Time To Celebrate..Happy Birthday

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It has been awhile since I have posted on my blog. Today I am sharing a birthday card using a Cut and Emboss die that I recently purchased. Card is 5" x 6 1/2".

Anna Griffin Corner Pocket Dies - The white corner pocket is cut and embossed using my Cuttlebug machine. This set includes three dies. This die set is made for the Empress Embossing machine, but I have now cut and embossed two of the dies. The third die is too large for the Cuttlebug. Does that mean that I will have to buy an Empress?

Cricut Cartridges:

Insert Shape: 

Card is cut 10" wide x 6.5" high from white cardstock. Yellow patterned paper is cut 4.75" wide x 6.25" high.

Anna's Window Box Cards - Time to Celebrate is cut 1.715" wide x 3.25" high. Two of the yellow roses with the small blue flowers are cut 2.153" wide x 2.75" high with one cut using flip feature. Middle rose is cut smaller, but I did not record size.

Anna's Vintage Florals - Iris is cut 2.89" wide x 4" high.

Anna's Soiree Lettering - Butterfly is 1.75" wide x .831" high.

Inside of Card!

Anna's Gracious Giftables  - Rose Boutonniere. Two of the yellow flowers are used inside card.

Anna's Lovely Layered Cards - Happy Birthday to You is written with the Cricut Bluebonnet pen on a  3.75" wide x 4" high white cardstock.

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for your visits and comments!

Challenges:
Die Cuttin Divas  - Embossing
Double D Challenges - Birthday
Simply Create Too   - Ch 151 July Pattern Paper
The Sisterhood of Crafters   -  Birthday

Fantastic Flip Card 10

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Today I am sharing another card in the Fantastic Flipcards series. This is the tenth card. Each of the cards has an unique shaped front opening. There can be so many varying looks with this card style by using different colors, papers and images! Yellow patterned/solid yellow double-sided papers are from Anna Griffin. Colorbok white and Recollections blue papers are also used on card. Card measures 5" wide x 7" high.

Cricut Cartridges: 

Anna Griffin Fantastic Flipcards

After Card #M16580F1 was brought into Cricut Design Space, I ungrouped card and envelope images and then deleted the envelope. I usually use purchased A7, 5.25" x 7.25" envelopes for these cards. Card is sized to 10.94" wide x 6.969" high.

Frames for the inside flip - 2 blue frames are cut 2.385" wide x 4.091" high. 2 white shapes are cut 2.018" wide x 3.924" high. Sentiments are written on the white shapes with the Cricut Midnight pen.

Corners are Print and Cut images sized 1.75" wide x 1.777" high. I cut 4 images with 2 cut on flip.

Anna's Gracious Giftables - Yellow Rose Boutonniere is cut 1.866" wide x 3.111" high. I cut 2 with one cut on reverse. These are used on upper front of card and inside of card. A smaller rose is cut 0.891" wide x 1.486" high and placed on Thinking of You Mat.

Yellow roses cut 2.436" wide x 3.111" high and placed on lower left of card.

 

Anna's Elegant Embellishments 2 - Love is cut 2.5" wide x 1.739" high. 

Inside of card lying flat.

Backside of card lying flat.

I am pleased with the results of this card. Hope you enjoy!

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Challenges:

Cute Card Thursday  - Ch. 580 Anything Goes

Die Cuttin' Divas   -  Ch. 418 Anything Goes

DL.ART -      May Linky

 

Fantastic Flip Card 9 Congratulations

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I have a Flip Card to share with you today. Papers are from Anna Griffin Pastel Meadow pack. Card measures 5" x 7".

Cricut Cartridges: 

Anna's Fantastic Flip Cards - Oval Card #M165847A is cut 11.049" wide x 6.919" high from the double-sided floral and solid Anna Griffin paper.

Large solid pink oval and outside patterned oval are each cut 3.295" wide x 4.58" high. Measurement for the three layers of the smaller oval on front of card are 2.413" wide x 3.589" high. Also the ovals inside the card are cut at same size. Pink and green banner is cut 2.5" wide x 1.226" high.

Sentiments are written on the ovals with the Cricut Midnight pen.

