Gift for a friend

I have a lovely goodie basket that I`m going to be sending to my friend in Australia (giant box of pop tarts, candy necklaces and other goodies). I was flipping through the tags, bags, boxes and more 2 booklet with my husband and he picked the mini pizza box for me to make. I'm going to be putting two souvenir coins in the little box.

There’s a couple of steps involved in scoring and cutting a box.

1.      Insert the scoring tip and load the mat. Change the cut settings to scoring tip (my suggested settings are 5 speed, 5 pressure, 1 multi-cut and 6 on the housing).
 

2.      Pick the shift of the box (these are the score lines). Press home.

3.      Press cut (it won’t be cutting, but scoring at this point)

4.      Once the scoring is done, do not unload mat! Carefully remove the scoring tip and don’t move the blade carriage or the cut will be off.

5.      Insert the blade (careful again to not move anything) and adjust the cut settings to cut paper.

6.      Delete the score line ‘cut’ from the cut queue and select the box image.

7.      Press home and press cut.

8.      Assemble the box according to the instructions

 

I also saw the card on page 32 and I just had to make it. So I made it and the corresponding envelope on page 33. I also used the card phrase with my markers. I just love how it turned out. 

 

I'm going to write a little message to her on the blank part. I really think she`ll love it.

Early starts

 I started playing with the cricut markers that I got for christmas and I can`t believe how easy these are to use. They even put the settings on the marker (thanks cricut!). Tags, bags, boxes and more 2 has card phrases for use with the pen (and in my mind perfect for the markers too). Since Valentine`s Day is coming up, I decided I`d pick "Be Mine" to draw. I know Valentine`s is a month away, but I`m a terrible procrastinator if I let myself. I decided I didn`t want to cut the cordinating card and I just used a scrap of paper and then matted it with some dark red. I think it looks great, might turn down the pressure a bit though.

I was so excited that my friend`s birthday was coming up because I had the chance to make a birthday card for the first time. My friend is a guy so I couldn`t do anything too girly, but I think it turned out nicely. This card is made entirely from Create A Critter 2. That cupcake is super cute!



I don`t have any stamps for birthdays yet, so I decided that I`d cut out a sentiment for the inside of the card too. So I cut "Make a wish". Sorry about the fuzzy picture, I tried a bunch of times to take a clear picture. My camera doesn't seem to like the colours.



 

I'll post when I complete the Valentine's Day card and a couple of other cards in my queue.

A New Year's Resolution

Hello and Welcome!

I think I might have the best resolution ever: to use my cricut more and get better at scrapbooking and other papercraft.

I just recently entered the world of cricut when I purchased my cricut expression 2 this past August. I bought the Happy Hauntings cartridge in October and A Quilted Christmas in December. Then my husband gave me two cartridges for christmas and bought one for me on boxing day (I love that man!). So now I also have Create a Critter 2, Mini Books and Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2.

I can't stop making stuff from the Create a Critter 2 cart, I just love the cute little critters and phrases.

Here's what I've made so far:

This is the Party Monkey (from page 75, CAC2). I cut the clothes in pink instead of blue because it's for my niece (her nickname is monkey). I cut out the Happy Birthday phrase on page 77. I'm going to cut "1st" using CCR because it's for a scrapbook page for her first birthday. (I'm creating an album for my sister to put baby pictures in).

This is the Skeleton Bear and the candy apple (from page 58, CAC2). I just love the candy apple, it's so cute. I'm going to be making a halloween card for my friend in Australia (yes, I love halloween that much). She doesn't have Halloween there and I like to send her goodies ever year (and yes I know that halloween was 2 months ago). The eyes on the bear were a little "off" and I'm not really sure why. I tried my best to put the layered images together straight, but I think the eyes just cut wrong in the first place. I fixed the problem by colouring the offending bits with black gel pen.

For New Year's I cut out "Happy New Year" (from page 29,CAC2) in black bristol board and white card stock and then I laminated it with my new laminator. It turned out decently, although I wish the laminating was a bit better. I love that the bristol board cuts so nicely in my cricut, I'll have buy more of that.

So that's what I've been doing since christmas day. I haven't had a chance to use the mini books or tbbm2 cartridges yet, but I have big plans for those two cards.