Cutie Pie

Instructions:

1. 1. Start out with white cardstock as your background.
3. 2. Cut two 12x 3/8 strips of the green/teal dot paper. Add to the side of your layout.
5. 3. Cut one 10 ¾ x 1 inch strip of the teal flower paper, add to top of the layout.

4. Cut one 9 ½ x 1 inch strip of the striped paper, add to the top of the layout.

5. Add a 10 ¾ piece of the brown/dot ribbon over both patterned papers.

6. Add pictures

7. Cut 10 ¾ x 1 inch strip of the stripe paper and add to layout under the pictures.

8. Cut one 9 ½ x 1 inch strip of the teal flower paper then add under the stripe paper.

9. Add a 10 ¾ piece of the brown/dot ribbon over both patterned paper on the bottom of the layout.

10. Using the cuttlebug and the flower (dots) embossing folder emboss 5 flower/dots on the orange paper, handcut out the circles. Next use the same embossing folder and cut out 5 flowers using the white cardstock. Put together. Add to the layout and then add the mini brads to the center.

11. Stitch the flourishes on both sides of the layout. Add flowers with zots dots to them.

12. Last add the title. I cut “cutie” at 3 ½ inches and “pie” at 2 ½ inches. Ink them then add to the layout.

Pumpkins

Instructions:

1. 1. First I wanted to point out that you will be inking every piece of paper with the black ink.
3. 2. Start out with the teal dotted paper as your background paper.
5. 3. Cut the plaid paper to 10 ½ x 10. Add to the center of the teal dotted paper.

4. Cut orange dot paper to 9 ¾ x 3 ½. Add to the bottom of the plaid paper. Than machine stitch around it.

5. Cut one 9 ¾ x 5/8 strip of the teal/green leaf paper. Add to the top of the plaid paper.

6. Cut one 9 ¾ x 3/8 strip of the mud puddle dotted swiss cardstock. Add under leaf paper.

7. Mat one picture in white cardstock. Add pictures to layout. Machine stitch the matted picture.

8. Cut one 10 x 6/8 strip of the stripe paper. Add to right side of the layout.

9. Machine stitch around the plaid paper.

10. Cut the pumpkin out from the cricut at 3 inches, Apply two leaves from the MME Grow diecut sheet. Add cream thread/floss to the pumpkin stem.

11. Cut out the word pumpkin at 2 ½ inches from the street sign font on the mud puddle cardstock.

12. Add hand stitching to the top and bottom of the layout using the Bazzill silly stitches template.

13. Last add mini brads.

Trifold Card

Instructions:

Cut a piece of 12 by 12 cards stock to 8 x 12.

Score at three 4 inch increments and fold up so that you have a card that is 8 x 4.

Cut three 3 7/8 x7 7/8 pieces of Bellezo paper, ink all edges with brown ink and glue  to top panel, right –fold inner panel ,and middle inner panel Trim the inside middle panel, with a bit of the decorative Bellezo borders. Attach a vertical phrase (cut from Circuit Wild Card)

Using the Cricut and the Home Accents cartridge cut a butterfly and bird shape out of black card stock- also cut shadows for each shape in coordinating colors. Take the black shapes and run them through the Xyron machine to apply an even layer of adhesive to the top- then pour on Sugar Coating glitter, tap off excess. Mat the glittered shapes onto the colored shadows and mount to the front and inner right panels .Decorate these 2 panels with strips of ribbon and a large decorative brad on the front.

Use the scrap pieces from cutting out your bird and butterfly shapes as a stencil on the last 2  blank panels of the card.

Place stencil down over card stock- use scratch paper to cover up all other exposed portions of card, then spray chocolat glimmer spray through the stencil. Let dry and remove to reveal images.

“Hi” Card

Instructions:

Using Cricut and Story Book cartridge, cut the letters “H” and “I”. Also cut a label shape from beige and pink Bellezo papers.

Glue letters to beige label,then glue to pink label. Use black pen to draw on dot accents.

Mount a piece of polka dotted Bellezo paper to the pink Bellezo paper. Wrap with brown ribbon. Attach label to the top.

Spray  3 white Prima flowers with rouge and choclat glimmer sprays-let dry. Mount small pink flower on larger brown flower-affix with Glass Slipper brad. Attach flowers to card front. Place small pearl on small pink flower.

Attach to a top folded A2 card made out of kraft card stock.

Finish with 2 white photo corners cut from Jasmine cartridge and sprayed with chocolat glimmer spray

“Moments” Layout

Instructions:

Trim ¼ inch off of 2  adjacent sides of Bellezo paper

Place a sheet of pre-printed frame -design Bellezo paper on a cutting mat, use craft blade to cut along edges of flowers and foliage in lower right corner of frame (your photo will tuck in here)

Using Crop-a-dile tool, punch holes and set pink eyelets in the Bellezo paper frame.

Embellish flowers on frame with white glue and Sugar coating glitter sprinkled on top.

