A Little St. Patties Day Drink

Hello. Cindy here from Scrap-obsessed. blogspot.com with a fun little vinyl project. I'm not a beer drinker myself, but I know some others enjoy a little green beer to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. 

I saw some of these on Pinterest and knew I could make them with my Cricut. I used Paper Doll Dress Up for the mustache, Birthday Bash for the font and Indie Art for the lips. I used Cricut vinyl in black and red and cut it out using my new Cricut Mini and my Gypsy. I'm very happy with this smaller machine as it takes up a lot less room on my craft table.

I hope you like todays project. I will be making a bunch of these for a friends wedding party (minus the green beer).  Cheers.

Hi everyone! 

This is Dana (DomesticatingDana over on the Cricut MB) and I’m so happy to be here with everyone.  September brought us an awesome 1^st month here at the Cricut FANatics, but it also brought us back to school.  Back to school means back to homework, including nightly reading.  Need a little something to make reading a little more exciting for your kids?  I have  a fun little project that is quick and easy and makes a great little gift for readers of any age. 

 

I love to make these magnetic bookmarks- practical, easy, and super-FAST!   They cling around your page in your book so they dont fall out & you can locate your page easily.  They are great for kids especially because they don’t fall out of the book when they are tossed in and out of backpacks! Here is how I make mine:

Cut a strip of cardstock to 2.5” x 5”, and then score it at 2.5” (half) and fold.  This creates the base of the bookmark.  Use a bone folder on the crease to help it lie flat.   Cut 2 strips from an adhesive backed magnet sheet (found in the general crafting section of your local craft store) to approximately 2”L x 0.25”W each.   On the inside of the bookmark, adhere one strip along each of the short ends, lining them up so they magnetize.

 

Then decorate your bookmarks with your choice of cuts! 

 

Done! (Told you it was super-FAST!)  Fold it over the page in your book and it will stay in place.

The great thing about this project is the limitless possibilities!  You can make it any size and embellish it any way you want.   Like…

Monograms:

 

Shapes:

Holidays:

 

These make great birthday presents (to go with a book or a bookstore gift card), party favors, and even treats for your child’s classmates!

A few hints: 

• When I am choosing my Cricut cuts, I use my Gypsy (or CCR) and place a square that is the same size as the finished bookmark on the mat and size up my cuts.  If I am using patterned paper, I want to make sure that my cut doesn’t cover all of it up.
• To line up the magnets on the front and back pieces, I cut the magnetic strips and magnetize them together so the adhesive is on the outsides.  I remove the backing on one side only and adhere it to one of the short sides.  Once that is in place, I remove the backing from the other strip (now face up and magnetized to the other one, and fold the book mark closed.  This will line your strips up evenly.
• I wanted to laminate one to see how it turned out, but my laminator is packed away due to some remodeling we are doing right now.  I have not tried it before, but would recommend the thinnest pouch in order to allow your bookmark to fold and stay together.  I would also recommend laminating and then adhere the magnets.

I hope that you get some inspiration from this project.  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Cricut Info & Supplies Used:

Designed by: Dana Bilson

Cricut Machine Used:  Cricut Mini

Cricut Cartridges Used: Create a Critter (apple, cut at 2”), Hello Kitty Font (monogram D, cut @ 1.5”), Life’s a Party (soccer shaped bookmark- used the card feature cut @ 2.5”), Mini Monsters (Jack-o-Lantern, cut at 1.75”) 

Other Supplies Used:  Cardstock, adhesive magnet strips (found in the general craft section of Joann’s), adhesive

 

Operation Christmas Cards

Hello, it’s Freda from Canncreatedesigns.blogspot.com.  I have a card for you that I made for Michael’s Operation Christmas Card drive.  Between now and October 31^st Michael’s is collecting store bought or handmade Christmas Cards to send to our military forces so they can have something nice to send to their family members.

I have been seeing cards like this all over Pinterest and Youtube but they were all made with punches and dies that I didn’t own.  I decided to scraplift a “Cricut Version” of the card by Cathleen on the Crooked Creations blog.  I searched in CCR and found the leaves and oval I would need to create the pinecones and lettering.  I had to use the Foliage Nestabilities die for the sprig since I couldn’t find one like it listed in CCR.

Craftroom File download link:

https://www.box.com/s/74mynk3v0fialy3q74ot

 

Accent Essentials Cartridge: 

Leaf:  accnt42s - - cut 14 at .9”

Oval:  accent1s - - cut 2 (I used a circle made into oval by changing height & width to 1 x 2 in craftroom, if  you aren’t using craftroom pick any oval at 2”)

 

CTMH-Artiste

Merry Christmas:  cut at 1 ½”

 

Assembly Steps:

Step 1:   Cut card base  -  5.5 x 8.5

Step 2:   Cut white card front – 5.25 x 4.0

Step 3:   Cut the ovals, Merry Christmas, and leaves.  Ink the bottom edges of the leaves with brown ink.

Step 4:   Use the Blossoms Tool Kit or rounded object to “cup” the leaves.

 

Step 5:   Row 1- Glue 1 leaf to the bottom center of the oval.  Row 2- Glue 2 leaves overlapping the top 1/3 of row 1.

 

Step 6: Glue 3 leaves per row for the next 3 rows.  Use the last 2 leaves to cover the top of the oval.

Step 7:  Tie 2 bows with the ribbon, attach foliage and ribbon to the top front of each pinecone with a glue dot. 

Step 8:   Glue dot a piece of 3” ribbon to the back of each pinecone, arrange pinecones on the card front piece(leaving room for the Merry Christmas at the bottom corner) then wrap ribbon tail over the top and glue dot to the back of the card front.  Repeat with the second pinecone.

Step 9:   Glue Merry Christmas in place.

Step 10: Attach card front to the card base.  If you have a dark color card base cut a second card front, stamp appropriate sentiment and adhere it to inside area of card.

Thanks for looking,

Freda

Cricut Info and Other Supplies:

Designed by: Freda

Cartridges Used: Accent Essentials, Artiste

Cricut Machines Used: CCR, Cricut Mini

Other Supplies Used: card stock, distress ink, Nestabilities foliage die, paper blossoms tool kit, Offray ¼” Ribbon, glue dots-med