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“Merry Holly Days” Winter Frolic Cricut Cartridge Christmas Card!

2010
12.01

Posted in Book Pages, Christmas Projects, Cricut, Cricut Card, Cricut Cartridges, Ephemera, Funky, Olive Juice Studio Inspirations(Gallery), Pop Dots, Project Tutorials/Instructions, Stickles, Tim Holtz ink, Vintage | 2 Comments »

And here is the second card I made! *still wiping the sweat away…” Man that was work grasping for a creative brain cell! *wink*

This card was also made using the Winter Frolic Cricut cartridge. Did I mention that I LOVE this cartridge? Yeah? I thought I did but just wanted to make sure you caught that in the other post I made using Winter Frolic. *insert smirk here.*

So…here’s card #2 after almost two months of ZERO mojo….well…no mojo and no time to even attempt to be creative but last night I pulled out my craft stuff and dug in…I actually think I might have time ( if I scramble) to whip up a few more things tomorrow before packing things up again….keep your fingers crossed for me! *grin*

This snazzy little penguin card was made using two different Cricut cartridges – Winter Frolic and A Child’s Year.

Ingredients:

Cricut or Imagine

Winter Frolic Cricut cartridge

A Child’s Year Cricut cartridge

Core’dinations medium green/black cardstock

black, light pink, medium pink, white, yellow, light turquoise and off-white cardstock for Cricut cuts

small piece of sheet music

Stickles (glitter glue) I used yellow and Diamond (clear)

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and Antique Linen

felt snowflake pieces ( these are from Paper Studio- Hobby Lobby)

1 light pink styrofoam ball or a pom pom for top of hat (found in floral section at craft stores)

“Merry Holly Days” stamp or your preferred stamp sentiment or use your computer and printer!

2″ wide ribbon – I used a light pink with fuschia polka dots!

Preferred adhesive

Pop Dots

Scissors

Directions:

1. Using “A Child’s Year” Cricut cartridge and the turquoise paper, cut the card from page 75 of the handbook. I cut this card at 6″ so the actual card measures 4 3/4″ x 6″.

2. Using the score lines, fold the card using your preferred scoring tool. Ink the edges using Tim Holtz Distress ink in Vintage Photo.

3. Insert the “Winter Frolic” Cricut cartridge and cut the penguin at size 5″ from page 57 of the handbook. Cut the bottom layer in the off-white cardstock and the top layer in black. Trace the rounded part of the belly onto a piece of sheet music and cut by hand or cut the bottom layer using the sheet music and attach to the off-white cardstock for extra stability. Ink lightly using the Tim Holtz Distress ink in Antique Linen.

4. Cut the lollipop parts by selecting the “layer” feature key once with shift selected and once without. Use a variety of colors to get the desired lollipop color I cut the lolliop base in off-white, then the stripes in light pink, medium pink and turquoise. Assemble and glue together.

5. Cut the hat first in light pink at size 5″ and then the top layer in the medium pink. Assemble by stacking and attaching with a pop dot between the layers. Glue to the top of the penguin and attach the small pink styrofoam ball or pompom for the top of the hat.

6. Tie the ribbon completely around the front panel and tie into a bow. Trim the bow edges to desired length.

7. Stamp card sentiment or print using your computer and printer on a piece of light turquoise paper. Hand cut the sentiment and attach to a scrap of sheet music. Again, hand cut leaving a slight border and then ink.

8. Cut the scarf found in the Winter Frolic handbook on page 31 of the handbook. For this scarf to fit across the front of the penguin it needs to be cut at 7″ and then trimmed slightly. Ink and attach.

9. Attach the penguin to the card front overlapping the ribbon. The penguin’s hat will hang off the top of the card.

10. Add the sentiment to the card front – use the sample photo for placement.

11. Add three different sizes and colors of felt snowflakes stacked and glued together and then glued to the center of the bow.

12. Glue felt snowflakes to the card front.

13. Add Stickles (glitter glue) to the penguin’s scarf, hat trim, beak and feet. Also add a few dots of clear glitter glue to the corners of the sentiment.

I4. Once the scarf is dry, cut small slits in the scard ends and curl upward.

Wa-La! Another super fun Christmas card using the Winter Frolic Cricut cartridge! I hope you like it!

xKim

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“Brrrr! ….Baby it’s Cold Outside…” Winter Frolic Christmas Card

2010
11.30

Posted in Christmas Projects, Cricut, Cricut Card, Cricut Cartridges, Humor, Humorous, Pop Dots, Project Tutorials/Instructions, Stickles, Tim Holtz ink, Vintage, Winter Frolic | 2 Comments »

Well? What do you think?

