All the Tutorials on The Crazy Cricut Lady

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This list is for all my tutorials regardless of type of project, occasion or difficulty.  There are quite a few of them and the list is always growing.  If you are looking for something in particular you can search that in the search bar or just follow the links at the top or side of any page (in progress right now but expected in the next couple days).

And remember There is Nothing to be Scared of.  Just click on the read more button to see the whole tutorial.  Download links are included inside each project.  

So pick your next masterpiece and enjoy.  If you have any questions you can post a comment below, email me, or post the question at my Facebook Group, The Crazy Cricut Lady Group.

Simple Heart Cut Out Love Card For Your Sweetie

Simple Heart Cut Out Love Card For Your Sweetie

This simple cut out love card says it all. A great beginner card anyone can make for an anniversary or just to say I Love ...
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Create This Vinyl Layering Flower Project Easily

Create This Vinyl Layering Flower Project Easily

Layering vinyl, whether it is regular vinyl or HTV, there are some tricks that can help. With this tutorial you will see how to create ...
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Back To School Clock for the Classroom

Back To School Clock for the Classroom

This Back to School Clock looks great in a classroom. Make it as a teacher gift or for your own classroom. It can be customized ...
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Make This Holiday Card For Troops Overseas

Make This Holiday Card For Troops Overseas

Everyone on HSN Craft Day was making slimline cards. Those are cards designed to fit in a business size envelope. I am all for not ...
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Got a New Sublimation Printer! Game Changer!

Got a New Sublimation Printer! Game Changer!

I have a new sublimation printer and can now print and create ANYTHING I want for shirts or anything I can sublimate on. Including pictures ...
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Using Infusible Ink on 100% Cotton Materials

Using Infusible Ink on 100% Cotton Materials

Previously I could only use Infusible Ink (sublimation) on high polyester content shirts. Now with this trick I can do it on 100% cotton shirts ...
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Back to school bendy card

Back To School Bendy Card For Teacher or Student

Make this Back to School bendy card for a student or their favorite teacher. You can send them back with style and some encouragement. Make ...
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Create This Cut Out Thank You Card

Create This Cut Out Thank You Card

Sometimes you just need to say Thank You. Maybe it is for a gift or something someone did, but this cut out thank you card ...
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This Dragon Birthday Twirl Card Is Too Cute!

This Dragon Birthday Twirl Card Is Too Cute!

I LOVE this Dragon Birthday Twirl Card! I just found in Access. Animal behinds! And there are many, many of them. They work wonderfully for ...
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Another More Complex Contour Tool Tutorial

Another More Complex Contour Tool Tutorial

This complex square was an another attempt to show the flexibility of the contour tool. I took a simple pattern and made this colorful piece ...
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Make This Flower Box Card For Summer

Make This Flower Box Card For Summer

This Flower Box Card is a nice way to say "Welcome Summer". Just send this card to say Hi or for a special occasion. This ...
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Happy Birthday Pop Out Card With 2 Layers

Happy Birthday Pop Out Card With 2 Layers

I made this Happy Birthday Pop Out Card using Inkscape mostly. There doesn't seem to be an easy way to do this in Design Space ...
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Rose Layered mandala made with the contour tool

Layered Roses Mandala Using the Contour Tool

I made this layered rose mandala wall art with the contour tool.  It was really easy and I will show you how and then you ...
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Try Some Animal Coloring With Paper to Relax

Try Some Animal Coloring With Paper to Relax

These animal coloring with paper projects creates wonderful embellishments for your cards and scrapbook pages. I wanted to use up my scrap box. I know ...
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You Can Use Infusible Ink On Any Hard Surface

You Can Use Infusible Ink On Any Hard Surface

Have you ever priced infusible products? They are EXPENSIVE! Now you can take any metal, wood or ceramic surface and treat it. Then use infusible ...
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Make a Circular Baby Announcement

Make a Circular Baby Announcement

Looking around through my Facebook group and other groups, I see lots of these circular baby announcement projects. But did you know how easy they ...
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Make This Gnome of the Free Pop Out Card

Make This Gnome of the Free Pop Out Card

I wanted to try this Gnome of the Free Pop Out Card to see how it would look. I really liked it. The center pop ...
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Concentric Atom Layered Art For Science Geeks

Concentric Atom Layered Art For Science Geeks

This simple Concentric Molecule was designed for all those people like me, Science Geeks! I am proud to be a Chemistry Nerd and want to ...
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Dinosaur Drink Cup for a Special Kid

Dinosaur Drink Cup for a Special Kid

I made this Dinosaur Drink Cup for a special kid. He was coming over for a picnic and the last time he was over kept ...
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Have A Student Driver? You Need These Magnets!

Have A Student Driver? You Need These Magnets!

Cordelia is a Student Driver. She sits extra long at stop signs, turns a little wide and drives slower than I would but these are ...
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Make This Waterfall Pride Month Butterfly Card

Make This Waterfall Pride Month Butterfly Card

This Waterfall Pride Month card is a beautiful example of a modified waterfall design. That means that you can flip through parts of the card ...
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Front of Peek a boo lion card

Make This Cute Peek A Boo Lion Card

This Peek A Boo Lion card uses images I just found in Access. Animal behinds! And there are many, many of them.  They work wonderfully ...
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Twisted Uncle Gnomey Fourth of July Card

Twisted Uncle Gnomey Fourth of July Card

This Twisted Gnome of the Free Card introduces a new gnome! Uncle Gnomey joins the Crazy Cricut Lady family of gnomes to say happy Fourth ...
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Celebrate Pride Month with a Rainbow Flag Shirt

Celebrate Pride Month with a Rainbow Flag Shirt

Celebrate Pride Month with this Rainbow Flag Shirt vinyl project. My Daughter is part of the LGBTQ community and wanted a unique shirt for the ...
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Front of Summer panorama Card

This Summer Panorama Card is Warm and Happy

The design of this Summer Panorama Card is very similar to my back to school twirl card but without the twirler.  It is a bright ...
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Flower Bow 1

These Flower Bows Make Your Gifts Extra Special

These Flower bows will add that special touch to any gift!  I used the Foil Tips by Cricut in gold or silver.  Don't just put ...
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Zig Zag Graduation Card With Throwing Caps

Zig Zag Graduation Card With Throwing Caps

I did this Zig Zag Graduation Card for a friend of Cordelia's but couldn't post it until she actually got it so it would be ...
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Father's Day Box Card For Dad on His Day

Father’s Day Box Card For Dad on His Day

Impress everyone with this dynamic Father's Day Box Card for Dad. It is similar to the box card I made for Mom here, but why ...
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Decorated Fish Tank Drink Cup

Decorated Fish Tank Drink Cup

I found this fish tank drink cup (at least that is what I thought it looked like) at Walmart for under $3. Cordelia agreed that ...
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Forth of July gatefold easel combo card with card band

Patriotic Gatefold Easel Combo Card to Make

We have had a bad year but this Patriotic Gatefold Easel Combo Card tells us that time is past! Celebrate the Normal this July 4th ...
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Front of Daddy Pop Out Card

Daddy Pop Out Card to Make For Dad

I made this Daddy Pop Out Card using Inkscape mostly.  There doesn't seem to be an easy way to do this in Design Space.  Maybe ...
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Daddy is Best Cut Out Card For Father's Day

Daddy is Best Cut Out Card For Father’s Day

This Daddy is Best Cut Out card was inspired by watching Crafters Companion on HSN. They have a whole line of cards cut this way ...
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Art Deco Iron Cross Father's Day Card Design

Art Deco Iron Cross Father’s Day Card Design

This Iron Cross Father's Day card is very similar to the birthday iron cross card I made previously. But I added the hearts at the ...
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Make This DAD Word Card For Father's Day

Make This DAD Word Card For Father’s Day

Using the new offset tool I made this Father's Day Word Card. But you don't have to design it. Just make it in minutes. It ...
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Dolphin Love Unique 3D Card To Make

Dolphin Love Unique 3D Card To Make

This Dolphin Love Card is amazing. The splash 3D effect is truly remarkable. Use it for a Father's Day Card (It is that time of ...
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Front of Grandma apron card

Tell Grandma “Love You” With This Apron Card

This apron card reminds me of my Grandma.  She is no longer with us, but I remember every time we showed up she either had ...
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Say Congrats With This Cut Out Easel Card

Say Congrats With This Cut Out Easel Card

Use this cut out card to say congrats, you knew they could do it. Use it for graduation, weight loss, reaching a goal or anything ...
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Make This Two Layer Gift Box With A Bow

Make This Two Layer Gift Box With A Bow

This two layered gift box creates its own wrapping paper. And I added a bow for the complete package (pun intended). The sides meet up ...
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Spring Flower Puzzles to Make

Spring Flower Puzzles to Make

These Spring Flower Puzzles are soooo cute! They are small enough and simple enough to give to little kids. They make great party favors for ...
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Layered Graduation Card For Your Graduate

Layered Graduation Card For Your Graduate

It is graduation time again! I was inspired to make this layered graduation card by something I saw Crafters Companion do on HSN. But I ...
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Learn A New Simple Layered Mandala Technique

Learn A New Simple Layered Mandala Technique

I discovered this new way of making a layered mandala in a flyer from Hobby Lobby. I am going to teach you how to do ...
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Lace I Love You Card With a Card Band

Lace I Love You Card With a Card Band

I made a card band to go with this Lace I Love You Card. The card band has lace too. This card is perfect for ...
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Adding A QR Code To Your Custom Cards

Adding A QR Code To Your Custom Cards

Want to sing Happy Birthday to someone far away? Or send your baby's first words to Grandma? Do it by adding a QR code to ...
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Congratulations on your vaccine card

Make A Congratulation on Your Vaccine Card

I am not making a political statement with this Congratulations on your vaccine card.  Getting the vaccine is a personal choice.  But for those who ...
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Make a Spiral Betty Shirt. It's Amazing!

Make a Spiral Betty Shirt. It’s Amazing!

I saw a Spiral Betty in my Facebook group and had to try it! It is AMAZING! I will show you how and some mistakes ...
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Fancy Fold Thank You Card With Card Band to Make

Fancy Fold Thank You Card With Card Band to Make

Say that you appreciate anyone with this Fancy Fold Thank You Card. I included the card band in the design because these fancy fold cards ...
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Make This Traditional Mother's Day Z Fold Card

Make This Traditional Mother’s Day Z Fold Card

This traditional Mother's Day Z Fold Card is the last of my deep dive into Z fold Cards. Tell Mom she is "The Best Mom ...
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Lightbulb drink cup

Get this Light Bulb Drink Cup and Decorate It

I got this light bulb drink cup at Walmart and am decorating it with lightbulbs! This is going to be a general tutorial for using ...
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Bride & Groom: A New Type of Layered Mandala

Bride & Groom: A New Type of Layered Mandala

I discovered this new way of making a layered mandala in a flyer from Hobby Lobby. In trying to decide how to show it to ...
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Make This Purse Gift Card Holder & Envelope

Make This Purse Gift Card Holder & Envelope

Some of you may remember this Purse Gift Card Holder from the Christmas Gifts for members but I never did a tutorial. Here it is ...
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I got my 2nd COVID Vaccine Shot!

