This graduation gift card can easily be customized for any of the graduates in your life. My choice of colors will honor a graduate from Ball State University. You can use the colors of your choice. The Basic Layers … [Read more...]
How To Make Cards From Pages In A Scrapbooking Calendar …Like These 3 Easter Cards
I have 2 Easy Scrapbooking Calendars that I picked up on sale several years ago. Whenever I need a quick and easy card, I check out these pages. They are designed to be used on scrapbook pages, as embellishments or photo borders. They are also perfect for making cards! Six pages from the 2006 calendar were designed to coordinate for Easter or Spring scrapbook pages. I used them to make these 3 cards, and I have enough pieces leftover to make 1 or 2 more. Here are pictures of the Easter … [Read more...]
How To Make 2 Pink Flower Cards (…For Mother’s Day Or Birthday Cards)
These cards were both made using the Walk in My Garden cartridge on my Cricut Expression. Here is an excellent video describing how to use the card feature on this cartridge (thank you My Pink Stamper!): The Paper Sets The Tone For starters, let's talk about the paper used with both of these cards. I love this pink flower paper and thought it was perfect for this card style. I paired it with pink and green … [Read more...]
DIY Sweethearts Candy Card With Conversation Hearts: A Fun Valentine Card!
The punched out hearts from this Valentine card I made earlier reminded me of conversation candy hearts and inspired this Valentine candy box card. I used the extra small heart punch by The Paper Studio. It creates hearts very close to the size of the actual Sweethearts candies. Using this picture of the Sweethearts candy box as a guide, I made my very own box of candy hearts for the cover of this handmade Valentine card! … [Read more...]
Easy Valentine Card Ideas: How To Make Fun Cards Using Leftover Paper Scraps
I am determined to use my scrap papers in more of my cards this year. This card is an easy example that can be used for any type of card just by changing the punch. I used the largest piece of scrap paper for the base of each card. The cream card is 6" x 4-1/4" when folded and the purple is 7-1/4" x 4-1/4". See how I made both of these Valentine cards using only a heart punch, alphabet stamps, and leftover paper scraps... Instructions For The Cream … [Read more...]
How To Make A Super Cute Christmas Tree Card Using A Fun Sticker & Some Punches
When I saw this cute reindeer sticker at Hobby Lobby, I knew he belonged on a Christmas card. I pictured him peeking in on my Christmas day, and now you can too. The same could be done for any type of character sticker. I call this my reindeer Christmas peekaboo card... … [Read more...]
Handmade Christmas Card Idea + DIY Gift Tags Using Leftover Paper Scraps
Okay, confession time. This is not the card I had in mind when I bought these sheets of Christmas phrases. This card is actually better, but it took me awhile to get there! I wanted to have all the phrases on the front of the card, highlighted by green and burgundy paper, with the phrase 'Tis the Season on the inside. Once I got ready to cut the paper, I could see the card would have to be huge to fit the size of the letters. So, onto Plan B... How To Make This … [Read more...]
How To Make A Rainbow Colored Thank You Card Or Birthday Card
This card was inspired by one I saw on the Cricut Community Message Board, where I get lots of good ideas. Using my Cricut Expression, I cut this figure from the Accent Essentials cartridge at 1.25 inches in each color of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. I played around with different ways to arrange the pieces -- interlocking them, overlapping them end-to-end, or just laying them on top of one another. I also tried out different background … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday Handmade Ice Cream Card Instructions
I've had an idea for a trick double scoop ice cream cone card, and here it is. At first glance, it just looks like a regular ice cream cone. Then you pull up on the cherry and -- surprise -- you see a second scoop! How To Make The Scoops Of Ice Cream … [Read more...]
DIY Handmade Cheerleader Card Instructions
2... 4... 6... 8... Who do you appreciate? Let her know with this adorable cheerleader card! I made this card entirely from my Cricut Expression machine, using Plantin Schoolbook for the words, and my new favorite cartridge -- Everyday Paper Dolls -- for everything else. That cartridge cuts out so many things! See a sample of the items included. (You can even request to see more!) … [Read more...]
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