BUZZZZZ Flower/Heart Wreath full of LOVE



Hi again this is Terri from http://www.scrappinwiththebug.blogspot.com/. I know,  I know Valentines is already over but I made this a couple of days ago for Valentines and it was just too fun not to share with you.

I used Arts philosophy cartridges and cut out different colors of flowers. I wanted purple, pink and dark purple. I cut the flowers at 2.5", on Font Heart 3 Shift function.
Depending on how full you want it to look and/or what the starting size is of your base you will need about 150-200 flowers. This specific project took 190.
I started with a Styrofoam core - in the shape of a heart. I painted it a soft pink so that way in case any areas were not filled in 100% it wasn't white.
 I then added the flowers. I added about 10 of the light purple, then did the same of the pink, dark and light again. Then I would add to the other side that way the "lines" were kept pretty straight. I used Scotch Quick dry adhesive to add the flowers. I worked allot in sections on this. I will admit this is a simple project but takes a few hours to make.

So since I like to share my tricks here are a few.
I have learned a few tricks for rolling the flowers  - so here goes maybe this will help you a little. Tip #1 - Use a  quilling tool to get them started
#2 - After you have rolled about 2 turns put a small dot of glue on the flower - I use Scotch Quick dry glue - then continue rolling the rest. This will keep the "bud" portion of the flower and not unroll allot.

#3 - When you get to the end put a little glue on the tail area - and then put the rolled flowers on the glue and let them unroll. Then hold and press.
#4 - DO NOT try to glue your flowers to the base until the GLUE HAS DRIED completely - especially if using a thin weight paper.
#5 When putting them on the base/wreath form - get them as close as you can together (makes it look full).

I used for the paper a simple paper pack from Michael's - it was just simple pinks, and purples. All of these papers were in the pack. The paper is 8 1/2 x11 and you can get 12 flowers off the one piece of paper.

While I loved the look of it with just the flowers I wanted to go a step further. I wanted a little "banner" so I used My Creative Time's heart die and cut them out in the bright pink - then I cut out  3/4" letters w/ shadow from Kate's ABC to form the word LOVE.

The adorable little bee's were cut at 2" from Create a Critter 2 cartridge again in the coordinating colors from the paper.
I then over lapped the hearts to each other and the bee a little - and just glued to the roses.
A little stickles to give the bee a cute little shimmer/glitter.

 

Here is the back - I only did 4 rows because I want this to lay flat against the door. I may/may not add ribbon - it will depend on what door I hang it on since it's not water proof I don't think I'll put on the front door.

 

Hope you enjoy and

 

Happy Scrappin'

 

 

Cricut Info & Supplies Used:

Designer :  Terri Szymanski

Cricut Machine: Cricut Expression

Cricut Images: Arts Philosophy <FONT> Shift Heart 3, Create a Critter 2 Bee cut at 2",  Kates ABC 3/4" letters.

Other Supplies Used: My Creative Time for me heart die, Stickles, Recollection paper pack, heart Styrofoam piece

Thankful for Layout

Hello!  Michele here from MicheleGreen.com.  I can't believe how fast the months are flying by!  Do you know this is the third month of our Cricut FANatics blog already?!  Wow!

Today I am going to share a layout with you.  I created this based off of one of the layouts in the Scrapbooking with Cricut book. It came together really quickly.  I would definitely recommend it :)

 The papers are from a Fall Stack I received in a swap. It's hard to tell but the base dark red one is printed with leaves so it adds an extra touch of fall.  The tiny stickers are from Archiver's.  The embellishment pieces are from K&Co.  The red polka dot was an oval cut with Plantin Schoolbook at 11.5", trimmed to 8".  The font was from Kate's ABCs at 1.5".

So you know how sometimes you pay too much for paper but you want the quality stuff?  I got this tan sheet from Archiver's.  So that's $0.69 for one piece!  I double dipped a little bit by using my rotary cutter to cut out the matting for my photo right out of the center of the sheet.

I did the same for the red leaf piece.  When they are put together it looks like this:

But then you put the front pieces on and you would never know!  Tricky, huh?

I hope you enjoyed my layout today and I wish you a happy fall!  Fall always makes me feel home-y and want to snuggle in.  My family is the absolute best thing in my life!  What are you thankful for?

Cricut Info & Supplies Used:
Designed By: Michele Green

Cricut Machine Used: Cricut Expression

Cricut Cartridges Used: Plantin Schoolbook, Kate's ABCs
Other Supplies Used: Cardstock, brads, K&Co fall embellishments 

Little Boy Goes to School

Hi everyone. It's Sherry from http://www.macybella.blogspot.com. It's back to school time and my little one started Pre-K this year. I'm so excited to share this layout I made for him with you. I used Echo Park's Little Boy collection for this project.

The first thing I did was cut forty-five 1 1/4" hexagons in lots of different patterns to build a road. I thought this paper was so cute because a little boy's road in life is paved with bright colors and so many wonderful things like cars & trucks, sailboats, and airplanes. Next I laid them out on the paper and played around with the patterns until I was happy. Then I started gluing them down. I used Winter Woodland for the hexagons, but there are hexagons on many Cricut cartridges.
Once I had my road built, I cut out a little red schoolhouse. I don't have Recess which has a really cute schoolhouse, so I converted the dollhouse on Kate's ABC's to a schoolhouse. I cut it at 5" in blackout. Then cut the accessories, trimming off the chimney. I used a jeweled brad for the doorknob. I cut the school bell from the Liberty bell cut on Stand & Salute. This was cut at 2" in metallic gold paper layered over brown. I distressed it in a metallic pewter for an aged look. Then I cut pencils from Everyday Paper Dolls at 3 1/2" for the windowsills. I cut these in golden yellow for the pencil and orange for the eraser, then trimmed the eraser off and glued it to the yellow. I used my Copic markers to color the rest. The metal is N4. The sharpened part is E31 and the tip is E25.
The photo mat is cut at 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" in navy and 3 1/4" x 5 1/4" in light blue. The smaller navy mat is 3 1/2" x 2 1/2". The cute little guy is my son, Noah. :)
Little boy is a sticker from the Echo Park Collection. "goes" are rub ons from October Afternoon. The "2" and "School" are cut and shadowed at 3" from Base Camp. I also used crystal stickles on the yellow part of school. You can see how I popped up the schoolhouse and number two for some dimension in this picture.

Then I created a little book from some of the cards from the collection and tucked it in behind the house. I will use those to journal his first day.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you've enjoyed my layout.