A Quick Card

Shhhhh! Don't tell him, but DH's birthday is coming up soon! I made him this card, using Everyday Pop-Up cards by Cricut. I like this cartridge, this is my fourth card, but this one was definitely the easiest!!





Supplies:

Cricut cartridge: Everyday Pop-up Cards
Cardstock: all from my bits-and-pieces left overs!
Stamp: Autumn Leaves "Light the Candles"
Embossing Powder: Stampendous! Winter Wonderland Opaque

Everyday Pop-up Cards: Get Well Spoon!

I know there's a lot of trouble with this new Cricut cartridge, but I love it. I really do. I'm mechanical and spacial, so the challenge of no instructions is almost like a test. The Birds card was an easy one; the coffee cup was more of a trick! I hope you like what I did, and while I haven't made a video of it, you might be able to get the idea from the pictures. Thanks for visiting, and please comment if you like my work!



The coffee cup assembly comes with what looks like a random rectangular cut (also on the cupcake assembly). I sat with this for days, and ended up building the cup without it. After I assembled it, I realized that the rectangle was meant to be inside the coffee cup, to support the "coffee" and "steam" lid. Here's what it looks like with the lid off:



When the card folds, the internal support pulls the lid down and everything lays flat. Without it, the lid does not fully push up when the card is open:



Supported, the lid is slightly lower than the top of the mug, as though it really was an almost-full cup of coffee:



This really is a lovely design!




My measurements:
Standard A2 card (4.25"x5.5")
Coffee cup on front (base) cut at 3"
Phrase on front cut at 2"
Coffee cup inside (pop-up) cut at 3"

Suggestions: I feel that the coffee cup pop-up could likely be cut larger, at 3.5" or even 4". There's lots of room on the inside. However, at 3" it was not particularly hard to assemble if you could figure out all the bits. :-)

I hope that helps with a visual of what it should look like! I think this cartridge is really interesting, and I can't wait to give this card!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lovebirds: Everyday Pop Up Cards

I'm very excited to get a new cartridge from Cricut, called Everyday Pop Up Cards. It's lovely, but sadly does not come with operating instructions! LOL. The "pop up" part is a little confusing, and since it's so new, there are very few tutorials. I made this card for my dad and his new wife with the intention of doing a photo tutorial, but honestly these things need a video! So, another day I'll try a different card and make a new video. However, there are quite a few different ways to assemble the pop-ups, with most cards having both an icon-type pop-up and a phrase pop-up, and each might be assembled/attached differently. I guess it's trial and error until Cricut puts out some instructions!

Anyhow, here's my card:



Here's the inside pop-up. Very cute, but a little hard to see in the photo, since it's white-on-white. The birds have dimensional wings, and the whole heart pops forward:



The attachment points on the back of the heart, and a view of the dimensional wings:



This was one of the cuts, but I simply couldn't figure out how to make it work correctly. The cuts on this key are for the heart, one bird, 2 wings, and a bird on a long tab. It's clear that the birds assemble into the heart where there are slits, but I'm not sure how to get the long tab to work so that the bird is "hovering" over the other. Perhaps I cut it too big??? So, I ditched that bird and recut the other in reverse, and attached him instead. I'm just as happy with the result.



A view, looking at the opened card, from another angle. Hard to see the white-on-white dimensional birds, but they do look great in person!



I think this cartridge is great, but I might wait for further instructions before I attempt some of these cards! However, very creative and I love the idea!

My Sheri Crafts -- Get Well Soon!

How appropriate! My littlest helper, "Wiggles", is almost three and on Friday night became quite ill. She vomited all over her daddy and again on me. Poor little one. As I write this, she's asleep on the floor, lying on a towel, beside me. She doesn't want to move, just stay close by.

Funny enough, our challenge on My Sheri Crafts this week is "Get Well Soon" and I made this card:





I like the cuts, from Just Because cricut cartridge, but I LOVE the ribbon detail. It was inspired by the paper weaving our kids do in school, but is a nice touch I think!

Make sure you enter your card (or other craft) in My Sheri Crafts blog this week!

Have a great weekend, and safe Halloween!

Breast Cancer Card

Run for the Cure

This week's My Sheri Crafts challenge is Think Pink for Breast Cancer. I made this card:



Instructions: Download and cut card sneaker.svg from the download box at the bottom of this post. Cut card base at 10.5" wide on dark pink. Cut proportional top layer in light pink. Chalk all edges with Pebbles Inc chalk. Layer and adhere. For most of my paper product, I use an ATG gun, especially with cards where I want it to stick and not move!

To make the awareness paper ribbon: cut a strip of paper 3/8" wide. Fold twice to create the ribbon shape, then trim ends on a sharp angle. Adhere together, then add a gem to the middle.



The following download box has access to all the cards I've made SVGs for. This one is the "card sneaker.svg" Enjoy!





