This A2 sized Valentine card (4-1/4" x 5-1/2") came together in a snap once I got my sizing figured out.
A tip for the newbies: Use the Fit to Length feature key on your Expression or Create to get just the right size you need on a project. I used that to determine what size to cut the label shape behind the birds.
Speaking of label shapes, can you believe this one came from the Twinkle Toes Lite cartridge? Be sure to look at your cartridges carefully - there are lots of labels and shapes on there that are parts of other images. This one was supposed to say "Tiny Dancer", if you cut all the layers.
I cut the label shape ("tinydncr") from Twinkle Toes at 3-1/4". Then, I ran it through the Cuttlebug using the Textile Texture embossing folder.
The love birds ("loveb") are from the Holiday Cakes cartridge and cut at 1-1/2". Remember that the Cake cartridges work in any of the machines and you can use the images to cut paper. Silver gems and glittered big brads are from Hobby Lobby. In the photo, it looks like the birds have wiggle eyes - they don't! The eyes are actually silver solid gems.
I added a red button on my bow, then tied it with Martha Stewart baker's twine and added my sentiment from Papertrey Ink. Button and ribbon by Papertrey Ink.
A finishing touch on the inside and we're done! Paper was by Core'dinations and Basic Grey's Bittersweet line.
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272 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 1 – 200 of 272 Newer› Newest»Wow! This card is gorgeous! The rich colors and the 'love birds' are so pretty!
Carolyn
http://cccscraproom.blogspot.com
Pretty card!!! TFS!!
Carol
This is beautiful! Thanks for the tip on the fit to length button. I've never used that button and that opens a whole assortment of possibilities with my carts. Please let me know if you have a tutorial on this.
Candace
mypassion4scrappin.blogspot.com
This is so pretty, realy love the idea. thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous card!
WOW!!! what a gorgeous card!!! I love it so much....Holy cow...girl you took plain cardstock and turned it into a masterpiece....geeze from your color choices to the embossing and thanks once again for using multiple cartridges and pointing out features that get overlooked and cutting tips...girl you rocked it again!!!!
What a lovely cards--I love the colors which are so bright and cheerful.
This is such a pretty card TFS
later tater
laney
I've been making valentines this week and none of them have turned out as good as this one. SO PRETTY! I like the patterned paper, the colors and the texture you used. I LOVE texture on cards!
Great card, I love the colors and papers! Great idea for the label, I have that cart, will have to remember that!
Kim T.
kjoycec@juno.com
This card is so pretty. I always forget to use my cake carts for paper. Thanks for the inspiration!
Very pretty! You're right about carefully looking at your carts for "hidden" designs. I just found a pretty snowflake on the Sweethearts cart that has a heart in the middle. I never would have thought to find a snowflake in Sweethearts!
What a pretty card, Thanks for sharing.
What a lovely card. The colors are so vibrant. Thanks for the inspiration.
This card is absolutely beautiful!! Thanks so much for sharing!
Nice card & the colors are great! I love the little extra on the inside as well.
Awesome card! What a clever use of parenthesis. I'm going to have to use them in my layouts. Thanks!
Very pretty card! Thaks for sharing and for the chance to win New Testament.
LOVE this card ~ and I have the Holiday Cakes cart, so I could make it!!! Love those pretty papers you've used, too!
This is a very cute card! I love the colors!
Melissa
myscraphour.blogspot.com
Your card is gorgeous!! love the cuts and of course the Valentine colors!
cathyplus5.blogspot.com
Can never go wrong with googly eyes!
Oh I love this! I've been collecting ideas for Valentine's cards and I really like the love birds theme :) Thanks for the inspiration!
I LOVE all the paper in this card! So beautiful!
This is so pretty! I especially like the little "Love you" tag. What a sweet touch!
I love this card! I love the layers and colors you used. I love your ideas. Thank you so much.
Kathy213
Just love the birds. Pretty card.
the love birds card looks great. I hope to create something so cute!
Very pretty Valentine's card!
I've had my Cricut just a few months so this will be the first Valentine's Day where I can make cards for my family and friends! Thanks for posting so many awesome projects!
This is sooo Beautiful. I love the colors. I must scrap lift this. Smooches... Felicia - frankleecrafts [at] gmail [dot] com
Pink and brown pretty colors together. Added twine and embossing what a great love birds card.
I really like this card. Perfect colors, cuts and composition. Thanks
Great valentine card - great colors and textures. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! Love that card! Thanks for the inspiration!
scrapbooknut67114 at gmail dot com
I Love this card the colors and all the little extra touches.
Linda
lmkindell1@verizon.net
lindashappyplace.blogspot.com
Such a beautiful card and thanks 4 the tip on fit to length.