I got my 2nd COVID Vaccine Shot!

I got my second COVID Vaccine shot! Yay! I had to make a scrapbook page but couldn't find a good virus picture so I made ...
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Fall Tissue Box

Fall Tissue Box

This Tissue Box Cover will add to any Fall decor. It fits over any standard size cube tissue box. Make it for the season and ...
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The Impossible Fold Birthday Card

The Impossible Fold Birthday Card

This card is called the Impossible Fold card because it appears to have no way to flatten the card and fill in all the holes ...
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Violets: Coloring With Paper Embellishment

Violets: Coloring With Paper Embellishment

This violets coloring with paper creates a wonderful embellishments for your cards and scrapbook pages. I did this project months ago but somehow it never ...
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Cupcake Shaker Card front

Make A Cupcake Shaker Card

Full Sized Shaker Cards are all the rage and this Full Sized Cupcake Shaker Card is no exception. Everyone on HSN Craft Day had expensive ...
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Get Well Z Fold Card to Make

Get Well Z Fold Card to Make

This Get Well Z Fold Card is another variation on the normal z fold card with a extra wide top layer. I have been experimenting ...
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Two Gift Boxes for Your Sweetie

Two Gift Boxes for Your Sweetie

Ken loved truffles. I made these two gift boxes to hold them and other candy. They both have acetate in the lid. You can see ...
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Give this Elegant Wedding Bridge Card

Give this Elegant Wedding Bridge Card

Today I have this elegant Wedding Bridge Card with the dress train forming the bridge. Wedding Bridge Card Flat This card needs to be folded ...
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DIY Easter Bunny Z Fold Card to Make

DIY Easter Bunny Z Fold Card to Make

This Easter Bunny Z Fold Card is a variation on the normal z fold card with a diagonal top layer. I have been experimenting with ...
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Happy Easter Diamond Fold Card

Happy Easter Diamond Fold Card

I am going back to my roots and doing some fancy fold cards. This Happy Easter Diamond Fold Card is a perfect example. The fold ...
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Try This Princess Birthday Bridge Card

Try This Princess Birthday Bridge Card

I am going back to my roots and doing some fancy fold cards. This Princess Birthday Bridge Card is a great example. Perfect for all ...
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Train Birthday BridgeCard all set up

Make This Train Birthday Bridge Card

Another in my series of bridge cards is this Train Birthday Bridge Card.  Perfect for all the little train fanatics on their special day!  If ...
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Make This Gift Box Using the 24 X 12 Mat

Make This Gift Box Using the 24 X 12 Mat

Ever need a little bigger mat? A 24 X 12 mat can give you that extra little bit of room for a bigger project. ABut ...
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Make This Gnomies St Patricks Day Card

Make This Gnomies St Patricks Day Card

This is my last Gnomies St. Patrick's Day Card this year. And it has a Gnome Pun! It shows how to make the gnomes yours ...
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Bronx Fur Baby Scrapbook Page

Bronx Fur Baby Scrapbook Page

I almost forgot my fur baby! This Bronx Fur Baby Scrapbook page is about him. Bronx is a white lab and although he is almost ...
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Twisted gatefold st patricks day gnome card

Two St Patricks Day Gnome Cards

I made these St Patricks Day Gnome cards to show you uses for your gnomes that were created here in the last tutorial. Twisted Gatefold ...
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all the st patricks day gnomes

More St Patricks Day Gnomes To Make

Gnomes are back with these male and female St Patricks Day Gnomes!  The file makes them about 5 inches tall.  That is perfect for embellishments ...
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Milk Carton Style small gift boxes

Simple Small Gift Boxes to Make – 2 Styles

Sometimes you just need a small gift box. Design Space has many different styles. One of these gift boxes is an Access file, one I ...
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Easter Bunny Layered Mandala in pastels

Easy Easter Bunny Layered Mandala to Make

This Easter Bunny Layered Mandala is easy to make.  I designed it for all those people scared to try the complex ones.  There are a ...
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Front of St. Patrick's Day Bernie meme card

Bernie Meme St Patrick’s Day Card to Make

This Bernie Meme St. Patrick's Day card is sooo cute. Whether you like Bernie Sanders or not (I think he is a little too liberal) ...
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Homecoming Dance Scrapbook Page

Homecoming Dance Scrapbook Page

This Homecoming Dance Scrapbook Page overcomes the 11.5 X 11.5 size limit of the Cricut. The frame is layered and fills the page AND even ...
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Shamrock Layered Mandala in shades of green

Make A More Difficult Shamrock Layered Mandala

This shamrock layered mandala is a little more complex than some of my layered mandalas. But don't worry it is not as hard as it ...
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Butterfly Subway Sign Made with HTVRontvinyl

Butterfly Subway Sign Made with HTVRontvinyl

I loved doing this Butterfly Subway Sign. This subway sign is a twist on the usual. This project uses graphics along with words. I used ...
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Cordelia class photo scrapbook page

Make a Class Photo Scrapbook Page

We buy class photos every year.  Make that class photo scrapbook page sparkle and be the centerpiece page suitable for framing!  Cordelia is a beautiful ...
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Lion Layered Mandala

Beautiful Lion Layered Mandala

This lion layered mandala started as an Access image.  I altered it a bit and made this beautiful wall hanging.  It is truely remarkable and ...
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Flower Layered Mandala workaround

Flower Layered Mandala: Special Notes

Layered Mandalas are all the rage!  I have made several and you can see all of them here.  This Flower Layered Mandala is beautiful.  But ...
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Birthday Bling Coloring With Paper Embellishments

Birthday Bling Coloring With Paper Embellishments

Birthday Bling coloring with paper creates wonderful embellishments for your cards and scrapbook pages. I wanted some bling and had lots of patterned and glitter ...
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Adding Pictures to Scrapbook Pages

Adding Pictures to Scrapbook Pages

Adding pictures to scrapbook pages is easy. It can require a scanner but usually pictures are taken on our phone and are already in a ...
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Small sloth larger than mat project

Cutting Two Sloths that are Larger Than Mat

I wanted a new larger than mat wall hanging.  I was getting tired of the Harry Potter one I did last year.  I love sloths ...
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Make This Easy Valentines Tissue Box Cover

Make This Easy Valentines Tissue Box Cover

This Valentines tissue box is a perfect decoration for Valentines Day. It is festive and with cold and flu season here, is totally timely and ...
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Baby Corner fold card in yellow and purple - front

Easy Baby Corner Fold Card to Make

This is a simple Baby Corner Fold Card.  I thought I had made a corner fold card before but no.  So I designed one.  You ...
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A Redesigned Blade Holder for Foiling Kit Tips

A Redesigned Blade Holder for Foiling Kit Tips

Last year I made a custom blade caddy. With the addition of the Foiling Kit, I needed a redesigned blade holder with the new tips ...
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Using Both Sheets and Pens for Infusible Ink

Using Both Sheets and Pens for Infusible Ink

I got a question yesterday. Can you use both Infusible Ink Pens and Sheets in the same project? First you need to read the basics ...
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My First Project for Infusible Ink Sheets

How to Use Infusible Ink Sheets

Before you start with Infusible Ink Sheets, you need to know the Infusible Ink Basics.  Go to my basics tutorial here.  I am a beginner with ...
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How to Draw With Infusible Ink Pens

How to Draw With Infusible Ink Pens

Infusible Ink Pens can be used to draw anything you want. I don't draw well. That's why I own a Cricut. You can draw AND ...
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Wedding Easel Card set up

Wedding Easel Card to Make

Make this homemade Wedding Easel Card for that special couple on their special day.  Change the colors to the pair's wedding colors to make it ...
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Layered Snowflake mandala

Make This Snowflake Layered Mandala

This Snowflake Layered Mandala is made with 4 different types of paper.  I used 2 regular cardstocks (white and grey), vellum, glitter cardstock and foiled ...
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Birthday Frames Card Front

Tell Them Happy Birthday With This Frames Card

This Happy Birthday Frames Card tells that special person that you remembered their birthday and cared enough to hand make a card for them.  Who ...
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Christmas Thank You card

Another Christmas Thank You Card to Make

This is another Christmas Thank You card.  I made an Honor Society card like this one for my nephew previously.  It is a cross pop ...
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Christmas Thank You Photo Card

Christmas Thank You Card With Photo

My parents taught me to always say thank you.  Today is my Dad's birthday and he passed several years ago.  This one is for you ...
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Simple heart layered mandala for valentines

Simple Heart Layered Mandala to Make

This Heart Layered Mandala is a simple design, suitable for beginners. If you have been scared to try them, this one is simple and a ...
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Decorating your Arabesque ornaments - Large sized

Decorating Your Arabesque Ornaments

Decorating your Arabesque ornaments can be hard.  They are everywhere across the web.  And they look so beautiful!  I will make it simple for you.  ...
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Sizing your Arabesque Ornaments - the basic shapes involved

Sizing Your Arabesque Ornaments

Arabesque tile Ornaments are all over Pinterest.  I even bought some SVGs to get an idea of how to make them.  There was  one BIG ...
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Make Christmas Flour Sack Towels For Gifts

Make Christmas Flour Sack Towels For Gifts

These 6 Christmas Flour Sack Towel make a great gift. Youi can never have enough towels in the kitchen. These designs celebrate the season and ...
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Front of Snow Globe Card

Snow Globe Christmas Card to Make

The snow globe in this Snow Globe Christmas Card may look familiar.  My Christmas bubble card used the same images.  I wanted to try the ...
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Resting Grinch Face T shirt

This is My Resting Grinch Face Shirt

Christmas crafters love to make homemade gifts.  I made this Resting Grinch Face T shirt for Cordelia.  Don't worry she knows.  I used a set ...
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Make These Customized Ear Muffs

Make These Customized Ear Muffs

Christmas gifts, like these customized ear muffs, can be made better with your Cricut. Add HTV and humor and they will thrill anyone on your ...
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Snowflake Layered Card front

Make This Snowflake Layered Card

This Layered Snowflake Card looks complex.  It really isn't.  It was hard to design, but I already did that for you.  But it does impress ...
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Front of the double twirl ornament card

Impressive! Double Twirl Ornament Card

All of you know how much I love making twirl cards. This double twirl ornament card is no exception. Two, count them, two twirling ornaments! ...
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Christmas Card Band - Wreath

Christmas Card Bands – Extra Oomph for Cards

These Christmas Card Bands can be customized to fit any size design. They add color and flair to your cards. And they keep your cards ...
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Christmas coloring with paper Santa

Make Christmas Coloring With Paper Bling

Christmas coloring with paper creates wonderful embellishments for your cards and scrapbook pages.  I wanted some bling and had lots of foil and glitter cardstock ...
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Any Way You Say It Christmas Step Card

Any Way You Say It Christmas Step Card

I saw something similar to this Christmas Step Card and loved it. They made blocks with theirs. I decided to make steps. The card says ...
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layered mandala snowman

Make this Layered Mandala Snowman

If you have been scared to try the layered mandala before this layered mandala snowman is the perfect starter project.  It is simple and easy ...
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With a decorated tree and a colorful nativity,

