I had fun creating some cards this past weekend during our Scrapbooking Retreat. When I was not busy with other responsibilities I was able to sit down with the ladies that were here for the retreat and created some cards using my Cricut and Sizzix. They are not very elaborate or great but I had fun using my new Cuttlebug embossing edges that I picked up on clearance. I was able to use the embossing edges in my Sizzix with the adapter plate even though they were made for a Cuttlebug.
I used the Cricut with the Heritage card to cut out the butterfly. For the card above I mounted the butterfly on velum and colored the back side of the velum to make it look like staind glass. I also embossed the bottom edge. For the butterfly below I mounted the cut out onto marbled glossy paper and cut the glossy paper to the same outer shape. I made the marbled paper myself and will share the technique another time. I then mounted them on the card and punched the corners for an added touch.
I used my flower pot sizzix die and cut out several pots and filled them with different flowers. I also embossed the edges of the cards. For the first flowers I used a flower punch and stacked two flowers on top of each other and mounted them on the card with brads. These flowers were left over from a fun project I had done with my Beginners Sunday School class many years ago. They had colored in a piece of card stock with crayons of any color of their choice and then we punched out the flowers and had mounted them in different ways to make bookmarks. I used the left over flowers for these cards.
I used paper flowers cut with the Cricut and the Sizzix for the cards below. I especially liked the combination of paper button flowers with the button embossed edge. The lettering was also cut out with the Cricut.
My final flowers were silk flowers mounted onto the card with brads in the center. For an extra pop you could use brads with gems for the centers. These made a fun 3D card that could still be flattened enough to go into an envelope for mailing. It is a bit harder to see in this picture but he right edge was also embossed.
