Sunday, March 4, 2018

Two More Easter Cards

I was recently inspired by Jennifer McGuire's tutorial on creating cards from cover dies. As I was watching it, I thought about ways to recreate the lacey look of a cut card front and back using my Cricut. I opened up my Artbooking cartridge and went to work.



Both of these cards use a cut out front panel, but the cutting file I created has an option for a front with a solid panel. They are a solid cut, so you won't need to do anything but score them down the center and fold. I will say that they are pretty "soft" after cutting so many holes in the paper.

For the top card, I used Easter Basket. This mini stamp is so beautiful colored up. I used Copic markers, but you could easily use any markers you have or even colored pencils. The stamp is so detailed, you don't have to do much coloring to make it lovely. The second card uses Chelsea Gardens-Cardmaking (the coordinating die cuts are now sold out.). I used Copic markers on these, too, then cut out the images, mounting some to the back solid panel and some to the front for added dimension. The Happy Easter sentiment comes from one of the coordinating stamp sets in the Artbooking collection.

There isn't a lot of room to write on these, a problem only because I chose to have an open panel on the front of the card. Again, the cutting file has the option of both an open center as shown or a closed one. The Artbooking cartridge is no longer featured in the catalogs, but it is still available while supplies last.

Time to get ready for church!

Until next time,
Becca

10 comments:

  1. So beautiful! Very inspiring ♡ I'm not very talented with the Cricut (I don't have the Air) but your card is so lovely I might attempt something similar with my Expression.

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    1. As long as you have Design Space, you can use the file I created or you can come up with your own. One of these days I need to do a video of my process.

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  2. I love this Becca but I don't see the file. My artbooking cartridge is not working on DS at the moment. Cricut told me they are working on it. I hope they get it fixed soon cause I miss this cartridge!!!

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    1. I had some trouble with my cartridges showing up a couple weeks ago. My problems seem to have resolved. Maybe if you log out and reboot???

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  3. Could you please tell me where I can find the Design Space file??? I love how your cards turned out!

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    1. You need to have an Explore or more recent machine. If you have an old Expressions machine, they link to Cricut Craft Room (CCR) instead of Design Space (DS). When you install the software for machines which include DS, the link will automatically show up (I think. It's been several years since I installed my Explore.) The other option is to go directly to the Cricut website and find the tab for DS along the top. https://shop.cricut.com/

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    2. I'm sorry....I didn't explain myself very well! I meant to ask you where the file was for YOUR design. Thanks.

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  4. I changed the color of the link to pink, so you can just click on that. If the link doesn't work, copy and paste this: https://design.cricut.com/#/design/85641438

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