Play with This Christmas Twirl Card

Spinner Cards are some of my favorite.  This Christmas Spinner card is no exception.  With a decorated tree and a colorful nativity, this one covers both ...
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Cut out Christmas Ornament

Make These Easy Cut Out Christmas Ornaments

These cut out Christmas ornaments are simple to make and are a wonderful starter project.  You just need a wooden disk that I got at ...
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A Unique Twist to the Twist and Flip Card

A Unique Twist to the Twist and Flip Card

This patreon only Twist and Flip card for Christmas is unique. I saw a Happy Birthday Card like this on Pinterest and just had to ...
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Front of see through snowflake card

This See Through Snowflake Card Is So Cute

This See Through Snowflake Card is made with some glitter acetate that I found in the clearance aisle.  It creates a really cute effect.  Everyone ...
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Front of Poinsettia pop out card

Make This Poinsettia Pop Out Christmas Card

This Poinsettia Pop Out Card can be made simply and colorfully.  Writing this tutorial has taught me to spell poinsettia.  But seriously, this is a ...
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Santa Layered Mandala

Make A Fancy Santa Layered Mandala

Frame this Santa Layered Mandala and make a beautiful wall hanging and decorations suitable for giving as a Christmas Gift. And Sana says "Ho Ho ...
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Front of the Thanksgiving Apart card

The Perfect Card for Thanksgiving Apart

This Thanksgiving apart card is perfect for this season. We can't be together and the front of this card says it best with the divided ...
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Simple Thanksgiving Card Front

Make This Simple Thanksgiving Card

This Simple Thanksgiving Card is really easy to make. Perfect for beginners. It is made with only three colors and is easy to assemble. Send ...
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Cover of thanksgiving gnome card with gnome pun

Cute Thanksgiving Gnome Card To Make

Who doesn't love gnome puns?  The purpose of this Thanksgiving Gnome Card is to give everyone a chuckle.  Also to let everyone know that you ...
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Thanksgiving Peek A Boo Card So Cute!

Thanksgiving Peek A Boo Card So Cute!

This Thanksgiving Peek a Boo Card changes pictures when you open it like magic. Make this card for friends and family that you can't see ...
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Colorful Thanksgiving Coloring With Paper

Colorful Thanksgiving Coloring With Paper

Thanksgiving coloring with paper is so fun because there is no limit to the color combinations. You can make wonderful embellishments for cards and scrapbook ...
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Flower basket birthday card with lots of flowers

Make This Flower Basket Birthday Card

I took a little break from hoilday cards to make this flower basket birthday card.  This time of year I always run out of birthday ...
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Another cut Out Thanksgiving card

Another Cut Out Thanksgiving Card

This is another cut out Thanksgiving card and is much simpler than the last cut out card.  See the other cut out Thanksgiving card here.  ...
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Mask Stickers: Everyone Hasn't Gotten It Yet

Mask Stickers: Everyone Hasn’t Gotten It Yet

With these mask stickers I am saying WEAR YOUR MASKS!! I shouldn't have to shout but, I do because everyone hasn't got it yet. Masks ...
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Pilgrim Thanksgiving Cut out Card front

Pilgrim Thanksgiving Cut Out Card

Instead of being able to visit family this year, we are sending Thanksgiving cards. Here is one that expresses just how hard that is and ...
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layered mandala turkey in fall colors

Layered Mandala Turkey for Thanksgiving

Another in the Multilayered Mandala Series is this turkey.  The detail in this turkey is amazing. It can be shrunk down to fit on cards ...
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Thanksgiving Swirl Card front with turkey

Make This Thanksgiving Swirl Card

The bridge in this 3D Thanksgiving Swirl Card runs from side to side decorated with leaves. Send this card to family members you can't see ...
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Front of the Thanksgiving Burst Card with a cute turkey

Thanksgiving Burst Card for the Pandemic

The purpose of this Burst Thanksgiving Card is to let everyone know that you miss them and you are grateful for them.  But because of ...
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Make buttons or stickers. These are Christmas Designs

Make Buttons or Stickers: Stuff I Found

I found a button maker in my craft room when I cleaned it.  So I made buttons.  And then I realized I could make stickers ...
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Dual Level card, butterfly birthday card

Butterfly Birthday Card – A Dual Level Card

The butterflies on this butterfly birthday card are on both levels of this dual level card by fitting through holes in the front of this ...
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Masks save lives t shirt design

Mask Save Lives Shirts and My Rant

Masks save lives.  Any of you that are members got this story with the newsletter today.  Those of you that didn't should read this.My RantToday ...
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Front of geometry birthday card in blue

Easy Geometry Birthday Card to Make

I made this Geometry Birthday Card for all the geeks like me out there.  The summer depleted my supply of Birthday cards so I have ...
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Halloween Something Wicked card front

Layered Aperture Something Wicked Card

Do you recognize the quote in this Something Wicked card? It is from Macbeth but also a movie that I love this time of year!  The ...
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Halloween Picture Messy Canvas

Make This Halloween Picture Messy Canvas

I love doing messy canvas.  This Halloween picture messy canvas is a twist on the usual messy canvas.  I used graphics instead of words.  This makes ...
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Make Your Voice Heard card closed

You Need to Make Your Voice Heard

Voting has started in many states, Iowa included.  Everyone needs to make their voice heard and VOTE.  I don't care who you vote for (well ...
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Pop Out Cube Halloween Card standing up

Pop Out Cube Halloween Card

This Pop Out Cube Halloween card was inspired by lots and lots of them I saw on stamping pages on Pinterest.  They are so simple ...
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Halloween Skull Layered Mandala without background

Halloween Skull Layered Mandala

This Halloween Skull Layered Mandala is part of a set I am doing for Halloween.  I plan to frame them all and line them up ...
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Hair Bows with Hobby Lobby Faux Suede Ribbon

Hair Bows with Hobby Lobby Faux Suede Ribbon

These hair bows with Hobby Lobby Faux Suede Ribbon first appeared in my blog with my leftover projects in February. I had a couple of ...
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Fun and Scary Accordion Pumpkin Card

Fun and Scary Accordion Pumpkin Card

This Accordion Pumpkin Card is a complex card to make but I will walk you through making it step by step. It is a fun ...
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halloween gatefold card with card band attached

Great Halloween Gatefold Card and Card Band

I made a card band to go with this cute Halloween Gatefold Card.  It also has ghost panels partially hidden behind the pumpkin face panels.  ...
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Framed Layered monogram mandala

Layered Monogram Mandala for a Birthday Present

I made this layered monogram mandala project for Cordelia's birthday.  While everyone has different initials, all the letters of this type are available in Design ...
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Custom envelope pink with liner

Make a Custom Envelope and Liner for Any Card

These video classes teach you to make a custom envelope from any envelope in Design Space.  And how to make it fit on the standard ...
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Voting Banner Decoration to Make

Voting Banner Decoration to Make

I made this voting banner because election day is coming up. Voting has even started in part of the country. Everyone needs to let their ...
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Female Gnome Card 1

Female Gnome Cards You Can Make in Minutes

These are the three Halloween Female Gnome Cards I promised yesterday when I posted the female gnomes.  They are so cute and I made each ...
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Witch female halloween gnome

Create Adorable Female Halloween Gnomes

One of my followers asked me why all my gnomes were male.  They were right.  So I created these female Halloween gnomes.  They are just ...
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Easy Scary Halloween Luminary to Make

Easy Scary Halloween Luminary to Make

This Scary Halloween Luminary looks amazing! It doesn't look it but it is so easy to make. I made mine in 10 minutes! This project ...
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New baby card of theater design open and standing

Make A TOO Cute Theater Style New Baby Card

This theater style new baby card is a difficult one to make. You can make it for a boy or girl or try it as ...
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Make a Stylish Mask So You Can Do Your Part

Make a Stylish Mask So You Can Do Your Part

Everyone should be protecting the people they love by wearing a mask! But don't wear a plain ordinary mask. Make a stylish mask and wear ...
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Rose Mandala made special by writing on it

Make Your Layered Mandala Special

I was looking for ways to make your layered mandalas special, and I found it!  Write or draw on the top layer.  You can add ...
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Halloween layered pumpkin mandala

Make a Halloween Layered Pumpkin Mandala

This layered pumpkin mandala is a great Halloween decoration and similar to the Angel Mandala I did a little while ago.  I made this one ...
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Make Halloween Gnomes Wall Decorations

Make Halloween Gnomes Wall Decorations

These Halloween Gnomes wall decorations are made like the gnomes on the Halloween card. See it here. They are too cute and easy to make ...
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Halloween gnome card front

Gnomes are Back! Make This Halloween Gnome Card

This Halloween gnome card is too cute!!!  And who doesn't LOVE gnomes?  You can make these cute little guys any color you want.  Kids will ...
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Fancy Folds Birthday Card in Purple with envelope

Make this Easy Fancy Flaps Birthday Card

This Fancy Flaps Birthday Card is so cute!  The smile peaks through the front of the card adding a little mystery.    I found with ...
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Gatefold I Love You heart circle card

Say I Love You with this Heart Circle Card

This gatefold I love you heart circle card is great to tell that special someone how much you love them.  And if that isn't enough, ...
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Teacher appreciation flower pot card

Make Your Favorite Teacher This Flower Pot Card

Make this Flower Pot Card to show your teacher appreciation that they deserve.  They give so much and need to be recognized for it.  And ...
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Make Your Own Back to School Shakers

Make Your Own Back to School Shakers

You can make these Back to School Shakers for your cards and scrapbook pages. I have included 3 bonus card design. See them at the ...
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back to school card a frame design with an under the sea theme

Make an A Frame Back to School Card

This Back to School card was inspired by an A Frame decoration in my house.  I made it an Under the Sea theme because I ...
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Back to School Twirl Card with aple standing

Learn to Make a Back to School Twirl Card

I LOVE making this Back to School Twirl Card!  Teachers and students have been gone for so long and miss each other.  Tell them you ...
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Back to School pop out card

Make an Easy Back to School Pop Out Card

This Back to School Pop Out Card would work for students or teachers.  It has been awhile for both and they need a little encouragement ...
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Make This Back to School Tissue Box Cover

Make This Back to School Tissue Box Cover

This Back to School Tissue Box Cover will welcome everyone back after their long break. I've done tissue box covers this size before, but this ...
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Front of the Happy birthday photo card

Happy Birthday Photo Card to Make

This Happy Birthday Photo card is like the Father's Day Photo Card.  It actually holds several pictures and is a nice way to send the ...
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3D Fan Thank You Card in green with handmade 3D envelope

Small Thank You Card With A Custom Envelope

I made this little Thank You card so it could be tucked into a bouquet or gift.  And since the card is so thick, I ...
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Standing zig zag birthday card in green

Make A Zig Zag Birthday Card

I saw a similar card on Pinterest and had to make it!  This Zig Zag Birthday Card has that Crazy Cricut Lady flair in boatloads!  ...
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Make a Butterfly Dream Catcher

