Pam Larmore

Handmade Valentine’s Card Using Fancy Frames Cricut Cartridge

February 4, 2014 by Pam Larmore 12 Comments

I have another new toy….well actually, I don’t have it. My friend, Shirley has it, and she’s a good sharer. Thanks Shirley! She recently bought the Fancy Frames Cricut Cartridge, and I just had to try it out.

I was planning on using Fancy Frames for scrapbook pages, but it will also work nicely on cards. There is a variety of frames with an added detail on each one. For example, on this frame, there is the swirl on the left corner. I love the shape of this frame and how it highlights the little Valentine girl holding her box of chocolates. (It might not be chocolates. It could just be a card, but I’d like to think there are oooey gooey caramels in there.

OK enough day dreaming! The patterned papers are from a Die Cuts With A View Stack. There were three papers that coordinated and even though they weren’t Valentine papers, they still worked for this card.

The image is from Digi Garden. I love their sweet kids, but they are no longer available since the owner and designer passed away last year. I miss seeing her posts on Facebook and looking at all the great projects on her blog.

I colored the image with Copic Markers. I’m still learning! Right after I finished this, my Blog Friends told us how difficult it is to use red without it bleeding. Yep….I found that out the hard way! I’m still having trouble doing hair, but I’ll keep practicing. I just got some new gray Copics, and used them for her shoes. I think the pinks on the heart turned out OK too.

To finish the card, I added 2 Prima flowers with a red brad in the center and 5 adhesive rhinestones in the upper right corner.

The Fancy Frames Cricut Cartridge is available on Amazon. It features lots of wonderful frames for scrapbooking, card making, and other paper crafting projects. Some of the frames are very ornate, and others don’t feature as much detail.

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Sesame Street Cricut Cards

January 17, 2014 by Pam Larmore 12 Comments

I have wanted to share these fun Sesame Street Cricut Birthday Cards with you for some time, but my Blog had other plans. I’m not sure what the problem was, but I couldn’t upload photos. It seems to be fixed now, and that’s all the matters!

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Sesame Street has been around for as long as I can remember. I wasn’t a big fan when I was a child, because our television only got 4 channels and the Sesame Street channel wasn’t one of them. With the help of cable TV, satellite, and lots of marketing of Sesame Street toys, Big Bird and Friends have stayed popular for several generations.

Instructions for Sesame Street Cricut Cards

For all three of the Sesame Street Cricut cards that I’m going to show you, I cut the characters at 3″. Big Bird was a bit of a challenge. His eyes and the stripes on his socks are teeny tiny when you cut him that small. For the characters on the Sesame Street Friends Cricut Cartridge, I suggest cutting them at least 4″. Elmo wasn’t too bad, but all of the other characters have lots of detail making it hard to assemble them when they are small.

Speaking of Elmo, here he is offering a great big hug to wish someone a Very Happy Birthday! As you can see, he doesn’t have any tiny parts. He worked out just fine on 3″.

For all of the characters, I started with a black base. Then using the layering keys, I cut the other pieces. When you do layered pieces on the Cricut, you always leave the size the same for all of the layers. For example, I left the setting on 3″ even for his eyes and nose. I use a Zig Glue Pen to glue all of the pieces on my Cricut Shapes.

Who doesn’t love this goofy eyed guy? Cookie Monster is another well loved character on the Sesame Street Cricut Cartridge. He has a lot of detail in his fur and on the small pieces of cookie, making it a challenge to cut him at 3″. I didn’t want him too big for my card though! The black and white shapes behind him were cut using the Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge.

If you look closely, you can see lattice style embossing on the background. I used the Cuttlebug and an embossing folder, running both layers through at the same time. Papers in primary colors with geometric shapes works perfectly with the Sesame Street Friends Cricut Cartridge.

The Birthday Wishes Stack from Die Cuts With A View has great papers that matched these characters. I added a little bit of ribbon, solid cardstock, and a few brads for embellishments. The Happy Birthday were stamped with a set from Stampin’ Up called Teeny Tiny Wishes. The ovals and scalloped ovals are Stampin’ Up Punches. Each Sesame Street character has a couple of different poses.

The other characters included on the Sesame Street Cricut Cartridge are Oscar the Grouch, Bert & Ernie, Count Von Count, Prairie Dawn, Grover, Mr. Snuffleupagus. and Zoe. There are also lots of great shapes from the popular TV Show like the Sesame Street Sign, rubber ducky, doll, and bear. I hope you’re doing something crafty today!

Handmade Cricut Thanksgiving Cards

November 19, 2013 by Pam Larmore 21 Comments

Gobble Gobble!!! I wanted to make some Cricut Thanksgiving Cards for a few very special ladies. I saw this turkey on the Create A Critter 2 Cricut Cartridge. Ooooh I love the cute animals on that cartridge.

How to Make This Turkey Cricut Thanksgiving Card

This card is a traditional A2 (5 1/2″ x 4 1/2″) card. I cut the turkey on 2 1/2″ using the Create A Critter 2 Cricut Cartridge. When I cut him out, I accidentally threw out the beaks, so he only has a wobble. After assembling Tom and his friends, I added a little glitter with Burgundy and Copper Stickles.

My Mom, a friend, and I meet twice a month for what we call Scrap N Chat. A few weeks ago, I cut the turkeys, then I assembled the cards 2 weeks later. Meeting on a regular basis has really gotten me motivated to finish lots of projects.

The patterned papers are from a stack called The Modern Meadow from Die Cuts With A View. It is full of lots of fall and earth toned patterned papers. They are great for fall, and also perfect for natural and neutral cards and scrapbook layouts. I used a printed rust colored paper and a coordinating striped paper with the same rust and other fall colors. I punched a decorative edge on the top edge of the striped edge using a Martha Stewart Border Punch.

To finish off the card, I tied a nature twine bow on the bottom portion of the card. I’m so happy that I got these cards done in plenty of time for Thanksgiving. I need to get the in the mail by the end of the week!

I hope you liked this Cricut Thanksgiving Card. The Create A Critter 2 Cricut Cartridge is wonderful to add to your collection. There are lots of animals and extras to add to your paper crafts. There are also titles to coordinate with the animals and accessories.