First time making a pop-up! Followed this wonderful design from Kathryn Williams.

Still in the first two weeks of owning a Cricut, and I’ve been attempting something new each day to learn more about the machine, software, and crafting.

Pop-ups are no joke. This took me 5 hours!!!! Putting these suckers together is like a puzzle!

I just purchased my first electric die cutting machine (the Gemini). It works fine. But the first die left a big imprint on the clear plate. I'm doing Xmas cards and have to cut out like 40 of these pieces. Will the plate be totally ruined? It's already unsightly and freaking me out.

Should I buy a magic mat? How do you deal with the imprints? The plates don't seem damaged on the demo videos and on the tv when they do the long demos.

I posted two of the cards already but here are some more. Been having so much fun making cards 🩷 I have I think at least 8 or 9 more I need to make. How is everyone else's cards going? Do you make all the same or make them all different? Since I don't have to make a ton I try and challenge myself to make as many different as I can.

I'm still struggling with aligning things straight on my cards .... I've tried a t square ruler but the head is higher than the straight part and it throws me off.
The metal L shaped ruler I bought is huge and heavy so that's not working.
I found Misti has some magnetic corners and I'm wondering if anyone uses them to help line up your card panels or card frames straight.
They're a bit expensive so I'd love to hear opinions before I invest.
( I know people have issues with the Misti having religious sayings and with her aggressive enforcement of her patent, but I'm not discussing that here. I'm just trying to see if this product works for my needs)
I have an astigmatism that isn't corrected by my glasses fully and I'm tired of my cards looking wonky. 😢

Hi! These are my first ever cards but i am loving them and i had so much fun! I mostly used scrap paper, washi tape and some stickers. Also i found cute pics in pinterest and printed them. So none of the art is by me, i just did the organisation haha. I hope you like them!!!

My first attempt at Pit Viper cards. I was working from scratch to pull this together. Not sure which direction to move forward in, but I think this is a great start! 🕶️😅

Altenew Grand Dahlia dies and The Ton sentiment. Her bday is near the end of November, so I’m feeling good that it’s done!

I really want to design some Etsy cards!!

I’ve worked so hard to try and make some designs, please can I have some input on this one!

I’ve printed 8 of this design!

Fresh off the cricut today!

This news came across my social feed.

2 stamps, a 0.1mm marker and some watercolor. That's it. It fits like a glove.

I was going for a slightly retro vibe with the color scheme and kind of retro star shape on the cutouts.

I needed to test out this spiderweb cover plate I just got so we've got yet another Halloween card!

I just love making Halloween cards!

Hey everyone! I’m trying to curate a card-making kit for my 7 year old niece as part of her Christmas presents.

She hasn’t learnt die cutting with a machine yet and since we don’t live too close, I don’t have much opportunity to teach her on mine (so far I’m the only adult with an extensive paper-crafting hobby in the family). I have mostly included assortments of dimensional stickers, stick on gems, decorative papers and pre-cut and scored card bases for her in the past. But now that she’s a little older and can handle glue all by herself without making a mess, I wanted to include pre-cut ephemera and die-cuts in the kit. I looked at the Spellbinders as well as Crafter’s Companion kits but they seem to either include actual metal dies (something she doesn’t have the tools or the experience to use) or they’re too layered/complicated for a child her age and are definitely pricey for what’s included.

I looked up a brand called Miss Kate’s cuttables and they have some really kid friendly and cute pre-cut shapes and sentiments, but I was wondering if there’s more such brands available in the US market that I could probably look into? I have included a few reference photos of what I’m looking for. All helpful suggestions are welcome. TIA!

Update: Very grateful to everyone for the wonderful suggestions. I’m open to more brand suggestions if you have any outside the ones that have already been mentioned in the thread. I looked up Scrapbook dot com again; but this time instead of searching for cardstock die cuts or card kits, I searched for ephemera and found a bunch of useful results. Thank you again for pointing me in the right direction. You are all made of awesome!! 💖✨

How do you clean your stamps? I've seen some videos where people use a stamp cleaner ( either a bought one or a homemade version) and I'm wondering what the benefit is vs using just some warm water and dish soap?
Do the cleaners do a better job?
I prefer using a small toothbrush if my stamp is very dirty because I hate the texture of the stamp shammy.
And so far I just use a bit of dish soap on my toothbrush, but these videos have me wondering if maybe that's not the best method.

Hi all, I currently sell digital stationery on Etsy and want to start greeting card business on Etsy and sell locally. How do you approach local business to sell your greeting cards and any other general advice that may help?

I scored this retired Stamp' Up paper trimmer (handle and extender bar underneath) for $5 at the thrift store this morning. Despite being an older model it is still very sharp.