Make a Butterfly Dream Catcher

This Butterfly Dream Catcher is my second version of a dream catcher. While teaching Cordelia how to make a regular Dream Catcher with ribbon and ...
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Paper Peonies You Can Make

Paper Peonies You Can Make

I love peonies. My Grandmother had several bushes around her front porch. But real peonies draw big black ants! These paper peonies won't though! They ...
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The Easy Way to Make a Paper Hydrangea

The Easy Way to Make a Paper Hydrangea

I love the hydrangea. I found several tutorials to make them. They wanted me to glue the flowers to the ends of wires. LOL I ...
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breast cancer encouragement card front

Breast Cancer Encouragement Card

This Brest Cancer Encouragement Card tells anyone who receives it to keep fighting and that you are behind them. It is an important message. Show ...
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the paper water lily or lotus flower

Make Paper Water Lily or Lotus Flowers

The paper water lily also known as the lotus flower, is a very beautiful flower.  It does require the draw function of your Cricut.  Otherwise ...
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all the crepe paperppointsettia flowers

Make these Paper Poinsettias 2020

Paper flowers are the most popular tutorial.  For Flower Week I will show you how to make these traditional Christmas paper poinsettias from several materials.  ...
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Paper daffodil flower

Make a Paper Daffodil 2020

Paper Flowers are the most popular paper projects on the web. As part of Flower Week I will teach you how to make this paper ...
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All the paper pine cones made from cardstock

How to Make Paper Pine Cones

These paper pine cones look very realistic. And they are a little tough to make. But I will walk you through it and make it ...
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paper cactus flower made from cardstock

Make a Paper Cactus Flower and 2 Cacti

This Paper Cactus Flower was one of the first flowers I tried in crepe paper.  It turned out so well I made all the other ...
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A green succulent plant made from paper

Flower Week – The Succulent

This Succulent tutorial has been updated for 2020. Try it with crepe paper. I know it isn't really a flower but it has all the ...
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The whole calla Lily flower including stem and leaves

Make a Paper Calla Lily Flower

One of my favorite flowers to make is the Paper Calla Lily Flower.    And this is one of the simplest flowers to make. Flowers ...
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6 Rolled Flowers with leaves

Rolled Flowers and Leaves 2020

When I asked what you wanted to see, you all answered paper flowers.  So I spent all day yesterday making rolled flowers. In the next week ...
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Get Well Soon Daisy Circle Card Closed

Get Well Soon Daisy Circle Card

This Get Well Soon Daisy Circle Card is another in the line of circle cards.  I made a Bon Voyage  and a Birthday Card like ...
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Make A Hexagon Explosion Box

Make A Hexagon Explosion Box

This Hexagon Explosion box has five separate layers. Each on explodes open when the lid is removed. It is based on a Christmas Explosion Box ...
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How to Make Bouncy Boxes

How to Make Bouncy Boxes

I want to show you how to make bouncy boxes and make all your cards exciting! I first saw these boxes as a pop up ...
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Making Your Own Multi Layered Mandala

I had many of you say that you interested in making your own multi layered mandala. The following video will teach you exactly that! You ...
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4th of July Messy Canvas

4th of July Messy Canvas

I love doing this 4th of July Messy Canvas. And Red white and Blue make the perfect color combination! But what is a Messy Canvas? ...
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Home of the Free Because of the brave 4th of July Lever Card in red white and blue

Because of the Brave Card

This Independence Day Card tells it like it is. Home of the Free Because of the Brave. This is a Lever Card with the star ...
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Front of 3D pop up flower card

3D Flower Pop Up Card

This 3D Flower Pop Up card was designed as a thank you card.  Once you know how to make the basic flower you can make ...
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first layer of the three layer friendship card

Three Layer Friendship Card

This Three Layer Friendship Card is super simple but still looks elegant.  And it says all the right things to that special friend you send ...
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Make a multilayered mandala

Make a Multilayered Mandala

I have learned to make a multilayered mandala and have this rainbow mandala for you today.  If you would like to see how to create ...
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Beach Ball Beach coloring with paper file

Beach Coloring with Paper

These beach coloring with paper images are fun to do and very relaxing.  Also called paper piercing it is becoming all the rage for making ...
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All the patriotic card band pieces put together

Patriotic Card Bands You Can Customize

These Patriotic Card Bands can be customized to fit any size design.  I will show you how to make them and fit them to the ...
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4th of july red,white and blue gatefold card

4th of July Card in Red, White and Blue

This Red, White and Blue 4th of July Card is surely colorful and celebrates Independance Day.  In the next companion tutorial I will teach you ...
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Father's Day Picture Card front with picture of Dad

Father’s Day Picture Card

With this Father's Day Picture Card you can include a picture of Dad or maybe his kids or grandkids.  It actually holds several pictures and ...
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World's Greatest Dad Card for Father's Day

World’s Greatest Dad Card

I know your Dad is the World's Greatest Dad.  So was mine.  But does he know it?  Remind him on Father's Day with this World's ...
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Front of two pocket baby card

Make A Two Pocket Baby Card

Know someone with a new bundle of joy?  Need a card for a baby shower?  This is the perfect card for you!  Celebrate the new ...
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Pop Out Birthday Cake Card

Pop Out Birthday Cake Card

This Pop Out Birthday Cake card is based on something Anna Griffin did on HSN Craft Day.  It is a wonderful way to show someone ...
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Layered Deer Head Mandala used as a memorial

Layered Deer Head Mandala Memorial

Now that I have mastered the layered mandala I made this Layered Deer Head Mandala as a memorial for Ken. He would have liked it ...
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Open Get well Triangle Pop Out Card

Get Well Triangle Pop Out Card

When I saw this Triangle Pop Out card design on Pinterest I knew I had to make it my own.  I used lots of flowers ...
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Layered Angel Wall Hanging

Concentric Angels Wall Hanging

I made this Concentric Angel Wall Hanging while trying to teach myself to make the layered mandala projects. This is the next step.   I thought ...
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DAD Cut out card front

DAD Cut out Card for Father’s Day

I  wish I could send this DAD Cut Out Card to my Dad. But you can tell your Dad that you love him and are ...
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Make a Decorated Pyramid Shape

Make a Decorated Pyramid Shape

In this tutorial I will teach you how to make this decorated pyramid shape. It goes nicely in a bowl with the Triskele Balls and ...
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Pop Out thank you card front

Pop Out Thank You Card for Essential Workers

This Pop Out Thank You card was designed for all those essential workers that helped us during this trying time.  They deserve so much more, ...
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Spring 3D Flower Card

How to Make A 3D Flower Card

I have two different 3D Flower cards for you today.  One has a cut out in the center of the flower.  The other has a ...
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How to Make Triskele Balls From Cardstock

How to Make Triskele Balls From Cardstock

In this tutorial I will teach you how to make these Triskele Balls. When I saw them I knew I had to make them! They ...
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Frot of caps off graduate card

Caps Off Graduate Card

We should all say Caps Off Graduate with this card.  This card looks great and is simple to make.  For the backing on the cover ...
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Papa Bear card for Father's Day

Papa Bear Card For Father’s Day

This Papa Bear Card for Father's Day is so cute!  And it is three dimensional.  The front two panel stand out away from the card ...
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Altered gatefold graduation card in red and grey for Troy

Altered Gatefold Graduation Card

This Altered Gatefold Graduation Card is for my nephew Troy.  Congratulations Troy.  It is a fancy card that is very simple to do.  It is ...
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Gatefold Cut out Sympathy Card

Lily Gatefold Cut Out Sympathy Card

This Lily Gatefold Cut Out Sympathy Card is elegant.  We all are going to need sympathy cards at one time in our lives.  I went ...
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Gatefold Cut out Sympathy Card

Iris Gatefold Cut Out Sympathy Card

This Gatefold Cut Out Sympathy Card is elegant.  We all are going to need sympathy cards at one time in our lives.  I went looking ...
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Oval Mirror engraving done with the cricut engraving tool

Mirror Engravings with the Engraving Tool

The Cricut engraving tool works on so many surfaces including these mirror engravings.  Truth be told, I did these months ago and planned to use ...
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Graduation wiper card open

Graduation Wiper Card to Make

This Graduation Wiper Card jumps out when opened.  Tell the graduate in your life that you are proud of them with this card. Graduation Wiper ...
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Grad sign Project in blue

Layered Dad Sign and Grad Sign

I made these GRAD signs and DAD signs while trying to teach myself to make the layered mandala projects.  I thought they would make the ...
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Front of Father's Day Humorous Card

Father’s Day Humorous Card 2020

This Father's Day humorous Card goes together so easily.   It would make a great first project for any beginner.  It is a remake of a ...
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Twist and Flip Mother's Day Card 2020

Twist and Flip Mother’s Day Card 2020

Impress everyone with this dynamic Mother's Day Twist and Flip Card. Mom will know you love her and will be so proud that you made ...
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Mother's Day Gatefold Card 2020 with card band

Mother’s Day Gatefold Card 2020

This Mother's Day Gatefold Card will tell Mom just how special and sweet you think she is.  And what Mom doesn't want to hear that ...
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Mother's Day Rose Luminary

Mother’s Day Rose Luminary

This Mother's Day Rose Luminary will be the talk of all your Mom's friends!  She will love that you took the time to make her ...
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Outside of mother's day rose squares card

Rose Squares Mother’s Day Card

This Rose Squares Mother's Day Card is a remake of a birthday card I did last year.  Cricut has come a long way with drawing ...
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Spring Tissue Box Cover to Make

Spring Tissue Box Cover to Make

This Spring Tissue Box Cover will add color to any decor. And it will add some brightness and don't we all need some of that? ...
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Spring Coloring With Paper

Spring Coloring With Paper

Spring coloring with paper is so fun because with flowers there is no limit to the color combinations. You can make wonderful embellishments for cards ...
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Front of wow mom shaker card

WOW MOM Shaker Card

This WOW MOM Shaker Card is a slight change from my other WOW MOM card.  It wasn't hard to design, but is a bit harder ...
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WOW MOM Mothers day card

Wow Mom Mothers Day Card

This WOW MOM Mother's Day Card says it all.  Tell Mom how awe inspiring she truly is this year and always.  She will love getting ...
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Front of bon voyage circl card

Bon Voyage Circle Card

This Bon Voyage Circle Card is a hopeful reminder that people will start traveling soon.  I also made a Happy Birthday Circle Card and you ...
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Mother's Day Shadowbox Card

Mother’s Day Shadowbox Card

This Mother's Day Shadowbox Card will impress Mom with your homemade crafting ability.  All her friends will be jealous and want to know how you ...
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Final Memory Book Pages

Final Memory Book Pages

Here are the final memory book pages. Have you finished your Memory Book spine and cover yet? These pages are shown in the three different ...
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Twist and Fliop complex dynamic page in brown

Complex Dynamic Pages For the Memory Book

These three pages are complex dynamic pages modeled after cards that you have seen before if you follow my blog.  They are the Twist and ...
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Finished memory book in brown

All the Pages From the Memory Book

This is a complete list of all the pages in the memory book I made From April 13-18.  This book was inspired by Crafter's Companion ...
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Envelope Style Pages for the Memory Book

