Big Bird and all of his friends have been popular for as long as I can remember, so it’s only fitting that Cricut would make a Sesame Street Friends Cartridge.
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handmade cards
Stampin’ Up Serene Silhouettes and Beautiful Wings Embosslits Card
Hello! Hello! Hello! We’re in the middle of this crazy thing called summer, but it’s a beautiful day here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Today I have a card using the Serene Silhouettes Stamp Set from Stampin’ Up.
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Online Card Class for Beginners
Most of you know that I am passionate about making handmade cards. It’s more than just a hobby. It’s also very therapeutic.
Many people who follow my website email me questions about getting started with making handmade greeting cards. My real life friends know that I make cards also, and I often get questions about how to get started with this fun craft.
This class is just in time for making your Christmas Cards!
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Handmade Birthday Cards
Sending Handmade Birthday Cards is very satisfying. The recipients are always so impressed that you took the time to craft them a card instead of sending a store bought card.
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My Pink Stamper Stamp Sets
Use My Pink Stamper Stamps with your Cricut to Make Awesome Cards
Let me show you some of the most adorable cards made with My Pink Stamper stamps! Designer, Robyn, developed a wonderful line of clear stamps that match perfectly with Cricut Cartridges.
There are lots of clever sayings that go with the Animal Images on the Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge and the Animal Kingdom Cricut Cartridge. Some of the sets include Punnylicious and More Punnylicious. When you take a look at the sayings, you’ll see how the stamp sets got their names.
I originally bought my Cricut Expressions for doing scrapbook pages, but now I use it for cards too. The My Pink Stamper stamps make it super easy to make cards that people will ooooh and aaaah over!
It’s your Bird-day! comes from the Punny-licious set. There are tons of birds that you can cut with the Cricut, making this a super versatile stamp.
Hogs and Kisses Card – What a sweet stamp from My Pink Stamper!
Pig Cards using Cricut Cartridges are so cute! Who wouldn’t love Hogs and Kisses???
This pig is from the Animal Kingdom Cricut Cartridge and it goes perfectly with these stamps. The Hogs and Kisses stamp is in a set called Even More Punny-licious.
These polymer stamps mount to acrylic blocks making it easy to position the words right where you want them! Some brands of acrylic stamps don’t stick very well, but My Pink Stamper stamps are high quality acrylic that adhere to the acrylic blocks perfectly.
Happy Bee-lated Birthday Card
This bee makes a Bee-autiful card! It’s so cheery and bright and goes perfectly with the Happy Bee-lated Birthday sentiment from the Even More Punny-licious Stamp set. I keep finding more and more animals to use with these stamps! There is also a great bee on the Walk In My Garden Cricut Cartridge.
Cow Cricut Card – Thank You Card Using Create A Critter
Punny-licious Stamp Set from My Pink Stamper
Here is a list of the sayings on the Punny-licious Stamp Set.
- Bee-u-tiful
- Miss Ewe
- It’s your bird-day
- So cool
- Thank Ewe
- Stinkin’ Cute
- Hog Wild
- Udderly Amazing
- Sweet Chick
- Hello Foxy
- Super Tweet
- Toad-ally fabulous
- Bananas 4 you!
- You’re a Hoot!
- Nuts about you!
- Whooooooo loves you?
- Get Whale Soon
- What’s Up?
- Friends Fur-ever
- Dino-mite!
- Ruff day?
- Hoppy Birthday!
- You’re an animal
- Have a moo-velous day!
- Crab-u-lous
“Some-bunny Loves You!”
Using the Hello Kitty Cricut Cartridge
There are lots of Cricut Cartridges that have animals. All of them are great for using with the My Pink Stamper Punny-licious set. The Some-bunny Loves You! comes from the Even More Punny-licious set from My Pink Stamper and goes perfectly with the bunny sitting on Hello Kitty’s head.
The turtle is from the Walk In My Garden Cricut Cartridge. I could have also used the “Turtley Awesome” stamp.
More Punny-licious Stamp Set from My Pink Stamper
Here is a list of the sayings on the More Punny-licious Stamp Set.
- To my beary best friend!
