Cricut card Thursday

I made this beautiful penguin card using Christmas Cheer.

Supplies needed:

White, black, red, brown & orange cardstock, 3 different colors of blue cardstock, white gel pen, Red & frosted lace Stickles, white liquid applique’ & Embossing heat tool.

Make card base to measure 5 ½ wide by 4 ½ tall.

Cut your 3 pieces of blue cardstock:

Small piece to measure 5 ¼ by 1 ½.

Medium piece to measure 5 ¼ by 2 ½.

Large piece to measure 5 ½ by 3 ½.

Tear each piece to make it look like drifted snow. Sand edges to distress.

Attach to card

Stamp snowflakes in the sky

Apply frosted lace stickles on top of stamped snowflakes. Set aside to dry.

Now cut & glue your 2 penguin together.

The smaller penguin is 2 ¾ inches tall and the big penguin is 3 ½ inches.

When cutting out your pieces for the penguins make both cuts while you have each color loaded into your cricut eliminating extra time loading and unloading your mat in the cricut.

1^st load white cardstock into your cricut.

Select your blackout button & then the penguin button. 1^st cut at 2 ¾ and then at 3 ½. You are keeping the outline of the penguin.

Next select the shift button & then the penguin button. 1^st cut at 3 ½ since your already at this size then 2 ¾. You are keeping the rim of the penguin’s hat.

Unload mat.

2^nd load black cardstock into your cricut

Select shift button & then penguin. 1^st cut at 2 ¾ and then at 3 ½. You are keeping the outline of the penguin.

Unload mat.

3^rd load orange cardstock into your cricut.

Select the shift button & then penguin. 1^st cut at 3 ½ and then at 2 ¾. You are keeping the penguin’s feet and nose.

Unload mat.

4^th load red cardstock into your cricut.

Select penguin. 1^st cut at 2 ¾ and then at 3 ½. You are keeping the penguin’s hat.

Unload mat.

Make penguin's eyes using a white gel pen.

Attach penguin to card.

Stamp sentiment on light brown cardstock and trim to make a small square.

With dark brown cardstock cut a small piece to make sign post.

Attach to card.

Using white liquid applique’ make a small line along the edge of the penguin’s hat, under the feet & to the top of the sign and base of post. Heat liquid applique’ with embossing heat tool to make it puff like snow.

 Make the penguin’s scarf using red stickles.

Apply frosted lace stickles to the penguin's belly. 

Let dry.  

 

Cricut Card Thursday

Dust off your cricuts, it's time to make a card!

I created this beautiful card by using cricut cartridges, Paper Lace and Plantin Schoolbook, VersaMark and embossing powder.

Make card base. I made my card base to have a top fold and measures: 4 1/2 x 5 1/2

Make a template from you paper lace cartridge. 

Find a piece of paper that measures a 8 x 8 square.

Select <Mod1> and the Lace 2 option.

Cut template at 7 inches.

Tape card to a piece of scrap paper placing fold side up.

*Tip: use a move able tape so you don't  rip your paper on removal.



Then cover back of card with a piece of scrap, placing on fold line. Tape.

Arrange template over card front where you like the design and tape again.



Now take your VersaMark pad and press it over the template and card.

Sprinkle with Embossing powder. Flock would work also.

Remove template and Emboss.

After embossing I cut a piece of black cardstock 4 5/8  x 5 1/2 to outline the front of my card. I did this so, as to not have to make my card base completely out of black. I then glued it to the underside of my card front.

Using Plantin SchoolBook cartridge I cut a oval at 2 inches from Black. I then cut a oval out of white at 1 3/4 inches.

I stamped my sentiment on to the white oval. Glued it to the black oval. And finally glued it to my card.

Add rhinestone.

You now have a beautiful, elegant card!