Envelope Style Pages for the Memory Book

Here are the next three pages for the memory book. They are envelope style pages containing trinkets or photos. Have you finished your Memory Book ...
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Pull out pages heart in Purple

The Pull Out Pages for the Memory Book

Today we are doing Pull Out Pages for the memory book.  Have you finished your Memory Book spine and cover yet? These pages are shown ...
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first two pages Elephant page in brown

The First Two Memory Book Pages

Here are the first two memory book pages . Have you finished your Memory Book spine and cover yet? These pages are shown in the ...
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Make your own flower Clock assembled

How to Make a Clock Face with Design Space

Hi folks. I have made quite a few clock faces with Design Space.  This video series will walk you through how to make a clock ...
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Finished memory book in brown

Memory Book Spine and Cover

This is just the first lesson for making a memory book.  This will describe how to make the memory book spine and cover.  Over the ...
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How to Make An SVG From a Design Space File

How to Make An SVG From a Design Space File

Hi folks.  I have been asked so many times "How do I share my Design Space Projects?"  that I decided to make this video series ...
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Mother's Day Cot out card in floral and red

Mother’s Day Cut Away Card

This Mother's Day Cut Away Card is easy to make but hard to design.  Lucky for you all the designing is done for you.  I ...
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Happy Birthday Circle Card

Happy Birthday Circle Card

This Happy Birthday Circle Card is another one I saw done with dies on HSN Craft Day by Sara of Crafters Companion and had to ...
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Closed Gatefold cut out card in yellow

Gatefold Cut Out Friendship Card

This Gatefold Cut Out Card is for all my beginners out there.  It is a fancy card that is very simple to do.  It is ...
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Celtic Knot Encouragement Card

Celtic Knot Encouragement Card

This Celtic Knot Easel Card is easy to make. It will tell that special person that you believe in them and that they can accomplish ...
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Get Well (or Whatever) Fancy Easel Card

Get Well (or Whatever) Fancy Easel Card

This Get Well Fancy Easel Card is fancy alright. But I wanted to make a card that can easily change sentiment and occasion. This card ...
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Make Fancy Easter Shakers

Make Fancy Easter Shakers

You can make fancy Easter shakers for your cards and scrapbook pages. And you can do it for pennies! Inspired by the Leprechaun shaker I ...
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Easter Cut out card closed

Easter Cut out Card

This Easter Cut Out Card is easy to make but hard to design.  Lucky for you I have all the designing done for you.  I ...
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Super Simple Incire Cross

Super Simple Incire Cross

My previous Incire projects have been advanced level. This Incire cross is very easy. There is no tucking only gluing. But that doesn't make it ...
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Easter Card front with eggs and lettering

Eggcellent Easter Card to Make

This Easter card is sort of a remake of one I hated.  The old one was so bad that I deleted the whole tutorial.  I ...
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Front of the Harlequin Flower Birthday Card

Harlequin Flower Birthday Card

Do you remember the honeycomb ornaments we made at Christmas (they are here)?  Part of this card is the same concept.  I put a flower ...
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Easter Flip Card closed

Easter Flip Card – New Better Version

Impress everyone with this dynamic Easter flip Card.  It is simple to make but kids and grown ups will sit and play with this card ...
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New version of my Easter Infinity card

New Easter Infinity Card Redone

The Infinity card is one of my favorites. You can just keep opening it forever.  I updated this card from one I did last year.  ...
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Easter Coloring with Paper

Easter Coloring with Paper

Easter coloring with paper is so fun because with eggs there is no limit to the color combinations. You can make wonderful embellishments for cards ...
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Incire Napkin Fold Card with Card Band

Beautiful Napkin Fold Incire Card

This Napkin Fold Incire card is a wonder!  But this is not a one and done card.  It took me two days to fold all ...
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Removable and Permanent Vinyl

Removable and Permanent Vinyl

Vinyl, either permanent or removable is an amazingly versatile material.  You can use it to decorate, label, make subway art, make cards,  etc.  The advantages ...
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Coloring with Paper Shoe

Coloring with Paper Basics – It’s Amazing

This page will teach you the basics of Coloring with Paper.  I have discovered the most amazing technique.  I call it coloring with paper.  When ...
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Incire Flower 1

Two Wonderful Incire Flowers

Incire or Lace Paper Art Incire Flowers looks amazing and can be used as embellishments for scrapbook pages as well as cards.  Some are quite ...
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Pot of gold St Patrick's Day Shakers

Cheaply Make your own St Patricks Day Shakers

I have some St Patricks Day shakers for you today.  And I changed one of them a bit and managed to get more color and ...
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Shamrock Incire

Incire Shamrock and Shamrock Card

Incire Shamrock!  And just in time for St. Patrick's Day.  Today is the second of many Incire inspired designs.  Yesterday I made bookmarks to introduce ...
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Incire Bookmarks

Intro to Incire or Lace Paper Art

This is an intro to Incire paper art.  I made a bookmark years ago and found it while cleaning my craft room.  I find the ...
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Accordion Card for Mother's Day

Daisy Accordion Card for Mother’s Day

Mother's Day is one of the most important card holidays.  This Daisy Accordion Card is 3-D and tells mom how special she is. Daisy Accordion ...
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Open Square Twist Birthday Card open

Square Twist Birthday Card

This Square Twist Birthday Card is the latest in my obsession with twisted cards. I have a few more but here is the hexagon fold ...
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Spring Dutch Door Card

Spring Dutch Door Card

I am sooo tired of Winter.  We all need to make something bright and colorful.  I have the perfect project!  This card celebrates Spring in ...
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Waterfall Retirement Card

Waterfall Retirement Card

This Retirement Card is a waterfall design. That means that you can flip through parts of the card by pulling the little tab. Retirement Waterfall ...
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Gnome Bunny Lottery Tickets

Gnome Bunny Lottery Tickets

I told you the gnome bunnies would be back! If you missed the gnome bunny cards they are here. These lottery tickets are perfect for ...
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Unicorn acetate pop up

Acetate Pop Up St Patrick’s Day Card

This St Patrick's Day Card was made with an acetate pop up in the center.  The unicorn is made from vinyl which makes it easy ...
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Front of Gnome Bunnies card

Gnome Bunnies! Make this Easter Card Today

These gnome bunnies card is too cute!!!  And who doesn't LOVE gnome puns?  You can make these cute little guys any color you want.  Kids ...
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Hexagon Fold Card with card band attached

Hexagon Fold Card for St. Patrick’s Day

The Hexagon Fold Card has puzzled me for quite a while.  I finally figured it out!  And now I am ready to teach you how ...
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St. Patrick's Day Concertina Card

St. Patrick’s Day Concertina Card

This St. Patrick's Day Concertina Card was inspired by something Crafter's Companion did on HSN Craft Day.  It is amazing how much inspiration I get ...
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Honor Society Leftover

My Leftover Projects That Maybe You Like

We all have those leftover projects.  Ones that didn't look the way we pictured, or took too long to make and the situation no longer ...
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Kids Valentine's Day Cards

Kids Valentine’s Day Cards

I have these kids Valentine's Day Cards to finish up my Valentines posts. They are easy to make and can be made in bulk for ...
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Dream Catcher to make with Cricut

Dream Catcher to make with Cricut

While teaching Cordelia how to make a regular Dream Catcher with ribbon and a metal ring, I thought why not make one from paper with ...
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Treat Boxes for Valentine's Day

Treat Boxes for Valentine’s Day

I found these heart treat boxes at Walmart and the Dollar Store. I thought they would be perfect for kids for treat boxes for Valentine's ...
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Custom Cricut Blade Holder

Custom Cricut Blade Holder

I have been looking for a custom Cricut blade holder that only held cricut blades. I just needed a blade holder, not a desktop organizer ...
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Another Standing View of Valentines Cut Out Card

Valentines Cut Out Card to Make

This Valentines Cut Out Card is easy to make but hard to design.  Lucky for you I have all the designing done for you.  I ...
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Front of lattice heart card

Lattice Heart Card 2020 to Make

I made a Lattice Heart Card as one of the first projects I posted. It was never one of my favorites.  I wanted to do ...
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Vinyl Bleach Shirts Made Simple

Vinyl Bleach Shirts Made Simple

The vinyl bleach shirts are awesome. I saw Jennifer Maker make on during her 25 days of Christmas and had to try it. I learned ...
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Heart Flip Card For Your Sweetie

Heart Flip Card For Your Sweetie

This Heart Flip Card is simple to make but kids and grown ups will sit and play with this card for hours. The base card ...
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Full Sized Shaker Heart Card Front

Full Sized Shaker Heart Card

Full Sized Shaker Cards are all the rageand this Full Sized Shaker Heart Card is no exception.  Everyone on HSN Craft Day had expensive kits ...
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Large Paper Rose

Large Paper Rose

I found this large paper rose when I was trying flowers for flower week  few months ago, but I could never figure out how it ...
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Engraving your Cover Sheet

Engraving your Cover Sheet

Does this sound like you? I am working hard with my Cricut andit is time to quit and rejoin the real world of cooking and ...
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Cricut Wavy Blade for The Maker

Cricut Wavy Blade for The Maker

The next blade I am reviewing is the Cricut Wavy Blade. You need the maker to use this blade. If you don't have the maker ...
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Candy Hearts Twirl Card

Candy Hearts Twirl Card

I LOVE this Candy Hearts Twirl Card!  It is my favorite card I have ever made.  I was inspired by something I saw on HSN ...
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Perforation Valentines Card

Perforation Valentines Card

Santa brought me all the blades I didn't have and this tutorial is about the perforation blade. I made this Perforation Valentines Card and then ...
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Perforation Blade Birthday Card

Perforation Blade Birthday Card

Santa brought me all the blades I didn't have and this tutorial is about the perforation blade. You need the maker to use this blade ...
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Snowflakes Coloring with Paper

Snowflakes Coloring with Paper

I realized I haven't done a coloring with paper project lately. So I made some snowflakes. Coloring with paper is a techniques that I saw ...
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Front of Christmas Thank you card

Twisted Christmas Thank You Cards

This twisted Christmas Thank you card will help teach your kids to appreciate there gifts.  My mother made us write Thank You cards every Christmas.  ...
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Harry Potter Larger than your mat

Larger Than Your Mat Cutting

Ever wanted to make something larger than your mat?  Cordelia wanted a huge Harry Potter to hang on her wall.  Once I figured it out ...
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Make a Christmas Explosion Box

Make a Christmas Explosion Box

This Christmas Explosion box has three separate layers of decoration. Each on explodes open when the lid is removed. It is based on a design ...
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Christmas Window Ledge Card

Christmas Window Ledge Card

This Christmas Window Ledge Card is fun to make.  When I found the template for a window ledge card I thought about what design to ...
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Christmas Pulley Card and Card Band

This Christmas Pulley Card is Amazing

This Christmas Pulley Card is another card inspired by something Anna Griffin did on HSN Craft Day a in June.  I did a Halloween Pulley ...
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A Beginners First Project: Poinsettia Wreath

