Wednesday 23 November 2011

Thank you (cricut) card

Materials used..

Cricut Machine
Cricut Cartridge Wall Decor
White card
Bright pink card
Brown card
Violet card
Green card
Light pink card
Lilac card
Pale lilac card
                                                                                    Yellow card


Step by step instructions

Put the green card on your mat. Set the size at 4”. Load mat. Press Border, Plant (page 45) and cut. Unload mat.

Put the brown card on your mat. Load mat. Press Border, Plant and cut. Unload mat. Cut the stems and leaf sections away so you are just let with the plant pots. Repeat this again and trim to create the tops of the plant pots.

Put the green card on the mat. Load the mat. Set the size to 1 ½”. Press the shift lock button. Press flower (page 60) six times and cut.  Making sure your shift lock button is still lit set the size to 2” and then press flower twice and cut. Set the size to 4 ¼”. Remove the shift lock feature. Press Plant (page 45) and cut. Unload mat. Cut away the pot just leaving the stem and leaf. (You will use this to add to the far right plant pot when everything is put together) Trust me I know what I am doing!!!!!!! Lol x

Put the bright pink card on the mat. Load mat. Set the size to 2”. Press shift lock and flower (page 60) twice and cut. Trim away the leaf section following the shape of the flower.

Put pale pink card on the mat. Load mat. Set the size to 1 ½” Make sure shift lock is still on press flower twice and cut. Repeat this with pale lilac and dark lilac card. Trim the leaves from the flowers following the shape of the flower.

Put yellow card on the mat. Set the size at 2”. Press flower twice and cut. Then change the size to 1 ½”. Press flower six times and cut. Remove mat and keep the centres of the flowers.

Put the dark lilac card on the mat. Set the size at 2”. Load mat. Press shift lock,font shadow and type THANK. Press cut. Unload mat

Put the light pink card on the mat. Remove the shadow feature.Make sure shift lock is still on. Press THANK and cut.

Glue the plant pots to the pot and leaf section. Build up the pots.

Layer the flowers on to the green base. You may want to trim off a leaf or two and add them in elsewhere.

Layer the letters together.

Build up the card as follows

Cut the following ; White card for front layer 7 7/8” x 7 3/8”.
Bright pink card  8 1/8” x 7 ¾”.
White card  8 ½” x 8 1/8”.
Brown card  8 7/8” x 8 ½”.
Violet card  9 1/8” x 8 5/8”   and   10 1/8” x 8 5/8”.

Score the larger of the violet pieces at 1” in from the length. Fold back on the score line and glue this to the back of the other violet piece to create the card.

Happy Crafting,
Love Melanie xxx

2 comments:

  1. Another fresh and funky card. Great idea to put the instructions on too.
    Cheers Mel!
    Sandra x

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  2. Another great card Mel,love the look of the flowers thanks
    Sandra x

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