Monday, July 18, 2011

Cricut Challenge 14: Flower Shoppe/Bloggers Challenge

Continuing on with my personal Cricut Challenge of using all my cartridges....  Again, I'm jumping out of order here but I recently ordered the brand new, hot off the press FLOWER SHOPPE which I was just itching to get my hands on.  Anyone who knows my crafting tendencies right now knows how much I love these three dimensional flowers that are quite popular in all kinds of crafting now.  So, I was happy when Cricut jumped on the wagon and designed this cartridge.

I think I will need to play around with it a bit more. One of the first flowers I attempted would be great on gift bags or gift wrap or frames, etc because it was quite thick and very 3D...it would not have worked well on a card that needed to be mailed.




OK...now that I look at this card and I look at the bottom right it looks like there is a SHRIMP there.  Does it look like a shrimp to you?  What the heck!!!  This is from the K&Co Que Sera Sera paper stack....It's all abstract floral designs with really pretty colors but now I see a shrimp!  Oh well.... :) 

The only other items I used on this card were a couple of small pearls that I placed in the center. 

I am also entering this in the Bloggers Challenge which provided this sketch for the week:
I don't know about you but I am always losing things in my craft room...I spend some of my time relocating things I've set down and can't remember where I put them.  But I do have a tip for you Gypsy users.  I put my stylus on a long lanyard and wear it around my neck...that way I am free to use it but I don't lay it down somewhere and forget where I put it!  Of course, last night I wore it upstairs and realized it as I was getting ready for bed and took it off and left it in my bathroom.  So, again...this afternoon when I went to my "playroom" I said "YIKES, WHERE IS MY STYLUS?!"...and then I remembered it was in my bathroom so I had to trudge up the stairs to get it.  But I like thinking positively...so I figured I burned another 10 or so calories retrieving it!  
I keep thinking I should get a pretty lanyard but for now this is what mine looks like:

Functional, functional, FUN!

Happy Crafting!

8 comments:

  1. Good Morning Susan,
    LOL a shimp, no I dont see a shrimp I see a beautiful flower on a beautiful card.... Love it... Have a great day, and thanks for the tip.
    Judy

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  2. Good morning Susan
    Love your flower, I want that cart my wish list keeps growing. Good idea for your stylist.
    Happy Monday
    Judie

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  3. shrimp huh? making me hungry. Don't you love that 3D flower, I just made a card the other night with these, they are not easy to mail but a padded envie usually works. Your card if fab, love the cut on the bottom of it.

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  4. Quiero la mirada Occidental de este camaron bonito de tarjeta de flor o ningun camaron. You indicated the paper was Que sera sera paper so I could resist using my Spanish and translated I've commented: I like teh Western look of this pretty card shrimp or no shrimp.

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  5. Beautiful card! My daughter-in-law asked me recently if I have a Cricut,which I do not. My birthday is coming up so I am hoping maybe my family will go together to get me one! If not, it is something to strive for. I am gathering you love yours!!!

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  6. Beautiful mix of papers, wonderful take on the sketch! Thanks for playing along with the Bloggers Challenge.

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  7. Lovely card with that beauitful flower. I'm thinking that's petals to a flower and not a shrimp but hey, I like shrimp so either way is fine by me!

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  8. Great card I still haven't even loaded my new cartridge, but I like what I'm seeing. (P.S. - I see the shrimp - how cute! :)

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