Owning a Cricut cutting machine means never having to spend money on overpriced standard greeting cricut cards again. Yes the initial outlay for the machine is high but long term it is a money saver. This article gives you some ideas on how to use your Cricut cartridges to make different greeting cricut cards. Just think about how special a handmade card will make friends and family feel!
Using the Cricut cartridge Doodlecharms you can make very sweet Easter cards with an Easter bunny or basket filled with various colored eggs. Or make use of the Cricut Wild Card cartridge and make a Filigree Easter Egg card. Using the Cricut Stretch Your Imagination cartridge you can get a great bunny in a basket or one coloring Easter eggs.
If you are sending an Easter card to an adult who is not so into bunnies or eggs there is an alternative option which is to use A Walk in the Garden cartridge. This has beautiful flower cutouts and you can choose from hyacinths, daffodils or tulips as a theme. These are just ideas - you as the crafter and artist can explore the opportunities the different cartridges offer. Just have some fun with it and see what you can create.
Another important time of year to remember is Mother’s Day. Who else is as important to say thank you to and that you love her? Remember those times at school when you made a card for your Mom and how she smiled at your creative efforts. Well hopefully now you are slightly less over eager with glitter and can create a stylish card to make her day. There are basic flower shapes on the Plantin SchoolBook cartridge that could be cut in various sizes and layered and choose a suitable font cartridge to create beautiful wording like Happy Mother’s Day, or The Best Mom in the World. A lot of cartridges have something suitable on them, just think about what your mom would like.
The fantastic thing about having all those cartridges to work with and a cutting machine is that there are so many possible ideas to come up with meaning each card you make can be utterly unique. Cricut cards will look so professional you even have the option of selling them as a little side business if you wanted to.
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