May Flowers from Creative Charms

Happy Wednesday!  Today is my day to post on the Creative Charms blog.  I hope you have been checking out all of the great projects by the new design team members.  I always enjoy seeing what other people do with all of the Creative Charms goodies!

 

I think this pink chenille flower from the Fuzzy Daisy Kit has a warm cozy feel - it makes me think of a stuffed animal!  For this baby card, I took out the red polka dot center and added the large brad from the pink Blooming Garden collection.

A strip of pink Fancy Polka Dot Ribbon finishes the top of the card.  The 1/8 inch Scor-Tape is perfect for adhering the ribbon to the card.

This is an A2 card.  The card base is plain white with a layer of dark pink DCWV cardstock cut at 5 1/4 x 4 inches and a layer of paper printed as a full sheet from the Imagine More Cards Cricut Imagine cartridge and trimmed to 5 x 3 3/4 inches.

I originally thought I'd make a vertical card, but I changed to the horizontal format.  With the horizontal layout I was able to tuck the sentiment close to the flower.

The sentiment was cut with the Cuttlebug Welcome Baby Combo Set from the same cardstock used for the first layer on the card front.

I used a large 3D glue dot to adhere the flower to the card.

You could also use the large brad from the "It's a Girl - Felt Stickers and Brads" to replace the center of the flower.

This card began with the blue lacy flower medallion that I designed a couple of years ago using the Calligraphy Collection Cricut cartridge.

The original post is HERE with complete information on how to make the lace flower and photos of many variations on the theme.

The card is  five and a half inches square with the fold along the top.  There is a blue layer (in the same cardstock that I used for the lattice flower) cut at 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches and the top layer is from a K & Company stack.  I fussy cut the top layer to be sure that the large flower was centered on the card.

I always seem to have some extra gems and pearls - the gradient gem stickers have 76 pieces in each package and they go a long way.

 

This is a blue Multi-layered Organza Flower - these flowers are so lovely and shimmery.  I thought the center pearl was a bit small for my card design, so I snipped the thread that holds it and added a larger white pearl Gradient Gem Sticker.

Here is the card with the gems added before I placed the flower in the center.  I added medium pearl gem stickers and clear gem stickers to the outer points and some small gem stickers to some of the intersecting lines in the center section of the blue flower. 

A foam square lifts the flower a bit from the center of the card.

The colors are calming and the flower and gem stickers make this an elegant card for a special occasion..

I am still amazed at the thin lines that the Cricut was able to cut - this cut was originally made nearly two years ago on my old Expression.

If you check out the Creative Charms website you will see lots of other beautiful and unusual flowers that will make great focal points for your cards and projects.

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Laurel Punch Around the Page Card #6

This is the last of the six cards I made right after I received the Laurel Punch Around the Page set.  It is another square card sized at 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.

The pink cardstock for the card base is Martha Stewart Pink Carnation from the Kitchen Garden cardstock pack.  The green is also from a large value pack of Martha Stewart cardstock - I am not sure the of the color name.  The patterned paper is from the Playful Pink and Green 12 x 12 pad and is a two sided paper.

I tried a version with rounded corners on the large patterned paper layer but I didn't care for the effect.

I also tried a version using the polka dot reverse side of the paper  for both layers but I didn't like that either!

The patterned paper on the five inch square punched  base  is 3 3/4 inches square and the paper on the top layer is 2 inches square.

I wanted to add a large epoxy brad with a cute baby bear image to the top layer so I used my clear layout ruler to help me find the center of the 2 inch square and poked a hole.  The brad is from the It's a Girl Felt Sticker and Brad Set from Creative Charms.

I added tiny epoxy circle stickers to the four corners of the top layer.  These are from the It's A Girl Epoxy Sticker Set from Creative Charms.

The center medallion is raised up with foam squares.  I inked the patterned paper edges with white ink but you can hardly tell in this photo.

The Laurel punch set works with so many types of cards- it will become a "go to" set for me and will give some of my other Punch Around the Page sets some competition!

I hope you have enjoyed seeing these cards over the past week.  I have lots more ideas about ways to use them that I hope to get to try soon.

