House Warming Card

On New Year's Eve we were invited to my neices new apartment for breakfast.  She made crepes complete with all kinds of wonderful toppings - it was decadent!  Her apartment is a studio that is so adorable and seems to work great for her.  I wanted to send her a Thank You and decided to use the house from Wild Card.  As I was looking at the picture I realized that there were several colors and that it might be a pain to change out colors.  I was up last night browsing my favorite blogs and found the perfect solution!  Of course I found the answer from Diane at Capadia.  She was cutting out some princesses and showing how to make all those layers with one mat cut.  It was the answer I didn't know I needed!  Thanks Diane.

Here is my mat after I made the cuts.  I forgot to take a picture before but I think you get the picture.

Here is a close-up of the cute house from Wild Card.  Xarissa's apartment building is blue so of course this one had to be the same.

There is also a cute envelope that goes along with card.  I embossed the door knob (not pictured) to give it a little dimension.  I also chalked everything to give it that old world feel.  I hope Xarissa likes it.

Wild Card Exploration

Today was another Cricut Club Class and Jesse guided us through a Wild Card Exploration. I was excited because this cartridge looked really cool but I hadn't had a chance to play with it. Jesse showed us the Argyle button Pg. 33) - so many options! I made two argyle cards but didn't get a chance to make the envelopes which are very cool. Jerri, these cards reminded me on St. Andrews and the plaids that the golfers and Highlanders wear. Ofcourse I would use different colors. Maybe you could use this cartridge to send a card to one of your friends in Scotland.

This card was made with the argyle and lattace option. I also had to put a liner under everthing because of the color choices I made.

This Argyle card was made with the window option.

Jesse made the most elegant Autumn card but of course that paper was gone so my friend April and I went searching for something else. As usual April found this paper and I copied her. Thanks April!

Here is the Leaf card and envelope (pg. 43). The pictures don't do it justice. Just be sure to use double sided paper for each.

Matching Envelope