My Pink Stamper Challenge

Robin over at My Pink Stamper has posted a challenge on her blog to make something using your favorite color and black. I had a bit of a hard time to decide what my favorite color is. I know what color I don't like but I pretty much like all of the other colors. I finally decided on blue, that's usually my go to color so it must be favorite right? I've never done a challenge before I guess because I always though that they would be too hard. This was so easy though. Once I chose my favorite color and found the papers the card came together so fast! It was super simple easy as well. The only cut that I made on the card was the "Celebrate" on the front. The rest were all made using my paper trimmer. Basically the entire card is made of squares, it doesn't get much easier than that. Anyways here is my card. Thank you for taking the time to look!
The black on the card is looking a little brown in the photo, that's a little disappointing. Oh well, you'll have to take my word on it being black, lol! The camera also didn't pick up the glitter. The parts on the strip that look white are actually silver glitter.

Perk Up

I just love the message inside this card. For this card I used Wild Card to cut the card and envelope. I cut both on the blackout feature so I wouldn't have all of the little cut outs like the leaf on the envelope flap. They were both cut out at 5" Then I used From My Kitchen for the coffee pot which was cut at 2 1/2. The inside says "perk up" and was cut using Wild Card. The patterned paper is DCWV and is from one of the summer time stacks, not sure of the exact name. The solid card stock is just small scraps that I had left over, not sure of the brand.

Superboy birthday card

I made two of this super boy card back a few months ago, just before Halloween I think. At first I thought I would use them as Halloween cards and then decided that they would make really cute birthday cards. To one of the cards I added the phrase "Have a super birthday" to the inside. The other one was for my aunt. We have a little thing going where we send each other numerous cards for our birthdays and holidays. We each try and out do the other with a funnier card or with one that has a better jab. On her card I put "you're super" on the front and added just the word "old" to the inside. She loved it. Here is a picture of the front. It was all done with Paper Doll Dress Up.

Amanda

Wild Card Tips

I've had some questions, both here and on the cricut message board as well as from others that I know about cutting cards using the wild card cartridge. I had a hard time with this cartridge at first and judging by the message board at cricut.com a lot of others have as well. The best way to do cards/envelopes with this cart is to cut the envelope first using the fit to page button. Just before the machine starts to cut it will say something like calculating size. Take note of what size it says it's cutting at. Now that you know the size of your envelope set your size dial to that size and make sure to turn off the fit to page button. Now you can go ahead and cut your card, liners, and any of the fun little embellishments for your card. Everything should be in scale to each other. I will try and post something in the near future about the max size of the envelopes and cards for each card on the cart. If you're not using the envelopes, which some people don't because the odd sizes and shapes cost extra to mail, then you can either cut the card using the fit to page option and then make all of your other cuts at the calculated size, or you can choose a size for the card and stick with that for the liner and all embellishments. Hope this helps if anyone has any more questions please feel free to leave a comment.
Amanda

Wild Card Installment #2

I love weekends, I'm able to get so much crafting done. Here is another card I made today using only the Wild Card cart this time. I made two, one in orange and one in green. I cut the envelope first using the fit to page feature and it cut at 4 1/4. I cut all the rest of things for the envelope and card at the same size. When everyone this put together though the card just barely fits in the envelope. It's REALLY tight. If you have this cart and try this card I suggest cutting your card 1/4 smaller than your envelope that way you don't have to squeeze the card in. Here are the photos.

Here's everything all cut out. I saved the negative squares when I cut the card and card liner and used them to decorate the envelope.

Here is the finished product. I didn't realize I hadn't taken pictures of the same colored card. Oh well, now you can see both colors. I prefer the green.

Enjoy!

Amanda

Cupcake Birthday Card

Here is a birthday card I made today using Wild Card and From My Kitchen. The card and envelope were cut using the Wild Card and the cupcake was done with from my kitchen. I really like this card and it's super simple so it's even better. The envelope in the picture is a little torn on the edges, I have to make a new one before I use it. If you're making an envelope using thicker paper of double sided paper make sure that you score really well. I didn't hence the tearing. i played around a little with the layers on the cupcake to see which way I liked it best. I ended up using the solid frosting layer and also cutting out the highlights for it. I tried it with the part you were suppossed to use as well as the negatve part of the cut and liked it better with the negative part.

Wild Card Installment #1

I got into making cards a couple of years ago and now that is the majority of what I do. About a year and half ago Cricut came out with a Wild Card cartridge that has everything you need to make 50 cards. It's great for first time card makers or for people who have been card making for years. Each card has an envelope, an envelope liner, card and some sort of card liner, as well as frames, phrases and icons. It's so much fun and easy to use. When I first got the cartridge I remember looking through the booklet that comes with it and asking myself "what is that?" "what do I do with that" and "how the heck am I supposed to fold that?". Now that I've had the cartridge for awhile I've made most of the cards on there so I thought I would share some of them. As I post them some will be fancier than others. There are some cards on there that I won't use very often so I probably won't go into as much detail with those. There are cards for nearly every occasion you could think of. Today I made the band aid card which at first I didn't really like but once I got it together it looks really cute.

Here is a picture from the cricut book that goes with the Wild Card cartridge. I cut out the card and envelope, the liners for both, as well as the doctors bag (which I ended up not using), the phrase "Get Better" and the stethoscope.

Here's a picture of everything all cut out. I cut the card out twice because the patterned paper that I wanted for the band aid was not thick enough for the card. I cut the card out of green cardstock and the patterned paper and then just trimmed the patterned paper to fit the front of the card. I had a little trouble putting the liner into the envelope because it kept moving when I would open and close the envelope. If you're making an envelope with a liner make sure to use a lot of adhesive so the liner won't move when you open/close the envelope.

Here's the finished product. I adhered the "Get Better" phrase and the stethoscope to the inside of the card. I'm hoping to do a Wild Card post at least once a week. It may end up being less though depending on what else is going on and how many projects I'm working on at the time.

Enjoy!