Thursday, September 29, 2011

Card Blessings


World Card-Making Day is on Saturday, October 1st, and I'm loving using my Cricut Expression2!  For this card I used the Flower Shoppe cartridge.  I cut a variety of leaves from white cardstock in sizes ranging from 1 1/2" to 2", and inked them while still on the Cricut mat.  I sprayed  a misting of Sunflower Gold Perfect Pearls, and crunched them up a bit after they were dry.   I cut one of the flowers from the same cart to use as the golden sun -- inked it and added a gem.  "Count Your Blessings" was cut from the Thanksgiving cartridge.  For the card base I inked on a bit of Stormy Sky & Walnut Stain Distress Inks, and finished it off with a velvet green ribbon.


TIP: Inking the leaves while on the mat was a good idea, and a time saver...but spraying them with the glimmer mist was not. It got them too wet to immediately move off the mat, and I didn't want to use my heat gun to dry them with the mat adhesive sitting just underneath them. Create & learn! =)

Happy Crafting -- Lisa

4 comments:

  1. Great idea on the coloring while still on the mat! Thanks for sharing the lesson learned, too. Your leaves look wonderful.

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  2. Stunning leaf coloring, so natural in appearance! Lovely card for Fall! Have a great weekend! Maybe you need to start making some moulds???

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  3. dearest Lisa,
    Gorgeous card today. Just love the dimensional flowers. I havent commented in 10 days or so, so thank you for still dropping by. Had some issues but all is well now and I can get back to the important stuff of making art and blogging. LOL. take care sweetie, gerri

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  4. What a wonderful fall card... I do agree, it is so much easirier to apply color while on the mat. Thanks for sharing your mishap too. LOL!!! we are scrappers..we're not perfect. ScrapCraft and Learn...LOL!!! I came over from rubies studio. I love your ideas and art work..Such inspiration...I'll be back as time allows to see more of your creations.
    In the mean time, Have a crafty weekend.
    Happily Scrapbooking & Crafting My Memories~S`andra V.
    http://ohmyscraps2u.blogspot.com

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