- POODLES of laughter
- bear hugs
- You’re the Cat’s Meow
- Snappy Birthday
- Hang in there!
- Unfrog-getable
- I love moo!
- Snail Mail
- Best Fishes
- Have a mice day!
- Tons of fun!
- Have a tree-mendous day!
- Cool Cat
- You’re a deer
- Sorry, I froggot.
- Thank stinks!
- Take it easy
- Cow’s it going?
- Hippo Birthday
- Wool you be mine?
- We’ve Mooved!
- Hot Dog
- Get ’em tiger!
- Puppy Love
- Hay, neigh-bor!
- Purr-fect
Deer Card Using Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge
This cute deer came off of the Cricut Create A Critter Cartridge. The “you’re a deer” sentiment is from the More Punny-licious stamp set. What a sweet Thank You Card!
“Aww Nuts!”
Use the Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge
The Combination stamps and the Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge is an awesome duo for making cards. This fluffy tailed squirrel says “Aww Nuts!” It would make a cute belated birthday or get well card.
“Crab-u-lous!”
Since I live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, this is a popular card! The crabs and basket were made using the Pazzles Creative Cutter Pro, but there are also crabs on the Life is a Beach and Create a Critter Cartridges. The sentiments, In a Pinch and Crab-u-lous go perfectly with the crabs.
“Friends Fur-ever”
Friends Fur-ever can be used with all kinds of animals, but I think it’s really cute with this hedgehog.
Even More Punny-licious Stamp Set from My Pink Stamper
Here is a list of the sayings on the Even More Punny-licious Stamp Set.
- Turtley Awesome
- Happy Bee-lated Birthday
- Moo-chas Gracias!
- You’re a great catch
- I moose you!
- Yappy Birthday
- In a pinch?
- Oh Snap!
- Chick Power
- Fur-ever Family
- What’s Moo?
- Ewe are the best!
- You’re scent-sational!
- Some-bunny loves you!
- Awwww Nuts!
- Thanks FIN-TASTIC!
- paws-atively precious
- Hogs & Kisses
- Just Chicken in!
- thanksssss!
“Bananas 4 You” Monkey Card
This monkey swinging on the vine from the Create A Critter Cricut Cartridge is great for cards or scrapbook pages. I added a banana to the monkey’s hand and the saying Bananas 4 You! It turned out so cute! It can be a great Valentine’s Day Cricut Card or for a little boy’s birthday.
Cricut Card Using My Pink Stamper Stamp Set and Paper Doll Dress Up, Animal Kingdom, and Old West Cricut Cartridges
The Hay neigh-bor! is from the More Punny-licious stamp set. I love combining different cartridges to create Cricut Projects and cards. This one combines the cowboy and grass from the Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge, the fence from the Old West Cricut Cartridge, and the horses from the Animal Kingdom Cricut Cartridges.
Here are eleven more cards using My Pink Stamper stamps.
Handmade Christmas Cards
Handmade Christmas Cards Are Fun To Make!
Here are some Handmade Christmas Card Ideas for you to copy. I love making Handmade Christmas Cards. There are tons of rubber stamps and supplies to choose from.
I love when I visit family and friends later in the winter and they still have Christmas Cards handmade by me on display. It really makes the extra effort worth it.
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Cricut Birthday Cards
Making Cricut Birthday Cards is Easy!
Here are Cricut Birthday Cards to get your creative juices flowing. I love making birthday cards with my Cricut Machine. No matter which machine you have, you can get great results. The layering and all of the shapes on the different and in Cricut Design Space™ really make them stand out.
There are images perfect for kids and adults, feminine and masculine. Add patterned paper, a stamped sentiment, and a few embellishments like buttons or rhinestones, and you will have a fun Cricut Birthday Card that a friend or family member would love to receive.
Party Hat Cricut Birthday Card
I used the Party Hats on the Doodlecharms Cricut Cartridge and paper from Bo-Bunny Press to make this Cricut Birthday Card. I love the bright primary colors. This Cricut Birthday Card is perfect for a child or teen, a boy or girl. I added blue rhinestones for a little sparkle. The scalloped ovals were cut using Nestabilities and a Cuttlebug.
