Saturday, September 26, 2009

Holiday House - ICS #35



Ok, I pondered the sketch for a while, and when I ordered my gypsy on tuesday, I decided to wait to do my card for this sketch for the gypsy to arrive and I would do a cricut cut card. So I looked through my cartridges and saw this little house card on the Wild Card cartridge and fell in love!  Since I really need to work on my holiday cards I decided I'd make this one a winter holiday card. And last night at my LSS I found Basic Grey's new Eskimo Kisses line and knew that was the paper to use.

This is perhaps THE most intricate card I have ever done. Nearly all of it was cut on the cricut, using my gypsy to design the pieces. I had not a single problem doing it. In fact, it was easier than I expected and only slightly time consuming. I did hand cut a few things that I found to be easier to just cut myself. But for the most part, it's all cricut.  Oh and the picture doesn't show it, but the door window actually has some acetate in there like a real window. I wished that I had thought of it in time to do that with the round window. lol... oh well.  Also used some bling and stickles for detail touches. Thanks for looking!

Card:  Wild Card #44 house
Tree:  Paper Doll Dress Up #45
Wreath:  Christmas Solutions #36
Snowman:  Doodlecharms #1 (hat/nose were handcut)
Peeps:  Everyday Paper Dolls
Sentiment inside:  Winter Woodland #43 base shape and #42 sentiment



 

 



 

7 comments:

  1. thank you for your nice comment! I love your card! I just got started using my cricut! still a bit confused....you seem to be a pro!

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  2. Your card is `beautiful` I sooo love the shaped house great christmas card:)TFS
    Enjoy the rest of your weekend:)x

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  3. This card is absolutely adorable! I love how you combined the different cuts from different cartridges to make a gorgeous Christmas scene at the door! Beautiful, beautiful work!

    Also, thank you for your Gypsy review that you posted on the Cricut Personal Cutting Systems yahoo board! I found many parts of it helpful!! Great job!!

    Hugs, Joy

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  4. Amazing card, what a creative take on the sketch, great fun christmas card! Thanks for playing along. :)x

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  5. This is just ADORABLE!!! I LOVE the roof and the snowman. Great design. thanks for joining us over at ICS!

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  6. How cute is this! I love the rich colors and all the details.

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  7. Cute card! I can't believe how quick you jumped on the Gypsy!

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