Paper Pups Tube Dog Birthday Card #CricutMade

Of all the old Cricut cartridges I ever purchased for my Expression, the Paper Pups cartridge was among my favourites. I used the tube dog for this birthday card that I had made for my goddaughter, who is a synchronized swimmer. I used the contour and offset features in Design Space to isolate the yellow tube and orange beak.

Cricut Paper Pups Christmas Card with Holly

Skimming through some old photos, I came a couple of adorable Christmas cards I had made a couple of years ago. For this card, I used the sleeping pup from the Cricut Paper Pups cartridge and topped him off with a Santa hat. The sentiment is from the Cricut Wild Card cartridge and it looks like it was cut at about 1 3/4" using the Real Dial Size feature. I also used the holly cut from the Cricut Joys of the Season cartridge along with a couple of red brads as berries to embellish the corners. The paper used for the background is Bazzill cardstock for added texture and the pup was adhered using a foam dot to give the card some dimension. This is just one of those cards that get the Cricut bug in my itching to make more cards this year! 

Cricut Paper Pups Birthday Card - Pink

A few weeks ago, my goddaughter turned ten years old. Yes, she's a whole decade old. And that's a pretty big deal in my books. For her birthday card, I chose to go with a pink polka dot theme. Her family has two cats at home and I know how much they love animals so I chose to use a puppy dog cut from the Cricut Paper Pups cartridge. I kind of wish they had a Paper Kittens cart, too, but the paper pup would have to do. I really like this cut since it has an optional bow. If I ever use this cut to make a card for a boy, I can easily use it as a bow tie. Cute, no?

The pup was cut at 2.5" and adhered using pop dots. I also added a self-adhesive rhinestone to the bow and corners for a 'bling' effect. The pink polka dotted designer paper is from the K & Company Valentine pack and the ribbon is from an old stash I bought at Michael's. I also used my Martha Stewart butterfly punch to embellish the inside of the card as well as the envelope.

The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! and I used dimensional foam dots to make it pop out. It's a simple card but my goddaughter seemed to really like it.

Handmade Paper Pups Birthday Card

Making a masculin-looking card has never been easy. I always struggle with the colour combinations and motif. It could be that my current stock of art supplies is filled with bright colours and floral patterns. In any case, I often resort to muted or neutral colours when it comes to making cards for males. For this card, I chose two design paper patterns from the SEI Charlemagne paper pad and added re-purposed ribbon. I used a bunch of cuts from the Cricut Paper Pups cartridge and kept them black and white. The sentiment is also a cut from the same cartridge.

 

 

Paper Pups Birthday Card

 

Using some Stampin' Up! card stock in kraft as well as some designer paper from the DCWV Green Tea Paper Stack and recycled ribbon, I made this birthday card at the request of my teaching partner whose husband recently celebrated his birthday. She loves dogs and seems to really like the cards I have made in the past using the Cricut Paper Pups card, so I went with the "relax" pup. Isn't he a cutie?

 

Christmas Card Using Cricut Paper Pups

For this card, I chose a standard A2 size using a 5.5" by 8.5" of plain white card stock for the base and a green matte cut at 5.25" by 4". I used the first image in the Cricut Paper Pups cartridge and cut it out at 3" once in a light brown using the blackout feature and once more in black using the regular cut. I also cut it out a third time in white using the shift image in blackout and cut off the "Hi" sentiment. I figured out an easy way to properly position the eyes. I use the piece of the dog's face (the negative space) and fit it back into place. Using my pointed Zig two-way glue pen, I put two dots of glue through the holes where the eyes should be using the piece as a stencil, removed the piece and stuck the eyes on where the glue remained. I don't know why I've never thought of that before. (Insert forehead slap here.) I used some brown chalk to give some depth. I also used the Christmas hat from a different cut on the same cartridge and used a frame as well for the sentiment, which is from a Stampin' Up! set. I added a piece of ribbon and some dimensional adhesive and voila!

Happy 60th Birthday Card Paper Pups

 

Here's another birthday card I made last week for a different colleague who turned 60. She's actually my teaching partner who has a dog and teaches French, hence the beret. The terrier is cut at 2.5" and the sentiment is cut at 1.25" using the border function from the Cricut Paper Pups cartridge. The number 60 was cut at 2.5", I believe, from the Cricut Storybook cartridge. I kind of wish I had used the shadow feature for the number.

Happy Birthday Puppy Card

 

Here's a card I made for a colleague at work. He owns a dog and likes the outdoors so I chose a cut from the Cricut Paper Pups cartridge and some earth tones for the colour scheme. The pup is cut out at 2.5" and the sentiment, from the same cart, was cut out at 1.25" using the Border feature. I used a little chalk to add some colour to the pup's spots. The ribbon was recycled from a gift. It was too nice to throw away and in good shape. Plus, I loved the colour. This was definitely a fun card to make.

Happy Retirement Card

Yesterday, I met my family for lunch at Red Lobster (yum!) to celebrate my dad's 65th birthday and retirement. I can't believe it's already time for him to retire. As much as he likes to keep busy with work, he really does need time to relax and enjoy the fruits of his labour. Literally. He worked in construction nearly all his life. He even helped build parts of the Canadian National Railway when he was younger. Needless to say, as fit as he is, all that hard labour is starting to take its toll. So I am happy that he can finally relax and hope that enjoys his retirement.

This is the card I made for him using the Cricut Paper Pups cart. The pup is 3" and I used the blackout feature in white and the standard cut in a dark brown. I used a black pen to draw on the eyes since they were way to small to glue on. The example in the manual uses this same cut and added chalk for the spots. I thought it looked so cute that I decided to do the same. I used a light yellow from my Stampin' Up chalk set. The ribbon was from Michael's and the cream base with green shadow base are also from my Stampin' up set. The design paper is from Super Slab by Rob and Bob Studio (Provocraft), the same design paper I used for one of my favourite Baby Shower Cards. I also used my new Scotch ATG tape dispenser to adhere all the mattes. I threw on some bling I found at the dollar store. The sentiment is computer generated and is attached using pop dots that I also found at the dollar store, and I used the same one to attach the puppy.

ICS #62 and Color Throwdown #88

It's my husband's birthday and I just scrambled to come up with a card for him. I needed to turn to Inspirational Card Sketches this week for the layout and Color Throwdown for the colour scheme. I also wanted to use my neglected and barely used Paper Pups cart. I used the dog with the Smile and the circle as well as the rounded rectangle shape all from the same cart. The dog was cut at 2 1/4", the circles at 2 3/4" and 3", the sentiment at and rectangle shape at 1". The orange paper is from my new Stampin' Up stash (yes, I did it. I joined!) and the grey is from SEI I think. Smile if you like it.