Friday, February 4, 2011

Fairy Cut Friday: Valentine's Layout

Hello, Friday Followers! 

As promised, I am featuring a project today made using the Fairy Cut software to drive my Cricut.

Today, I made a layout (pictured here) for my granddaughter Charlotte's first year scrapbook. The beautiful heart frame is one of the standard Fairy Cut images to click/drop from the toolbar under "Frames".  I enlarged it to almost 12" square by simply dragging the corner across the on-screen mat. 


When you do this, you immediately see what will cut and where.  This is called WYSIWYG (pronounced Wizzy-wig), or What You See Is What You Get. 

Now, to cut the adorable Miss Charlotte and turn her into Cupid, I used Fairy Cut's impressive
"Print and Cut" feature.  I had a .jpg image of Charlotte wearing nothing but her diaper and tutu. Following the tutorials offered by Fairy Cut, I taught myself how to print the picture using my computer's inkjet printer, then mat it up for cutting. 

Once done, I used my Cricut "Love Struck" cartridge to cut a set of wings for my little Cupid, as well as a bow and arrow, and the "Sweetie" sentiment.  I wanted the drawcord of the arrow to go behind Charlotte's head, so I cut a piece of twine for front and back and replaced the paper piece for the twine. I glammed-up the wings and bow and arrow using Stickles, and tied a love-bow around Cupid's waist.  Cute, huh?

Now don't forget to leave a comment!  At the end of the month, every CardMonkey FOLLOWER* who comments on a "Fairy Cut Friday" post here on CardMonkey will be eligible to win a FREE Fairy Cut Software license (a $99 value) as special blog candy from the manufacturer!  So with 4 Fridays in February, if you comment each week, you'll have FOUR CHANCES to win this great blog candy.  And let me tell you, if you go to http://www.fairycut.com/ and check out their blog and forum, you'll see all the really neat things this program can do to enhance your Cricut experience! 

TUNE IN TOMORROW, when I'm a Blog Stop on the "Feel The Love" Blog Hop hosted by Jaime at Glitter Stamps & Paper Oh My.  Here's a hint: You'll see no CARDS from CardMonkey tomorrow, but a real TREAT! 

(*If you're not yet a follower, please become one! I'd love to have you ...and please allow me the privilege of becoming one of your followers, too!)

18 comments:

jengd said...

Wonderful border and what you did with Charlotte is ADORABLE!

Simply AJ said...

Great layout! I love what you did with your sweet little cupid!! The details and glitter are awesome. Thanks for sharing what the Fairy Cut can do. AJ- queenofmynest(at)gmail(dot)com

Aimee said...

I LOVE Fairy Cut Fridays! Thank for sharing this adorable layout!

Unknown said...

Omg this is ADORABLE. I can't wait to see more projects with this software.

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Selina said...

Amazing possibilities! Beautiful job! Thanks for chance to win this awesome software!

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Anonymous said...

That heart frame is beautiful! What a great layout - and such a cute granddaughter!!

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Anna said...

Beautiful. Just beautiful and so is your little GD Charlotte.
I'm a follower.
Thanks for the chance to win.
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Star said...

You are amazing and soooooo creative! Keep the good stuff coming!

Scrappers' Ranch said...

Oh WOW.. I ave not heard of this software! But I love this cut, hmm, I think I would LOVE to get this.. Love how the cupid pic turned out of your grand baby.. simply beautiful!
I am already a follower of your blog
TFS and a chance to win
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Kristin said...

This layout is awesome! I love the hearts and that sweet little cupid is so precious!

Kristin
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Mike J said...

Follower 264!! Some great cutouts. Thanks for sharing that.

Mike
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Suzanne Q said...

I love the border! I'd never heard of Fairy Cut, but now I'm intrigued.

Suzanne Q
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Jennifer said...

Ellen,

That is amazing!!! :) I love the heart border and your granddaughter could not look any cuter as a cupid! You did an incredible job! I haven't even used my Sure Cuts a Lot yet, and I already want to trade it in for the Fairy Cut program!!!!!!!!!!!! That print and cut feature is to die for!

Thank you so much for sharing,

Jennifer
partridgelu at yahoo dot com

Hi, I am Karen Driscoll said...

Hi I LOVE that Lay out!! I have never heard of this Fairy Cut Software, I think that is a Amazing, and I am going to go check out their website!! Thanks for the chance to win this!! Karen<3 karenskrafts1@aol.com

Kim said...

How cool is that! I love your project! I have never heard of fairy cut before:)
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~Kim
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Anonymous said...

Im a follower, That border is really cute!
kacee
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Bunnyfreak said...

Love the angel.
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