Cut and emboss a butterfly out of brown card stock using the cuttlebug cut and emboss dies.

Spray Butterfly with chocolat glimmer spray and let dry.

Slide photo into corner of frame such that the cut out flowers and leaves poke out over the top.

Attach Bellezo border trim along side photo and wrap with dotted chiffon ribbon.

Using Cricut and Story Book cartridge, cut leaves out of green card stock. Also cut label shape twice –once  each with pink and beige Bellezo papers. Layer frame to label with foam mounting tape. Place Bellezo word tag inside phrase.

Glue leaves to lower right corner of frame and mount butterfly on top.

Mount lay out on a 12 x 12 sheet  of brown card stock.

Movie Ticket

 Instructions:

 Who doesn’t love 

 summer movies?  This

 invitation is the perfect

 way to get the girls

 together for a long night

 of movies and popcorn. 

 Cut 6 x 12 sheet of red

 cardstock.  Fold in half

 to make 6×6 square card

Using Design Studio, cut movie ticket in black from Tags, Bags, Boxes & More cartridge and the backing in white.

Again using the Design Studio,  weld and cut the words “Admit One” from the Base Camp cartridge;  weld and cut the words “Movie Night” from the Jasmine cartridge.

Emboss the black ticket using the Cuttlebug and the dots from Border with Love.

Adhere together

Cut envelope from Tags, Bags, Boxes & More Cart. in black cardstock and line flap with red cardstock.

Enjoy your summer evening!

Pool Party

 Instructions:

 Closed Schools, Open Pools! Your friends will know summer has arrived when they get this cute invitation for a pool party.   Nothing says fun and sun like a hot pink flamingo running across your invitation trying to get to the pool first! 

Using Wild Card Cartridge, cut invitation base from My Mind’s Eye paper.

Using the Design studio and Wild Card Cartridge, weld and cut the words “Pool Party”

Cut invitation information: Place, Date, Time, RSVP. Adhere to card

Cut sun and orang e square for backing. Adhere to card.

Cut yellow flower from Bazzill Dotted Swiss. Adhere to front of card

Using the Design Studio and George Basic Shapes Cartridge, create flamingo.  Cut additional wings and layer using foam tape.  Outline with black pen.

Again, using the Design Studio cut inflatable circle from George Basic Shapes Cartridge.  Place around the flamingo’s neck.  Adhere  flamingo and “Pool Party” to card.

Fold grass from invitation base and adhere.

Cut ribbon and close invitation. Slip Bazzill  paper brad through ribbon.

Using Design Studio and George Basic Shapes Cartridge, design and cut 2 pairs of sun glasses from white cardstock.  Adhere white cardstock in between two layers and color lens with silver pen.

Write “See you there” on the sides and add a little bling.  Slip over ribbon.

 Grab some sun tan lotion,  towels and cold drinks ~ Let the party begin!!

 Wild About You

 Instructions:

Using the  Design Studio and carts George and Graphically Speaking, create a 3-D alligator for a 12×12 sheet of cardstock.

  (((See attached pic of cut file pic for more sample cut file)))

Cut alligator using Bazzill  Dotted Swiss paper. 

Assemble and adhere  together.

Cut card from Wild Card Cart.  Add sentiment.

Bless U

 Instructions:

Cut 6×12 sheet of paper and fold in half.  

 Cut strips of paper from My Minds Eye Bloom kit and adhere to bottom of card alternating with foam tape.   

Sand edges of My Minds Eye die cut and adhere to card. 

Cut sun from the Graph. Speaking Cricut cart. in two shades of Bazill Honey Swiss Dotted. 

Cut out “Bless U” sentiment from Wild Card Cartridge. 

Adhere to card.

“Hope” Card

Instructions:

- Cut patterned paper slightly smaller and adhere to card base front.

- Cut a different patterned paper piece to approx. 5×3, mat onto a piece of cardstock and adhere to front of card using foam mounting tape.

 - Cut out the word “hope” onto two shades of the Bazzill cardstock Trio, using <Phrase6> of the Inspiration and Inspiration Blackout functions at 1 ½ each. Layer and glue the pieces together.

- Cut out a solid oval piece using <Image4> Inspiration Blackout, also at 1 ½, and adhere the “hope” word phrase onto the top of the solid oval. Attach the card front.

- Apply Tangerine colored jewels to the ends of the phrase.

- Print out the verse onto cardstock, cut out and ink edges. Mat with a darker shade of cardstock and layer and adhere onto card.

- Finish card by cutting out the swirl using the Inspiration and Inspiration Blackout functions with <Image6>, layer together and adhere to card beneath the verse.

“Be Happy” Card

Instructions:

- Cut the=2 0flocked dot Doodlebug paper and fold to a 6×6 size for the card base.

- Using the Calligraphy Collection cart., cut out (2) 5” bracket frames onto both the brown solid flocked paper and the striped yellow pattern paper in the <Image4> “Shadow” setting.