Please make sure to enter your creation at My Sheri Crafts to have a chance at a great prize!

Thinking of You

My very fabulous and great good friend and colleague is undergoing treatment for Melanoma. I desperately hope for a good outcome for her! She's such an inspiration to me with her quiet grace, dignity and faith. This one's for her:







Now, hop on over to MySheriCrafts blog and post your "thinking of you" creation for a chance to win!

Supplies:
Both Sentiment and Loopy border from Bird's Cards
Nestabilities Scalloped Square, Circle and Petite Scalloped Circle
JustRite Stampers: 1 3/16" Tiny Words Borders & Centers Set
Colorbox black inkpad
Pebbles Ink Chalk Shimmer
Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder
White cardstock
Pop Dot adhesive, ATG adhesive

Instructions:

1. Trim cardstock to 10" x 5". Score at 5" and fold to create card.
2. Cut one 4.5" x 4.5" white cardstock and emboss with Swiss dots folder. Adhere to base card.
3. Cut Loopy border 4.25" square. Adhere to base with pop dots.
4. Print sentiment on cardstock. Cut with square nestabilities. Adhere to Loopy border with pop dots. Colour Cala Lily with Pebbles chalk.
5. Stamp interior sentiment with JustRite stampers. Cut with circle nestie. Cut coordinating petite scalloped nestie. Chalk edges. Adhere together and to interior of card.
6. Enjoy!

I'd love to SEA you!

This week's challenge at My Sheri's Crafts is "Missing You". I made this little card, to send to a dear friend that I haven't seen lately:







Supplies:
Solid cardstock
Pebbles Chalk
Cricut cartridge: Create a Critter and Life is a Beach
Adhesive
Joy's Life stamps: Lots of pun

Instructions:

Cut card base was cut from Life is a Beach. All other cuts were from Create a Critter.
Assemble sea life, then chalk all edges to create depth.
Layer and assemble.

Now, hop on over to My Sheri Crafts blog and enter your creation! Remember to use my coupon code las-cricut to get 10% off purchases of over $25. She still have the best deal on ATG-50s and her Pebbles Chalk prices are great too!

Day 3 Joy's Life.com Give-A-Way

Well, it's been a crazy busy summer already for me -- we've been away camping for almost the entire month of July! But, I'm back, and with a give-away!

In June I was a guest designer for Joy's Life for her cute stamps, Lots of Pun. She's now going to give one of my readers a set of these great acrylic stamps! Hurray! They are a great match for Create a Critter cricut cartridge, but I recently got Live Simply and I adore the little bunny. He reminds me of the jack-rabbits that live around my house that are just a little insane looking! So, I made this card to celebrate a friend's birthday:



For the stamp blog candy, please leave a comment on this post. You don't have to follow, but I do need a way to get a hold of you if you win :-) Winner will be chosen by random.org on Monday August 2, 9 am (MDT). The lucky winner will receive their stamps via 1st Class in the US and Internationally or Priority Mail and this give-away is open to international entries. Here's the whole stamp set from Joy's Life:



So, quick! Leave a comment!

Spinner card

I'm not normally a card maker, but I do like these cute Spinner cards. Here's my take on this fun little card, along with a SVG for download and a mini-tutorial!



Supplies:
Monarch stamp set by Inque Boutique ("flutter")
Gemstone Insects stamp set by Inkadinkado (butterfly)
Dotted Wave punch by EKSuccess
Wild Raspberry cardstock K&Co
White, cream and light green cardstock
Brown and orange ink pads by Versacolor
Pebbles chalk
2 pennies
3D Dots double-sided adhesive foam
Glossy Accents
spinner card overlay.svg
Plantin Cricut Cartridge

Instructions:


1. Cut the cream cardstock 5.5" by 8.5", score at 4.25" and fold in half, making an A2 card. Set aside.

2. Cut the Spinner card overlay using "card spinner overlay.svg", or create a spinner opening with punches and scissors. Ink edges in brown. Trim bottom of overlay with Dotted Wave punch. Line up on cream card base (but do not attach!), then stamp sentiment on the cream showing through window.



3. Cut grass border from Plantin cricut cartridge, size 5.5" x 1.2" in light green. Cut grass/flower border size 5.5" x 2.2" in white. Ink edges. Using chalk, colour flowers. Glue grass on top of grass/flower border. Punch bottom edge with Dotted Wave punch. Glue on spinner card overlay. Set aside.

4. Stamp butterfly in orange ink on white cardstock. Trim. Cover in Glossy Accents. Allow to dry.



5. Assemble spinner assembly: Using a square foam dot, stick two pennies together in the middle. Using another foam dot, stick butterfly to pennies.






6. Using 9 foam dots, attach spinner card overlay on cream card base.

7. Gently bend spinner card base slightly and insert spinner assembly. Overlay opening should be between the two pennies.



8. Slide and enjoy!