Butterflies are Print and Cut images. These were in my stash of print and cut images and I failed to record size. Two larger butterflies are cut with one on reverse. The two are glued together so that when card is opened, the butterfly is seen.

Anna's Gracious Giftables - Congratulations banner is Print and Cut image and cut 3.75" wide x 1.297" high. Larger pink rose flower cut 1.865" wide x 3.11" high. Smaller flower cut .75" wide.

 Inside of card.

Showing flip side of oval.

I enjoy working with the Flip Cards and always like the results! Hope you enjoy too!

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Challenges:

Cut It Up     -  Butterflies and Bugs

D.L.ART     - April Linky

My Time To Craft   -  Ch 395 Spring Flowers

Card for a Red Hat Lady

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Time to have a little fun with Red and Purple! I wanted to make a card for a Red Hat Lady. The pretty dark purple paper reverses to a light purple and works well for me. It is from The Paper Company and I purchased it a long time ago at a clearance price. Red paper is Recollections.

Cricut Cartridges:

Anna's Gracious Giftables - Teapot Holder is cut 17.73" wide x 10.6" high. This is the size recommended on Anna's blog which also includes a gift card image for the inside and a band to go around the card. This makes a large teapot, about 7 3/4" wide. I will size down the teapot image when I make it again. Red Roses are print and cut...size is 3.25" wide. I cut two with one image on flip. I did not record the size of the smaller roses used inside the card.

Anna's Lovely Layered Cards 2 --Tag is cut 1.837" wide x 3"high.

Anna's Lovely Layered Cards -- Happy Birthday Friend is written with the Cricut Midnight pen on the above mentioned tag.

Anna's Elegant Embellishments 2 -- Tag is cut 4.5" wide x 3.065" high. This is used inside the card.

Anna's Flourish Cards and Embellishments - Special Day Sentiment is written with the Midnight pen on inside tag.

I cut two lid images to have one for the backside. I used Cuttlebug Anna Griffin Woven Diamonds folder for the embossing.

Red Crinkle Ribbon from DL.ART is used to tie the sentiment tag on the teapot. Thanks Diana for the pretty ribbons!

Backside of Card.

Inside of card.

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for your visits and comments!

Challenges:

Always Fun Challenges - Ch.59 Anything Goes

BBTB2  -  May Flowers

CARDZ TV  -  Ch. 47 Anything Goes

DL.ART  -  Ch. 228 Birthday

Celebrate/Birthday

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Wow! We have received snow twice in January. The temperature has been below freezing for the past couple of days. This is quite unusual for my area. While the snow is pretty, I do not like cold weather! A good time to stay in and play with the Cricut! With several recently purchased Anna Griffin cartridges, I have been staying busy.

Cricut Cartridges:

Anna's Ribbons and Bows - This is first time to play with this cartridge. The bow card is found in the Cricut Make it Now section. It is cut 9.991" wide x 7.021" high without the envelope. Patterned papers are from Anna's collections. Other papers are white Colorbok and Recollections pink paper. My bow is cut 4" wide x 2.054" high...not as large as shown in directions. 

Anna's Splendid Soiree - Mandrin Tag is cut 2.226" wide x .694" high.

Anna's Gracious Giftables Bonus Content - Celebrate is written with the Cricut midnight pen on the tag. I added the tag to my card--it is not shown on the Make It Now card.

Inside the card:

Anna's Sophisticated  Soiree  - Flourish Label is cut 4.5" wide x 2.847" high from the white paper.

Anna's Lovely Layered Cards 2 - Happy Birthday to You is written on the flourish label using the midnight pen.

Inside of card.

I like the way this turned out! Of course, it has pinks! Hope you enjoy!

Thanks for your visits and comments! 

Challenges:

Always Happy Birthday - January pink base

BBTB2 - Birthday Cards

CARDZ TV  - Ch. 30 Anything Goes

DL.ART - January Linky

FCCB - Ch. 317 Something New

Die Cuttin' Divas Ch. 334 - 3D, Shaker, or Shape

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Today begins another fun challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas. Ch. 334 is all about 3D, Shaker, or Shape! I am playing with a fun shaped card image from a recently purchased Cricut cartridge. Papers are from Anna Griffin Floral Cardstock.