A Beginners First Project: Poinsettia Wreath

This poinsettia wreath is a beginner first project designed to get you familiar with your machine.  If you don't like the layout change it to ...
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Christmas Present Slider Card

Christmas Present Slider Card

Impress everyone with this dynamic Christmas Present Slider card. This card was inspired by HSN Craft Day. It is patterned after an Anna Griffin card ...
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Two Harry Potter Shirts for Gifts

Two Harry Potter Shirts for Gifts

Cordelia wanted some new Harry Potter shirts for Christmas. I designed her these two shirts. One is a Christmas shirt designed in the Christmas sweater ...
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Christmas Gatefold Card with Card band

Make a Christmas Gatefold Card

This Christmas Gatefold Card is for all my beginners out there.  It is a fancy card that is very simple to do.  I've included a ...
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Twisted Easel Christmas Card

Twisted Easel Christmas Card

This twisted easel Christmas card is simple and elegant. But the twist is that it opens diagonally. Everyone will love receiving this card. Twisted Easel ...
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Christmas Star Fold card open

Make a Christmas Star Fold Card

I saw this Star Fold card on pinterest and knew I just HAD to figure out how to make it.  This is the second one ...
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Christmas Twist and Flip Card

Christmas Twist and Flip Card

You have all seen a Twist and Flip Card (sometimes called the pop and twist) on Pinterest. I made this one with a Santa Christmas ...
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Reason for the season Nativity Card

Reason For the Season Nativity

This card celebrates the real reason for the season nativity.  It isn't Santa or the Christmas lights.  This card looks wonderful and anyone would love ...
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Closed Santa Cut Out Card

Santa Cut Out Card

This Santa Cut Out Card is easy to make but hard to design.  Lucky for you I have all the designing done for you.  Well ...
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Christmas Box Card

Christmas Box Card to Make Yourself

This Christmas Box Card will impress whoever gets it this Christmas.  Wonderfully interactive, this card is a gem.  And it is 3D and sits on ...
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Front of Twirl Card

Thanksgiving Twirl Card

I LOVE this Thanksgiving Twirl Card!  It is my favorite card I have ever made.  I was inspired by something I saw on HSN Craft ...
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Turkey Wrap Around Centerpiece

Turkey Wrap Around Centerpiece

Add this Turkey Wrap Around Centerpiece to your Thanksgiving table to add color and a little whimsey. It will wrap around anything to accent it ...
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Dad Place Card for kids to color

Thanksgiving Place Cards Your Kids Can Color

Your kids need something to do Thanksgiving morning.  Why not have them color these adorable Thanksgiving place cards.  They are super easy to make and ...
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Flour sack towel using layered vinyl

Layering Vinyl-The Ins and Outs

Layering vinyl, whether it is regular vinyl or HTV, there are some tricks that can help. Flour sack towel using layered vinyl Another Flour sack ...
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Fancy Thanksgiving Easel Card

Fancy Thanksgiving Easel Card

This Fancy Thanksgiving Easel Card is fancy alright. But did you know that you can make an easel card from any shape as long as ...
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Christmas Gift Tags

Simple Christmas Gift Tags

These Simple Christmas Gift Tags are easy to make.  I will never buy gift tags again!  They are very similar some of the ornaments I ...
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Winter Scene Tissue Box

Winter Scene Tissue Box

This Winter Scene Tissue Box Cover is very similar to my Halloween Tissue Box Cover but it fits the longer and taller tissue boxes. Make ...
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Designing a Floating Ornament

Designing a Floating Ornament

A Floating Ornament is easy to make but designing them must follow certain rules. In this tutorial I first give you six of my designs ...
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Paper Treat Basket Ornaments

Paper Treat Basket Ornaments

These Paper Treat Basket Ornaments allow you to have treats IN your tree as well as UNDER it. And they are easy to make! Yes ...
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Paper Spiral Ornaments For Your Tree

Paper Spiral Ornaments For Your Tree

These Paper Spiral Ornaments look a lot like the Halloween Spirals I made last month (For ideas on what else you can do with them ...
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Paper Angel Ornaments

Paper Angel Ornaments

For Friday's first ornament I have made these four cone type Paper Angel Ornaments. I try to include all types of embellishments possible for my ...
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Oval Honeycomb Ornaments

Honeycomb Christmas Tree Ornaments

I am in love with making these Honeycomb Christmas Tree Ornaments.  They are so classy.  I will show you how I made mine.  And I ...
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Simple Paper 3D Ornaments

Simple Paper 3D Ornaments

The second ornament for Wednesday is a simple Paper 3D Ornament. It reminds me of the ornaments I made as a kid. Of course I ...
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Snowball Fight Filled Bulb Ornament

Filled Bulb Ornaments for Your Tree

Wednesday, with these Filled Bulb Ornaments I want to show how simple these ornaments can be.  Ornaments don't have to be complicated.  Sometimes just filling ...
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Simple Paper Ornaments Kids Can Make

Simple Paper Ornaments Kids Can Make

These Simple Paper Ornaments are Tuesday's second set of ornaments. They are simple to make but I will show you ways to jazz them up ...
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Big Santa Paint Ornaments

Homemade Bulb Paint Ornaments

Bulb paint ornaments are just as easy as glitter ornaments.  I will show you how to make the basic ornament and then some fancy variations ...
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Types of bulb ornaments

Ornament Week Tutorials

This page will grow each day of Ornament Week.  Be sure to check each day for a new ornament.  Just click on the title and ...
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How to Make Glitter Ornaments

How to Make Glitter Ornaments

Glitter ornaments are all the rage at Christmas time. I will show you how to make the basic ornament and then some fancy variations on ...
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What you Need to Make Bulb Ornaments

What you Need to Make Bulb Ornaments

Glass or plastic bulb ornaments are all the rage at Christmas. They can be beautiful but difficult to make sometimes. There are a few supplies ...
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Fall Wreath Beginner Project

Fall Wreath Beginner Project

This Fall Wreath beginner project teaches you the basics of your Cricut. I have a lot of people who are new to Cricut and Design ...
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The Finished Halloween Tissue Box Cover

Halloween Tissue Box Cover

This Tissue Box Cover will add to any Halloween decor.  It fits over any standard size cube tissue box.  Make it for your holiday and ...
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Skull Halloween Coloring Treat

Halloween Coloring Treats Instead of Candy

I love these Halloween Coloring Treats.  Being a diabetic I don't really like to hand out candy at Halloween.  And they are so easy to ...
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Santa Slider Easel Card with foiling

Foiling, Foiling, Foiling, and More Foiling

Everyone is including foiling in their card, scrapbook and craft designs . HSN Craft Day is full of things to apply it or die cuts ...
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All Three Halloween Masks

Make Your Own Halloween Masks

You can make your own Halloween Masks and they are beautiful!  Cordelia modeled them and those pictures are at the end. Or you can hang ...
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Halloween Treat Toppers

Halloween Treat Toppers

Cricut put up a tutorial for their Halloween treat toppers so I decided to put up mine. Mine are a little more colorful. I haven't ...
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Fancy Star Christmas Decoration

Fancy Star Christmas Decoration

This Fancy Star Christmas decoration is another of my old projects I could never get to work.  I have remade it and now it works! ...
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Double Flip Christmas Tree Card

Double Flip Christmas Tree Card

I created this double flip Christmas tree card over a year ago but I could never get it to work.  Recently I have been going ...
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Santa Slider Easel Card with foiling

Santa Slider Easel Card

This Santa Slider Easel  Card is a variation on my Anniversary card that I posted a a while ago.  Two hidden messages which revel themselves, once ...
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Thanksgiving Easel Card

Thanksgiving Easel Card

This Thanksgiving Easel Card is a another attempt to accentuate Thanksgiving. I posted a shadowbox card yesterday too. Two hidden messages which revel themselves once ...
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Thanksgiving Shadowbox Card

Shadowbox Thanksgiving Card

I have become addicted to making these Shadowbox Cards.  They are easier than they look to make, especially since the design is already done for ...
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Harry Potter Cake Toppers

Harry Potter Cake Toppers

My daughter, Cordelia is wild about Harry Potter. I created these Harry Potter cake toppers for her birthday cake from scratch (the toppers, not the ...
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Halloween Cat Luminary

Halloween Cat Luminary

This Halloween Cat Luminary looks amazing! It can be used as a luminary or a gift box. Cat Luminary Box Another Angle Cat Luminary with ...
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Fancy Fold Christmas Card with Card Band

Fancy Fold Christmas Card

This Fancy Fold Christmas Card will thrill anyone.  I included the card band  in the design.  Card Bands are the hot new trend in card ...
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Using We R Memory Keepers Foil Pens

Using We R Memory Keepers Foil Pens

I just got to use my foil pens from We R Memory Keepers. My hubby bought them for me for an anniversary present and they ...
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Samhain Double Gatefold Card

Samhain Double Gatefold Card

Samhain (pronounced sauin) is the Pagan Holiday celebrating the New Year. It is celebrated at the same time as Halloween. Open Samhain Card Samhain Double ...
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Triple Heart Easel Card standing up

Triple Heart Easel Card

This Triple Heart Easel Card looks complicated but it isn't.  It is the perfect card for a beginner who wants something that looks complicated. Triple ...
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Wall Drug Scrapbook Page

Wall Drug Scrapbook Page

This post is for a scrapbook page about Wall Drug in Wall, SD. It also serves as another tutorial on creating scrapbook pages in design ...
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Shadowbox Card for Christmas

Shadowbox Card for Christmas

I told you I was addicted to making these Shadowbox Cards. They are easier than they look. See my Halloween Shadowbox card here. Christmas Shadowbox ...
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Shadowbox Card for Halloween

Shadowbox Card for Halloween

I have become addicted to making these Shadowbox Cards. They are easier than they look. I will be posting my Christmas card soon. Standing Halloween ...
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Round Faux Suede Earrings

Making Faux Suede Earrings with Cricut

Faux Suede Earrings and Faux Leather earrings are everywhere.  But no one compares the different products or techniques for making them until now.  I made ...
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Front of Iron Cross Birthday Card

Iron Cross Birthday Card

This card reminds me of a book I used to read Cordelia.  It was called "Monster at the End of this Book."  It had Grover ...
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Reptile Gardens Scrapbook Page

Reptile Gardens Scrapbook Page

Reptile Gardens is a mini zoo just outside of Rapid City, SD on the way to Mt. Rushmore. It is the next to last (maybe) ...
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Witch Hat Halloween Shaker

Halloween Shakers

These Halloween Shakers look wonderful and make a satisfying sound.  And they entertain whoever sees them.  But the kits are expensive.  You can make your ...
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Mt Rushmore Scrapbook Page

Mt Rushmore Scrapbook Page

Mt Rushmore was the whole reason we went to the Black Hills for vacation. Design Space had a really cute rendering of Mt Rushmore and ...
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Red Halloween Puzzles

Simple Halloween Puzzles

These Halloween Puzzles are soooo cute!  They are small enough and simple enough to give to little kids.  They can be trick or treat gifts ...
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Make This Non Denominational Christmas Bendy Card

