Make a Cricut Kitty Cat Birthday Card

Today's quick card was made using the Cricut Paisley cartridge (for the cat) and the Cricut Once Upon A Princess cartridge (for the happy birthday/present). This is the card I used for my daughter's 17th birthday last week!

This card is very easy and quick to make using the FREE Cricut Design Space file below!

Note above how precise those ears cut on the cat - those black outline sections are super fine. The Cricut Explore knocks this out of the park! The total cat is sized at 2-1/2" so you can tell that the bitty parts are super bitty (look at that collar!).

A tip: for bitty parts like the color and crown, keep those on the mat until you are ready to use them. They will get lost otherwise! And be careful not to accidentally sweep them into the trash when you scrape down the mat!

I used 2 Close to My Heart Stamp sets for the inside:

Love My Cat:

Diamonds are Forever:

Silver Shimmer Trim:

Get the FREE Cricut Design Space file for the Cricut Explore HERE!

Now, for all you cruise goers OR beachy folk, Close to My Heart has released this Hello Paradise stamp set until JUST March 31! And it's part of the promo below - check it out!

Don't forget that Stamp-a-ganza is still going on! Buy 2 Close to My Heart stamp sets, get one FREE!

Close to My Heart is having a fabulous promo this month!

Stamp-a-ganza is here!

This means that for every 2 stamp sets you buy at regular price, you will get the 3rd one of equal or lesser value for FREE!

You can shop for the stamps HERE!

Couple of quick rules:
1) FREE stamp will be the least expensive of the 3. So, if you choose two stamps at $17.95 each and one at $13.95, the $13.95 will be FREE!

2) If all three stamp sets are the same price, one will be FREE!

3) The only stamps NOT included are the Stamp of the Month, any Hostess Rewards stamps, any stamps in the Workshops on the Go, any included with Cricut cartridges AND the Animal Greetings stamp set that benefits Operation Smile.

4) Of course, you can purchase more than 3 stamp sets!

5) Add all the stamps you want to your cart and the system AUTOMATICALLY figures out which ones are FREE!

You can shop for the stamps HERE!

Check out the March stamp of the month below!

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Last call for Cricut's 3rd Mystery Box of the month! They are going FAST!

Check out the video below to see the MANY Cuttlebug items included in this week's Cricut Mystery Box! Some items may be different in yours - it's all a mystery!

You can get your Cricut Cuttlebug Mystery Box HERE for $29.99!

Click below on the image to see the video!

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* Order Close to My Heart HERE 
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New Cricut Cartridge - Once Upon A Princess Sneak Peek and Blog Hop with Prizes!

Today's blog hop will showcase the newest cartridge from Cricut, Once Upon A Princess. I am giving away a "You Pick One" cartridge from the selection at Hallmark Scrapbook.

To enter, all you need to do is leave a comment and subscribe via email (see top menu bar "inspiration by email") or follow the blog (left hand column). Winner will be drawn on Friday, January 29, 2010! At the bottom of this post is the directions to Melanie and Tammy's blogs with more samples from this cartridge, as well as more prizes!

Cricut's new cartridge, Once Upon A Princess, is the cutest girlie type cartridge they have ever released! It is a full size cartridge with many layered images, as well as a two full fonts and a ton of layered word art options! There are also two cards with matching envelopes, two gift bags, and crown, wand and castle 3-D cuts. It is amazing!

I made the above pages using Bo Bunny patterned paper, Core'dinations cardstock and background glittery papers from DCWV Love Stack. Ribbon is also from Bo Bunny.

I thought it would be fun to have the castle open up to reveal a journaling tag block, a photo mat and one of the "gem" feature key cuts (the crown in the circle). I cut the journaling block at 3" and the crown "gem" at 2". The castle was cut at 10 1/4" and multi-layered, especially when I added in the opened up section. The castle does have a shadow layer but it is an extended shadow (1/2" around all edges) and I did not like how it looked in this application as it overwhelmed the page. Off the the far left in the photo above is another "gem" feature key cut at 2" and flipped with a unicorn motif.

This precious princess is one of three paper doll choices. In addition, there are many cute outfits which coordinate with the word art feature. So darn cute!! She was cut at 4" and layered. On the cartridge, her eyes actually cut out but I had trouble with that and so chose to instead use the Peachy Keen face stamps (Thanks, Melanie for lending them to me!). I used some bling to enhance her dress and crown. She is pop dotted onto the layout.

This unicorn was cut at 4" and also his eye was stamped with the Peachy Keen face stamps. He was enhanced using a white pen to give contour to his tail and wings.

This "gem" feature key is the crown motif and was cut at 2". These little "gems" are so cute and come in a variety of images.

This is just one of many word art options and was cut at 3". It was very easy to layer and turned out so cute! The suggested colors for all the images was just spot on and made paper choices so much easier.

To see the whole handbook, head over HERE! And for all the details, click HERE!

Now, head over to Melanie's blog, Courtney Lane Designs to see what she has made using this new cartridge, Once Upon A Princess, and to enter her drawing! After that, Melanie will direct you to Tammy's blog, Creative Critters Cricut Club for more designs from this cartridge and another giveaway!

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