I MADE A CARD….ALL BY MYSELF!!! *insert look of shock and dismay here.* I actually made TWO cards for Memory Miser for my December gig and this is one of them - thank goodness Marla over there is a doll to work with and has let me a slide a bit with my designer responsibilities the past month or so because I swear my brain went bu-bye for a while. It’s been well over six weeks since I’ve made anything with paper… I had to SQUEEZE….and PULL…and…STRETCH…and PRAY for just a dash of inspiration…and after a glass of wine and some Christmas Carols *hiccup*….. I seriously think there just might be hope! *go ahead roll your eyes here.* Anyway, I think my mojo is starting to waken because after hours AND hours of deliberation last night THIS is what happened! Whew! I’m still wiping the sweat from my forehead because I really did have to work it but I do have to say, I am happy with the outcomes and think the card turned out pretty darn cute! I have had Winter Frolic for several months but just took it out of the plastic last night – I LOVE IT! I have to say it’s my “new favorite” cartridge, especially for winter/Christmas stuff – just so charming and vintage-y! If you don’t have it yet or couldn’t decide if you needed it, guess what? You do! LOL! So you better go git it cuz yer gonna love it!

Brrrr!

Inside reads: “Baby it’s Cold Outside! Wishing You a Warm & Fuzzy Holiday Season!”

Ingredients:

Cricut or Imagine

Winter Frolic cartridge

Light turquoise cardstock to make a 4 ½” x 6 1/2” card

Alphabet/Red and white polka dot (reverse side)paper

White embossed cardstock or make your own using your favorite embossing folder and Cuttlebug!

Black, red, brown, light pink and turquoise paper cardstock scraps

Turquoise glitter ribbon (purchased from Hobby Lobby!)

2 clear flat backed stones

1 clear turquoise flat backed stone

Small piece of orange felt for carrot nose

Glue dots

Pop dots

Your preferred adhesive

Stickles (glitter glue) in a clear diamond, turquoise and light pink

Tim Holtz Distress inks in Vintage Photo and Antique Linen

Paper cutter

Scissors

Directions:

1. Cut a piece of turquoise paper to 6 ½”x 9”. Fold in half using your preferred scoring tool to make a card measuring 4 ½” x 6 ½”.

2. Cut a piece of the alphabet paper/red and white polka dot paper to measure 4 ½” x 6 ½”. Tear the top edge of the paper holding the paper in one hand and pulling the paper toward you with the other so the right torn edge is on the piece that you will use on the card. Lightly ink the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen. Attach to the front of the turquoise card base. Use the photo for placement. Ink the edges using Tim Holtz Distress ink in Vintage Photo.

3. Tear another piece of the alphabet/red and white polka dot paper so that it measures approximately 3 ½” x 4 ½”. Lightly ink the edges with Tim Holtz Distress ink in Antique Linen. Attach to the red and white polka dot paper on the front of the card.

4. Using your Cricut and the Winter Frolic cartridge, cut the snowman located on page 28 of the Winter Frolic handbook at size 5”. Cut the bottom layer in brown, the top layer in embossed white cardstock. Slip a small piece of black cardstock scrap under the white snowman where the eyes and mouth are located. Glue the pieces to the brown snowman layer. Lightly ink using Tim Holtz Distress ink in Antique Linen.

5. Cut the gloves, cheeks and bowtie using the shift key and the “layer” feature key cut the hat from black paper, the cheeks from pink and the gloves from red paper.

6. Cut the word “Brrrr!” found on page 33 of the Winter Frolic handbook. Cut it using the “phrase” feature key and the bunny key on the keypad overlay. Cut at 1 ½” on black cardstock. Next, cut the top layer from turquoise cardstock by selecting the “shift” key and the bunny on the keypad overlay. Glue the turquoise layer to the top of the black word.

7. Attach the remaining pieces to the snowman – add the gloves, hat, bow tie and cheeks.

8. Using the carrot nose cutout as a guide either trace or cut around the carrot nose on orange felt for extra dimension. Attach using a glue dot or liquid glue.

