Monday, December 12, 2011

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Apples

I thought this was a fitting card for late August- an apple card.  I made the SVG files and used Make the Cut to cut them out. 

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Thinking of You

So I made this card to send to someone I haven't seen at church in a while.  I cut out the saying with Make the Cut and used some of the flowers I made in the first post.  It was a really simple card, but I think it's kinda cute.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

A cute cupcake card

I thought this was a fun card- it's great for a birthday or just about any special occasion.  I made the whole thing on Make the Cut, and embossed the background with my cuttlebug.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Birthday

The other day I decided to make a bunch of cupcakes to put on cards at some point- this is the first card I did with them.  I made the cupcake with the Sweet Treats cart. on the Cricut and the circle is made with Make the Cut.  I used some chalk to give the cupcake and cherry a bit more definition.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Thanks- again

Sorry for not posting in a couple days- I'm moving and I have been busy packing up boxes all day long- doesn't leave too much time for crafting.
Yeah, so if you can't tell. . . I make a lot of thank you cards.  I saw something a bit like this online, and I decided to make it my own, so I changed the saying, the colors, and a bit of the lay-out and made my own card.  I thought it turned out well.  I used my new Swiss Dots embossing folder for the cuttlebug. . . which I have wanted to have forever- so I was excited.  Of course. . . I used Make the Cut for the thanks.  All in all it was a simple, but fun card to make.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Simply Elegant

I made this pretty purple flour with a pretty pearl, and I couldn't decide what to do with it.  I happened to set it on a plain white card, and realized how pretty it would be if I kept it simple- so. . .  I embossed the background and glued it on.


Monday, August 15, 2011

Gerber Daisy

     Today is a rainy day- a sad sign that the summer is drawing to a close and I will soon have to return to school.  I decided to brighten up my day by making a fun summery card.  I love Gerber Daisies, and this one reminds me of them.
     First- I made an SVG file to cut it with Make the Cut.  Next, I cut each of the petals toward the center of the flower so I could get it to pop.  Then, I bent down each petal using a toothpick.  I also dusted the edges of the flowers with brown chalk so they would have some definition.  After that I stuck them together with foam squares and glued on a fun button.
For the background I used my handy dandy Cuttlebug (if you can't tell I love it) and embossed both colors together so that they would fit well.

     It may sound complicated, but I promise- it wasn't. 

Here is the SVG file- you just have to plug it in to Sure Cuts A Lot or Make The Cut, and Voila you have a Gerber Daisy

Sunday, August 14, 2011

It's A Girl

Okay, I promise- this is the last baby post for some time. This one is a pretty simple one cut with New Arrival on my cricut.  I added a bit of sparkle with some purple glitter, but other than that it's pretty simple

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Baby Girl

This card and the baby boy card in the post below are companion cards- they are the same basic idea, just done for a boy and a girl- yet again I used New Arrival on the cricut to make it, and my cuttlebug to emboss the background of the card.  I cut the "little one" out with make the cut- even though on the picture it looks like I wrote it.

Baby Boy

Here is another baby card I made this week- I know, you're probably getting sick of baby cards- me too!  But here is a simple baby boy card I made with New Arrival.  The lay-out is a really versatile one- but it always looks great.  The background is embossed with my cuttlebug.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Sweet Pea

Okay, I think this is my favorite card I've made so far.  I found some paper that had pea pods on it and turned it into a fun baby girl card.  I used the New Arrival cartridge for the baby girl in the pea pod, and then just a really simple card layout.  It is really a lot brighter in real life, but my camera didn't want to take the picture correctly.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Choo Choo

So since just about everyone I know is pregnant right now, I decided to make some baby cards.  For this one I used My World cartridge and I found some fun Choo-Choo paper at Joann's. 

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Back to School

So here is another card I made yesterday.  I also used make the cut to make this one-  At some point I hope to get the SVG files up so you can use them if you like.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

School Days

I decided that with school starting soon, I would make cards to celebrate (or in my case mourn) the beginning of school.  I made all the die cuts with SVG files I made for Make the Cut.

Monday, August 8, 2011

Flower Card

Today I decided to do something with the flowers I made earlier.  To make the flowers, I used the Accent Essentials cartridge and cut out different sizes in different shades of purple.  Then I punched a hole in the middle of each flower and tied them together with a button brad.  I embossed the white background with my cuttlebug.  The stems and leaves are made from some scrap yearn I had laying around the house.  Hope you like them

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Variations on Thanks

So here are some cards I made- they all use a thanks cut out I made on my cuttlebug.  I figured I'd show several of the cards so you can see all the different things you can do with one basic cut out.  I know they aren't the best pictures, but hey. . . you get the idea.



So here are some cards I made- they all use a thanks cut out I made on my cuttlebug.  I figured I'd show several of the cards so you can see all the different things you can do with one basic cut out.

Flower Power

Today I discovered a bunch of flowers I had cut out with various cricut cartridges (Walk in My Garden, and Accent Essentials) for a primary lesson I was teaching a few months back.  Since I was in a use it up or throw it out mood I decided to make something pretty- many flowers later this is what I ended up with:
I have to say- my favorites are the yellow cherry blossoms in the top right corner- simply because after making a ton of flowers I noticed that I had a bunch of circle middles left- so I made them into flowers.