- Distress the edges of the larger solid brown flocked braket frame, and use the smaller inside piece of the yellow striped paper to layer on the inside. Adhere the two pieces together and faux-stitch around edging.

- Punch to holes at the upper left corner and weave a ribbon through the holes. Attach the bracket frame piece to front of card base with foam mounting tape.

- Next, cut out a 2 ½” “be happy” phrase from the glittered brown Doodlebug paper using the Inspiration Blackout setting <Phrase2>. Cut out a solid 2 ½” circle from the pale yellow cardstock and glue the phrase onto the top. Attach this piece to the center of the braket frame.

- Cut out (2) stemmed flowers using the Inspiration setting <Image1> from cardstock. Also cut out (2) stemmed flowers using the Inspiration Blackout setting <Image1> onto patterned paper. Layer and glue the blackouts underneath the top cardstock flowers pieces.20

- Finish card by attaching a jewel piece to the centers of both the flowers and adhering a flower to both sides of the braket frame on the card. 

Autumn Welcome

Instructions:

- Cut a piece of the Basic grey patterned paper slightly smaller than a 12×12 piece of gray Bazzill cardstock. Distress and faux stitch around the edges and mount to the cardstock background.

- Using the deep-cut Cricut blade in the Expressions machine, cut out the “sign frame” <Image49-s> on the #9 key from the Graphically Speaking cart., at 11 ½” onto a piece of generic chipboard.

- Spray-mist the chipboard frame cutout with the Antique Brass and Graphite Glimmer Mists.

- After frame is dry, adhere the Basic Grey solid and patterned papers to the backside of the chipboard frame with the patterns and solid black color facing up.

- Add the jewels to the frame and adhere to page with faom mounting tape.

- Mat the photos and adhere to frame on page.

- Cut out the “Autumn Welcome” title using the Inpiration and Inspiration Blackout font settings on the Calligraphy Collection cart. Adhere the lettering to the page, layered over the photos.

- Computer journal and cut into strips. Add three little jewel accents to the one strip and then attach these to page beneath the photos.

- Finish page by cutting the two vines, <Image4> Shadow setting,

and adhering to top of page design.

Batter Up

 Instructions:

1)       Place (2) 12×12 sheets of white cardstock next to each other

2)       Cut an 11 inch “Background” feature from the “Baseball is Life/baseball player” key. On the red dotted swiss cardstock

3)       Next trim a second sheet of the red dotted swiss cardstock to 11 ¼” x 11 ½” and butt the edges of the red cardstocks side to side on top of the white 12×12 cardstocks.

4)       Next I put small pieces of colored cardstock beneath the diecut images on the background page to make the diecut images of the hat, bat, glove and baseball stand out.

5)       Now cut a 7 1/1” “Batter up” image with blackout and shadow. Also cut the layer for the field with the Bon Bon velvet flocked paper. Adhere to top left of double page spread.

6)       Use the Bon Bon velvet Flocked brads to make the “bases” stand out on the field portion of the image.

7)       Using Design Studio I welded a (2) of the 2” baseball borders to make a 12 inch border. Next I cut an extra 2” baseball border.

8       Okay, since there is not “blackout” feature for the baseball border, I made my own using the Design Studio software right click on the “stitching” of all the baseballs and “hide selected contour”. This blacks out the stitches and you can cut your own blackout of the border.

9)       Adhere the blacked out border of the baseball border together.

10)   Adhere the 12 inch long baseball border to the bottom edge of the left handed page and continue with the 6 inch long baseball border across the bottom on the right handed page making a continuous border.

11)   Matte several sequence photos and high light a large focus photo and adhere in a strip like fashion across the double page spread.

12)   Cut a 1 inch “playball” image with the baseball layer. Place next to diecut images in red background paper.

13)   Place several small strips of dotted ribbon for accents and adhere journaling.

14)   Ink all edges of double page spread with black ink for definition.

15)   Now you have a fabulous quick sports layout with using just a few supplies more than your Cricut and cardstock. This format will work well for many different sport pages

Football is Life

Instructions:

1)       Paint  wood frame with two coats of paint. Allow the paint to dry between coats.

2)       Cut (11) 1 ½” footballs with layer and shadow from Sports Mania cart.

3)       Ink edges of footballs with Tea Dye ink pad.

4)       Cut a 2 ½” Football helmet with shadow

5)       Cut 1 inch numbers from Plantin Schoolbook cart using shadow feature and adhere to helmet.

6)       Cut 2” “Football is life” using the frame feature and mat with white cardstock.

7)       Adhere the “Football is life” frame and “Football helmet” in opposite corners of the frame using dimensional tape.

8       Adhere the 11 footballs around the frame using tacky tape.

9)       Mount photo on white cardstock and then coordinating colored patterned paper. I rounded the corners and inked the edges for definition.

10)   Insert the photo into the frame