Layout using my $4.99 cart!

This layout is for the April 1st sketch challenge over at stuckonusketches. I bought several cricut cartridges on clearance a couple months ago for $4.99 and $9.99. One of the carts for 4.99 was Elegant Cakes. I used it to cut the bottom scalloped border in cream cardstock and the swirly vines in cream cardstock then glimmer misted the swirly vines in green. There are so many great cuts on this cart not to mention a beautiful font! I water misted the plum background paper and smooshed the edges while it was still damp, let it dry then inked.

Supplies:

cricut carts: Elegant cakes for the scallop border @ 1" that was welded together and I think the

swirly vine was cut at 3-1/4" then cut apart; George and basic shapes circle @ 8" and 7-1/4" cut out of that.

paper: patterned is K&Co best of Brenda Walton; cream and brown cardstock is recollections

plum flowers are from the dollar store floral dept. that I pulled apart.

white flowers are prima

flat back pearls

sizzix tropical paisley embossing folder on bottom brown strip of paper

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Tim Holtz antique linen and vintage photo inks

Studio G green ink

close up of the embossing folder detail and elegant cakes border detail

Another wordbook

I made this wordbook for my daughter's friend. I just love the new K&Co flora and fauna paper pack--gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!

I wanted to put more interactive pages in this but only had two days and this is what I was able to complete. Have you ever had a project that you really hated parting with--this fell into that category for me!

Supplies:

Cricut hello kitty font; walk in my garden; george and basic shapes

cuttlebug swiss dot folder on top letters

K&Co flora and fauna paper; classic k charlotte pack; and best of brenda walton

fussy cut two of the butterflies from the paper

metal embellishments are misc from stash

flat back pearls

Martha Stewart butterfly punch; swirling lace punch around the page

Fiskars lace border punch

generic small leaf punch; scallop punch

prima flowers

ribbon from michaels

stardust stickles

diamond dust

Tim Holtz vintage photo ink

The butterfly on the "J" was stickled then dipped in diamond dust. I scraped some of it back off because it covered up to much of the detail in the butterfly.

fussy cut leaves from best of brenda walton paper
I cut out this bird from flora and fauna paper and it pulls out for either journaling on the back or a photo
The white flower was fussy cut from the flora and fauna paper and then I went over all the petals with a micron pen to bring out the detail. This lifts up for two photo and I also slipped a tag behind it for more photos and/or journaling. Cricut walk in my garden for butterfly


The lace on these next two pages is from a generic pack I bought at the dollar store and it is so delicate and girly--love it!
Here I left a couple of blank boxes for journaling.
This is just a close-up of one of the metal flowers.