9. Attach the snowman to the card front (use the card photo for placement) using pop dots.

10. Glue the word “Brrrr!” to the card front so that the word goes across the bottom of the snowman.

11. Add the clear flat backed stones to the upper left corner of the card using liquid glue or mini glue dots.

12. Tie a small bow with the turquoise glitter ribbon and glue to the upper right corner of the card.

13. For final pizzazz, add Stickles (glitter glue) to the embossed area of the snowman, the tie, gloves, hatband, and the top layer of the word “Brrrr!”

14. Decorate the inside with remaining pieces of the alphabet/red and white polka dot paper and the phrase “Baby it’s Cold Outside” found in the Winter Frolic handbook on page 47 or type a sentiment on your computer and print it out to add to the inside.

I hope you enjoyed!

Olive my crafty friends, don’t you?

xKim

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“Oh Happy Day…” Another “Just Because” Card!

2010
07.29

Posted in Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge, Cricut Card, Wild Card, Wild Card Cricut Cartridge | 1 Comment »

Here’s a recent card that I made about a month ago. It goes with the cow and deer circle card set…

The recipe for this card is available below!

Ingredients

Cricut Machine

Wild Card or any cartridge that has a circle shaped card OR use your Gypsy/Design Studio to weld two circles together to form a card.

Create a Critter Cricut cartridge

D’vine Swirls Cuttlebug Embossing Folder AND Cuttlebug

Off white cardstock

Blue metallic/shimmery cardstock

Patterned paper in same colors as solids

Scraps of light green with white polka dots

brown cardstock

Embellies:

Sunflower button

Coordinating yellow button

An old piece of a flexible measuring tape

Directions

Using your Cricut and the Wild Card cartridge cut the card from page 48 in the handbook at 4 ¼” on the patterned paper of your choice.
Next, cut the circle card in blackout mode found on page 48 of your handbook at 4” from the off-white cardstock. Cut the circles in half along the fold line.
With the blue shimmer paper, cut the “oh happy day” circular phrase found on page 48 of your handbook at 4 1/4″.
Using the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge cut the bird found on page 45 of the Create a Critter handbook. At 1 ¾”. Cut in the shadow mode with brown paper and then the base cut using the light green polka dot paper. Cut the wing with a scrap of coordinating blue paper.
Cut the sun from the Create a Critter handbook found on ;page 52 at 1” from yellow paper.
Emboss the off-white circle with the D’vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder and Cuttlebug. Attach to the center of the inside of the circle card.
Glue “oh happy day” circular phrase to the front of the card following the smaller circle cut in the center of the card. Glue the bird together and attach to the inside of the card so that it fits inside of the circle window frame.
Glue the yellow button to the center of the yellow sun cutout. Attach a bow made from an old flexible plastic measuring tape to the top of the button.
Lightly ink the card edges with brown ink.

Here’s the other two cards in this card set…

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“When My Ship Comes In…” Humorous Card!

2010
07.08

Posted in Cricut Card, Cricut Cartridges, Cricut Lite Cartridges, Funny, Humor, Humorous, Olive Juice Studio Inspirations(Gallery), Project Tutorials/Instructions, Seasonal Cricut Cartridges | 3 Comments »

A “Just Because” card using the “Summer Vacation” Seasonal Cricut Cartridge and “Lacy Labels” Cricut Lite Cartridge!

When my ship comes in…

(inside)I’ll be at the airport!

Ingredients:

Summer Vacation Seasonal Cricut cartridge

Lacy Labels Cricut Lite cartridge

Cricut Machine (Original, Create or Expression will work!)

Cricut Mat

Light golden yellow cardstock

Light blue cardstock

Brown cardstock

Book print patterned paper

Celery green cardstock

Red & white polka dot patterned paper by Paper Studio

Yellow, white & orange checked scraps of paper

White cardstock

Striped ribbon by

Gold shamrock coin (from seasonal décor at Joann’s)

Turquoise blue 2-hole button

Gold thread

Glue dots

Glossy Accents glue

Pop dots (dimensionals)

Scissors

Paper cutter

Copic Spica Glitter Markers

Brown ink

Preferred Scoring Tool

Crop-a-Dile

For Sentiment:

Microsoft Publisher or Microsoft Word (or use a stamp or cut from your Cricut!)

