Hello again, it’s Freda from CannCreateDesigns here with
two quickie projects using the Mini Books Project Cartridge and the Freebie
Creative Cards preview that are free in the CraftRoom through the 20th.
It’s my son’s birthday next month and even though no one else in the
family drinks coffee he has developed a taste for it. When I saw the Starbucks
Lovers Gift Box on the Cricut With
Heart Blog at Christmas time I printed out the page and put it in my “to make” pile
for his birthday.
Using the Cricut Mini Books Project Cartridge I cut the outside layer only of the exploding box on pg. 11, scored the fold lines and inked all the folds on the inside and outside. To make this project even quicker I used coordinating double sided paper from my stash so I didn’t have to cut any panels to decorate it. I also used a couple of leftover stickers from my stash for decorating the top.
I suggest that you put the thicker objects on panels across from each
other and the thinner items on the other 2 panels, that way when you close up
the box the folded “wings” have somewhere to hide without distorting your box.
I left these “wings” in to provide support since the gum and cookies are heavy.
I stacked pop dots on the bottom of the cup until they were tall enough to
stick to the center of the box bottom. The empty panel is waiting for a
Starbucks Gift Card. They were out of the Happy Birthday ones the day I was in
there getting the cup, samplers and gum.
The Banner came from the Artiste chipboard and stamp set that came
with the cartridge (pop dot it up to make room for the ribbon to slide under).
The cut itself is on page 35 cut at 1 ¼ “. I used a coordinating VersaMagic
chalk round the edges of the banner. Butchers string was used as a ribbon since
it matched the ribbons on the paper.
Next I decided to make a card from the Creative Card Freebies. When I
first saw the samples I thought they were a little too plain for my taste so I
wanted to “bling” one up to see if I would like it better. The card on the
right was just cut and assembled. The card on the left was embossed, glittered,
inked and bling’d up. 
The extra bling didn’t take too long so I guess this cartridge would
come in handy to use in a pinch when I needed a card quickly.
NOTE: I sized the card in CraftRoom to be a 4 ¼ x 5.5 and only cut the
layers. I used up some of my stash of 8 ½ x 11 cardstock cut in half for the
bases of the cards instead of cutting them on the cricut and I have tons of
envelopes. Skipping those items saved a lot of time making these cards.
Thanks for stopping by,
FredaCricut Info and Other Supplies:
Designed by: Freda
Cartridges Used: Mini Books, Artiste, Creative Cards
Cricut Machines Used: CCR, Cricut E2
Other Supplies Used: card stock, distress ink, swiss dot embossing folder, Queen & Co Goosebumps & Rhinestone Trios, CTMH Artiste stamp set & chipboard, extra fine glitter.
