Summer Flowers

Hi just wanted to share a quick post.  I made this card a while back and am just now getting around to posting it.

The flowers were all cut using the Walk in my Garden cartridge.  I Cuttlebugged the pearl white paper behind it using a basket weave like folder.  The flowers on the left I sprayed with Glimmer Mist so they have a sparkle to them, then crumpled them up just a bit.  I added gold Viva Decor pearl pen to the centers.

I had some white buttons that had a checked pattern on them so I added them with a piece of bakers twine tied through the whole.  Well that's it, pretty simple.
Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog today.

Cricut Circle Blog Challenge

This week the challenge in the Circle blog was to create something using some of your flowers from your stash and incorporate at least 2 Cricut cuts into it.  The prize is a $25 credit to your Cricut.com account.
Here is my card, it was also made following a sketch this week on the message board.

I have had this poinsettia flower and leaves in one of my Prima flower packs for some time now.   The background plaid paper was print and cut using the Imagine cartridge Santa's Village.  The white is pearl paper I Cuttlebugged with a plaid flower that was in a Christmas set of folders.
The flower pot was cut from Walk in my Garden , I Cuttlebugged it and then put Crackle Accents on it.    Here is a close up of the pot.

The stem of the flower is the letter "L" from the Ashlyn's Alphabet cartridge.
So I guess that covered my two cuts and 3 if you count the plaid paper.

I did the inside very simply and will stamp a sentiment is it later.

I also added some of that plaid paper from the Santa's Village cartridge.  All the plaid papers I printed on pearl paper so they have a very pretty sheen to them.
Thanks for stopping by, would love to hear what you think of my poinsettia card.
Challenges for this card

Make it Monday   Always anything goes    ends - 12/4
Lil Red Wagon   Christmas  ends  - 12/6

Patriotic Sunflower

This paper was such a funny color for a Sunflower so I thought I would run with it, all and all I am pretty pleased at the end result, even though this was so so out of my comfort zone.  I am usually tend to use exact real life colors and hate that about myself.  The paper is from a DCWV Summer Dream stack from last summer I believe.   I made it following one of the sketch this week at RAQs challenge on the Cricut message board and the sketch this week at Mojo Monday, how lucky is that, that it fit both sketches with just very very minor adjustments.

What do you think?  Cute huh?  Also since it was nearly the 4th of July I thought it was the perfect time to use these colors and the challenge this week at My Sheri Crafts the theme is Independence Day or Red, White and Blue and I thought this would be a great birthday card for someone with a 4th of July birthday.  The happy birthday is a stamped sentiment that I heat embossed.
The flower was cut from Walk in my Garden (boy I haven't used this cartridge in a long time) and is almost 4 inches high.  The flower part is cut 4 times and layered.   I added white pearl to where there was small holes cut out of the red.  The white is white linen pearl paper, so I thought the pearls matched well.

 

So what do you think of my funky Patriotic Sunflower?  So glad you stopped by and have a wonderful weekend.

Other challenges for this card

Fantabulous Cricut   Red, White & Blue  ends 7/3

Squigglefly  Red, White & Blue  ends 7/3

Make it Monday  Anything goes  ends 7/3

Sentimental Sundays  Patriotic colors ends 7/2

Hooked on Craft   Show us your Flowers  end 7/3

Craft Us Crazy Red,White Blue or Summer ends 7/5

Paper Playtime  Red, White & Blue end 7/9