Printer

Directions:

1. Build your card base by cutting your paper to the following sizes:

a. Yellow cardstock: 5.5” x 10”

b. Celery green cardstock: 4 ¾” x 5”

c. Book print patterned paper: 4 ½” x 4 ¾”

d. Red & white polka dot paper: 1 ¾” x 5 ½”

2. Cricut cuts

Summer Vacation Seasonal Cricut Cartridge:

a. Light blue cardstock: Cut the ship at 2 ½ ”

b. Brown cardstock: Cut the airplane at 2 ½”

Lacy Labels Cricut Lite Cartridge (Currently only available at Walmart!) Cut the 18^th label (second row, eight across):

a. Celery green cardstock (select shift feature for the shadow). Set your size to 3 ½ ”, cut 1x.

b. Brown cardstock. (no shift) keep the size at 3 ½ ”. Cut 1x.

c. Yellow cardstock. (no shift) adjust the size to 3 ¼”

3. Assemble the card by doing the following:

4. Using your preferred scoring tool, score the yellow cardstock at the halfway point and fold in half.

5. Attach the red & white polka dot strip to right side of the card lining up the top and bottom edges with approximately a 1/8inch yellow border on the far right side.

6. Center the book print patterned paper to the celery green piece and attach.

7. Attach the celery green paper to the center of the yellow card base using pop dots (dimensionals).

8. Assemble Cricut Cuts:

Three Layer Label:

a. Attach the yellow label to the top of the brown label using pop dots (dimensionals).

b. Attach the brown label to the celery green label using pop dots (dimensionals).

c. Ship: Using the blue Copic Spica Glitter Marker outline the entire ship using lines, dots and dashes. Cover the entire ship with a layer of Glossy Accents and set aside to dry.

d. Airplane: Using the orange Copic Spica Glitter Marker outline the airplane using dots and dashes.

9. Wrap a piece of ribbon just long enough to glue under the edge of the top two card piece layers (see photo for placement). Tie a bow to desired size and glue to the top of the ribbon strip.

10. Attach the three layer label to the top of the card overlapping a portion of the ribbon (see photo for placement)

11. Punch a hole in a gold shamrock coin using your Crop-a-Dile and then slip a gold piece of thread/string under the knot on the bow and up through the hole in the coin. Secure the coin to the bow by threading the gold string through the button holes and knotting. Cut string to desired length.

12. Using Microsoft Publisher or Microsoft Word and the “Word Art” feature. Type in “When my ship comes in..” and then using just a regular text box type the inside sentiment leaving space between the two sentiments so you can cut them out type “I’ll be at the airport.” Print on white cardstock and then cut out following the shape of the words. Attach the sentiment to a scrap of the celery green paper and cut around following the shape of the sentiment. Attach to the top of the yellow label so that it slightly hangs off of the tag.

13. Hand cut a small circle for a sun from a scrap of coordinating yellow/orange paper. Ink the edges and crinkle then smooth out. Attach to the top of the yellow label.

14. Once the ship is dry, attach to the top yellow label using pop dots (dimensionals).

15. Decorate the inside by cutting a piece of scrap celery green paper and inking the edges for the inside card mat.

16. Attach the brown airplane to the top left corner of the green card mat.

17. Attach the inside verse “I’ll be at the airport” to a scrap of the red & white polka dot paper and attach to the center of the green card base.

Hope you like it!

Olive crafts, don’t you?

x Kim

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You’re So Dear…

2010
06.13

Posted in Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge, Cricut Card, Olive Juice Studio Inspirations(Gallery), Random Posts, Wild Card Cricut Cartridge | No Comments »

A cute Cricut circle card (say that five times fast!) adorable all the way down to the fuzzy nose on the deer! It’s just perfect for a friend or someone you treasure! This card was made using the “Create a Critter” and “Wild Card” Cricut cartridges. If you like what you see make sure to check back for a tutorial to be added soon!

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So Last Year… Cricut Easter/Spring Card

2010
02.02

Posted in Book Pages, Cricut Card, Easter Card, Easter Cricut Cartridge, Feather Boas, Flocked Paper, Forever Young Cricut Cartridge, Funny, Humor, Pop Dots, Prima Flowers, Spring, Stickles, Tim Holtz ink | 2 Comments »

Whip one up and send us a photo! We’d love to see your spin on the card or the saying…or whatever!!!

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Archive for the ‘Cricut Card’ Category

“Merry Holly Days” Winter Frolic Cricut Cartridge Christmas Card!

“Brrrr! ….Baby it’s Cold Outside…” Winter Frolic Christmas Card

Well? What do you think?

Brrrr!

Ingredients:

Directions: