Cricut Design Space designed card

I've finally used Cricut Design Space to design a complete card! It wasn't all that hard, and I'll probably be creating more in the future.  My first card was one for my husband.  I was able to use scraps of paper for the hearts and the sentiment banner.  

 

Dragonfly

Its amazing how many colors there are for dragonflies (just google it!).  One of the prettier ones is one that is teal.  So that is what I used for my Dragonfly.  To make the wings appear to be more filmy velum was added behind them.  The Dragonfly is what inspired the rest of the card, which I kept simple.

For the card, I used:

• Simon Says Stamp - Glitter paper
• Ranger Dye Ink - Caribbean Coast
• MFT - Handwritten Happiness stamp set
• Gina K Designs - Soft Stone Ink
• Wendy Vecchi - Basically Bricks Stencil
• Cheery Lynn - Dragonfly with Angel Wings dies

To make the card, I cut the Dragonfly from glitter paper and added the velum wings.  Directly on the card base, a bit of brick was stenciled in grey. The sentiment was added near the bottom of the card to complete the card.  

Rainbow of Color

I finally got to use a new stencil for this card.  Its one that I've had for a few months - Watercolor Wash from My Favorite Things.  I love the irregular edges and I can see using this one often. In this case, I decided to use a rainbow of colors and make a birthday card.

I use the following for the card:

• Distress Oxide Ink - Barn Door, Ripe Persimmon, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, Dusty Concord
• MFT - Watercolor Wash Stencil
• Gina K - Happy and Shadow dies
• Tim Holtz - Celebrate dies
• Gina K - Master Layout 1

To make the card, I ink blended the Distress Oxide Inks using the stencil.  Once complete, I spritzed a bit of water on the image.  This was then cut using Master Layouts1.  The black mat was also cut from ML1.  The image was attached to the mat, and the entire piece to the card base.  Happy was cut from both white and black paper, and the two pieces attached together then added to the card.  Birthday was cut from black card stock and added to the card to complete it!