Dare to be Different ... BBTB2 Design Team Challenge

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.

This is my BBTB2 DT card for this week… we were to use the owl on Storybook… and I have been playing with my Cri-Kits pens A LOT lately…this is what I came up with… it was one of those cards that I wasn’t sure I liked when I first finished it…and looked at it the next morning and went “wow! I think I really like this one!”… I hope that you like it too… its going to the CHA Show with the folks at Cri-Kits… they liked it… thank goodness!!… I didn’t have time to do a video on this card… If you watch the video on Café Anniversary (see right side of my blog) it will explain how to do the pens on layers. I hope everybody has a wonderful day!… be sure and check out all the other wonderful cards over at BBTB2. Hugs!

CRICUT, GYPSY & CRI-KITS PENS

(There are no Cricut instructions for this card…I didn’t know how to get the drawn objects in the right place without a Gypsy.)

Layer 1 (the ink layer) Cut/draw this layer first.

You will need your Cri-Kits pen housing and a black Cri-Kits pen for this layer.

Songbird

“to be” cut/drawn @ h 0.91 set the height and the width will right.

“Dare” cut/drawn @ h 0.63 set the height and the width will be right.

You will have to overlap and weld and group these words together.

Storybook

Owls cut/drawn @ w 0.93 x h 1.35.…I put the regular cut on top of the shadow cut to cut /draw the Shadow is cut/drawn @ w 0.99 x h 1.36

Dreams Come True

Leaves cut/drawn @ w 0.74 x h 0.75 and w 0.57 x h 0.58 and w 0.63 x h 0.65...I just eyed these sizes and changed them with the button that make objects smaller or larger.

Home Décor

Branch cut/drawn @ w 3.87 c h 2.41

After you draw this layer … choose add to design.. Do NOT choose unload mat…. Slip a scrap piece of paper under your pen housing when you remove it… put in your blade housing… choose Layer 2 on your mat then cut Layer 2.

Layer 2 (cut layer)

George rectangles for background pieces cut @ w 4.75 x h 3.50 .. You will have to unlink the width and height and set real dial size to get the right dimensions for this cut… be sure and re-link your width and height and deselect your real dial size for the rest of the cut pieces.

Once Upon a Princess (tag feature)

Rectangle top tag piece and the scalloped rectangle tag piece cut @ h 1.12..set the height and the width will be right…. Place your word “Dare” over the rectangle piece.

Storybook

Owl cut @ w 0.93 x h 1.35... I added circles from George around its eyes… they are cut @ 2 0.28 x h 0.26..do NOT weld these in so they will cut out.

Owl’s shadow cut @ w 0.96 x h 1.31.

Songbird

Different cut @ h 1.10...set the height on the letters and the width will be right…you will have to overlap these and weld and group them together.

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.

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!

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.

Monogram/Butterfly ~ 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.

Oh I am still playing with my Cri-Kits pens… www.cir-kits.com … I am loving these… this is a card I made for my step-mom for her birthday… her name is Gail…thus the G… I hope that she loves it… I hope to play with my pens some more then start intergrading them into my card making style more naturally…but for now I am just having a blast!

Oh and some exciting news for me…I am so excited… Dru from Cri-Kits has asked me to send her some of my cards using the Cri-Kits pens for them to show off at the CHA Show in Chicago!… What an honor is that!!… if you are there please stop by and tell them I said hi!

CRICUT, GYPSY & CRI-KITS

Layer 1 (cut pieces)

George

Rectangles .. Large cut @ w 4.75 x 3.5 .. Small w 1.90 x h 2.47... These cuts are on real dial size and you have to unlink the width and height to get both of these sizes.

*be sure to re-link your width and heigh buttons and de-select the real dial size for the rest of this card.

Circles (for tag) … Large w 0.89 x h 0.83 .. Small w 0.80 h 0.75

Once Upon a Princess

Butterfly layer (its body) cut @ h 2.23..set the height and the width will be right… this butterfly body came from a different butterfly cut than the one we use it on in the card.

Tag and its layer (shift key) cut @ h 1.34 .. Set the height and the width will be right for both cuts.

Layer 2 (drawn pieces with Cri-Kits)

Once Upon a Princess

Butterfly cut @ w 2.09 x h 4.03.

Cindy Lou

Swirls … small for the tag cut/drawn @ w 0.74 x h 0.38 duplicate and flip up for the second small swirl .. Large for the inside of card cut/drawn @ w 1/35 x h 0.69.

