Shutter/Tri-Fold Card

Here is a wedding card - it was a little late (by 6 months); so I made it a ½-anniversary card.

 I used Designer’s Calendar for the for the rings cut @ 1.7 by 1 and the “U2” (not to be confused with the band) was cut from Cursive 101 @ 1.2 by 1.4.  Both were cut in silver cardstock.  The harts were also punched from silver cardstock. 

For the gift card holder, I used my new die from Emma's “My Creative Time” Embossed gift Card Holder .  I Just Love her Stuff ! (see link on side bar).

                                                                                     The label and frames are from a spellbinder’s nestablities die set and  the sentiment typed.

Add ribbons, pearls, a gem and  Presto!

                                                                              I made a matching envelope using my Martha Stewart scoreboard and Friskers corner punch for the flap.

Don’t remember where the red floral paper came from - sorry.  The black and gray papers are both from DCWV La Crème Matstack.

Directions For the tri-fold/Shutter card:  Basically you take a 6 x 12 (or 5 ½ X 12) sheet of card stock and score it at 2”, 4” 8” & 10”.  Then you cut from the 2 inch score line to the 10 inch score (at 1 ½ inches in on each long side).  Then play with it a little bit and fold to your liking.  My measurements were a little different, as I wanted it to fit Emma’s Gift card Die.

Happy Scrappin’ & God Bless!

A Halloween and a Fall Layout

 Trick-or-Treat

The spider was cut from the Designer Calendar cart and her head is an apple shape from the Celebrate with Flourish cart -- pop-dotted for depth. The spider has 2 red brads for eyes, a scrap of white for fangs, and a mini pom-pom for her egg sack. She is covered with paper glaze to get the shiny look. I used the same Celebrate with Flourish cart for the title “Trick-or-treat”. Various sizes of a card base from A Child’s Year were used for the photo mats. The layout was topped-off with brads and spider ribbon. I belive the patterned paper is by Creative Imaginations.

Happy Fall Y’all!
This layout was originally for a challenge on the cricut circle board a month or so ago, but I was not able to post it in time. .

I used the Old West cart for the nice box lettering. The scarecrow, tree, and fall leaves all came from the Celebrate with Flourish lite cart. A jack-o-lantern was cut from a sheet of paper and used for the scarecrow’s head. The moon is just a plain circle, cropped. A “ribbon hole” punch was used on the layered rectangle frame and a soft sage green ribbon was weaved thru for the final touch. Sorry, I do not recall who the fall patterned paper is by.

ABC Animal Book (Deployment gift)

 

I have a neighbor who is very sad about going TDY (Temporary Duty) for 6 months to Afghanistan (no they really don’t seem to be pulling out). She will miss all the holidays and birthdays for her 3 small children (ages: almost 1, soon to be 3, and 5 in spring). I wanted to do something to help her stay in touch with the kids.

I immediately thought of little cute cards for her to send home to them. I finally decided on a card a week, and thought that ABC card would be fun. I told her, she can tell the kids, she will be home before “Z”. I wanted the little ones to be able to see all the little animal cards mommy was sending home so I made up an album and place corner tabs for every card with a little label that said the name of the animal and the letter it represented. The front of the book says “How may weeks until mommy is home? Count the missing animals to find out” .

My hope is that it will be fun way for her to keep in touch and a cute way for the children to count down the weeks until she gets home. I also added a birthday card for each child and card for each holiday she will miss.

With all the work I put into this, it surprisingly only took 5 days from start to finish. I packaged all the cards up in a little box for her to pack in her bags, and gave the kids (and dad) the Blank Album to put the cards in as she sends them home. I left plenty of space for pictures of mommy in th front and back of the album  -- so the kids can “see her” as they look at all the cards she sent to them. I was going to pre-pay the postage for each card but have since found out that the military covers the coast of postage for our deployed troops.

I cut all the animals at what ever size each would have a good fit on a 4X 6 card.

I used only five cartridges on this project: Animal Kingdom, Create-a-critter, Designer Calander, Everyday Paper Dolls, and Zooballoo.

I printed the cover using Microsoft office and I used old sticker letters to place in the corner of each card. I also embellished come cards with googol eyes, stickles, brads & gems. I added a note of caution “not safe for children under 3” but hope it will be a book that the kids will share with an adult.

Here is a little Halloween Card I wanted to share.

The hand opens, not the whole card. The inside says “Eye, just wanted to thank you”. This could also say “Eye wanted to invite you…” or “Eye wanted to say Happy Halloween”, etc... Whatever suits your fancy.

I did not have a scary Halloween Hand - I didn’t freak -- I just wield one with the wonderful Design Studio. I used A Childs Year for the hands. I wielded two hands together (one was flipped)  --this way the hands would fold open to present the eyeball. I turned and wielded tiny ice cream cones of various sizes (from Designer Calendar cart) to make the creepy fingernails and warts. I colored the fingernails with a black marker (inside and out), painted the tips with siren Smooch (for the blood-look), and topped them off with Paper Glaze, for that shiny look. I drew some details on the hands and did a little shading with ink.

For the eye--- I actually cut the colored circles with the Cricut Imagine – I got the perfect shade of blue and off-white this way. I glued the circles together, used my white opaque marker for “light”, and added tiny bloodshot lines with a red pen. I topped of the eyeball with the Paper Glaze, to make it look wet. Lastly, I pop-dotted the eye on the inside of the hand.

The little spider was also cut from the Designer Calendar cart. I added a pop-dotted circle head on him and covered him in paper glaze, as well,  and used the same Smooch (as on the fingertips) for his red eyes. He is dangling from a piece of dental floss.

DETAILS & SUPPLIES
This is a 4.5 x 6.5 card.
Background paper is from DCWV – La Crème Mat Stack
Each hand cut at W4.45 x H4.76
Red accents - siren Smooch and a red Sakura Glaze pen
Cricut Expressions
Cricut Imagine
Cartridges: A Childs Year and Designer Calendar
Pop dots
Paper Glaze
Open card stock (white, “witch” green & black)
Glue and Adhesives very

I am veryt pleased with the results!
Happy Hunting’s, God bless, be safe & enjoy the season!

P.S. I AM LOVING THE CRICUT CIRCLE BLOG!!!