Happy Monday! I hope this Monday morning finds all of our Midwestern Cricut friends safe and sound.... The weather channel and news channels covered some horrid storms and tornadoes though the middle of the US last night. That is especially horrid in those areas already suffering though flooding. I hope that everyone is well.
My friend and design team sister, the incomparable Donna Mundinger, selected the challenge cut this week at Bitten by the Bug 2. Donna selected this lovely bird from the new-ish Florals Embellished cartridge. I must say, Hello Kitty and the Disney cartridges have nothing on this bird! There were A LOT of cuts to assemble for this bird!
First, I have a story to share with you about the Florals Embellished cartridge. Back in March when I attended the Cricut Circle Crop in Atlanta I actually won this cartridge. Madge, the fabulous crafter sitting to my right, won a screen for the Yudu Card Shop, but did not have a card shop machine. Later in the crop I won a Yudu Card Shop. Madge was a honey and gave me her screen. I, of course, immediately gave her my Florals Embellished cartridge so that we both had prizes. I did not tell Madge, until now(!) , that I really coveted that cartridge.
A few weeks ago when I found out that Donna had selected to use the Florals Embellished cartridge, I immediately searched my usual cartridge sources for the best price on FE. I found a good price and purchased the cartridge - and I am quite pleased that I did so. I think this cartridge is going to be fun.
I used four cartridge to create this card: Just Because Cards (base card), Florals Embellished (bird and medallion), Plantin Schoolbook (a welded rectangle), and Martha Stewart Elegant Art (the border on the lower front of the card). Using design studio I welded a rectangle to one end of my base card and a MS border to the other end. I made sure that the rectangle and border were the same height/width, that way the center score line on the card remained the same. I cut the base card in white cardstock, and then I cut the card front only in Basic Grey cardstock.
I think I am going to love my MS Elegant Cake Art cartridge. The cartridge has a lot of MS border cuts and different shaped edged mats. Using your Gypsy, Cricut Craft Room, or DS you can resize and weld the border cuts to your cards or layouts. Think of all of the MS border possibilities that this cartridge provides. I feel like even though I may have paid $40 for the cartridge, I saved a mint in MS punch costs!
I layered the bird onto the medallion with pop dot, and I also layered the medallion onto the card with pop dots. I used Stampin' Up ribbon without a bow. I like the texture and the color of the ribbon, but a bow would have distracted from the bird.
I finished the card by adding doodle dots to the bird and medallion. I also added the "post card" scrap and the thin strip of cardstock to the lower front of the card.
My goal for this week is to learn to use my new E2 Cricut machine with both regular and Imagine cartridges. I will keep you posted on my progress!
Please do take a few minutes and pop over to BBTB2 and check out the teams' projects. And remember, we would love it if you should decide to play along with us!!