So I tried something new.........

I was browsing through a book with some iris folding, and suddenly thought 'I could do that with my Cricut'

So I cut a 11" x 5 1/2" rectangle from George, and using my gypsy, positioned a strawberry shape from Indie Art bang in the middle of what eventually became the front of the card. I used hide contour to hide the stalky bit and the seeds, and cut them out separately

I then cut 1 1/2" wide strips from 12" paper (three different patterns), and folded them in half lengthwise. I turned the card so that the back of the strawberry was facing me, and started to glue on the strips of paper at an angle. You always end up with a little hole in the centre, I just filled this in with a paper scrap

I added some black metal dots to the diecut seeds
I got carried away and decided to use the same technique on a teapot - from Pagoda. I worked it out a little bit wrong, and the teapot wasn't quite centred, but never one to miss a challenge, I designed the rest of the card around that. The border, and the scallop circle in the first card are from the Elegant Edges cartridge. The mulberry roses are Recollections from Michaels

Wendy asked if I would be getting up at 4 AM on Friday to watch the wedding - well of course I will, mind you, it will be a pyjama party. I have decided to forgive them for not inviting me, and will grace them with my presence via the box. Too bad really, I have a lovely hat I could have worn.

Tartan Rock for Daring Cardmakers

On Daring Cardmakers this week, their dare is to use tartan. I found this tartan paper, and for some reason immediately thought of the guitar from the Indie Art cartridge - maybe it was a subconcious Rod Stewart connection, although I am not a huge fan of the wee Scot.

So I covered the front of the card with the tartan paper (HOTP), and found a scrap of music paper for the centre. The guitar was cut at 4 1/2", once in black with the blackout feature, twice in black without blackout, and a layer in red. I threaded it with red cotton, I haven't a clue how many strings a guitar has, and was not about to break off and google it - so this is an artistic interpretation!

The guitar really looks quite dimensional, I popped each layer up with silicone glue, and in my usual fashion rushed to photograph it before the excess glue was dry and I could peel it away... never mind, you get the picture

I'll be back tomorrow with a couple of sneek peeks...........

Rose for BBTB

The challenge on Bitten By The Bug this week was to use the rose cut from Indie Art. Be sure to check out all the design team's creations HERE. I used the oval card cut with wildcard at 6 1/4" as the base, lined the back in a spotty paper by making memories, and simply stuck the rose onto the lacy front. The rose itself was cut on blackout in the dark green colour of the stem, then in light green. I cut the head of the rose five times and popped each layer on with dimensional foam, then I put tiny drops of holly red liquid pearls all around the flower. This is one of those cards that I would never have made if I hadn't been on the design team, but now that I have made it, I quite like it for a wedding or anniversary card.

Poppicrafts Challenge/Contest

There is a contest going on over on Poppicrafts at present - make a card using a combination of any or all of the following colours, black white pink or green. Plus, no images allowed. So this was right up my street, and armed with my trusty cricut and new Indie Art solutions cartridge, I came up with this.

I used a hot pink 2 sided Bo Bunny paper and lime green bazzill. I cut the strawberry at 5" out of the spotty side, then again in black on blackout. Lots of stitching, a couple of prima flowers and a sparkly black brad and the strawberry looked almost good enough to eat! The tiny sentiment 'yummy birthday' came from a sheet by Papermania UK and the border is double hole scallop by Martha Stewart.