I am so proud of myself right now! This morning I read about the Cards for Heroes Challenge and this afternoon I had an hour and a half while the kids were napping. In that time I made 20 cards and packaged them up just in time for the mailman to arrive. I was worried if I didn’t send them right off they would just sit here forever and I’d end up missing the deadline. I was in such a rush I didn’t even get a change to take a picture for the blog!! No way could I have finished them all so quickly without my beloved Cricut Expression!
I will describe them for you though. I used the Cricut Christmas Cheer Cartridge to make 3 fancy little trees in across the front of the card. Supplies I used:
They were super simple and totally adorable. I hope some hardworking military guy or gal enjoys sending them to their rellies for Christmas!
Christmas Tree Card
My inspiration was this cute little card posted at twopeas. The creator of that card, GIPFunny, used a Sizzlet die and then brads to embellish the tree. It looks absolutely adorable but I don’t have the patience for that (I never would have finished in time!!). Using the Cricut to cut out the trees and the Xyron to adhere them saved me A TON of time.
here is a link to GIPFunny’s card:
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=1186725&f=n
I haven’t figured out yet what to use as a Christmas card for our family cards this year.. maybe I’ll just do more of these.
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Great card. And how kind of you to be sending our hero’s cards. My husband is retired army and we have family in the service. I know they will be welcomed. Mail is important. especially stunning cards like the one you made.
By the way. Absolutely. you may share the cricut cupcakes from my blog
http://rubberstampinzone.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/paper-cupcakes/
Thanks for the kind words. The size is 4 1/2 wide and 5 3/4 in length.
Again I love the card you made! kudos to you for making 20 of them and sending them out!
Hi again! Thanks for the comment on the cricut , cuttlebug Thanks card. Yes that is Stampin Up cardstock.
Again thanks for the comments. You are so kind! I am quite new to this blogging thing and I don’t know how to answer back to your comments! sorry for posting here. Maybe you can tell me how to do that?
I am going to check out your site this evening! looks like there is a lot to explore. I’m glad you came over to my blog or I wouldn’t have known you were here!
Have a great day.
Lisa