Great crafting from scratch is all about finding a cohesive way to incorporate various elements into a project. Adding a Cricut® shape to your artwork is a quick and simple way to elevate the aesthetic of your artwork, and to make this easier than ever, we’re going to show you a few ways to create a little mix and match Cricut action for your projects, using a handful of shapes from the Stars & Sparklers collection and the adorable papers, stickers, and shapes from the Hillside Cottage suite!
To supplement the paper collections in our bi-monthly catalogs, we’ve partnered with Cricut® to create a coordinating collection of shapes for each suite! These mini Cricut collections are designed to pair seamlessly with the patterns and designs in the papers, stickers, Picture My Life™ pocket cards, and stamp sets that make up the paper suite itself.
The Stars & Sparklers and Hillside Cottage paper collections are available now in our July–August catalog. Click here to check out all the amazing papers, stickers, stamps, and Cricut shapes included in these exclusive suites (along with all the other amazing products available in this catalog 😀).
Now, let’s take a look at a few fun combinations that we created through this fusion of Stars & Sparklers Cricut® shapes and various components of the Hillside Cottage suite!
To start things off, we took the “good TIMES” title and a handful of flowers from the Stars & Sparklers Cricut collection and cut them out of coordinating cardstock from the Hillside Cottage collection.
When placed over a few of the Hillside Cottage pattern papers and placed alongside a few Hillside Cottage Shapes, these Cricut shapes are just what this page needs to really stand out!
Similar to the scrapbook page above, this “We Are Family” layout also includes a few of the Stars & Sparklers flowers, and with these scattered throughout the pages alongside the Hillside Cottage patterns, stickers, and shapes, it’s easy to create beautiful artwork and make it unforgettable!
For an absolute treat of a card, we paired the ice cream cone from the Stars & Sparkles Cricut collection with the few Hillside Cottage patterned papers and coordinating cardstock. This sweet card is a great example of how an everyday Cricut shape can be paired with a few papers for a gorgeous finished effect!
Even a simple shape can be a great way to dress up your crafts—just check out the awesome texture on this cone!
For this last card, we took the cute pick-up truck from the Stars & Sparklers Cricut collecion, layered all the pieces on top of a few strips of Hillside Cottage paper, and finished it off by filling the truck bed with a beautiful Hillside Cottage floral sticker! We’re left with a whimsically beautiful card that can be created in minutes!
With a little bit of time and some outside-the-box thinking, it’s easy to create gorgeous cards in minutes when you get creative with your Cricut® shapes! By mixing and matching the Stars & Sparklers Cricut truck shape with the Hillside Cottage suite, we ended up with a beautiful card, where the pieces pair so well, it looks like they were made for each other!
Even though our kit-coordinated Cricut® collections are designed with specific paper collections in mind, they’re incredibly versatile and can be used with any paper suite! As you can see, the sky’s the limit when it comes to what you can do with Cricut shapes!
Do you have a favorite Cricut® collection? Leave a comment below to tell us which one, and how you love to use it!
Oh, this is so clever! I hadn’t really thought about mixing the different paper packets and collections. Will have to try this! I’m enjoying the Stars and Sparklers because I like the ice cream and popsicles, but my all-time favorite is Art Philosophy.
I made the truck, used acetate for the windows. I agree with CropCandy on fav being Art Philosophy.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
I love these and will definitely have to create these projects!
This was awesome! Explaining how we can even enhance our pages, but to tie our Cricut images into other projects. Thank you so much for doing this. Great ideas, will definitely have to give them a try.
It’s great that these Cricut collections can be used with any paper pack!!! I love them and have them all!
Thank you CTMH for creating these for us!
What type of files are these? I have a Silhouette are they jpeg or dxf
Love these I want to purchase but want to make sure its a file my machine will recognize.
I love this article. It is one of my favorites and couldn’t come at a better time to use this. Thank you for putting this article together.
This is a totally fantastic post! I love the creative combination for these pieces of artwork and they are phenomenal inspiration! The blog posts are so valuable! THANK YOU!