Letillia
Divaof5.blogspot.com
Cuteness!! I just love the Twinkle Toes cart. On of my favs along with all the cake cart. Wonderful!
Oh how I would love to win this cartridge. looks like some really neat items on it.
also love the card. you do such nice work.
Love the colors! Great card! Lovin' the lovebirds googly eyes.
jdkentinc at aol dot com
Beautiful card!
What a beautiful valentine card! It is so pretty.
Pretty card. I love how the label turned out. TFS.
Beautiful card. I love the colors. I am wondering if you could explain a little more on how you used fit to length to determine the size of the label to cut? Did you put in a certain size paper when doing that?
Beautiful card!!
Inspiration abounds with your weekly posts. Will have to make it with my Seniors!
SusaGail in the U.P.
Beautiful card!
What a striking card! The colors and patterns are very unique. I love everything about the card! TFS
I love waking up in the morning and seeing what you guys have come up with! It's so fun!! Thanks for sharing!
Celesterpr
I love this card!! it brings the spring
This is too cute! I love the colors you used!
I am new to the cricut and am learning so much on this blog. Wonderful colors on the card. I will try the fit to length button! Thanks for the tip.
This is beautiful! I need to get that cartridge out!
The lovebirds are so colorful! Could really use the New Testament Cartridge for working with children's church...
These are such great colors! I'd have been afraid they'd drown out things, but it looks perfect! Gonna be scraplifting your color scheme!!! Thanks for sharing!
Love the card and thanks for the chance to win a cartridge on my wish list debbie018@hotmail.com
This is a gorgeous card, and you are right, that fit to length feature is so useful for card making. Thanks for the chance to win--I love the New Testament cart!
Beautiful card. I love the inside accent too. I am now a follower of your blog....one of more than 9,000! Wow!
Love your card. Thanks for a chance to win this new cartridge.
What a beautiful card! Thanks!
What a pretty card. Love the colors.
Lovely card--I really like this color combo.
The Love Birds Card is super cute. I would love to win the New Testament cartridge. Thank you.
bgalyean2011@aol.com
What a pretty card! Thanks for all the helpful tips!
The valentine card is beautiful! I've got to try this with my imagine.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Julie
juliew50@ymail.com
Wow! Another beautiful card from, of course, several great cartridges.
Thanks for the opportunity to win a very beautiful cart -- the New Testament -- AND for sharing with us everyday. It brings sunshine into our day! Marsha N
Very pretty card, you always have wonderful ideas!
Very pretty card! Thanks for the chance to win a cart with some bible images!
It DOES look like the birds have wiggly eyes. It caught my attention the first time through and thought the wiggly didn't look quite right. I love the brown and pink together. our Girl Scout troop made Valentine's last night for our local Children's Hospital. The girls were able to invite a special adult female friend. We had a great time card making!
AWESOME card that just screams ~ JOY!
LOVE it!
Thanks for sharing
Susan
WOW! This card turned out sooo pretty! LOVe that paper and the cuts are wonderful.... Lovely Valentine Card! :o)
Theresa
Love the love birds,the paper is so beautiful the reds and all the pinks brings it together! Love it!
This would work great for a Anniversary card in white or a wedding card!TFS
What a cute card. Love that cartridge too.
Wow, this is an intensely pretty card. Thanks for posting it! lclass003atgmaildotcom
Beautiful card!
This card is beautiful. I am always amazed at the things I notice on my cartridges when I look at them 'again'. I have gotten to where I can think outside of the box at least a little bit when looking at the images. Thanks for sharing!!!!
What a wonderful Valentine's Day card. Great job! Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win a cartridge.
Glad it's not googly eyes, actually! It's much prettier with silver eyes (more sophisticated too!) Really pretty!! Thanks for sharing!!!
really cute card. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
Love the colors on this cute card!
Beautiful card!! Love the birds and the paper :) Awesome job on it!!
This card is beautiful and I'm not a big bird lover. Thanks for the tip. I'm still trying to get acquainted with my expression 2
Love the colors and papers in this card. Not a bird fan but you made this card adorable.
papermemories4u@ yahoo.com
What a pretty card! Thanks for the cut measurements - I can make something similar!
That card is so pretty..Love the doves..
Pretty card! I love the paper.
Loving your card! Love the BG Bittersweet pp too!! You are right! I need to look at my cartridges more closely bc I love these birds and the label which could be overlooked if we don't see them. TFS!
Very cute card....and now I know what the labels on the cartridges are for. Thanks for sharing.
Ann from Canada
Such a cute card, and just in time for Valentine's day!!! Thanks for sharing it!
I love this card! I can't wait to try my own version of it! Thanks for another great idea.
