I got this great software for Christmas called Sure Cuts A Lot (SCAL). I’ve had great fun with it. I made this soccer border yesterday. 
Cupcake card
Paper Piecing
Paper Piecing is a nice way to add color to your artwork. For this card I stamped the image three times, once on the pink patterned paper, once on the yellow patterned paper, and once on the green paper. I then cut out the flower and the dish and attached them to the image on the green paper. When cutting out your colored image pieces if you cut just inside the line you will have an easier time lining them up on your main image.
Engagement Invitation
Here is an engagement invitation I created. I drew the pineapple drink in Illustrator.
Color Chart Card
This is a card I made using the color chart printouts from the Minolta color copier. I recycled them into colorful elements on this card. I used the Cricut to cut out the shapes.