Another Candle Border

Yesterday I shared a candle border created from the Hanukkah menorah image on the Joys of the Season cartridge.  (Here is a LINK to that post).  Today I designed another candle border.  I had planned to post a different project tonight however, I found these candles on the Christmas solutions cartridge and decided to try them for a smaller card (A2 size).

This screen shot of the keypad shows the location of the candle image.  There is one tall and one short candle which will result in an alternating pattern (instead of the four - one - four pattern of the Hanukkah menorah).

Here is a closer view of the image.  I decided to use "hide selected contour" on the inner part of the flame since the candles would be very small in the border.  Since there are two lines to hide, they will stay hidden when the file is closed and reopened.

If you look closely, you will see that I hid the final short candle to get a more finished look (and an odd number of candles).  There are 21 candles so this would be great for a milestone birthday card.

The candles are welded to a rectangle.  I used a rectangle from the George cartridge - there is not a simple rectangle cut on the Christmas cartridge (though I did find one that I can use if I do some more hidden contours).  You can substitute any rectangle from a cartridge you own if you don't have George.

The weekend has been busy here - I hope you all have been having a nice holiday.  Our son is leaving to go back to college tomorrow morning.  I didn't get a chance to test cut this file today, so I will post the file as soon as I have tested the cut.

It is always fun to find new ways to use the images on the cartridges.  Design Studio can help you to create the cuts that you need (and save you money on punches too!).

Birthday Candle Border

I have been using my seasonal cartridges a lot lately.  One of my favorites is Joys of the Season.  This was a new cartridge when I first got my Cricut.  I "had to have it" and I paid more than I am willing to pay now that I am older and wiser about cartridge pricing.  I don't regret it at all - there is so much on this cartridge and I keep finding new ways to use the images.

If you read my blog regularly, you know that I like using border punches and have accumulated quite a collection of them.  I know there are several available that punch birthday candle borders but I don't have any of these.  My shelves are starting to run out of room.  I found a way to make a quick candle border by using the Hanukkah menorah on Joys of the Season.

I used three menorahs and moved them into position so the candles were evenly spaced. The menorahs are not welded to each other but are welded to a rectangle.  I used a 6.5 inch wide rectangle and a guideline rectangle for a 5 x 7 card to create a card topper.  I didn't want to make the candles much smaller so I did not make a topper to fit an A2 card.  You could use only two menorahs to make a topper to fit nicely on the A2 size but I just have this thing about odd numbers!

There are a few extra pages in the file so you can play with the colors in preview.  The actual topper is cut from the first page and the "happy birthday" sentiment from A Child's Year is cut from the second page of the file.  If you don't have A Child's Year you could use another cartridge with the phrase or weld your own sentiment to fit the card.

I cut the "happy birthday" from glitter cardstock using multi cut 2 for a clean cut.  I also decided to cut an extra layer for contrast to form the "cake" on the card.  This optional layer is not in the file - just cut a piece of paper or cardstock to 6.5 x 3.75 inches.  I made the card base from a piece of yellow cardstock cut to 7 x 10 inches, scored and folded in half.

 

A tiny bit of yellow Stickles glitter glue lights up the candles.  When you add the Stickles you should work on a scrap paper and then lift the cut and check to be sure that the glitter is only on the flame area.  Let it dry on a non stick surface like a craft mat if possible.

I inked the edges of the "cake" with brown ink to hide any white core that might show.  The colors are not my usual choices and for some reason they did not photograph very well but the card is bright and sparkly in person!

Thanks to all of you who left comments or emailed me about my 500th post - I really appreciate hearing from you and I am blushing from some of the lovely messages and compliments (and yes, the housecleaning often does lose in the competition for my time!)


Birthday Candle Border

A Day of Errands...

This was a day of errands and house projects - so many things have been piling up around here. So off I went to the bank and post office and Costco and so on and so on! I am making a lot of progress on the reorganization of my crafting space and the upstairs bedrooms. I even manged to do some ironing! I hope to get to Ikea tomorrow for some early Happy Birthday to me (!) shopping - I have my eyes on the Expedit bookcase.



I wanted to share this photo. You may remember that I helped my sister make a couple of the characters from "Cars" for her grandson. He was very excited to have them and these are the "garages" he built for the paper cars. I think it is so cute - he is only two!



I put together another quick card using the narrow border from the group I designed using the Stand and Salute cartridge (here is a LINK to that post).



I used the DCWV Luxury Stack for the border- it has such a pretty sheen. The card itself is Bazzill Basics in one of my favorite shades of blue. I suppose you could stamp a small sentiment along the center band of the border. I simply added some "Skittles" (flat backed plastic dots) at the low points of the scallops.



It is just a simple notecard, but wouldn't a box of these make a nice gift?

Jen and I will be posting next week's classes soon - if you want to know right away when we post new classes you can subscribe to or follow the Let me Show you How to Do that blog. Wish me luck on the shopping trip tomorrow - I hope you have a great weekend!

Love Flourish Title

I have been off in the world of cards and other projects for quite a few posts so today I am going back to a design for scrapbooking.

This is a border title design for a romantic page - it seemed appropriate with Valentine's Day coming up soon. It works at the top or bottom (and probably would even be fine turned sideways it that suits your layout).



The cut is very delicate so take care removing it from the mat. My favorite tool for this job is a wide plastic putty knife - readily available at your local hardware store and very inexpensive.



Here is one more close up picture - I am always amazed at how the bug can cut something as delicate as this - just be sure you have a sticky mat and a relatively new blade and it will be fine.



Love Flourish Title