Beautiful card. I love the papers. I enjoyed the detail added on the inside of the card. I tend to forget that the inside is a blank canvas as well.
"Love" everything about this card. The paper is absolutely georgous! Wonderful job!
Mstgane
Ann
How beautiful, I loved the colors, it fills my whole body with such great feelings :)
love it . darlenelerma@yahoo.com
I just love the birds. And I like learning how you put the cards together.
Thanks
Rosa
Beautiful card...inside & out!! Love your color choices. Brown always makes me think of chocolate at Valentine's Day. TFS.
Kathryn
Great Valentine card...like what you added on the inside! I always look forward to 'Everyday Cricut' because it is a good source of motivation for me!
So cute! I have to get something to emboss with... I love the embossed papers!
Love the card. The birds are so cute. As always your colors are wonderful together.
Really like how you took a label from one cartridge that I didn't even realize had labels, put it with another cut and made such a great Valentine card. Also like that you showed the inside of the card as I struggle with that and any ideas are appreciated. I am a follower and would love to win the New Testament cartridge
Very nice!
I love this card!!! You are such a blessing to those of us who are creatively challenged and I look forward to improving my abilities through some of your projects! Question...where is the info on making bows? Yours are beautiful!
Great Valentine's Day card! Love the bright paper!
Such an adorable card! I am definitely going to look more closely at my cartridges! Such hidden gems...Thanks!
tanya t
tanya.thompson53@gmail.com
This card is absolutely beautiful! LOVE all the V-Day inspiration! :)
Great card for an anniversary too. Love the bright colors.
Joy, I love your card! I'm going to have to put that cake cart on my wish list. I love those birds! :)
cute love birds and cool panel they are mounted on!
Soo pretty! I just love the Twinkle Toes cartridge too for tags!
Beautiful!!
Lisa-is-kewl@rocketmail.com
Love this card! Working on Valentines cards so this is helpful!! Thanks for sharing
Hi. I am already a subscriber and receive your blog posts daily. I watch your Your Tube videos as well and purchase my CTMH products from you too.
I'd love to win the New Testament Cricut Cartridge because I'm a born-again, Bible-believing Christian and I use scripture on all of my cards and projects. The images would be a wonderful edition because there's a not a lot of Christian images of the Cricut caliber out there and I do appreciate your generosity in offering this cartridge. Thank you and God bless.
Elegant card! A keeper for a sweet (husband) keeper. Thanx for the ideas.
I think this is one of my favorite cards that you have made. I really like this one. I don't have those cartridges, but I may have to go through my stash to see if I can come up with something close.
Beautiful Card! I love the vibrance of the colors.
pretty card. Thanks for the tip on the "fit to length". Now I know what it is for and how to use it. Hopefully it will work out great for me as I make lots of cards and that would be a lifesaver. TFS
Oh, I just love this one! So cute!
Cute card , loving the love bird and thanks for the great tip we can always use a great tip. Thanks for all you do and share, God bless you and yours. 1205love@gmail.com
This card is sooooooo pretty! I love using different images from different cartridges to create my designs. Great job! Thanks for sharing.
Really cute card, tfs.
pretty card!
Thanks for the lovely card! I'm inspired!
Great job! Thank you for explaining and for sharing!
Very nice card, thanks for sharing.
I look forward to your card creations. You come up with the cutest ideas.
Thank you for the chance to win this New Testaments cartridge I could put it to good use.
Thank you Judy From Claremore
Love that you finished the inside of the card too. Very pretty!
paravella@aol.com
This card is very cute, I love the paper.
gorgeous, colors and ribbon, all work! great card!
New to cricut, I really need to get more cartridges and get making some of these sweet cards
Lori - happy_2_be_here@hotmail.com
Love this card!! I don't have the carts that were used so we'll see what other Cricut carts I have that I can use instead!!
Thanks for the inspiration!
Kathy
So sweet! I love it!
Lori
Those papers are so pretty! Gorgeous card.
This card is absolutely gorgeous! I love the texture you created and how much it adds to the overall effect of the card. Thanks for sharing!
Love the card. Can't wait to try it. TFS!
So pretty!
Beautiful! Love the colors.
Nette R
netter at q dot com
Such a pretty card, love the colors!
I live this card...Good to know the cakes can be used in the expressions.
Beautiful card. Love the bakers twine and button on the bow. The silver eyes on the birds really add to the card.
Thank you
Linda in Stanwood
The pattern and color combo of the background paper is striking! Thanks for the "fit-to-length" tip!
rosebud114 The love birds card is
beaufiful. I didn't know you could
use the cricut lite cartridge with the expression machine. That for all your great tips.
Great card!
Love those birds. Regina
regina95370@sbcglobal.net
very pretty card.
