Anniversary Card

It’s my hubby’s and my anniversary today.  This is the card I made him:

Upper inside:- 

Inside: 

Completely utilized the Cricut Imagine machine to create this card. 

Tools/Items:-

Cricut Imagine

Cricut Imagine Cartridges  – see below

Cricut Cartridges – see below

Cardstock – white (for the Imagine)

Patterned paper – layer on card

Cardstock – base of card

Glue – ATG; Zig Two-Way

Rhinestones/gems

Pop dots

Cricut Imagine Cartridges 

All Wrapped Up – “With all my Heart” sentiment; fill for other items

Better Together – tree, branch, owl, heart thought bubbles

Enjoy the Seasons – hearts (on tree)

Imagine More Cards -- owl

Cricut Cartridges

Something to Remember – “Anniversary/Vine” sentiment

Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2 – “I Love You” sentiment

Tie the Knot – 35 w/ swirls

He loved it!!!  And, that’s all that matters to me!!  J

Hubby’s Easter Card

Made this card for my hubby for Easter.  He thought it was soooooo cute!  J

Inside:- 

It was actually inspired by Mary of Cardz TV.  She has some awesome vid’s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HEn6G8yHt8Y

I got to use, for the first time, my new MS Circle Edge punch.  I loooooove that li’l gadget.  Turns an ordinary square piece of paper, into a decorative circle.

Tools/Items:-

Cricut Imagine

Cricut Imagine Cartridges – see below

Cricut Cartridges – see below

Cardstock -- white (for the Imagine)

Cardstock – blue (for layers)

Patterned paper (circle and square)

Martha Stewart Circle Edge Punch – Modern Lace

Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page – Modern Garland

Glue – ATG; Zig Two-Way

Stickles – Waterfall (sentiment)

White Pen – Gelly Roll (eyes, nose highlights)

Yellow felt pen – suns on font

Rhinestones

Popdots

Cricut Cartridges

Teddy Bear Parade – teddy bear and layers

Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2 – sentiment

Cricut Imagine Cartridges

Audrey – Easter bunny costume; Easter basket; bows

Better Together – Happy Easter sentiment

Bear Face – RGB codes:  153, 76, 0

Hunny Bunny font – LD Happy Sun

NOTE:  I loved how, when I flood-filled the bunny costume w/ the pattern, that a heart appeared right in the middle of his li’l tummy.  I had no need to attach his actual tan tummy.  Thought it looked cute!  J

Thinking of You card

Made this card for a dear friend who is going thru a rough patch.

Inside:- 

Tools/Items:-

Cricut Imagine

Cricut Imagine Cartridges: see below

Cardstock -- white (for the Imagine)

Stamp -- Swirls

Corner Rounder

Glue – ATG; regular

Rhinestones

3D Butterfly sticker

Flower

Cricut Imagine Cartridges

Better Together – frame, birdie

Greeting Cards Inside & Out – “thinking of you”

Thank You Card #3

Make this thank you card for another dear MB friend.  J

Inside:- 

Tools/Items:-
Cricut Imagine

Cricut Imagine Cartridges – see below

EC Shape Studio – round 14

EC Shape bubble caps – round 14

Fiskars Corner Punch -- Flowers

Scrappy Cat Clear Stamps – Thank You (SCR 500)

Alphabet Stamp set – for the “A”

Glue – ATG; regular

Cardstock -- white (for the Imagine)

Prima Flowers

Beads

Pop dots

Cricut Imagine Cartridges

Better Together – trees, birdies, & thanks

Greeting Cards Inside & Out – Bunch

Played again w/ my EC Shape Studio.  This time, I stamped the letter “A” and then made it into a bobble.   J

Thank You Card #2

Made this thank you card for another dear MB friend.  J

Inside:- 

Tools/Items:-
Cricut Imagine

Cricut Imagine Cartridges – see below

Martha Stewart Punch – butterfly

EC Shape Studio – round 14

EC Shape bubble caps – round 14

Fiskars Circle Border Punch – Antique Elegance

Scrappy Cat Clear Stamps – Thank You (SCR 500)

Glue – ATG; regular

Cardstock -- white (for the Imagine)

Stickles -- Pink

Pop dots

Ribbon

Cricut Imagine Cartridges

Imagine More Cards – base card & thank you layer

Lori’s Garden – leaves, ladybug

Better Together – flower

Pretty much a duplicate of the card shown above, except for the different coloured patterns.  And the ladybug is facing a different direction on the leaf.  J Everything else is pretty much the same.  

