Art Deco Thank you Card

I really love the Art Deco period. When Cricut came out with the Art Deco cartridge, I just had to make it part of my library. For this project I started with the Killjoy and greyhound images and worked from there. Once I chose the background papers, Merci rather than Thank you seemed to be more appropriate.

Directions for Art Deco Thank you:

Cricut Art Deco Cartridge
DCWV Tres Chic mat stack, Primrose paper stack
Light grey, grey dark pink, black, brown, cream, olive green and black and white print card stock
Recollections small self adhesive rose
Recollections small clear crystals and small pale blue crystals
Martha Stewart leaf punch
Recollections pink mesh on a roll
Colored pencils
Zots  and small foam dots


1.  Cut Killjoy at 5 inches out of cream card stock. Press Killjoy and the shift keys to cut her clothes out of dark pink card stock. Press Layer and Killjoy to cut her hair and shoes out of brown card stock and repeat with black card stock. Press Layer, Shift and Killjoy to cut her hat band and scarf out of black and white print card stock.. Assemble Killjoy, replacing the brown for the black hair. Disguard the rest of the brown pieces. Use colored pencils to add highlights to Killjoy's dress, skin and facial features.

2.  Cut the Greyhound out of the grey card stock at 2 inches. Press Greyhound plus shift and cut the rest of the dog out of the light grey card stock.. Cut the collar out of dark pink.  Glue the narrow dark pink collar on top of the wider dark pink collar and embellish with three small crystals. Using grey colored pencils  add highlights to the dog's body and legs.

3. Using a card program and the half fold option print Merci on the front of the card. Fold the card in half and crease down the center.

4.  Cut a piece of harlequin paper from the Primrose stack, approximately 5 1/2 inches high by 4 7/8 inches wide. Center on the card and glue 1/4 inch from the bottom of the card.

5.  Cut the Eiffel Tower print from the Tres Chic mat stack approximately 4 1/4 inches high by 4 inches wide.  Attach Zots to the back of the print and position it 2 inches from the bottom of the harlequin paper edge and 1/2 inch from each side of the harlequin paper edge.

6.  Add foam dots to the back of Killjoy and position her along the bottom of the harlequin paper and slightly to the left of the Eiffel Tower.  Place foam dots on the back of the dog and position him slightly in front of Killjoy. Attach a string of small pale blue crystals from Killjoy's hand to the dog's collar for a leash.

7.  Place a small pink rose in the upper right corner of the mat stack. Punch 2 leaves out of olive green card stock. and glue under the rose.

8.  Cut a strip of pink metallic mesh 5 1/2 inches long and press in place 1/4 inch above Merci.

Flapper Birthday Card

It's been quite a while since I have done a Cricut card. I saw the Art Deco cartridge this summer but wasn't sure if it contained enough useful images to justify buying the cartridge. The back of the  box only showed a sample of images from the cartridge and based on that sample there just wasn't enough to entice me to purchase the cartridge. I don't know why Cricut decided to show only a sample of images rather than showing all of the images available on the cartridge but I don't think it's a good marketing practice. In my case they almost lost a sale. Since I really liked the flapper, decorative elements and the Empire State Building, I decided to try to find the cartridge on line to see if I could view all of the images on the cartridge. After viewing all of the images I found quite a few that I really liked ( the Greyhound, bird, other buildings and people).

The past several weeks everything has taken precedence over my art projects. Since I'm in the process of reorganizing my Atelier, it is in a state of disarray and not very inviting. Last night I cleared off the drafting table so that I would have a place to work. Even though I don't like the ambiance I really needed to make a birthday card and the Art Deco cartridge was lying on my drafting table begging to be used. The Flapper is one of my favorite images on this cartridge and I thought that she would make a cute birthday card.

Here's the finished card. I added small stick on pearls to the strand around the Flapper's neck. After all, Is she really a Flapper without her her pearls? It was tedious to stick on each pearl but the result was worth it. When applying the pearls leave a small space between each one to mimic the way real pearls are strung.



Flapper Card Directions:

White, red, black beige and light grey card stock
Me and My Big Ideas Mambi Sheets Animal Print paper- black and white leopard print
Recollections Roses- light and dark grey
Recollections Self Adhesive pearls- small pearls
Peach and dark rose colored pencils
Artist Loft color pencil blender
Fine point black felt tip pen
Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmer Mist
Zots and Foam Dots


1.  Print a card greeting on the front and the inside of the card. Fold the card in half and crease.

2.  Using the Cricut Art Deco cartridge cut the flapper at 5 inches out of beige card stock. Press the Shift and Flapper keys and cut the clothes at 5 inches out of red card stock. Press the Layer and Flapper keys and cut the stockings and pearls out of white card stock. Next press the Layer, Shift and Flapper keys to cut the shoes and belt out of black card stock. Assemble the Flapper.

3.  Apply the self adhesive pearls to the necklace around the Flapper's neck.

4.  Color the Flapper's face and arms with the peach colored pencil. Use the color pencil blender to blend the skin tone. Apply a little dark rose colored pencil to the Flapper's cheek and lips. Use the black felt tip marker to draw her eye.

5.  Lightly spray the image with Pearl Glimmer Mist and let it dry.

6.  Cut a piece of light grey card stock approximately 5 1/4 inches high by 4 inches wide.  Center Flapper on the card stock and attach with small foam dots.

7.  Cut a piece of black and white leopard card stock approximately 6 inches high by 4 3/4 inches wide. Attach Zots to the back of the card stock. Center the card stock on the front of the card below the greeting and press in place. Attach Zots to the back of the grey card stock. Center the card stock on the leopard card stock and press in place.

8.  Glue a dark grey rose to the upper left corner of the leopard card stock and a light grey rose to the bottom right corner of the leopard card stock.