Jasmine

“G” cut @ w o.45 x h 0.94.

Gypsy Wanderings

“Happy Birthday” cut @ w 2.51 x h 1.71.

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 3 1/2 x 4 3/4  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!

Cafe Anniversary ~ How to Video Part 1

Designed by Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, Al

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There is a instructional VIDEO PART 1.. at the bottom of this post… VIDEO PART 2 IN NEXT 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.

This is an anniversary card that I made for my daughter, Madison and her husband, Cory for their 1st anniversary…I used one of my Cri-Kits pens from http://www.cri-kits.com/ . I am having so much fun with these pens!… If you are interested in how to use the pens to make them line up just right be sure and watch both videos.. There is a part 1 and a part 2. I hope that you love this card…it is simple but I thought that the simplicity of it is what added to its charm. Thank you so much for looking!!

CRICUT, GYPSY & CRI-KITS

(There are no Cricut instructions for this card.)

Layer 1 (on Gypsy)

Sweethearts

Couple at table cut @ w 1.91 x h 1.94.

Heart and it couple layer cut @ w 1.55 x h 139.

Shadow Heart cut @ w 1.69 x h 1.47

My Community

Café Shadow cut @ w 4.83 x h 5.50... Duplicate this and flip it side to side over lap a little and weld pieced together to make the shaped card.

Layer 2 (on Gypsy)

Café Shadow drawn @ w 4.83 x h 5.50

Layer 3 (on Gypys)

Café cut (regular cut) cut @ h 5.50...set the height and the width will be right.

Layer 4 (on Gypsy)

Sweethearts

“Happy Anniversary" drawn @ w 2.72 x h 1.20

Jasmine

“1” cut @ w 0.20 x h 1.50

“s” cut @ w 0.15 x h 0.66

“t” cut @ w 0.26 x h 0.57

There is now a link at the bottom of each post where you can show off your recreation of my cards… the link to this card is below the Part2 Video... this will 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!

Video Part 2  next post or click HERE

Happy Birthday Human ~ With Cri-Kits ~ 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 excited about this card.. I got to use a new product by Cri-Kits …their cool pens… I have a picture of below!!…that you can use with your Cricut to write or draw anything that you can cut…and the Gypsy makes it so so easy to put all these in just the right place!!… I can’t wait to try out new things!!…I have ideas flowing in my head!!…and later this week…Friday I am hoping …I get to give away 42 of these pens along with the housing that holds the pens!!… how exciting is that!!

I made this card for my sweet son-in-law Cory…his birthday is July 4th…now I have to Priority Mail the card…because I was waiting on my pens to make this card… Once I laid out this card for him... I didn't want him to make another one... this one just seemed so much like a card he would like!! I so hope he loves this card.

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CRICUT, GYPSY & CRI-KITS ( I love my Cri-Kits)

Layer One (for this file on my Gypsy)

George

Square .. For template.. w 3.75 x h 5.0 .. I did hide contour with this cut…and just laid my paper cutter pieces on the correct place on the mat to …this way I knew exactly where to lay out the pieces I was going to draw on my paper...using the Cricut you would need to cut these pieces out the right size and place them on your mat.

Tiny Rectangles…. Cut @ w 0.15 x h 0.23..there are tons of these… I used my Silver Metallic Cri-Kits pen to draw these on my mat. … Using my Cricut I would cut/draw these at h ¼ inches… move the ink pen over where I wanted each of these drawn. You will have to draw them one at a time if you use just your Cricut.

Robotz

Happy B-Day letters cut @ h 0.62...set the height and the width will be right on all letters…Using the Cricut I would cut/draw these at ½ and inch.. I would cut each letter one at a time…moving the cursor where I wanted the next letter to start..this will take practice.

Human letters cut @ h 0.54 set the height and the width will be right on all the letters… .. using the Cricut I would cut each letter one at a time…moving the cursor where I wanted the next letter to start..this will take practice.

Layer 2 (for this file on my Gypsy... use a different mat)

Robotz

Robot and all its layers cut @ h 5.33...set the height and the width will be right on all the cuts… on the Cricut I would cut these out @ 5 ¼ inches.

Card base is 4 ¼ x 5 ½, Frame Piece 4 x 5 ¼ , Background piece 3 3/4 x 5… 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

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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!