By using small amounts of the busy patterned paper and a more subtle dotted pattern, there is a nice balance with lots of texture. I also like to use dimensional dots or squares to pop some of the die cuts to add height.
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Masking Technique for Handmade Cards
This sponging and Masking Technique makes gorgeous backgrounds for handmade cards. You can try different color combinations to get different types of scenes like water, fields, and sunsets. This handmade card has a sunshine background with a silhouette stamped in black. The contrast of the black against the bright orange and yellow is very striking!
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Handmade Friendship Card
Today I have a handmade friendship card to share for my spot on the My Cricut Craft Room Design Team. It’s fun to send someone a card for no reason other than to thank them for being a friend and make them smile.
My Mom bought me the Country Life Cricut Cartridge last year for Christmas. Each year I put a few Cricut Cartridges on my wish list, and after Christmas, I treat myself to a couple with my Christmas money.
I don’t know why, but I haven’t used this cartridge much. It has some great die cuts on it, that I really like, but I guess I was always working on other themes.
While working on my Design Team Cards for My Cricut Craft Room, I saw that one of the themes was Girls. I picked that one right away, because I knew it would be easy! A few days later, I saw this watering can and flower on the Country Life Cricut Cartridge, and I knew that it was a perfect fit for the Girly theme.
How to make this Handmade Friendship Card
Supplies you will need:
- 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ white cardstock for the base
- 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of blue cardstock for a mat
- 5″ x 3 3/4″ piece of patterned paper for background
- 1 1/4″ – 1 1/2″ x 3 3/4″ piece of patterned or solid coordinating paper
- Border Punch
- 1″ “Smile” from the Walk In My Garden Cricut Cartridge
- 3 1/2″ Watering Can with Flower from the Country Life Cricut Cartridge
- Scrapbook adhesive
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Fold the 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2 card in half to make the card base.
- Attach the colored cardstock mat to the card base.
- Attach the patterned paper to the mat.
- Use the border punch to edge the strip of patterned paper. You can also use solid paper. The width of the paper will depend on how deep the border punch is. Some make a thin border, and other’s make a wide border.
- Add the strip with the punched borders to the bottom portion of the card leaving a 1/4″ space at the bottom.
- Add the watering can and flower and the “Smile”.
- I added turquoise Stickles glitter to the water coming from the watering can and a pink adhesive pearl to the center of the flower.
This is an easy card layout that can be use with any combination of patterned, solid, or embossed paper. You can use different Cricut die cuts and sentiments for any occasion. It’s so much fun surprising someone with a handmade friendship card. I hope you will make some too!
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World Card Making Day 2014
You know what they say about the best laid plans. I had big plans for World Card Making Day, which was yesterday, but my plans changed and I had a fun day helping my niece make a birthday present for her Dad. I started this post last week and intended on posting it yesterday. It’s never too late to celebrate though, so I’m posting it a day late.
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Did you know that October 4, 2014 is World Card Making Day? Started in 2006 by Paper Crafts Magazine as National Card Making Day, the enthusiasm and celebration of creativity spread world wide. It is celebrated on the first Saturday in October. That day was chosen as a time when crafters begin working on handmade cards for the holiday season. Paper Crafts Magazine started the unofficial holiday as a way for card makers to connect with family and friends to enjoy the hobby. Now other companies have joined in the celebration.
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Since I really need to make some cards, I asked my scrappy friends if they knew of any companies that were having Blog Hops, Challenges, or Contests. Special events always seem to get me motivated! Jackie with Kreate With Me 2 told me that Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps was having challenges. The great thing is that you have until October 12th to post your projects, so that gives me a week to work on cards. Go take a look at the challenge themes and prizes. They are really awesome, and you can use any brands of projects. Paper Crafts Magazine has free fonts listed on their blog and a contest that ends on Monday, October 6th at 5pm. All you have to do is comment on a post and you could be a winner! The World Card Making Day Website is giving away 15 HUGE prize packages to celebrate. Entries must be postmarked by October 14th. Their website also has information on how the holiday got started and the benefits of card making. Even though I didn’t get to make any cards yesterday, I’m hoping to get something accomplished this week. I hope you’re able to find the time for some craftiness of your own!
