- Square Mandala Cut File #137
- Coordinating Papers. All papers by Recollections from Michaels
- Background Paper (Michaels)
- Shadowbox Frame (Michaels)
Monday, May 10, 2021
Framed Layered Square Mandala
Monday, May 3, 2021
Layered Butterfly Mother's Day Cards With Cricut
Things settled down enough on my end to be able to work on some Mother's Day cards for family and friends. I'd had fun with my Layered Easter Egg cards so I decided to keep it simple and use the same approach to these, creating three layers in Cricut Design Space and then attach them using foam squares.
Supplies:
- Recollections 110lb Cardstock ( Michaels )
- Coordinating Paper ( Michaels )
- Foam Dots / Squares
- Self Adhesive Rhinestones
Since Michaels enables me with their regular sales of their Hot Buy paper pads ( seriously, they could make me their ambassador for just these!) I gathered up some coordinating stacks. I decided on two color palettes. One pinks and lavenders and the other turquoise and white.
I cut my own cards because I like them heavier than most of the pre-cut card packs since I tend towards heavier cards. This is why the Recollections 110lb Cardstock is my go to. Cuts clean and stands up to the weight of my cards.
Using the Cricut Design Space software, I chose a plain Butterfly image then created two additional layers, adding ovals and circles.
Monday, October 19, 2020
Halloween : Witch Switch Girlfriend Gifts and Haunting My House
- Wood Plaques ( Dollar Tree)
- Acrylic Paints
- White Glue
- Vinyl ( I used Cricut's Glossy Black)
- Cut File (I got this fun file from designbundles.net )
- Wire
- Ribbon
Monday, August 31, 2020
Halloween: Gothic Batty Wreath. Dollar Tree Finds
I popped into Dollar Tree recently since I've been seeing some fun finds on different blogs. Just my luck, I didn't find what I went for but can you ever leave Dollar Tree empty handed? Not me! The end result is this Gothic Batty Wreath using a wire frame and ornaments I picked up on my visit.
Supplies
- Wire Wreath Form (Dollar Tree)
- Black Mini Ornaments (Dollar Tree)
- Black Ultra Suede Fabric (Stash)
- Cream Paper Flowers (Stash)
- Self Adhesive Rhinestones (Stash)
I also picked up these cool straw brooms that I thought I was going to use in this project but ended up saving for something else.
The fabric scrap I had was about 36 inches long and 9 inches wide so I cut it in half to make two 4.5 x 36 strips and wrapped the wreath form adhering with hot glue.
I cut out 8 pairs of bats (16 total) on my Cricut Explore 2 using black cardstock.
I scored each bat down the middle and then layered using foam tape to give each pair some depth and dimension. Then, hot glued as shown towards the inside of the wreath. Never one to leave well enough alone, because I debated...I kind of liked the simplicity of it but...I had those cool black ornaments to use!
I removed the ornament caps and then glued groups of three ornaments around the wreath. They come in matte, shiny, and glitter. I ended up using about 1.5 packages and still have the same amount left over which means I guess I'll have to make something else! I also remembered I had these paper flowers in my stash. Last September we were at Disneyland which was all decorated for Halloween. My favorite was The Haunted Mansion which each normal year ( so not 2020!) they turn into "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and this was shaping up to remind me of that. Creepy yet pretty.
I added the flowers to the ornament clusters and then because "it don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that bling" finished with some self adhesive rhinestones.
Yep. I got that stray glue string.
Et voila!