I made this Cricut Racecar Card for a baby shower. Yes, you read that correctly! The dad-to-be races, and I wanted to do the car and suit to match his.
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I made this Cricut Racecar Card for a baby shower. Yes, you read that correctly! The dad-to-be races, and I wanted to do the car and suit to match his.
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Making handmade St. Patrick’s Day Cards is a fun project for the whole family to enjoy. With a handful of supplies, you can create cards to send out for invitations to a St. Patrick’s Day party or send someone an Irish Blessing.
Once you’ve made cards for this holiday, you’ll want to make more for spring, Easter, and all of your upcoming events. Making cards is a wonderful way to include the kids in holidays, start new traditions, and brighten the recipient’s day.
I have been making cards for over ten years. There are many rewards to making your own cards. It’s a relaxing hobby with tons of supplies to keep you interested. It’s so much fun to send a handmade creation instead of a store bought card. Your friends and family will know how special they are when they receive one of your works of art.
Here is a list of the supplies that you will need to create eye catching St. Patrick’s Day Cards. St. Patrick’s Day craft supplies aren’t as readily available as other holidays, so you may have to get creative. If you are unable to find what you need in a craft store, you can download free clip art from the Internet.
Here are the measurements of this card. This is the most common size card. It will fit into an A2 or invitation size envelope. This size envelope is readily available at office supply and big box stores.
Cut the base of the card from a piece of heavy weight, solid cardstock. If you use inexpensive paper, your cards will not stand up well. The base is 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″. If you use a piece of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock, you will get two card bases by cutting it in half. I chose a color that coordinates with my patterned paper. It’s a pale bluish gray.
I like a lot of layers on my cards. It adds a lot of interest and makes your cards look more professional. I cut a 5 1/4″ x 4″ mat in ivy green cardstock. This makes a nice background for the patterned paper.
I found a double sided patterned paper that has a blue and green pattern on one side and large circles of Celtic knots on the other side. I cut a 5″ x 3 3/4″ rectangle out of the patterned paper. Then I used scissors to cut a partial circle for the bottom portion of the card. I love mixing different patterns.
Use the dry adhesive to attach the layers to your card.
This is how my card looks with all of the layers attached and ready for decorations. Before attaching your decorations, you can arrange and rearrange your card until you find a placement that is please to you.
The little boy holding the shamrock is from the Cricut cartridge called A Child’s Year. I cut him in a light green, and then cut the outline in a darker shade of green.
Here is the placement that I chose for this card. The shamrocks are from the Cricut cartridge A Child’s Year, and the pot of gold is from the Every Day Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge. I used the tape runner adhesive to attach everything.
After your card is assembled, you can add details if you wish. Buttons, bows, and glitter make great embellishments on handmade cards. I added Gold Stickles Glitter Glue to the top of the pot of gold, to make it stand out and look like gold coins. If you add glitter glue, make it the very last thing you do on your card, so that you can set it aside to dry. Otherwise, you will end up with glitter everywhere!
Here is another variation on the first card. I cut the Pot of Gold from the Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge and added Gold Stickles Glitter Glue to the Pot of Gold. I thought the pot looked nice with a shamrock, so I added that too. I stamped “Happy St. Patrick’s Day” on a piece of pale glue paper and punched it out using an oval punch.
The leprechaun’s hat looks great for a St. Patrick’s Day Card too! I cut it out using A Child’s Year Cricut Cartridge. I added a few shamrocks and a Happy St. Patrick’s Day cut out. The touch of glitter adds a little bit of sparkle.
These are the St. Patrick’s Day Cricut shapes that I cut out using the Cricut Expressions. I used the Everyday Paper Dolls and A Child’s Year Cricut Cartridges. If you don’t have a die cutting machine, you can trace and cut shapes, use stencils, or buy stickers.
The leprechaun is too cute, but he was too tall to fit on my card. I’m going to save him for another project.
Sometimes, I like to decorate the inside of my greeting cards. Small stickers and bits of leftover paper and small shapes work best.