Had some more fun w/ my EC Shape Studio.   J

Thank You Card #1

Made this thank you card for a dear MB friend.  J

Inside:- 

Tools/Items:-
Cricut Imagine

Cricut Imagine Cartridges – see below

Martha Stewart Punch – butterfly

EC Shape Studio – round 14

EC Shape bubble caps – round 14

Fiskars Circle Border Punch – Antique Elegance

Scrappy Cat Clear Stamps – Thank You (SCR 500)

Cardstock -- white (for the Imagine)

Glue – ATG; regular

Stickles -- Pink

Pop dots

Ribbon

Cricut Imagine Cartridges

Imagine More Cards – base card & thank you layer

Lori’s Garden – leaves, ladybug

Better Together – flower

I’m just lovin’ my new toy, the Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio.  It makes all kinds of cute bobbles (what I call them) J  They’re actually known as “bubble caps”.  They create hand-crafted epoxy embellies.  I used one to jazz up the “O” in “YOU”.

The sentiment inside the card was actually stamped.  Almost looks like “hand-written”, eh?  Love that font! J

FIL’s Birthday Card

 Inside:-

Made this card for my FIL’s 75^th birthday.   Because he used to manage a tomato hydroponics company, it only seemed apropos that his card have talking tomatoes.  LOL

And, because he’s French, the little French birdie, w/ his li’l beret and spouting off “Bonjour”, was perfect as the “tattletale” about his birthday.  J

Pop-dotted the birdie's wing and beret, as well as the tomatoes.   

Tools/Items:-
Cricut Imagine

Cricut Imagine Cartridges: – see below

Glue – ATG; regular

Cardstock – green; white (for the Imagine)
Patterned paper

Corner chomper – Cloud

Pop dots

Cricut Imagine Cartridges

Kate’s Kitchen – tomatoes, bowl, and placemat

Better Together – birdie

The sentiment on the front and inside were computer-generated.

Comfort Card

Made this card for a friend’s sister, who is very ill.  Thought it might cheer her up a bit.

I had a lot of fun making this card, as I was learning different techniques, along the way.

The first technique was how to place an image in a different place, on your Imagine mat.   I saw a video, here, where it’s explained how this could be accomplished.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN6A_CqDoQU&feature=player_embedded#!

Here’s a shot (not very clear, sorry!) but you can sorta get an idea of how I was able to input just 4 blank squares on the mat, making my design move waaaaay over to the right.

When the paper is placed on the mat, opposite to how it was done to begin with, I was able to get the design printed on the opposite side of my card base.  Cool, eh?  J

The second technique on this card was learning how to print a sentiment on the inside of the card.  I now have a template I saved, to allow this to occur on any 5 ½” x 8 ½” card base.  I enjoy making larger size cards, instead of the usual A2 size. J

Tools/Items:-
Cricut Imagine

Cricut Imagine Cartridges: – see below

Cricut Cartridge – Christmas Noel

Glue – ATG; Zig Two-Way
Cardstock – blue for the card base; white (for the Imagine)
Patterned paper – sky background

Corner Rounder - Corner Stone by EK Success

Stickles – “Crystal”

Rhinestones

Cricut Imagine Cartridges

Lori’s Garden

Better Together

Imagine More

Firstly, I used this design (bottom), from Imagine “Lori’s Garden”  for the flourish on the card front. 

The Angel is from the “Christmas Noel” cartridge, using patterns & colors from the Imagine “Better Together” cartridge.

The frame is from the “Imagine More” cartridge (Image 25, Layer 1), floodfilled w/ the same pattern as the Angel’s dress.

