Griffin. I love the lace look! I added a few small rhinestones and was done. The finished card measures 5.5 inches wide x 4.25 inches tall.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Wednesday!

Valentine Card Nesting Technique Using Cameo or Cricut Machines

I love the nested look you get with metal nesting cutting dies, but unfortunately I do not own a lot of cutting dies. Jennifer McGuire recently posted a video showing how to layer metal nesting dies and I thought I would try the concept using my Silhouette machine.

I used Jennifer’s card design with the exception of the sentiment. My goal was to see if I could recreate her card using cuts from my Cameo. And I did! Now that I know it works, I can design my own cards using this technique and my Cameo or Explore Machine. Here is a link to Jennifer’s post and be sure to watch her video too. I am so grateful for Jennifer’s blog and have learned so much from her. Be sure to sign up for her emails too!

I purchased the Scallop Hearts Nests (#113263) from the Silhouette Design Store to make this card. The mini black hearts are from the same file. I just sized them to fit and used my Wink of Stella pen for added shine.

I am planning on doing a video on this technique in the next couple of months.

Thanks for watching and have a wonderful week!

Heartstrings Valentine's Day Card

Last week, I saw this cute card featured on The Martha Stewart Show and fell in love with it. In fact, I made this card for my husband. The sentiment was perfect!

It is called a heartstring card because you pull on the string to reveal a hidden message. It is similar to the cobweb type card, but a little different. Here is the link in case you want to make one.



I love the look of the card closed. It just looks like a simple valentine.



Pull the string to open it...



... then a valentine message is revealed!

Thanks for visiting and stay tuned for a new video.

Cricut Craft Room, Cricut Expression 2 and Happy Valentine’s Day

I am so excited about the new Cricut Craft Room software that was revealed at CHA. The software is currently being beta tested and looks amazing. As I understand, it will be free on-line software that will be similar to Design Studio, but with more functionality. It is also designed to work with the Cricut as well as the Imagine.

Click here for a Facebook link to the Cricut CraftRoom - Official Video and here for a Facebook link to the new Cricut Expression 2 Anniversary Edition . These products are amazing and I can’t wait to use the Cricut Craft Room.



One of my New Year’s resolutions is to make more stamp cards, so I pulled a stamp from my stash to make this cute card. I do not think the stamp is still available since it was from an older House Mouse Design collection, but you might find one on Ebay.

Thanks for visiting and stay tuned for a fun new video.

With Love

I am getting tons of inspiration from last year’s Valentine's kit from BasicGrey and just had to make my version of their card. I have not used my Walk in My Garden cartridge forever, so I had to dust it off to make this card. You could use this card for any special occasion, but of course, I am making it for Valentine’s Day!



This card measures 3 ½ inches x 9 inches and all cuts are from Walk in My Garden. The hills at the bottom are cut manually. This card is super easy and fun! I so need to make more tall cards.

Thanks for visiting and stay tuned for a fun new video… Guess what? It is not related to Valentine’s Day.

I Love Hero Arts!

I am a big Hero Arts fan and thought I would share a quick Valentine’s Day card that I made last year using their stamps. One of my crafting resolutions for 2011 is to make more stamped cards and I can’t wait to start. I love Hero Art’s new 2011 catalog and if you would like a free color pdf copy, please click here. Sooo many great stamps to choose from. I think it is their best catalog ever!



New! I added a YouTube button on the left panel under the email subscription box so you can go directly to my YouTube channel to view all my videos. Getting more organized is also one of my New Year’s resolutions!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and that you are having a Happy New Year!


Linda

Glitter Paste for Your Valentine’s Day Projects

I am taking the day off to spend with family, so I thought I would re-post one of my all-time favorite videos. I was tired of having my glitter flake off on my cards and scrapbook pages, so I decided to try making glitter paste. Now my glitter stays put and has a nice shiny finish. In addition, this paste does not curl your paper and is very easy to make. Glitter paste would be perfect to use on your Valentine’s Day cards. For complete instructions, scroll down and watch the video. Enjoy and have fun making glitter paste.



I will be back on Wednesday with a fun new video.

Happy Holidays!

Linda

Valentine's Day Easel Card

I thought I would try an Easel card using a SCAL file I found on the Internet and a Hero Arts stamp. I watched Joy's video and made a few minor changes to fit my design. Check out her video for more information.

Happy Valentine's Day

Oh my goodness, only one more day to go! Fortunately this was a quick and fun card. I used a cupcake and background stamp, then embossed with detailed white embossing powder for this easy card. Oops, I almost forgot that I added rhinestones and some bling.

More Valentines with the Cricut

This is one of my five minute cards. I cut the hearts from the Storybook Cartridge and mounted to two layers of card stock. Quick and easy thanks to the Cricut and my tape roller!

Happy Valentines Day

I decided to renew my passion for rubber stamping and dust off my old stamps. For this card I used a Hero Art's valentine set. Too many hobbies, too little time. And of course, no card would be complete with using rhinestones and some glitter!