Divine Wedding Card

Hi fellow FANatics!  This is Erika from http://ekittyscraps.blogspot.com/.  I have another cricut project to show you today and here it is!

I used a 5 x 7" ivory card that I already had.  To cut the oval out of the gold cardstock, I used the Easter 2010 cartridge.  I cut out the regular easter egg at 5 inches.  The trick to this cut was to set the blade on your mat at 3/4 inches over and 3/4 inches down.  This is so you have enough cardstock to make the frame.  (I did see this trick on another site but I am not sure who it was-they made an Easter card with a cross and lillies on it).  I left two inches on each side of the egg and cut down my 12 x 12" paper to match my card.  Sorry I didn't use measurements. I have about an inch on each side of the egg.

  I embossed my gold mat with a 5 x 7 folder from Darice called Argyle Diamonds.   

I used Divine Wedding to cut the Bride and Groom image on page 38.  I used orange for the background color, the tie and on the bouquet since this is the main wedding color.

I embossed the skirt using the Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls folder and added some bling. I pop dotted the skirt onto the bride image.

The flower trim was sprayed with Heirloom Gold-several coats and dryed with a heat dryer.  I sprayed one coat of pumpkin spice/perfect pearls gold spray/water mix on my craft mat and pushed the trim through it and dryed again.  There are You Tube vidoes on how to make distress inker sprays if you are interested.

I glued gold rings and silver bling on my card.  I added my wedding rubon to some vellum and distress inked the edges of the vellum, frame and bride and groom image.  I also pop dotted the Bride and Groom image.

I hope you like my card and Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies used:

Cricut Expression

Cricut Cartridges: Divine Wedding and Easter 2010

Cuttlebug & D'vine Swirls folder

Darice Argyle Diamonds 5 x 7" folder

Tim Holtz Trims (flowers/roses)

Tim Holtz- Vintage Photo Distress Ink and Pumpkin Spice Distress Reinker

Ranger: Heirloom Gold Spray and Perfect Pearls Gold Powder

Kaisercraft Forever Rubons

Gold Rings and Silver bling

Vellum

Paper: Gold, Silver, Orange, White and Black 

pop dots and glue

MouseTraps/ Asian Altered Frame Share

Hello everyone . . . so wonderful to see you here again on the simply fabulous CricutFANatics Blog! It's Melody(aka as kauaimelody on the cricut boards, and CricutMelody on my blog) and as always, I can not wait to share my super fun project with you today.  It is all about mouse traps and a share to show how I used them to embellish an Asian Frame. It is meant to inspire you to try something different. One word of caution, the mouse trap can snap you if you are not awake or vigilent.  But that is what makes it so exciting, it's crafting on the edge, and being a crafting ninja, I love a little challenge. Seriously, I have not gotten nipped once, so jump right in and be the fearless crafter that I know you can be. It is a great little project that can be used in a myriad of ways (as wall decor, stationary, note holder,  or anything you can think of). It is so simple and unique.

    One mouse trap was used as a three dimensional base for the blinged up key.  It was stripped of all it's hardware and covered in designer paper. The key was adhered to the mouse trap with two part Epoxy.

 The second mouse trap is holding the stamp,  and adds a little unexpected pizazz to the overall design of the Altered Frame .  The pics show close ups of the top and bottom. (Don't look too close, I don't want you to see any glue mishaps).

 

I placed the base mousetrap at the base of the Altered Frame.

And here is the full view of the Asian Altered Frame, adorned with the two mouse traps. The Expression2 was used to cut out the pagoda from The Pagoda Cartridge.

Have you ever altered a mouse trap before, or taken one apart, all the way or partially? Well here is a brief description  so you know where to start, and hopefully you will jump on the Mouse Trap Band Wagon and try one or more  yourself.  It gives you one more skill set for your crafty bag of tricks and techniques. REMEMBER TO HOP OVER TO YOU TUBE TO CHECK OUT THE VIDEOS.  (Preparing the mouse trap  to alter is as simple as removing staples!!!)

  I like to use an ATG gun on the paper and then press into place on the trap. I remove the staples with small plyers. This is where watching a youtube is especially helpful.You can find the technique that most appeals to you. Have fun and add embellies, or leave as is, if you are a minimalist.   You can ommit the paper, and just paint it, distress it, bling it, twine it, stickle and glitter it,write on it, or ???  This is where you can really express yourself and add your personal touch.

I love the fact that you can use the '"snapper" as a holder for sentiments,photos, momentos etc. I am mindful that the snapper could display my fingers as well, so I  do count them frequently to make sure they are all there while creating -  just kidding!!

You know you want to try this.      :)


Joyful Crafting Always,

Melody


Designer:  Melody
Project:     Mouse Traps/Asian Altered Frame
Machine:  Expression2
Cartridge: Pagoda
Materials: Mouse Traps, Frame, Designer Paper
Tools:       ATG Gun, plyers, Embellishments of Choice