Cricut Card: Sunflower Double Fold

 This card seems simple, and it may be, but it was very time consuming.  It turned out really detailed and bright.  I've made it in 3 different backgrounds and each with a different surprise inside.  I guess the time-consuming part was making over 25 of these cards.  Most of these cards were made for the Scrapbook Expo Sacramento Card Swap.  I've kept several as they are an all-purpose card, and I can grab one when needed.  

I did get the card base and envelopes at Michaels on sale, that saved a bit of time in not having to cut and fold the card.  The sunflowers were cut with the Cricut, but it only had an outline cut.  So, I duplicated the image and then did a 'hide contour' in order to make the solid background image.  Gluing the outline to the back of the flower was tedious and required a steady hand.  I added a few leaves and some gems (not shown).  Inside I made a pop-out 'saying' by gluing in a strip of 1" x 4" folded at 1", 2" and 3.5".  I also added an outline of another sunflower cut and white paper for adding a personal note.

Which version do you like the best?

Craft With Sarah: Cricut - Happy Halloween Banner

How do you like this banner?  It's a big one - about 28" across.  I downloaded the design from "Craftwithsarah.com".  She has a lot of layered svg files for free and also for sale.  This awesome project was free a few weeks ago.   It is a monster - taking me about 5 hours to cut, and another couple of hours to assemble.  It used 40 mats - like I said, a big project and it used lots of cardstock.

Some of the layers were glued, and others pop-dotted.  Assembly was fairly straight forward, she provides instructions.  The background piece in purple took 6 12"x12" sheets.  They are taped and glued together to form the base.  This was a fun project to work on at the Sacramento Scrapbook Expo crop, as I didn't need to bring lots of scrapbooking supplies.  I have it hanging on the inside of my front door, I don't think it would hold up well hanging outside.   Check out Sarah's website - there are lots of animals, seasonal designs, and bundles.     

Happy Halloween everyone!

Scrapbook Layout: Let's Roast Marshmallows

 
It's been a while since I've posted.  I was so sad that the Bitten By the Bug challenge group could not continue - I was a designer there for over 6 years.  My crafting time and energy took a drop once I did not have a deadline to make a post for the group.   I have been crafting a bit here and there, making things for the grandkids baseball and soccer teams.  I'll post some of those soon.  

I made a layout, pretty quick and simple, but so bold!   I took several pictures of my youngest grandson toasting marshmallows this summer.  He loves to catch them on fire and blow them out.  He's good for at least two s'mores and roasting a marshmallow or two for his Nonno.  

I participated in a camping die cut swap a year or so ago and received these 3 die cuts. I do not think she used a Cricut for the cuts, as I don't see them in Design Space.  So Cute!! It all came together when I found the perfect paper from a camping themed stack.  You don't see my journaling, which was done under the right picture and in a box on the bottom right.  Isn't this just the cutest layout?