If you would like to win a Martha Stewart Laurel Punch Around the Page set for your crafting please go to THIS POST and read all of the details on how you can win this set.  Comments must be left on the original post for the giveaway but please leave comments about this card here.

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Laurel Punch Around the Page - Card #2

This bright and cheery card is 5 1/2 inches square and features a red 5 inch square punched with the Laurel Martha Stewart  Punch Around the Page set.  There is something about the red and white color combination that just makes me smile and think of summer!

The center square is a 3 1/4 inch square of white cardstock punched with the Laurel set and turned on point.  This makes me think of a tablecloth with a doily on it.

The charming Knitted Strawberries are from Creative Charms.

I used some strong foam circles to attach the stems of the strawberries and help make the embellishment more level and stable on the card.

I did not adhere the leaves on the red square and turned them up a bit to add to the airy feeling of the card.

The laurel leaves make a lovely lacy, nature based border on the card elements.

If you would like to win a Martha Stewart Laurel Punch Around the Page set for your crafting please go to THIS POST and read all of the details on how you can win this set.  Comments must be left on the original post for the giveaway but please leave comments about this card here.


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Baby Blessings Card

I just received the "Preserves" Cricut Cartridge in the mail.  It was a prize for being "Spotlighted" in the Cricut "Chirp" newsletter.  If you have never tried submitting something for the newsletter, I encourage you to try.  The form to submit a project can be found at this LINK.  If you are chosen, you can select a free cartridge (excluding exclusive cartridges or cartridges bundled with certain machines).

On first hearing about this cartridge I thought "who needs a cartridge full of fruit?" but then I started looking at the images on Design Studio and I realized that there were all sorts of interesting tags and labels on this cartridge.  I'll do an actual review of the cartridge soon but for today I just tried out one of the shapes for a card that has nothing to do with fruit!

This is the shape that caught my eye.  It has a reverse scallop on the top and bottom.  When layered with another color it gives the effect of a scallop cut from the lower layer.

I chose this element and adjusted the size in Design Studio to fit an A2 card by entering the height and width in the Shape Properties box.

I made a second layer an inch shorter than the first layer.  To preview possible color combinations, you need to set up separate mats for each layer since all items on the same mat will preview in the same color.  The preview reads from the first layer down so you need to place the elements on the mats in the correct order.

The "baby blessings" sentiment is from the Wild Card cartridge.  The sentiments on Wild Card are sized to fit particular cards so it can be confusing to set the size.  You can check the "Real Size" box and guess at the size you need but I usually just use the "handles" to adjust the shape to suit my project.

The actual pieces that need to be cut for the card are on a page labeled "CUT" so when I go back to the file at a later date I don't have to rethink the process.  Since I wanted the sentiment to be in the same color as the first layer, I cut it from the center which will be covered by the second layer.

Here are all of the pieces for my card.  The base is white cardstock cut at A2 size (half of an 8 1/2 x 11 inch sheet of cardstock cut in half on the 11 inch side and folded).  The green layer is cut at exactly 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches to cover the entire card top.

The dotted green layer is from the DCWV "Nana's Nursery-Baby Girl" mat stack.  Mat stacks are sized at 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (to mat a 4 x 6 inch photo perfectly) so when I trimmed it for the front of the card there was a 1/4 inch remnant strip.  I decided to add it to the inside of the card for a nice surprise.  I adhered it to the card and them trimmed it even with the edge.

I realized that an accent on the inside strip would be nice so I used a Martha Stewart monarch butterfly double punch to punch a butterfly from the area of the lower mat that would be hidden by the top layer.

Here  you can see a peek inside the card.  The pink layer and words are cut from Core'dinations gemstone cardstock which adds a nice subtle sheen to the card.

The top scalloped layered with cute little baby clothes is from the Nana's Nursery - Baby Girl 8 x 8 stack so the scale is slightly larger.  The card just didn't look complete without a finishing touch...

...so I added this cute pink gingham bow.

I have been working on my bow tying - it can be tricky to get just the right degree of perkiness!

This card is very simple and I think you could duplicate it from my description but if you'd like to see how I set up my file you can download it from the link below.  Of course, you can change the papers and sentiment to make a similar card for any occasion.

Baby Blessings Scalloped Front Card