Can you even have enough birthday cards?! I don’t think so- it seems every time I create some then we have a whole bunch of family birthdays come up (not that they should be a surprise to me but somehow they are every year). I made these two last weekend and have managed to hold onto the one but the other has already gone to brighten my sister-in-laws birthday!
The top card is a 6×6 card created with the Cricut Artbooking cartridge. I used the hexagon overlay and cut it out MANY times to create my white background (and on this one I left the inner hexagons in the overlay) AND to create the coloured hexagons to brighten my card. The sentiment for the card also came of the Artbooking cartridge. My ribbon banner was hand cut- just take a 1/2 inch strip of paper (I backed mine with some pink paper) and fold to get this look. Aqua dots and flamingo dots were added for some more pop! The paper featured is Lollydoodle. I may try REALLY hard to never give this one away 🙂
This card has a VERY different look- I used glitter paper, shimmer trim and Kraft paper for this one The stamped image is from the ‘one-way borders’ and is stamped in white daisy ink on the kraft paper. My centre image was cut on the cricut Art Philosophy. I added some glitter gems and voila! I think this one is fun but a little distinguished- a more grown up look for a birthday card!
Do you handcraft your birthday cards?
Until we craft again, The Brae-er
Yes you may have guessed by now that my favourite paper pack is Skylark! I love to use it as it is so versatile and goes with EVERYTHING! In this layout I use Skylark and the Cricut Artbooking cartridge (as well as a few other items) to share the amazement I feel as I watch my daughter grow and develop- the things she can do are simply amazing!
My layout it fairly simple- it is one of the patterns that is featured in our Make it From Your Heart-Volume 2 book (if you have not picked one of these up I highly recommend it! It is full of layout patterns with cutting directions AND has card patterns as well!)
I added a few things to my layout – sparkle flourishes, Midtown Cork Shapes, One-Way Borders stamp set and pigment ink to stamp with (gives the colours a bit more ‘pop’). I also used the Cricut Artbooking cartridge to create my title AND the heart cluster. I have used this heart cluster a few times- it comes from a larger overlay cut on Artbooking- I cut it in different papers and then hand trim off clusters and lay the layers together. I really like the look!
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Until we craft again, The Brae-er
I am sure that you LOVE your Close to my Heart Cricut cartridges as much as I do- I almost use them exclusively as there is VERY little not on one of the three. The collections they come in are just as useful- the stamps and die-cuts that coordinate perfectly with the cartridges are my ‘go-to’ sets time and again.
Here is a compilation of some of the projects I have done in the past year using our cartridges- more information on them can be found on the CTMH Cricut Collections Page of the website OR you can order any of these on my Shop page.
TWO of the projects are new to my blog! I hope you enjoy all of these and would LOVE to hear from you in the comments below – what would you create if you had one of our cartridges??
The first is an Easter layout I created using the Frosted paper we carried in the last Idea Book- I used glitter paper and the Artbooking cartridge to add some fun detail like the hearts and my title. I also used stamping and ‘inked’ in my ‘Happy’ image with my blending pen and ink picked up from my blush stamp pad. I also added some Kraft paper- it does go with everything after all!
This layout also using Artbooking and features the Huntington paper from the last Idea book- I LOVE the wood detail combined with the film strip (which worked perfectly for the series of photos I took of my Dad jumping a stream). All the other elements also came from the Artbooking cartridge!
Until we craft again, The Brae-er
