Just finished up some recipe cards for a swap over at the
Cricut message boards. The first one is a recipe that my fiance's Grandmother makes, called Frog Eye Salad. It's like ambrosia with a twist...itty, bitty round noodles. Sounds weird, I know, but YUM!
I used my Gypsy to weld together the letters and words, and cut the frog/lily pad using Create a Critter (my new "go to" cartridge). Even if you're not a critter kind of person, this cartridge has so many other elements it's worth looking into.
For the second card I used CAC (again) for the barn, and Everyday Paper Dolls for the chicken. Not my favorite chicken, but the only one I have for now. I used the Cuttlebug to emboss the barn (but I can't remeber the name of the folder...distressed lines maybe). I was going to originally put the chicken on the "ground" in front of the barn but while I was inking the edges, one fell on top and I liked the way it looked more. It no longer looked like a barn to me, but more of a chicken coop. Anyway, with the chicken up there I had to make some changes for the recipe card as well. That's when it hit me. I could make the barn into a pocket and weld that chicken to a tag that slips behind it. So, when you pull the chicken off the chicken coop, you find this...
I just found pics of the recipe cards I did for my first swap. I'm going to add a chicken or maybe a casserole pan to the enchilada card, it seems to be missing something. The Enchilada card uses Stampin' Up papers and ribbon. The "title" was cut from vinyl using SCAL.
The Cherry Coco Bars was assembled on top of some FREE digital paper that I printed off at home. I cut the cherries from the Hello Kitty Greetings cartridge. It's another cart that has lots of fun to use images that aren't necessarily "Hello Kitty"...suns, clouds, flowers, rainbows, etc. Worth looking into if you like making cutesy cards and layouts.
