Happy Birthday Super Hero

Designed by Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, Al

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The Gypsy File is available for this card by email. Just copy and paste this email to your personal email account winacard@gmail.com and let me know which Gypsy file that you are wanting.

I received B is for Boy for my birthday from my sweet friend, Alice! THANK YOU ALICE!  I just couldn't’t wait to use it… My son’s birthday is Wednesday the 23rd… just 10 days after mine… when I saw the little boy on this cart… I could so see my John-Robert when he was all little again running around in his super hero capes… he loved being a super hero… I knew if I could figure out how to add the cape exactly what this card was going to look like. John-Robert will be 23 and did grow up to be a super hero for God… he loves spending his time with kids and youth teaching them all about how much God loves them.. In the summer he is Camp Director at RA Camp ( a church camp). And he loves it!!.. Any time through out the year that he gets a chance to share God with a group of kids he is off and running… so this card is super fitting!!.

I read recently in a poll done that more people liked picture tutorials.. I will have to prefect that… that is what I am switching to for now… unless I get lots of request for the videos again or unless a card just needs a video to explain it!!… just let me know how you feel. Hugs, Jeannie

CRICUT & GYPSY

B is for Boy

Boy and its layers cut @ h 2.28.… set the height and the widths will be right…on the Cricut I would cut these @ 2 ¼ inches.

George

Circle (quarter of a circle at corner of card) cut @ h w 4.32 x 4.40... I put a but a rectangle on the mat the size of my background piece or paper, placed it in the bottom corner and then placed the circle on that.. I deleted the rectangle before I cut… you will have to use an exacto knife to finish cutting the circle to the edge of the paper…..using the Cricut I would cut this circle @ 4 1.2 inches… I would lay my background piece of paper over this and mark it and trim off the part that didn’t cut using the Gypsy.

Rounded off Triangle for the cape cut @ w 1.32 x h 1.06... I place a circle cut @ w 0.61 x h 0.57 on top of the triangle to make the neck of the cape… do not weld these two pieces together…. On the Cricut I would cut this at 1 ½ inches…and trim out the neck with scissors.

All Mixed Up

“Super Hero” cut @ h 0.85.. Set the height and the width will be right on all the letters… I did use the button with the circles to make the e’s smaller… then I scooted the letter together…and use the twisty button to turn the letter the way that I needed them to be welded…the easiest way to do this is to place them in the inside edge of the circle as you work then move them after you group and weld them just like you want them…. On the Cricut I would cut these at ¾ an inch.. You might cut the e’s at 1 /2 and inch.

Give A Hoot

Ties for the cape cut @ w 1.47 x h 0.39 …on the Cricut I would try ½ and inch.

There are several bows you could use on different carts.

I grouped all the things by color before I cut them out. The circle is moved to the edge so that it will cut the sides off...I did have to take an exacto knife to cut the circle to the edge just a pinch on the top and bottom.. to get the circle the right size I added a rectangle the size of my background piece to the bottom edge of the mat...then I placed the circle where I wanted it and deleted the rectangle.

Super Hero is welded and grouped together... the circles are placed on the rounded triangles so that there will be a scoop for the neck in the "cape".. do not weld these pieces you want the circle to cut into the triangle.

Here is what all the pieced look like cut out.

I made the Happy Birthday background paper on my computer... and created the sentiment on my computer.

I drew the face on the boy with a fine tip black marker (.005).. I added brown around the blacks of his eyes with brown sharpie... and added freckles... I used pink chalk for his cheeks...and added a white dot to the cheeks and eyes with a white gel pen....I used a brown sharpie to add to the hair...and a white gel pen to add stitches to the pants.

I love sharing the instructions and files for my cards but I do ask that if you use my instructions or files to recreate my card and place it on your blog or somebody else’s blog that you give me the credit for the original design. I also ask that you do not submit my designs for publication, profit or for any contest. Thank you!

SOS - Handmade Cards by Jeannie Phillips - How to Video

Designed by Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, Al

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There is a instructional VIDEO at the bottom of this post.

The Gypsy File is available for this card by email. Just copy and paste this email to your personal email account winacard@gmail.com and let me know which Gypsy file that you are wanting.

I am so, so, so excited about this card… I have played with my Cri-Kits enough to be able to incorporate them into my kind of designs… so this card was so fun to make… I use by Cri-Kits pens for the background and for the flag… I am so excited about how this turned out…and it gives the illusion of even more depth. I so hope that you like it too!!… I will be sending this to Dru at Cri-Kits to take with them to the CHA Show in Chicago… how fun is that… too bad I can’t fold myself up in the card… I cherish your comments and thank you so much for looking!

CRICUT, GYPSY & CRI-KITS Pens

(Sorry, There are no Cricut instructions for this card.)

Layer 1 (all cut pieces) Cut this layer out last.