Hope she likes it!  J

Happy Anniversary Card

It’s our anniversary today ---- 33 years. Wow! It seems like only yesterday that I fell head-over-heels for the love of my life. Happy Anniversary, Sweetheart! J

I made him this card:-

Inside:-

Close-up:-

Don't forget that you can click on the pix to enlarge them. :-)

Tools/Items:-

Cricut Imagine
Cricut Imagine Cartridges – see below
Cricut Cartridges – see below
Glue – regular; ATG; Zig Two Way; glue gun (for the rosette)
Cardstock – double-sided for the card base; white (for the Imagine)
Patterned Paper
Bead – Blue
Paper Rosette
Popdots

Cricut Imagine Cartridges
Enjoy the Seasons – male and female hearts, and layers
Better Together – You Make my Heart Sing; Heart and layers

Cricut Cartridges
Beyond Birthdays – Happy Anniversary
Lyrical Letters – Sweetheart

Made my very first paper “rosette”, as a flower on the patterned paper. The swirls resembled a stem, so plunked a rosette flower on top. J

I just love playing w/ my Imagine. I took the two sentiments from regular Cricut carts. and floodfilled them w/ a pattern from the Imagine cart, “Enjoy the Seasons”. All of the colours and patterns co-ordinate w/ the already-made designs, so it makes creating a card very easy-peasey.

The paper rosette was made using patterned paper. There are many tut’s on the Web, but here’s one that I really liked. It has very detailed instructions/pix.

http://amymckeehan.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-make-paper-rosettes.html --- Thanks, Amy!!

Card for Angel's Momma

Made this card for a friend whose li’l Chihuahua has a broken leg, because it was attacked by two larger dogs. The dogs’ owner didn’t even apologize or help my friend w/ her li’l pooch. The nerve of some people!!
Inside:

Oooops, I stickled "hugs" after I took the picture. :-)

Because I don’t have the “Four Legged Friends” cartridge, I had to improvise. I utilized my Cricut Design Studio, got the design/layers for the li’l Chihuahua; copied/pasted them and then cut out the design/layers with, you ready for it??? ----- scissors. Yeppers! --- the cutter prior to the Cricut. :-) Even tho it wasn’t a REAL troublesome design, I still really missed my Cricut cutting it out for me. And now that cart. is definitely on my “wish list”. :-)

Li’l Angel has a white spot on her forehead that looks just like a heart, so I had to put a heart on the li’l pooch. She also has a pink cast, so that’s why her hind leg is pink. She must love pink because she has this beautiful pink bed to rest her li’l body; hence, the pink pillow.

Tools/Items:

Cricut Imagine
Cricut Imagine Cartridges – see below
Cricut Cartridges – see below
Cricut Design Studio
Martha Stewart Punch –Double Loops
Glue – regular; ATG; Zig Two Way
Cardstock – blue; white (for the Imagine)
Patterned Paper
Stickles - Pink
Popdots

Cricut Imagine Cartridges
Better Together – sun; sending your way
Lori’s Garden – butterflies

Cricut Cartridges
Disney Happily Ever After – pillow
Zooballoo – grass
Beyond Birthdays – hugs
Four Legged Friends – Chihuahua/layers

I sure hope li’l Angel is up and about, real soon. Hugs to her!!!

Warm Thoughts card

Made this card for a family that’s going through a really rough spell.

Inside:-

Tools/Items:-
Cricut Imagine
Cricut Imagine Cartridges – see below
Cricut Cartridge – Lyrical Letters
Martha Stewart Punch – Monarch Butterflies Trim
Glue – regular; ATG; Zig Two Way
Cardstock – green; white (for the Imagine)
Popdots
Flower
Rhinestones
Corner punch

Cricut Imagine Cartridges
Best Friends – frame
Better Together – flower and butterfly, w/ layers

Created completely using the Cricut Imagine. Used the frame from the Best Friends cart., w/ a rectangle Stock Image and the green pattern from the Best Friends cart, which was placed behind the frame. The flower and butterfly were from the Better Together cart. Put rhinestones on the butterfly’s wing. Everything was popdotted in layers.

The sentiment on the front of the card was “Warm Thoughts” from the Lyrical Letters cart. Used the Color Cop and the RGB codes to find the shades of pink and green. (Pink for “Warm Thoughts” and the sentiment on the inside of the card; and green for “FLUTTER”). The flower is hand-made by a special Cricut friend I met, through winning her blog candy. You should really check out her blog:-

CRICUTROOKIE .

She has some amazing creations! :-)

The butterfly border on the inside of the card was created w/ the MS Butterfly punch, rhinestoning various ones.

The font I used for "FLUTTER" is KR Butterfly.

The sentiment was computer-generated, using RGB codes.