Adorable card! I especially like the treatment inside. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the opportunity to win another cartridge. The New Testament art will be great for our Church bulletin boards.
anticil at comcast dot net
I love your lovebirds. :)
That is a beautiful card!!! Wow!!! Thanks for sharing with us. Gloria
Love the Googly eyes.
Hzeebee@Gmail.com
Wow!! The card is awesome,I love the colors and the "Love Birds" I love using my circut for making all kinds of stuff especially my cards!!!
What a gorgeous card.
This is a beautiful card! I love the colors and the textures.
Tammy
Such a pretty card. I always find cuts that I never noticed on cartridges through these blogs.
Thanks for sharing!
jllannoo@wideopenwest.com
Thanks again for sharing one of your great creations. I love this card. Your blog is so interesting. Thanks for giving me ideas on what I am able to do. Have a good one!
Tweet Card!
Cute card, of course, all the Valentine's stuff is so loveable!
Awesome Valentine card! The love birds are super cute!
I really like the bird design on this card - it reminds me of an old-fashioned quilt pattern.
The colors are so rich looking on the card, LOVE IT! Great choice for design. Thanks for all the tips you give us, they help tremendously
Beautiful! I love the colors!
very, very nice!
This is cute! The birds are so adorable!
Another Great Card!
Love the card, and thanks for the tip.
I love, love, love the paper.
God Bless
Beautiful colors. I love this card.
(sueanderson66@yahoo.com)
Beautiful card! I love the two "love birds"!! Great inspiration for Valentine's Day!
sueot33@yahoo.com
Love the card and I have agreed with look at your cartridges carefully. I have found hundreds of shapes and borders to use, in fact I am making a book of them, just to remind me for future reference. TFS
circlebenterprises.com
Pretty Love Birds card. I use to raise Ring-Necked Doves when I was growing up E coast FL. It is so true that there are some neat images on cartridges we would not expect to find them on. Thanks for giveaway chance.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
http://CreatedbySunshineHoneyBee.blogspot.com
Cute card. Love the paper and the "love you" tag. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the chance to win.
Very pretty card!
Cheryl From Richmond Hill Ga Here. I want to let you gals know that you are the highlight of my day-everyday. I look forward to getting that email to see what you busy ladies made next. I am in awe by all your creativity! Thanks for sharing all you do.
Cp.
This is beautiful, inside and out!!!
Wow, a lot of people have commented! Just goes to show you what a good job you do with your blog. Love the card.
Cute how you embellish the inside of the card also :)
Sandy@ turtlelover@firehousemail.com
So, so cute!! I would love to make this with my girls for their daddy for Valentine's!
Love it! One of my favorite things is to find some of the hidden cuts in my cartridges! Thanks!
A very lovely card. Thanks for sharing.
Hazel
hdhall6002@sbcglobal.net
Love the love birds. The card could work for so many occasions-that is always such a plus.
Beautiful card!!
Veronica
mommyscraftycreations.blogspot.com
mommyscraftycreations at gmail dot com
very cute card,thank you for the chance to win
Love your card!! Those birds are so pretty!!
Your V-day card is beautiful! Show us some more I need lots of inspiration! Thanks for sharing
Just adorable, nice job, TFS!
HOW CUTE IS THAT!!! And thanks for the tip on searching the "hidden" images on the cartridges! I'm new to the world of Cricut and hadn't thought of that! I'm learning so much from your wonderful site! Thanks so much for sharing your creative talent with us! :-)
I never really cared for the birds on that cart, but i love them on this card so thanks!
Love this card. Love my cricut even though I am still learning how to "play" with it. Can never enough.
I love the classy retro look. So much prettier than other Valentine cards.
Very very nice card! Love the colors.
debz831 at hotmail dot com
I love the colors and the birds with the silver eyes!
Birds are my favorite images or cutouts! This car is a perfect example for "love" occasions. Thanks for the idea.
LOve this card, love all you made with it.
The love birds are so versatile!
Beautiful card!! Love the way you put it together.
This is gorgeous! I love all the texture and the designer paper is so pretty.
Awesome tip for useing the label feature.
Mari
It blows my mind as to "how" you all come up with these wonderful ideas..they r so much appreciated. I want to thank u for sharing..Donna/ct aka .dnadeja..
Such a pretty card and I really like the idea of embellishing the inside. Your so detailed...thanks for sharing!
Beautiful card! I love the pattern paper and was very happy to find when I rushed to check my Basic Grey stash, that I had a piece! Yea!!
Like the card and all of your creativity.
Cute card! I need to get started on mine :)
Kasot@aol.com
Beautiful, thanks for using some older cartridges so we can create our own right away.
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