Cricut Cartridges:

Anna's Gracious Giftables - Coin Purse Holder is cut 17.61" wide x 9.581" high. This size includes the band that wraps around the holder. With Love is written with the Cricut Midnight pen on a 3" wide x 1.25" rectangle. 

Anna's Fancy Flips Card Making Kit and Cuttin' Dies - The purple flower was in the recently purchased kit.

A crinkle ribbon bow completes the card.

 

This can be used for a gift card or cash. I will add a sentiment to the inside before giving the card to the recipient.

Inside of the card.

 

Please visit Die Cuttin' Divas to view the pretty projects made by our design team. For more information on the projects, visit our individual blogs. We look forward to seeing your projects!

 

Thanks for your visits and comments!

Challenges:

CARDZ TV - Ch. 12 Anything Goes

DL.ART - September Linky

Die Cuttin' Divas - Ch. 320 Sketch

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Can you believe it is already June! Time seems to be flying! Today begins a new challenge at Die Cuttin' Divas. For Ch. 320, we have a pretty sketch for you to use on your project!

My card measures 5" x 7" and is cut from white Colorbok cardstock. Other papers are left over papers from previous projects. 

Cuttlebug:

Anna Griffin Modern Vines folder is used on the green paper. The embossing adds pretty detail to the paper.

Swiss Dots folder is used on the white circle mat.

Cricut Cartridges:

Anna's Vintage Florals  - Sunflower on front of card is printed and cut at 1.83" high x 2.58" wide. Extra sunflower was cut for the inside but I failed to record the size. I love the flowers on this cartridge!

Anna's Gracious Giftables - With Love is printed with the Cricut Midnight pen on a 2.25" wide x .736 high purple paper.

Ribbons and Rosettes - Circle Accent is cut 3.50" wide x 3.47" high. I aligned the circles on the green paper and hand trimmed the excess off.

Inside the card--

Anna's Fantastic Flip Cards - Sentiment is printed with the Midnight pen on an inserted 4.083" square. I just purchased this cartridge. Cartridges were out of stock on HSN when I tried to purchase. I was happy to see the cartridge is now available through Cricut!

Recollections gemstones are added to the side of card.

Inside the card.

Visit Die Cuttin' Divas to see all the pretty projects made by the design team using the sketch. For more information and details about our projects, please visit our individual blogs. Now it is your turn to play along with us. Hope you enjoy playing with the sketch. Remember you must include a die cut!

Hope you enjoy this card! Thanks for your visits and comments!

Challenges:

CARDZ TV  - Mailbox Smiles Anything Goes Ch. 2

Crafting from the Heart  - Ch. 162 Anything Goes

DL.ART  -  June Linky

Pause Dream Enjoy - Ch. 175 Anything Goes

Sunny Day Crafting - June Ch. Tic Tac Toe I used flowers, die cuts, embossing.

Happy Graduation

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School is quickly coming to an end for this year. I know the kids and teachers are happy! I needed a few graduation cards for family and friends. I was happy to play with a new Cricut cartridge.

Papers are Recollections and Colorbok.

Cricut Cartridges:

Anna's Gracious Giftables - Graduation Holder and envelope are cut 18.67" wide x 10.499" high.

Congratulations is a print and cut image that is cut at 2.25" wide x .778" high.

A Little Something is printed on an inserted shape that measures 3.5" wide x 3" high. I used a Precise Pilot V5 red pen in my Cricut Explore for the writing. I will hand write a personal message. A gift card or cash can be inserted in the little red pocket.

Recess - Grad Hat is cut 3" wide x 1.854" high. This image is used on the envelope.

For a bit more detail, I added some dash marks with a Gelly Roll pen on the front of the card.

 Inside the gift card holder.

 

Card and envelope.

Challlenges:

BBTB2    - Graduation 

DL.ART -  Ch. 204 Graduation

CARDZ TV  - Mailbox Smiles Anything Goes Ch. 2

Hope you enjoy! Thanks for your visits and comments!