My 10 year old son has a friend with a birthday in February. Ezekiel asked me to make a Marvel themed birthday card. My mind immediately went to color theme. I googled Marvel colors and then went from the there. The super man die cut is from cricut DS and the stamp set is something I had in my stash. I really liked how the card turned out and I especially love personalizing cards.
This card went to my second daughter. She saw a tiktok years ago of a little girl saying "it's frickin' bats" "i love halloween"
She's also a fan of gnomes. When I found this image in Cricut DS I knew I had to make a card. I used an embossing folder from Whimsy. I used glossy accents and stickles to add shimmer and shine to the card. Of course, I used design space to make a custom sentiment. I loved how this turned out and she really enjoyed it too.
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Yes, I made those flowers....again....time consuming, but so worth it and so beautiful. My friend needed a card to say goodbye and congratulations all in the same card, so this is what I came up. It's a 5x7 easel card. You know how I love an easel card...it's a goto for me. The soft colors are a great backdrop for the darker flower focals. I dipped into my stash for some acetate butterflies that just so happened to match my color scheme. I added some vellum leaves cut from my cricut (while simultaneously mutilating two pieces of vellum in the process. I need to use a new mat) I had some mint pops of color to embellish the card. The inside of the card features a favorite bible verse (fitting this particular occasion) from Stamp simply store. I also added another acetate butterfly. My oval dies are an old set from Spellbinders and I used 5x7 stitched rectangle dies for all the other papers. The paper collection comes from an old kit from crafter's companion that I purchased at Tuesday Mornings about four years ago. Hope you enjoy this beautiful card.
I love to add personal touches to a card. I think it just makes it a little more special. I had the opportunity to make a card for someone I also happen to know. I took some time studying photos of her pets and incorporated them into her card. I love how it turned out. So fun. She really enjoyed the card and that makes me so happy!!
Let's be honest here, I struggle with tedious things. Things like assembling and gluing tiny pieces. Probably one of the reasons I prefer a larger card base. Do I love the finished product when I do attempt these tedious things? Why yes, yes I do. I had a friend ask me to make a birthday card with daffodils for her. So, being limited on the dies and stamps that I own, I always default to my Cricut Design Space. I found a daffodil and of course, all of it was in separate pieces. Back in the day of the first Cricuts and pre-design software, most images were fairly easy to assemble, and you had a guidebook that helped you. In these current days, there's lots to choose from, but I'm telling you as a card maker, primarily cutting cardstock, some of those images are downright difficult. I would put these daffodils in that category. It literally took me 2.5 to 3 hours to assemble those flowers, but the finished product is just beautiful. I made the card base from one of Sam Calcott's tutorials on YouTube and added the flowers to each layer. The white baby's breath looking florals are a die set in my stash. I cut the recipient's name with my DS. I decorated with tiny butterfly stickers and embellished with some white gel pen and blue gems. The background papers are new in my stash from a friend who gave it to me as a birthday gift. They are from Joann Fabrics. This card does fold flat for mailing and is impressive as a mantel piece.
I love a good theme card. I love to personalize a card with someone's name and fit it into the design or make it the centerpiece of the design. This one I fit it in. Sometimes, it's easier for me to create a card if there is a theme involved, especially for a masculine card. I mean, I'm all about the froo froo, flowers, butterflies, hearts...I can go on forever with those.
I do like how this card turned out. I hope the recipient enjoyed as well.
The image is from Cricut DS. The tiny letters are from a Spellbinders card kit die set in my stash. I dry embossed the golf ball with the swiss dots embossing folder and used the debossed side. I used some glossy accents on the golf tee and it wasn't dry when I took the picture, that's why it doesn't look smooth. The was a 5 x 7 card.
I was asked to make a personalized card for a person celebrating his first year work anniversary with a company. The company wanted to the card to be over the top. I wouldn't typically use glitter card on a man's card, but she said to do it up big. So, I did. I even added a shaker element to the front. The funnest thing about doing this project was I knew the recipient and it was a lot of fun to personalize the card to him. This is a 6x6 concertina fold card card. It was more like a book when finished. I cut all the elements with my cricut from design space. I'm told he really enjoyed the card.
I have a sweet friend who runs a daycare and she saw this item and wondered if I could make it. Mine is different in regards to how it's made, size, writing style, and die cutting, but they turned out adorable. She plans to give them to her kids for Easter. I used a die from spellbinders for the rabbit and the carrots are an SVG from Cricut DS. I even used tiny pink poms poms for their tails, though I'm not sure you can see them in the picture. I used stickles glitter glue in pink for their little noses. These are 4.5 x 5.75 finished size.
