Stamping and Scrapbooking

How To Make A Mothers Day Card Full Of Flowers

Suzie — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:43:47 +0000

Flower your mother with love by making this colorful MOM card for Mother’s Day!

This card was inspired by this great package of flowers: Color Me Crazy by Petaloo.

There are 80 flowers in the package, in 2 sizes: 1/2″ and 1″.

The flowers all have white petals and a variety of colored jewel centers.

When I bought them, I thought they had adhesive on them — like stickers — but they don’t. So you will need to use your own adhesive, like I did.

Handmade Easter Card Idea: How To Make A Peek-A-Boo Easter Card

Suzie — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:34:26 +0000

This fun spotted Easter egg has a cute little surprise inside!

Here’s how you can make your own peekaboo Easter card…

DIY Easter Card = A Bunny + A Peek-a-boo Egg

I started with the little 3-inch bunny which I cut on my Cricut Expressions using the Doodlecharms cartridge.

DIY Birthday Card Tutorial: How To Make A Simple Belated Birthday Card

Suzie — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:58:15 +0000

You would think a card-making girl such as myself would be on top of birthdays and never be late with a card.

But you would be wrong!

Here is a cute Belated Birthday card that I now keep on hand for missed birthdays.

Making The Outside Of This Card

The base for the card is purple cardstock (8.5″x9″), folded for a vertical card.

The 3 sky pieces are from a 12×12 piece of cloud paper, 2.5″x3.5″ each. I like that the clouds make it look like the turtle is actually moving, as the sky changes in each view.

Using my Cricut Expression, I cut 3 slices of grass at 1.5″ (1 for the inside) from the Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge. I cut each side edge straight before covering the bottom edge of each square of sky.

The turtles are from the Walk in My Garden cartridge, 1.5″ each and I cut 4. (I realized too late that I only needed 3 turtles, since I planned to cut one in half.)

I placed the turtles as you see in the picture.

For my card, I used 3 different shades of green cardstock for the turtle and the grass, but you could use any colors you like for the turtle.

And finally on the front, the yellow cardstock in the corner of the bottom square is a preview of the inside.

Making The Inside Of This Card

For the inside of the card, I used the rest of the 12×12 sky piece, cutting it into two 4″x8″ pieces.

I did it this way (in 2 pieces instead of one solid piece) because I often have trouble with the way a card folds if I glue one piece on top of another and then fold it.

I have also tried to glue the inside piece while it is folded (instead of open and flat), but it still pulls or pinches and does not fold properly. So I avoid that problem by leaving the fold with just the base paper.

Of course I may be biased, but I think it looks pretty good this way!

The inside pieces are all cut from my Cricut:

Balloons: Stretch Your Imagination cartridge - one at 3″ and one at 4″
Snail: Walk in My Garden cartridge – 1/2″
Happy Birthday letters: Plantin Schoolbook cartridge – roly poly 1″
Belated letters: Plantin Schoolbook cartridge – roly poly 1/2″

I created banners for each set of letters and secured them to the sky.

Next, I added the turtle, snail, and balloons.

Using a Sharpie thin black marker, I drew the ropes for the banners, leading down to the snail and turtle. I wish I had used thread or something dimensional for the ropes, but I couldn’t figure out how to secure it to the paper with confidence. I’ll work on that for my next one!

And, finally, a bit of humor…”It’s the snail’s fault” says the turtle. “Is not” replies the snail.

I made the envelope from a 12×12 piece of paper with colorful stripes, using this method.

I plan to make several of these in different colors and sizes, for any future missed birthdays!

More DIY Belated Birthday Card Ideas

Make Your Own Valentine’s Day Cards: 2 Super Quick & Easy Valentine Card Ideas!

Suzie — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:47:13 +0000

I’m not sure how every holiday seems to sneak up on me, but here I am again, right before Valentine’s day scrambling to get this year’s Valentine cards put together!

So after scrounging around in my sticker box, I came up with 2 different versions of an easy but super cute Valentine card.

Here’s how to make your own Valentine’s Day cards in a hurry…

How To Make The Yellow Valentine Car
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Repurposed Gift Tags: DIY Christmas Card Ideas

Suzie — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:23:35 +0000

These quick and easy Christmas cards are made from glittery gift tags that I bought after Christmas last year.

Along with some scraps of glitter cardstock, I’m ready to bling out the holiday!

Here’s how I made my own Christmas gift cards (which could also be used as custom gift tags) this year…

DIY Wedding Card Tips + Step By Step Instructions

Suzie — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:55:16 +0000

This is a fun wedding card to make!

The idea started with some Jolee’s Boutique stickers that I had on hand:

My plan was for this to be a simple card for a purple-themed wedding with just some stickers on paper and maybe a ribbon. That alone would be a cute card!

But… I decided to add a little flair.

Handmade Wedding Card Details

You can see here that the stickers alone are classy and make a nice card.

While looking through my Cricut cartridge books, I found a background that looks like a lace doily and decided to see what it would add to my card. The cartridge is Wild Card – an item called Birthday, cut on the Icon setting while in shift, at 5″, on white cardstock.

Back to the beginning…

Reviews Of Cricut Machines, Cricut Cartridges & Cricut Accessories: Tips For Newbies

Suzie — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:02:43 +0000

Now that you have your Cricut, you’ll want to know about all of the great accessories that are available to use with it.

While the bare minimums that you need are a cartridge, spatula, cutting mat, and paper, you will see that some of the optional accessories will definitely assist your creativity.

So let the fun begin…

Here’s a rundown of all the great ‘stuff’ that will make your Cricut machine even better!

Cricut Machines

We’ve already posted reviews for 2 of the Cricut machines: the original Cricut Personal Cutter and the Cricut Expression.

In addition to those, there are several other Cricut cutting machines, plus 1 handheld design tool that I’ll quickly summarize for you:

Glitter Card Ideas: DIY Sparkle Cards For Any Occasion

Suzie — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:30:06 +0000

These 3 colorful sparkle cards are super easy to make.

I used images cut from my Cricut Expression and Stickles glitter glue in primary colors.

I used them as Birthday cards, but you could use any sentiment on the inside (Happy Summer, Get Well Soon, Thinking of You), or even leave the inside blank.

See how I made each of these fun sparkle cards…

First, The Paper

All of the paper is 12″x12″ or 8.5″x11″ Recollections cardstock.

DIY Handmade Dad Card – A Unique Father’s Day Card Or Birthday Card For Dad

Suzie — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:50:39 +0000

Want to make a fun card for Dad’s special day?

This unique card for Dad is sure to let him know how much you care. It could be used as a Father’s Day card or a Birthday card for Dad.

I made it using my Cricut Expression and Design Studio, but you could make a similar Dad card without using those tools.

Here’s how…

Mom, You’re The Best: A Handmade Mother’s Day And Birthday Card Idea

Suzie — Sun, 06 May 2012 18:29:30 +0000

For this Mother’s Day card (which could also be used as a Birthday card), I used up some star-shaped letter embellishments that I have been wanting to use.

Mine are made of a thin silver metal with a hole punched in it for an eyelet. They came in a kit complete with 100 silver stars and 100 silver eyelets.

You can achieve the same effect with a star punch and letter stickers — which might actually be better, because you can make paper stars especially to match your project.