All Mixed Up - Creation #6



I used one of the very few shapes on the "All Mixed Up" cartridge to create this fun and whimsical wedding card.

 

 

I actually created an embossing folder using the heart shape.  I created it in Cricut Craft Room by placing two different sizes of hearts (1" and 3/4") all over the embossing sheet.  I embossed the purplish colored paper with my unique embossing folder. 

The card itself is 5 1/2"x4 1/4."  The card base is a pre-made white card by DCWV.  The purplish colored cardstock is 5 1/4"x4" and the pink patterned paper is 4"x2."  The pink patterned paper is from the Happy Day stack by My Mind's Eye.  I cut some olive colored cardstock at 3 1/4"x2 1/2" and some light green cardstock at 3 1/8"x2 3/8" as some mats.  I cut some white cardstock at 3"x2 1/4" and I stamped the sentiment at the bottom of the white cardstock.  The sentiment is from Paper Smooches and the ink is hint of pesto by Tsukineko. 

I used another of the heart images for my image.  I cut it at 2" for both the shadow and the regular feature.  I adhered the green mats and white piece to the card with foam tape for some dimension.  I finished off the front of the card with some buttons by Favorite Findings.  I ran some blossom twine by The Twinery through the dark green buttons and tied a bow with the twine through the light green one. 

I made this card for the following challenges:
365 Cards: "Day 162" - fun and funky heart shape
Color Throwdown: pear pizzazz, white, blushing bride, rich razzleberry, old olive
My Craft Spot: weddings
The Friday Mashup: sketch 

 



All Mixed Up - Creation #5

I figured I should make a baby card to got with the set of onesies I created.  I think it will be cute using the same font cartirdge for the card as well as the gift.  And I tried to match the colors to the iron-on vinyl I used on the onesies.

The card is 4 1/2"x6 1/4."  I used a pre-made lavender card by The Paper Company for the base.  The dark pink mat is 4 1/4"x6" and is from the Everyday Eclectic stack by Echo Park.  I cut a white mat at 4 1/8"x5 7/8" and the final pink patterned mat is 4"x5 3/4" and is also from the Everday Eclectic stack. 

I cut a strip of white cardstock at 1 5/8"x5 3/4."  I then embossed it with the Geometric Rings embossing folder.  Both "baby" and "girl" are from "All Mixed Up" and are phrases on the cartridge.  I cut them both at 1 1/2."  I covered them in cotton candy glitter by Martha Stewart and then covered them in glossy accents.  The little flower on the word "girl" is also from this cartridge and is cut at 3/4."  I added a pink pearl to the center.

All Mixed Up - Creation #4

I made a Christmas card  for creation #4 with "All Mixed Up."

The card base is an ornament shape that came from "All Mixed Up."  I used the shadow feature and cut it at 3 1/4," it is actually about 5 3/4" tall.  I used the font feature for the letters "m" and "c."  I stamped the rest of the sentiment using some stamps that were in my stash. 

I heat embossed the stamped part of my sentiment with some shimmery green embossing powder.  The holly is also something I found in my stash.

 

I made this card to fit the challenge at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown, which is "shades of green."

 

 

I also have a few tips for you.  You can create a shaped card even without using a Gypsy or Cricut Craft room.  All you have to do is cut two of the same image and adhere the top part together.  I did that with this card.  I adhered the top part of the ornament together and created my fold just under the hanger part of the ornament.

 

 Also, if you create a card with a rounded base there is a way to make it stand upright, without falling over.  All you have to do is cut a straight line across the back part of the card.  You don't see the bottom part of the card cut off from the front and your card will stand upright and is better displayed.

All Mixed Up - Creation #3

For creation #3 with the "All Mixed Up" cartridge I made a Father's Day card.  I needed three this year: one for my dad, one for my father-in-law, and one for my grandfather.  I had two in my stash, so this is the third.

 

The card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4."  I used a white pre-made card by DCWV for the card base.  I cut some argyle cardstock at 5 3/8"x4 1/8."  The argyle cardstock is from The  Kidlet Stack by DCWV. 

 

I stamped my image on a piece of white cardstock, cut at 3"x2 3/4."  I cut a red mat at 3 1/8"x2 7/8" and covered the edges with red glitter.  I cut a second mat from tan cardstock, cut at 3 1/4"x3" and inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Ranger.  I then added the sentiment, which is from Scrappy Moms Stamps.  The dog is stamped in sahara sand ink and the sentiment in pearlescent poppy ink, both by Tsukineko.

 

The blocks that spell out "dad" were cut from "All Mixed Up."  They were cut at 3/4" using the square feature.  I added white brads to the corners and adhered them to the card with foam tape.  I then filled in the letters with x-mas red Stickles.

 

I made this card to enter in these challenges:

365 Cards: "Day 160" - sketch

Fantabulous Cricut: Father's Day

The Perfect Sentiment: create a card with a masculine theme

All Mixed Up - Creation #2

I have been wanting to do this project for a while now and it is part of the reason I selected this cartridge to showcase.  I knew it had a circle font feature and I liked the playful feel to the actual font.  I got the idea for this project on Pinterest, and you can see the pin here.

Here are the onesies I created:

I used Cricut Craft Room to help me create this one.  I used the circle font for all the numbers.  I had to create the 10, 11, and 12 myself.  I did this by taking one of the circle fonts and hiding all the contours within.  I then selected the numbers I needed for each one and placed them in the circle and sized them to fit.  I typed out the word month(s) and placed them below each number.  I then selected the whole thing and sized it to 3 3/4" tall.  It made each of them about 5" wide.  I used three colors of iron-on vinyl to create my onesies.

