Love U Lots Card And Flower Making Video

Hello crafty friends,

Hope you’re having a Wonderful Wednesday! For those that are following along with me, reading through Psalms 119 and counting the Omer, here is today’s reading portion.

Daleth

25 My soul clings to the dust; 

Revive me according to Your word. 

26 I have declared my ways, and You answered me; 

Teach me Your statutes. 

27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts; 

So shall I meditate on Your wonderful works. 

28 My soul melts from heaviness; 

Strengthen me according to Your word. 

29 Remove from me the way of lying, 

And grant me Your law graciously. 

30 I have chosen the way of truth; 

Your judgments I have laid before me. 

31 I cling to Your testimonies; 

O Lord, do not put me to shame! 

32 I will run the course of Your commandments, 

For You shall enlarge my heart.

Psalm 119: 25-32

Now for my project today.

Here is a look at my completed card. It is an A2 (4.25 x 5.5) size. The base is white cardstock. All the cuts are from the Cricut Artriste Cartridge.

I stamped both backgrounds. The striped background as well as the “chicken wire” background. For the Chicken wire I used some Whisper Ink along with the background stamp. For the Striped background I used some Slate Ink Pad along with the corresponding stamp. I then turned to my Cricut Artiste Cartridge and cut the elements for the rosette, the pennant, flowers and border. I also cut the heart and circle from the Artiste cartridge as well.

Here are the pieces to create the flower. They are cut from the Artiste cartridge and they can be found on page 54 of the handbook. I cut two at 1” and three at 1.25”. I cut them in plain white cardstock and then inked them with my Blush Ink pad. I cut slits into the small cuts and two of the larger ones. I did this so the petal would be slightly more flexible. Just be careful not to cut them all the way to the center. Once I did that, I pulled the petals up and pinched them using a dowel rod  or other round object to help the petals take shape. I applied a small amount of glue to keep the petals closed together.

Here’s what the flowers look like when completed.

For detailed instructions on creating the flower, you can check out this video I created.

Direct Link: http://youtu.be/8q2EUJeYS-s

Products Used To Create This Project

Cricut Expression	Artiste Cartridge Set	Blush Ink
Slate Ink	Whisper Ink	Crystal Blue Ink
Distressed Backgrounds Stamp Set	Who Love’s U Set(Retired)	In The Background Stamp Set
Black Cardstock	White Cardstock	Whimsy Cardstock Pack

(used Crystal Blue Cardstock)

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As always, thank you so much for sharing your crafty time with me. Be sure to stop back by tomorrow for some more crafty inspiration. Until then,

Day 7-2013 Treat or Note Card Box

Happy Sabbath crafty friends,

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and share some of your crafty time with me. It’s a busy season of getting some Holiday crafting done, so let’s get right to it.

Today’s project was created with my Artiste Cartridge. I used some very old Basic Grey paper and cut this cute little box out.  I then made some cute little matching notecards. I printed out the little digi stamp from PaperCraftingworld.com. I used my EK Success border punch to decorate the tops and wrapped them with some twine.

Here is a closer look at the box.  I Cut the red label out of the Cricut Artiste Cartridge and then used my border punch to again, decorate the top. I created the cute little red ribbon bow and topped it with a red button and some more green twine.

Here is a closer look at one of the cute little note cards.  This will make the perfect little gift for my wonderful SIL who loves little notecards. Of course you can always fill the box with other little gifts.

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Products used to create this project

Cricut Artiste cartridge

Warm Holiday Wishes Digi Stamp

Basic Grey Paper

Twine

Ribbon and Button

EK Success Punch

Stickles

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Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your crafty time with me. I hope you are inspired. Please leave a comment and be sure to follow me….(Top left column)…it is always appreciated.

Two Hello Cards Using DCWV Floral Fair

Good morning crafty friends,

Today I have a couple of cards to share with you. I used the gorgeous DCWV Floral Fair Paper Stack along with My Cricut Artiste Cartridge and some stamps and ink! This month is National Stamp Month, so I will be showcasing projects using some Great Closet To My Heart Stamps as well as some great digi stamps from PaperCraftingWorld.com. I also have a great little tip on how to "color your dew drops". So let’s get right to it.

Here are my two cards. I am created them for this month’s IFTL (I Feel The Love) September Recipients. Please be sure to head over and get the details and join in. You will be blessed that you did!

I cut my flowers out of the Artiste Cartridge from plain white cardstock.

I  used CTMH Hello Blooms Stamp Set to stamp the flowers. This stamp set has several stamps that have corresponding cuts to the cartridge. Instead of using the recommended size, I simply cut my flowers smaller and then lined the stamp up. It still covered the flowers perfectly.

I did this to create flowers with the Sunset, Gypsy and Barn Red Ink Pads. I glued and staggered the layers. Once the layers were dry, I took a thin bamboo skewer and shaped the petals to give them some dimension. The flowers were cut at 1.25, 1 and .75 inches for the different layers.

Next I wanted to add some dew drops to the centers. I have the pretty Morning Dew set. I love the clear softly colored look of the gems, but wanted a stronger more striking color, so I decided to try and “paint” the dew drop with my Smooch Pearlized Sugarberry Ink.

Here is a picture to show you what it looked like after I brushed some of that ink on. I thought it worked perfect! It still gave the gem a semi-translucent look but deepened the color beautifully!

Here is just a view showing what they look like…before and after… or in the case of this picture....after and before...lol.

So I decided to get crazy and used the Siren Smooch Ink to color the soft orange dew drops from the Island Blossom set.

Lastly, I used the little Hello sentiment from this stamp set and stamped it with the Cashmere Ink. I layered the card with layers of that pretty DCWV Floral Fair paper and added some ribbon from my American Crafts Dots stash of mini ribbon spools.

Here again is one last look at both of the cards.

I used the following products to complete these little gems.

DCWV Floral Fair Stack	Cricut Artiste Cartridge	Hello Blooms Stamps

Sunset Ink Pad

Gypsy Ink Pad

Champagne Ink Pad

Barn Red Ink Pad

Smooch Sugarberry Ink

Smooch Siren Ink

Early Dawn Dew Drops

Island Blossom Dew Drops

Mouse Dew Drops

American Crafts Red Polka Dot in Value Pack

White cardstock.

Aside from creating these cards to send in to IFTL, I am entering them in a couple of challenges.

First, The Heart 2 Heart challenge blog is having a color challenge and the other is a sketch challenge over at the seems a little sketchy challenge blog.

Here’s the sketch from Seems A Little Sketchy #47

Colors To Use: Sunset, Barn Red, Gypsy and Cashmere

Well, I think that about covers it for today. I hope my little tip about coloring your dew drops will inspire you!  As always, thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your crafty-creative time with me! Be sure to stop back by tomorrow for another great, inspirational project!