Anna Griffin Christmas Kitsch Cards

October 19, 2014 5 Comments

Hi all,

I was asked about how I made these cards using Anna Griffin’s Christmas Kitsch cartridge and my Cricut.   First,  I have an expression so I use CCR.  On the bottom of CCR , there is a default setting of 2.5 for bringing all images to the mat.  I changed that to 5.5.  Then when I bring my images to the mat- they all will fit appropriately.   I first cut out the card base and then cut all the corresponding layers.  Next you assemble the layers.  After they are assembled and decorated, I attach the completed layer to the card base.  I haven’t added a sentiment to the inside of the cards yet.  So that will be my next step.

I hope this helps and feel free to ask me any questions.santa card kitsch20141018_194923 sleigh Kitsch card20141018_194935

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Cards for Operation Write Home

August 19, 2014 2 Comments

Hi all,

I have 50 cards ready to mail out to Operation Write Home.  They are all stamped with OWH stamp, tucked properly in their envelopes and ready for the troops to use.  I have included cards for birthdays, missing you, kids cards, thinking of you, love and thank you.

Here are pictures of some of the cards.

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Disney Box in a Card

February 20, 2014 4 Comments

Hi all.

20140219_180148 20140219_180200 20140219_180234 20140219_180255Today I made my first Box in a Card.  I used the Disney Mickey and Friends Cricut Cart.  I followed the design that Cara Miller posted for the box on her Let’s Learn Cricut Facebook page.  It is a closed group but if you are interested let me know so I can get you added. She provided the CCR file for the box and I was able to figure out the size of the images I wanted to add.  I cut most of the images at 2.5 inches. When it is closed it folds flat so you can put it in an envelope.  It was a lot of work but I made it for my grandson’s first birthday next week and he is worth all the effort!

I am also going to enter this in CARDZTV   3d birthday challenge.  I hope you all have a great day.

Filed Under: Birthday, Box in a Card, Cards for kids, CARDZTV stamps challenge, Challenges, Cricut, Mickey and Friends Cricut Cartridge Tagged With: , , , ,

Operation Write Home Free Card Class

September 12, 2013 Leave a Comment

Hi,

TBirthdayBashCardClass200oday starts a free card class provided by Operation Write Home.  Please check it out.

http://operationwritehome.org/cardclass

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Operation Write Home VCMP Final Challenge

September 3, 2013 Leave a Comment

Hi, The final challenge is to use a negative of a die or punch.

2013-08-13 07.58.13I used the negative cut of my shape on the butterfly paper and stamped my sentiment in the space created when I taped it onto my card. I used a Martha Stewart stamp for the butterfly, colored it with Tombow Dual Brush pens and hand cut it out.

 

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Mother’s Day Cards for OWH using Silhouette Cameo

March 15, 2013 3 Comments

Hi,

This is a quick post to show you some of the Mother’s Day  cards I have been working on for Operation Write Home.  I used my Silhouette Cameo and the print and cut feature to cut out the sentiment from their on-line store.  The tag was made using a My Creative Time die. The paper is from my stash.2013-03-15 09.57.412013-03-15 09.53.422013-03-15 09.52.50

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Operation Write Home Midweek Throwdown Winter Fun

November 30, 2012 Leave a Comment

2012-10-14 20.00.41This week OWH challenged us to make Winter themed cards that are fun for our heroes to send home
to their family and friends! I made both of these cards using the Cricut Very Merry Tags cartridge.  I had a lot of fun using this cartridge and plan on making several other cards from the cuts on it.  I used a little liquid pearl to add a bit of pop to the snowflake and his eyes.  The second card is a try fold card. I used my cuddlebug snowflake folder for the background.  I made the button with a Martha Stewart punch. The sentiment on the first card is a Fiskars stamp.

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I plan on making a few more of these to include in my box of cards to OWH.

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OWH Sketch Challenge #143 with Tonic Studios!

October 22, 2012 4 Comments

Operation Write Home along with Tonic Studios has challenged us to create a card for our Troops using sketch #143.

Here’s the sketch…

I decided to create a card with a winter theme. I used Close To My Heart Artiste Cricut cartridge for the snowflakes and the coordinating winter stamp for the sentiment.  I used cuddlebug snowflake embossing folder for the background.  I highlighted the embossed snowflakes with Tim Holtz embossing ink. I added liquid pearls to the snowflake to give it a little dimension and sparkle.  I embellished the bow with a crystal from Megan Elizabeth | Above Rubies Studio

I love the blue and white colors together. The card measures 4.25 by 5.50.

Comments are always welcome.

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Operation Write Home Blog Hop

October 6, 2012 45 Comments

I made these cards for Operation Write Home’s blog hop. We were to use a winter theme to make cards that our heroes could use to send home to their love ones.  The first one is made using  Close to My Heart winter sentiment and snowflakes from the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. I used liquid pearls to decorate the snowflakes and the ink was one of Megan’s little juicy stamp pads from Above Rubbies Studio.  I love the way the colors match. I added a little stickles to the bottom snowflake and popped up the sentiment and center snowflake to add demension.

The second card was made using the same cartridge and stamp set.  Only this time I used the OWH sketch 139 as my inspiration.  The pattern paper is from Recollections.  I used the liquid pearls again to add demension and sparkle and popped up the center snowflake.

I hope you are enjoying the card hop. Please consider joining us in making cards for our heroes. It is our way of saying thankyou and letting them know we care.  Feel free to leave a comment. I love reading them.

Visit  to our blog, Stars and Stamps:

http://operationwritehome.org/starsandstamps

or for this hop’s post go to

http://wp.me/p2kUr6-2bxp

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OWH sketch challenge 139

September 24, 2012 2 Comments

I made this card for Operation Write Home

OWH sketch challenge #139

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sketch challenge #139. I used cricut cartridge Elegant Edges for the background cut and for the sentiment tag. The paper is from Recollections fall pack.

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