Make a Cricut Jungle Card

I’m super excited to share this Cricut Jungle Card today!  I have a friend who messages me with an occasional special request, and they are always fun.  As soon as she asked for a Jungle Card for a Baby Shower, an idea popped into my head.

Not all card ideas that enter my crazy brain, turn out the way I envision them, but this one was really close.  I’m so pleased with the finished card!

I have a Cricut Expression Machine that I absolutely LOVE, but when I received the Cricut Explore as a gift, it completely changed how I approached making cards like this.

With the Explore, I am able to design the card and adjust sizes on my laptop, so that everything is perfect before I start cutting.  How many times have you worked on a project and had to cut and recut the die cut shapes to get them the size you want?

If you would like to make this card, I have already figured out the sizes and included the cut file below.

Measurements to Make This Cricut Jungle Card

• Card Base is 12″x6″ tan Bazzill Cardstock, folded in half.
• Dark brown cardstock mat measures 5 3/4″ x 5 3/4″.
• Yellow dotted background paper is from Stampin’ Up and measures 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″.

Here is a list of the die cuts and Cricut Cartridges if you don’t have the Explore.   If you have the Cricut Explore, a link to the cut file is at the bottom of the page.

Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge

• Vine – 1 1/4″
• Elephant – 1 3/4″

Create A Critter 2 Cricut Cartridge

• Monkey and Heart – 2 1/4″
• Lion – 2 1/4″

Animal Kingdom Cricut Cartridge

• Giraffes – 4 3/4″ and 4″

Summer Love Cricut Cartridge – This isn’t a very popular cartridge, but there are palm trees  and tropical leaves on several other Cricut Cartridges that you could use.

• Palm Trees – 4 1/4″ – Cut 2

I really enjoy making cards with lots of layers, textures, and dimension.  To get great depth for this card, I put pop dots under the lions face, the taller giraffe, the monkey, and the elephant.  By using pop dots or dimensional tape and overlapping die cuts, you can create a really visually please project.

To finish this card, I added Stickles glitter glue to the vine and palm trees.

If you have the Cricut Explore, here is the JUNGLE CARD CUT FILE.

For more animal Cricut Projects, visit Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge, Create A Critter 2, and Animal Kingdom Cricut Cartridge.  Joy’s Life has a really cute Animal Alphabet Book that she created with these cartridges.