Give a Hoot

Boat and all it’s layers cut @ h 2.95.…set the height and the widths will be right.

Life is a Beach

Waves cut @ w 4.78 x h 1.25.. To get this size unlink the width and height…. Cut three of these…two you will weld to rectangles from George…

George

Rectangles for the waves.. Shorter one w 4.75 x h 1.20.. Unlink the width and height and set real dial size for these cuts …. Taller rectangle w 4.75 x h 1.23... You will weld these rectangles to two of the waves.

Rectangle for background piece cut @ w 4.75 x h 3.50... You will unlink the width and height for these cuts and set real dial size.

Layer 2 (using the black Cri-Kits pen) cut/draw this layer first. Be sure and re-link the width and height and turn the real dial size off.

Indy Art

Skull and Cross bones cut @ w 0.50 x h 0.38

All Mixed Up

“S” cut @ w 0.28 x h 0.50

“O” cut @ w 0.29 x h 0.50

“S” cut @ w 0.20 x h 0.36

* When this layer finishes cutting/drawing choose add to design …do NOT choose unload mat… change pens to blue.

Layer 3 (using blue Cri-Kits Pen)

Create a Critter

Layer 4  (Using Yellow Cri-Kits Pen)

Cloud cut @ w 1.98 x h 1.13

* When this layer finishes cutting/drawing choose add to design …do NOT choose unload mat… change pens to yellow.

Gypsy Wanderings

Sun cut @ w 2.08 x h 2.27

* When this layer finishes cutting/drawing choose add to design …do NOT choose unload mat… change pen housing to blade housing… cut layer one.

*Important put a piece of paper under the housing each time you change it… and before you put the pens in scribble on a scrap piece of paper to get ink flowing.

Card base is 4 ¼ x 5 ½, Frame Piece 4 x 5 ¼ , Background piece 3 ½ x 4 ¾… these cuts are on the inside and outsides of my cards… Sentiment piece 2 ¾ x 4 inside only….. I cut all of these with my paper trimmer.

There is now a link at the bottom of each post where you can show off your recreation of my cards… with a link back to your card on your blog, or the Cricut Message Board or a photo storage place like Photo Bucket…. I would love it if you share your recreations with me! It just makes me happy!! Thank you so, so much! Hugs

I love sharing the instructions and files for my cards but I do ask that if you use my instructions or files to recreate my card and place it on your blog or somebody else’s blog that you give me the credit for the original design. I also ask that you do not submit my designs for publication, profit or for any contest. Thank you.

For God so Loved the World

Designed by Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, AL

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I said my prayers and ask for a card yesterday… I do that most every day, as many of you already know… I was drying my hair and this card was just in my head… paper and all… so I knew I had to make it… I hope that you like it… Thank you so much for you comments they just mean so much to me!!… they really make my days so nice… thank you so much for looking!

VIDEO

of this card at the end of this post.

GYPSY FILE

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CRICUT & GYPSY

How to make Baby Jesus and the manger … Close up picture of this Gypsy shot below.

George

Square… that is smaller on one side than the other… cut @ w o.30 x h 0.66.. If you zoom in you can work with this better…. On the Cricut I would cut this at ¾ and inch.

Legs.. The letter “x” from George cut @ 0.35 x 0.44... On the Cricut I would cut these @ ½ and inch.

Baby Jesus’ head circle cut @ ¼ and inch…on the Cricut I would cut this at ½ an inch.

First I welded the lopsided square to the two X.’s I grouped these and then I welded them.. Duplicate this image then add the circle… cut the first piece in the manger color and the second piece the color you want baby Jesus…. On the Cricut I would cut the lopsided square and the X’s in the manger color glue these to the square with part of the X behind the square…see picture…then I would cut the circle the color I wanted the Baby Jesus and glue the bottom half of this to the back of the square.

George

Heart cut @ w 1.41 x h1.69... On the Cricut I would cut this @ 1 ¾ inches.

Going Places

Globe and its shadow blackouts (2) cut @ w 3.10... Set the width and the height will be right on both cuts…. On the second shadow blackout cut you will weld you letters for “for God so loved” to this… you will have to use the rotate button to get the letters in place right…..On the Cricut I would cut these @ 3 inches.

All Mixed Up

Letters for “for God so loved” cut @ h 0.65.. Set the height and the width will be right… I did change the height of 2 or 3 of the letters to get the look I wanted … you can make the decision on this….on the Cricut I would cut these letters a ½ and inch… place one of your shadow blackout pieces on then card and line the letters up around that… see video for popping instructions.

Letters for “the World” cut @ h 0.68...set the height and the width will be right… I did make the l and d a couple of taps larger using the large circle that enlarges the images…. You can do this to get the look you want… on the Cricut I would cut these at ¾ and inch.