Make This Non Denominational Christmas Bendy Card

This Christmas Bendy Card is nondenominational. We forget sometimes that everyone doesn't celebrate Christmas. Sometimes you just want to say Seasons Greetings. Bendy Christmas Card ...
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Arrow fold Sympathy Card

Sympathy Arrow Fold Card

I hate doing sympathy cards.  It means someone I care about is gone or hurting.  But they are a fact of life.  Hopefully this Arrow ...
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Fancy Fold Wedding Card with card band

Fancy Fold Wedding Card

This Fancy Fold Wedding Card is sure to delight any bride and groom.  It has a card band included in the design.  Card Bands are ...
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Corn Palace Scrapbook Page

Corn Palace Scrapbook Page

This scrapbook with Cricut page teaches what Cricut can do for you when scrapbooking.  The Corn Palace was someplace we just had to stop being ...
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Halloween Ball made with my cricut

Halloween Ball Luminary

This Halloween Ball turned out fantastic!  I have hints and tips and pictures of what NOT to do to make this Halloween Ball.  FYI I ...
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Sioux Falls Waterfall page

Sioux Falls Waterfall Scrapbook Page

This Waterfall scrapbook page is another in my series about our vacation this summer.   Cordelia wanted to see how Sioux Falls, SD  got its name.  ...
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Front of Christmas Weave Card

Christmas Weave Card

This Christmas weave card was inspired by the Thank You Weave Card that I  did a little while ago.  That card left the inside white ...
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Open Halloween Boy Monster card

Halloween Boy Monster Card

This Halloween boy monster card is really cute.  It was inspired by something I saw on Pinterest.  I changed it and made it mine.  I ...
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Candyland Scrapbook Page 1

Candyland Scrapbook Page

This Candyland scrapbook page was fun and colorful.  This post is another of the series of scrapbook pages about my our vacation to the Black ...
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Monster Halloween Card

Girl Monster Halloween Card

This Halloween monster card is really cute.  It was inspired by something I saw on Pinterest.  I changed it and made it mine.  The boy ...
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Another Teacher Appreciation Card

Another Teacher Appreciation Card

I made this Teacher Appreciation card for Cordelia's fifth grade teacher. She really is going above and beyond for Cordelia this year. It is back ...
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Coffin Easel Card

Coffin Easel Card for Halloween

This Coffin Easel Card is sooo cute.  Any kid would love to get this card.  And only a kid would appreciate the joke.  OK, my ...
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Page 1 Crazy Horse Memoral Scrapbook Page

Crazy Horse Scrapbook Page

This Crazy Horse Scrapbook page is about our vacation again.  It also serves as another tutorial on creating scrapbook  pages in Design Space. Crazy Horse ...
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Congratulations on your weight loss Card

Congratulation on Your Weight Loss Card

My friend Faith recently posted about reaching another weight loss goal so I made her this Weight Loss Card.  I know she follows this blog ...
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Spiral Guy

Halloween Spiral – I Can’t Stop Making Them

This Halloween Spiral decoration is cute and fun.  And it is easy to make.   Now  I can't stop making them.  And I found so many ...
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Scrapbook Page of 1880s Town

1880 Town Scrapbook Page

This post is another of the Scrapbook pages for my vacation in the Black Hills It also serves as another tutorial on creating a scrapbook ...
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Teacher Appreciation Card

Teacher Appreciation Card

Your kids aren't the only ones going back to school. Teachers are underpaid, over worked and not appreciated enough. Tell them that you understand with ...
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Happy Halloween Pennant Banner

Halloween Pennant Banner

This Halloween Pennant Banner is cute and fun.  And it is easy to make.  Use the holes to string it on your wall or use ...
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Monkey Birthday Card for boys

Monkey Birthday Card for Little Kids

This Monkey Birthday Card goes nicely with the Lady Bug Birthday Card I did yesterday.  Wouldn't it be cute to send these cards to twins?  ...
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Lady Bug Birthday Card

Lady Bug Birthday Card for Little Kids

This Lady Bug Birthday Card is sure to thrill any little lady in your life.  Tell her she is special with this movement card.  I ...
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Halloween Coloring with Paper Pumpkin

Halloween Coloring with Paper

It is Halloween Coloring With Paper time!  Here are three projects to decorate your cards and scrapbook pages any way or size you want. Coloring ...
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Halloween Pulley Card - Amazing

Halloween Pulley Card – Amazing

This Halloween Pulley Card was another card inspired by something Anna Griffin did on HSN Craft Day a in June. It took this long to ...
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Panda Corner Bookmark

Small Bookmarks AKA Page Corner Bookmarks

This is the second post about making bookmarks but these are different.  These are page corner bookmarks and just as the name says they fit ...
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Large Bookmark with cutouts

Large Bookmarks for Back to School

I was trying to find another back to school themed craft to make.  These bookmarks are large and what I think of when I hear ...
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Printable HTV - Tried 3 Types for last 2 Onsies

Printable HTV – Tried 3 Types for last 2 Onsies

I used Printable HTV for the last two panda onesies for the baby shower. I used three different brands. The First I tried Walmart's Pen ...
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Folded Star card

Star Fold Card for a Baby Shower

I saw this Star Fold card on pinterest and knew I just HAD to figure out how to make it.  I needed a card for ...
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Panda Onesie done with metalic Vinyl to teach using metallic HTV

Using Metallic HTV for a Baby Shower Onesie

This using metallic HTV tutorial serves two purposes.  As promised here is another one of the onesies I did for the baby shower I went ...
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Halloween Sliding Pop Up Card

Halloween Sliding Pop Up Card

This Halloween Sliding Pop Up Card was inspired by something I saw online at a wonderful site called Paper Cookies. She posted some great projects ...
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Panda Onesie using glitter vinyl in purple

Panda Onesie Done Using Glitter Vinyl

This using glitter vinyl post serves two purposes. It is one of the onesies I did for the baby shower I went to Saturday.  Her ...
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Simple Back to school card

Easy Back to School Card

This Back to School Card is super easy and a good project for those of you just starting out with cricut.  You can literally make ...
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Large and small butterflies

Accordion Fold Butterflies to Make

You can make these accordion flod butterflies any size you want.  Someone told me once that the Explore machines couldn't make accordion folds.  They were ...
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Diamond Rosette

You Can Do a Rosette With an Explore Machine

Someone once told me, I believe it was Melody Lane, that you couldn't do a rosette with an explore machine.  You have to have a ...
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Halloween treat pillow open

Halloween Treat Pillows kids will love

Today we are making Halloween treat pillowsI know it is only July, but if I don't get started on Halloween and Christmas, I will never ...
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Weave Thank You Card

Thank You Weave Card to Make

This Thank you weave card was inspired by the Encouragement Card I did a little while ago.  I thought why not even out the blinds ...
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Flower Mandala - Coloring with Paper

Flower Mandala – Coloring with Paper

I was going to post this Flower Mandala last week as part of Flower Week, but I was so excited by the other flowers I ...
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Flower Week - The Morning Glory

Flower Week – The Morning Glory

The Morning Glory is one of my favorite flowers. It is usually on a vine and is truly a 3D flower. You can also see ...
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Really Beautiful Flower Files For Flower Week

Really Beautiful Flower Files For Flower Week

Flower week is done This is the last day of Flower Week and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Creative Fabrica ...
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Blue Paper Pansy

The Pansy for Flower Week

The final type of flower for Friday is the Pansy.  I am going to make them from cardstock but they could be made from felt ...
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A Fancy Daisy for Flower Week

A Fancy Daisy for Flower Week

The second flower for Friday of Flower Week is the Fancy Daisy. I am going to make them from cardstock. This flower doesn't work well ...
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A Red Dahlia made from paper

Making a Dahlia Paper Flower

Today's flower is the Dahlia.  Almost any color can be used to make the dahlia.  They come in a wide variety of colors.  Flower Week ...
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A pink loopy flower called a Mum

Make a Mum Rolled Paper Flower

The final type of paper flower for Thursday is the Mum.  I promise you that when you look at the cut file you will never ...
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Making Paper Flowers - The Buttercup

Making Paper Flowers – The Buttercup

The Buttercup flower is made the same way as the tulip flower was made earlier. It is another super easy flower to make. I am ...
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Blue 3D Paper Tulip

Making Paper Flowers – Another Tulip

Today we are going to try something different. This method makes a 3D paper flower tulip. I am going to make them from cardstock. You ...
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A blue Paper Tulip

Making Paper Flowers – The Tulip

The final type of paper flower for Wednesday is just the simple Tulip.  I am going to make them from cardstock.    You can also ...
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Making Paper Flowers - The Sunflower

Making Paper Flowers – The Sunflower

The next type of paper flower for Wednesday is the Sunflower. I am going to make them from cardstock. You can also see how to ...
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Paper Flowers - The Simple Lily

Paper Flowers – The Simple Lily

The first paper flower for Wednesday is the Simple Paper Lily. This is one of the simplest flowers to make. I made several from felt ...
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Flower wreath made from all the flowers made this week.

All the Flower Week Tutorials

In 2020 I decided to make more flowers for Flower Week .  Below are all the Flower Week tutorials for 2019 and 2020.Enjoy! 2020 Flower ...
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the Gerber Daisy paper flower with leaves in brown

Paper Flowers – The Gerber Daisy

The final type of paper flower for Tuesday is the simple Gerber Daisy.  It can be made in a multitude of colors. I am going ...
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Paper Flowers - the Pinwheel Flower

Paper Flowers – the Pinwheel Flower

The Pinwheel flower is the second paper flower for Tuesday and the easiest to make from felt. I am going to make them from felt ...
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the Daffodil paper flower

Paper Flowers – the Daffodil

The first type of paper flower for Tuesday is the Daffodil. I am going to make them from  cardstock but they could easily be made ...
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Paper Flowers - The Snow Drop Flower

Paper Flowers – The Snow Drop Flower

The last type of paper flower I am going to tackle today is the Snow Drop flower. I am going to make them from felt ...
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Pink Paper Christmas Poinsettia paper Flower

Paper Flowers – The Christmas Poinsettia

The next type of paper flower I am going to tackle is the Christmas Poinsettia.  I attempted to make them from felt (It failed) and ...
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3D Paper Flowers with Leaves

3D Paper Flowers and Leaves

The first type of paper flower I am going to tackle is just the simple 3D Paper flower.  I am going to make them from ...
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The sun will come out tomorrow encouragement card

The Sun Will Come Out Encouragement Card

Sometimes a friend just needs to know someone cares.  This encouragement card lets them know that like Annie says "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow." ...
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Blue Star Mandala made by coloring with paper

Coloring With Paper – Star Mandala

Coloring with Paper and this Star Mandala go together perfectly.  The sky is the limit for color choice or paper selection.  I love doing these ...
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Little Bear Scrapbook Page

Little Bear Scrapbook Page

This Little Bear Scrapbook Page tells about our trip to the Black Hills and our visit to Bear Country USA. It also serves as another ...
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Scrapbook Page about the Buffalo Stampede I was a part of on vacation

The Buffalo Stampede Scrapbook Page

This Buffalo Stampede scrapbook page is about my harrowing adventure with buffalo or bison.  Ken says they aren't buffalo.  I'm going to call them buffalo.  ...
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Bendy Card to say Get Well Soon

