Exploring Cricut and More Thursday Project

Hello! Glad you stopped by. I'm sharing at Exploring Cricut and More today. Summer has begun and I am loving this warm weather after the winter we had. Everyone is settling in to their jobs, activities and it's wonderful:)

I created a note card with cool blues and soft greens. It made me think of meadows and hiking in the mountains, which we don't have in the middle of our country. But, none the less that's was my inspiration!

I curled the flowers up with a stylus and added Stickles to the tips of the petals.  The banner behind the flowers was cut by hand. The center was rolled with a stylus to get as tight as possible.

Recipe:

A2 card base

My Mind's Eye Papers

Flowers - 2.19, 1.88, 1.75

Scallop Border - Elegant Edges

Don't forget to enter our wedding challenge! You have until Saturday to get your project submitted:)

Thanks for stopping by!

Annette

Exploring Cricut and More Thursday Project

Hello! I am sharing today at Exploring Cricut and More. In keeping with the challenge I created a project for Mother's Day including a ribbon in my floral arrangement.

I created 7 flowers with the Flower Shoppe cartridge.There are quite a few videos on youtube.com showing various methods of making paper flowers. I really like this one and used it as my inspiration. She has other videos on different flowers as well that are awesome! I chose to not have them so tightly cupped for a different look.

The wire was hot glued between the folds of the layers and then the button was hot glued to the center. 

The butterfly has a vellum overlay that is hot glued in the center. It also has a wire attached with hot glue to the back.

I inked the flowers prior to using the stylus, as shown in the video, to cup the flowers. I stickled the edges of most of the petals once the flower was put together.

Recipe:

Cricut Expression

Flowers - Flower Shoppe (Fun2)

Butterfly - Everyday Pop Up Cards

Fruit Punch Stickles, Floral wire, Buttons, Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!

Annette

Exploring Cricut - Mother's Day Blog Hop

Welcome to the Exploring Cricut Mother's Day  Blog Hop! If you hopped from Emily then you are in the right spot. If not, hop back to the beginning, Exploring Cricut, so you don't miss a thing. The list is below if you get lost along the way!  Our Design Team has some awesome projects for inspiration and at the end you will be able to enter the challenge to show us a Mother's Day project. Don't forget to use your Cricut for the challenge.  Hard to believe that Mother's Day is Sunday when we had snow here last week. Crazy weather.

I created a card for my Mom to share with you.  I used the Flower Shoppe to create this card and it came together in a snap.  

I inked the edges of the mats in pink. I also ran a little bit of pink ink over the orange patterned paper to blend with the flowers. The flower that I used from the cartridge is the "mum". I rolled the yellow cardstock on a pencil to begin. Once it was completely rolled I adhered glue to the bottom. I then fanned the layers out by pulling the yellow edges out and pressing down to flatten a bit. The yellow Stickles in the middle is a nice sparkly touch:)

Recipe: 
A2 cardbase
Scrap Papers
Flowers - Flower Shoppe
Sentiment - My Pink Stamper
Cuddlebug embossing folder, Yellow Stickles, black ink



So, I have some blog candy to giveaway as well. Normally, I tell you what I am giving away, but I thought I would keep it suspenseful and make it a surprise:)  So, how do you win? Make sure you are one of my  followers, leave a comment and live in the United States. Keepin' it simple:)

Here's a list of all the crafty goodness from my DT sisters.
Diana http://craftypeepdb.blogspot.com

Sharon http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com

Donna  http://wwwkindredkreations.blogspot.com

Georgiana  http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com

Rae Ann   http://joyinart.blogspot.com

Emily  http://emilyqueenofallthingscrafty.blogspot.com

Annette  http://mymindsdustbunnies.blogspot.com (you are here)

Michelle P  http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com  (go here next)

Kathy  http://kathy213-kathyscorner.blogspot.com

Michelle S  http://cricutcrazyscrapper.blogspot.com

Liz  http://unikbyyes.blogspot.com

Diane  http://happyscrapperdiane.blogspot.com

Hope you decide to join in the fun and don't forget to follow so you can win some goodies!!

Annette

Showering Flowers

Good Morning! I had a lot of fun playing with this card. I really haven't used the Flower Shoppe much and thought it would be nice to work with it a little more. It is really very easy to use and I enjoyed being able to put different pieces together. I worked with the sketch from Mojo Monday.

I chose to stay with more of a monochromatic theme and like how this one turned out. I inked the edges of the flowers then spritzed with Perfect Pearls. I then embossed with clear embossing powder. I also added a little bit of Glossy Accents. Okay, so I got a little carried away:)

I was really random in the way that I altered the 2nd layer. The largest flower has more layers of clear embossing powder and more speckled. I heated the embossing powder and spritzed Perfect Pearls.  As in nature, nothing is the same and I thought it would be fun to make them all a little different:)

Recipe:
5" square card
Papers - Bazzill, DCWV
Flowers - Flower Shoppe 2.5", 2", 1.75"
Circle - George and Basic Shapes 2.75"
Scallop - Fiskars Punch
Sentiment - K. Andrews
Perfect Pearls, Glossy Accents, Clear embossing powder, China Blue and Tea Dye, Stick Pin

Entering:
Cardz TV Anything Goes
Paper Playtime Anything Goes
Mojo Monday Circle or Square
Word Art Wednesday Never Give Up

Thanks for stopping by!


Annette