This one took me a while, but not because it was really all that difficult.  Sizing everything in CCR took a little while, but once it was done the cutting and ironing took relatively little time.  I got most of this put together on Monday.  The only reason it took me a couple of days to make was because I didn't have enough onesies!  I had to pick up some more in order to finish this project.

This is going to be a gift for friends of my husband's and mine.  They are pregnant with their third child, but their first girl.  I thought this would be a great gift for them and I hope they like it.



All Mixed Up - Creation #1

After 10 projects with "Animal Antics" it is time to showcase another cartridge and see what I can create with it.  This time I chose a font cartridge, it is also an older one: "All Mixed Up."  I do have to say that I will probably not create 10 things with this cartridge, it just seems like a lot for a font cartridge, but I will try to do at least five.  I hope doing at least that many will give a good idea of what this cartridge has to offer.

 

My cousin is graduating high school this year and I won't be able to attend her grad party, but I will send a card...of course.

 

I used "All Mixed Up" to create the entire card using Cricut Craft Room.  I used the square feature and selected one of the squares.  I then hid all the features except the outside so it would be a solid square.  I then turned off the aspect ratio and sized it to 9"x4" and made two of them.  I welded the two, now rectangles, together to create my card base.  I then sized another square at 8 3/4"x3 3/4" and used this as my mat.  The patterned paper I used came from the Midnight Chic Stack by DCWV.

I created my sentiment using the basic feature for the font.  The "con" and "ulations" are sized at 3/4" and the "grad" is sized at 1."  I used a shimmery purple Cri-Kit pen to draw the letters instead of cutting them and colored them in with the same pen.  I cut the paper they were on into a strip that is 1 1/4"x9" and matted it with a black strip cut at 1 1/2"x9."  I finished off the inside of the card with some light purple gems in the corners of the strip.

More Wedding Scrapbook Layouts

Now that I have my computer back I finally have access to all my stuff again. That includes the pictures of my friends' wedding in Belize. I have been slowly working on their wedding album, but with my computer problems it became even slower. Well, I decided that since I am now up and running again I would make the next double layout for the album. This layout is of the groom getting ready for the wedding.

Both pages are 12"x12" and I used some cardstock from the Formal Affair Stack by DCWV for the background. The three photos at the bottom of the left page are 3"x5" and the upper photo on that page is 3 1/2"x5." The two photos on the far side of the right page are 3 1/2"x5" and the large photo on the right page is 4"x6." I matted all the photos with coral cardstock, cut 1/4" larger than the photo, and matted the largest photo again with turquoise cardstock. I used Sweethearts for the "The Groom" part of the title and All Mixed Up for the "gets ready" part of the title. I also used my Gypsy to weld the letters of "gets ready" together. I used Formal Occasion for the two tuxes. I added turquoise pearls for the buttons on the tuxes. I finished off the layout with journaling space, which was created using Nestabilities.

First of the Month Challenge #21

Our third challenge for this month is to create a double layout. I created another double layout for my friends' wedding album. The background cardstock is from the Formal Affair Stack by DCWV. The four photos on the left are all 3 1/2"x3 1/2." The two smaller ones on the right are 4"x4" and the large one is 4 1/2"x6." I matted them all with some coral colored cardstock and then matted the largest one with some aqua glitter cardstock. I used the same glitter cardstock for the title. "The Bride" is from Sweethearts and "gets ready" is from All Mixed Up. I used Sweethearts, Tie the Knot and Formal Occasion for the three dresses. All three are cut at 3." I used pop-dots to adhere the top and bottom ones. I used three Nestabilities for the journalling label and finished it off with some white pearls.

Now it is your turn to create a double layout! Link it up at the First of the Month Challenge so I can see what you do with this challenge!

Sleepy Puppy

This is a double layout (12"x12") that I created in memory of my German Shepherd, Gin. We just recently had to put him down and I thought this would be a nice way of remembering him. I have enough pictures of him to give him his own scrapbook, so I probably will eventually. The papers/cardstock I used are a mixture of DCWV's Pets Stack, TPC Studio's Paws and Claws Dog stack and ones I had in my stash. I matted all five of my pictures. The two on the left hand page are both 4"x6," as is the vertical picture on the right hand page. The other two on the right hand page are 3 1/2"x5." I matted all of the pictures with a brown paw print cardstock (which is hard to tell), cut 1/4" larger than the pictures. For all but the vertical one, I matted them with the blue cardstock, cut 1/8" larger than the brown mat. On the vertical picture the blue mat is 1/4" larger than the brown. I also gave that one a third mat out of orange, also 1/4" larger. I wrapped the right hand page with two ribbons, the orange bones and brown paws, then added three buttons that I found in my stash and thought were perfect. I cut the large circle from the dotted cardstock at 10" using the pre-loaded E2 cartridge, Cricut Essentials. I used Paper Pups to cut my title. The "puppy" cut was actually "puppy love" on the cartridge, I just didn't cut out the "love" part and paired it with the "sleepy" cut. I used both the shadow and the regular feature to create my title, which is cut at 2." I cut the little dog from Four Legged Friends, at 3 1/2." I used a light ivory color for the body, then chalked over it with some brown chalk to give it a little texture and make it a little darker. I also added some glossy accents to the nose. The tag was created from a mixture of cartridges. The actual tag and its shadow (brown and orange pieces) are from All Mixed Up, cut at 4." The blue paw print circle is from Paper Pups and the ivory circle inside is from George and Basic Shapes. I used my Gypsy to lay it out so that I could make sure the sizes were right and would fit together how I wanted them to. I put a brad through the hole in the tag so that the tag is interactive, it swings to reveal my journaling spot.

I made this for the following challenges:

My Sheri Crafts: faithful companions

Picture Perfect Creations: two ribbons, three buttons

Whimsical Wednesday: scrapbook page with interactive element