Get Well Bendy Card

This Bendy Card says sorry you are sick with flair. It's 3D shape and graphics are great a special person who is under the weather ...
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Dad no ATM Shirt close up

Dad is NOT an ATM

This Dad is not an ATM shirt was requested by Ken.  He wanted this shirt after our vacation. Cordelia bugged him constantly for money or ...
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Gatefold Birthday Card with Card Band

Gatefold Birthday Card With a Card Band

This Gatefold Birthday Card was made for my nephew who turns 16 this July 4.  I included the card band in this design because everyone ...
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Rose Squares Birthday Card

Rose Squares Birthday Card

This Rose Squares Birthday Card looks very unique.  The concentric frames on the front, built up towards the center will make this card a conversation ...
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Make Your Own Harry Potter Clock

Make Your Own Harry Potter Clock

I made this Harry Potter Clock for my daughter Cordelia. She is a huge Harry Potter Fan and just loved it. I have made dozens ...
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Knock out Vinyl Indians Baseball Project

Knock out Vinyl Indians Baseball Project

It is baseball season so I did this Knock out vinyl project for my favorite team Cleaveland Indians. Go Tribe! Oh and I also did ...
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Family Scrapbook Page

Family Scrapbook Page

This post is for a family scrapbook page.  It also serves as another tutorial on creating scrapbook  pages in Design Space.  You can make your ...
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Open wedding Card

Easel Slider Wedding Card

This Wedding Easel Slider Card is a variation on my Anniversary card I posted a couple of days ago. Someone asked if it could have ...
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Playing in the Leaves Scrapbook Page

Playing in the Leaves Scrapbook Page

This post is for a playing in the leaves scrapbook page about my daughter last fall. It also serves as another tutorial on creating scrapbook ...
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St Louis Scrapbook Page From This Spring

St Louis Scrapbook Page From This Spring

This is a St Louis scrapbook page but it is also a tutorial on how Design Space and Cricut can enhance your scrapbook pages. Since ...
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Reconditioning your mats spray

Reconditioning Your Cricut Mats

Reconditioning your worn out cricut mats is a way to put the sticky back into them.  But it isn't easy and cricut  doesn't recommend it.  ...
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Relief print I made in class

Using Texture Media on Cards

You can make 3D cards by using texture media on cards.  Some of you may have seen the card I made at CKC St. Louis ...
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Mandala 2 Coloring with paper

Coloring With Paper Mandala 2

I love doing a mandala in Coloring With Paper!  The color variety has no limits.  And you can use it as an embellishment on anything ...
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Coloring With Paper Mushrooms

Coloring With Paper Mushrooms

These Coloring with Paper Mushrooms are perfect for scrapbook pages or cards. I love this technique and see other people on HSN Craft Day doing ...
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Coloring With Paper Daffodils

Coloring With Paper Daffodils

These Coloring with Paper Daffodils are so fun to make. And they look great with patterned paper. Make one for a card front or scrapbook ...
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Anniversary Easel Card

Anniversary Easel Card

This Anniversary Easel Card was inspired by something Anna Griffin did on HSN Craft Day a while ago.  I adapted it to cricut and I ...
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Get Well Soon Heart Fold Card

Get Well Soon Heart Fold Card

A couple of months ago I went looking for a Get Well Card I could make. I found plenty of simple cards but nothing that ...
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Mustache Father's Day Card

Humorous Father’s Day Card

This humerus Father's Day Card is a piece of cake to make.   It would make a great first project for any beginner.  And Dad will ...
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OpenZ Fold Fathers Day Card

Z Fold Father’s Day Card to make for Dad

Tell Dad you remembered him on his special day with this Z Fold Father's Day card instead of just a tie.  He will love it.  ...
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Open Papa Cut Out Card

Papa Cut Out Card for Father’s Day

This Papa Cut Out Card is easy to make but hard to design.  Lucky for you all the designing is done for you.  I have ...
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Coloring with Paper Flowers

Coloring With Paper Bouquet

Wouldn't this Coloring with Paer Boquet of flowers look wonderful on a scrapbook page or Mother's Day Card?  Or if you know the bride's colors ...
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Coloring With Paper Shoe

Coloring With Paper Shoe

This shoe would look great on a prom scrapbook page or a Mother's day card. If you changed the color It could even go on ...
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Other View of Peek a Boo Fathers Day Card

Peek A Boo Father’s Day Card

This Peek a Boo Father's Day Card changes pictures when you open it like magic.  Show your Dad how much he means to you by ...
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Pink Flowered Slider Present Birthday Card

Present Slider Birthday Card

Impress everyone with this dynamic 3D Present Slider Birthday Card.  This card was inspired by HSN Craft Day.  It is patterned after an Anna Griffin ...
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Graduation side step card

Side Step Graduation Card

It is graduation time again.  Do you have a friend or family member graduating?  Make them this Side Step Graduation Card to honor them on ...
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Bear shaker

Specific Shaker Card Instructions

This post has the specific shaker card instructions for the shakers below.  Shaker cards look wonderful and make a satisfying sound.  And they entertain whoever ...
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What Is A Messy Canvas Exactly?

What Is A Messy Canvas Exactly?

What is a Messy Canvas? A messy canvas is done the same way as a Subway sign in that you apply vinyl to canvas. See ...
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Bronx Messy Canvas made with removable vinyl

How to Make Subway Signs and Messy Canvas

Subway signs showed up a few months ago as a fun project and use a lot of fonts.  You all know fonts are on of ...
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Pumpkin Halloween Shaker

How to Make Shaker Cards Cheaply

Shaker Cards - You have all seen them.  Design Space even has some in their projects.  But they are awkward and kits are expensive.  I ...
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Father" Day Easel Card

Father’s Day Easel Card to Make For Dad

Tell Dad that he is just as important as Mom with this Father's Day Easel Card made just for him.  My father died a little ...
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Card Bands or What I Learned on HSN Craft Day

Card Bands or What I Learned on HSN Craft Day

Am I the only one who watches HSN Craft Day to get new ideas instead of to buy stuff? Don't get me wrong, I don't ...
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Birthday Flip Card

Birthday Flip Card to Amaze

Impress everyone with this dynamic Birthday flip card for their special day.  It is simple to make but looks like you spent hours making it.  ...
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Father's Day Flip Card made in blue

Father’s Day Flip Card for Dad

Impress Dad with this dynamic Father's Day Flip Card on his special day.  It is simple to make lets him know that you care and are ...
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Happy Birthday Five Fold Card

Happy Birthday Five Fold Card

I love this Happy Birthday Five Fold Card. When I first saw the file for the five fold card I wasn't impressed, then I made ...
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Mother's Day Twist and Flip Card

Mother’s Day Twist and Flip Card

Impress everyone with this dynamic Mother's Day Twist and Flip Card. Mom will know you love her and will be so proud that you made ...
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Pink Mom Day Card

Mom Cut Out Card for Mother’s Day

I sent this Mom Cut Out card to my Mother last year and she loved it.  Tell your mom that you love her and are ...
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A vertical card for Mom joined with a grommet

Vertical Mom Card for Mother’s Day

This Vertical Mom card is very unusual, but maybe your Mom is too.  Either way Mom will love this card that you made just for ...
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Mother's Day Flower Box Card

Mother’s Day Flower Box Card

Impress everyone with this dynamic Mother's Day Flower Box Card for mom. Mom will be so happy that you thought enough of her to make ...
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The movement card taken apart so you can see the card

Mother’s Day Movement Card

Mother's Day is coming and you want to tell her you are thinking of her.  But most of all you want to impress her with ...
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Mothers Day Gatefold Card Outside

Mother’s Day Gatefold Card

This Mother's Day Gatefold Card will tell Mom just how special and sweet you think she is.  And what Mom doesn't want to hear that ...
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The outside of the graduate card made with permanent vinyl

Graduation Card made with Vinyl

This graduation card has lots of little parts which are hard to keep straignt and glue.  I fixed that by using vinyl.  It holds everything ...
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Coloring with Paper Father's Day Ties

Coloring with Paper Father’s Day Ties

These Father's Day coloring with paper ties are tacky. They are supposed to be. Make them as embellishments on your Father's Day Cards and they ...
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Garden Gnome by Coloring with Paper

Garden Gnome by Coloring with Paper

Everyone loves garden gnomes and now you can create this one to embellish your cards and scrapbook pages. I have more gnomes here. Garden Gnome ...
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Coloring With Paper Flowers

Coloring With Paper Flowers

Make these Coloring with Paper flowers to embellish your scrapbook pages and cards. The method is super relaxing and easy to do. Try it today! ...
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Coloring With Paper Butterflies

Coloring With Paper Butterflies

I love making these Coloring with Paper Butterflies. They are so colorful! They can be used as embellishments on your cards and scrapbook pages. See ...
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Coloring with Paper Roses

Coloring with Paper Roses

Coloring with Paper roses are so relaxing to make. And since roses come in so many colors you can make these roses your own easily ...
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Coloring with Paper pink mandala

Coloring with Paper Mandala

Mandalas are all the rage in crafting today.  This Coloring with Paper Mandela allows you to truly make it yours.  Color it anyway that you ...
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Coloring with Paper Geometric Shape

Coloring with Paper Geometric Shape

The gold paper on this Coloring with Paper Geometric Shape adds so much bling to this project. I made a clock face out of it ...
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Coloring with Paper Present Bear

Coloring with Paper Present Bear

This coloring with paper present bear is too cute! Wouldn't he look perfect on a birthday card or scrapbook page? I did exactly that and ...
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Birthday cake embellishment made by coloring with paper

Coloring with Paper Birthday Cake

This coloring with paper birthday cake was made so crazy on purpose.  It shows how versatile coloring with paper is and how you can make ...
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Pink and Gold foil simple thank you card

Make This Simple Thank You Card

This Simple Thank you Card is for all my beginners out there. Ever need a quick note to say thanks? If you have Access from ...
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Make This Easter Flip Card

Make This Easter Flip Card

Impress everyone with this dynamic Easter Flip Card. It is simple to make but kids and grown ups will sit and play with this card ...
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Pop Out Mother's Day Card

Pop Out Mother’s Day Card

This is a simple Pop Out Mother's Day card that you can make quickly. Just in case you forgot your Mother in law until the ...
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Lattice Heart Card to Make

Lattice Heart Card to Make

This lattice Heart Card is wonderful but I updated it in 2020. The new card looks even better. You can find the new version here ...
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Create This Easter Infinity Fold Card

Create This Easter Infinity Fold Card

New Easter Infinity Card RedoneThe Easter Infinity fold card is one of my favorites. You can just keep opening it forever. And the silver is ...
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Make This Easy Easter Bunny Card

Make This Easy Easter Bunny Card

This Easter bunny card started as a challenge in a Facebook group. They loved it. It is simple to make and takes very little time ...
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6 panel valentines accordion card

Valentines Heart Accordion Card

This Valentines Heart Accordion Card is the first card I posted and it has sentimental  meaning to me because of that and because it was ...
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