Paper flower wedding bouquet

This is my entry for the DCWV/May Arts Craft Challenge.

The challenge was to use paper from the Snapshot stack from DCWV with four ribbons from May Arts.

My idea was to create a wedding bouquet.

My first out of paper flowers.

I did add some solid red and solid yellow card stock to tie the prints together.

I used my Cricut and Gypsy for most of the flowers. The green hydrangea blossoms are with a Martha Stewart punch.  I used Giant Flowers, Mother's Day Bouquet, and Flower Shop cartridges.  Most of the cuts have been altered with the Gypsy.

The handle is wrapped with yellow herringbone twill and finished with a few pearl pins.

Thanks for looking,

Jules :)

Cinderella, Cinderella

 Last week was my baby girl's 5th Birthday.  By her request, a blue Cinderella princess party was planned.

I also thought I would try out for Jinger Adams design team.

"The deadline is the inspiration" as my old boss used to say.

I think that being on a design team would be perfect for me and make me post more often.

The poster is the lyrics to "A dream is a wish your heart makes".

I re-covered and old dress form that I had, in blue, to look like Cinderella.

My little girl was pleased.

I used a lot of Cricut cuts, but I did not purchase any new cartridges. 

I used Flower Shop and Mother's Day Bouquet for the flowers,

Gypsy wanderings for the pumpkin,Once Upon A Princess for the castle and Summer in Paris for the crowns and chandeliers. I used my gypsy to make Cinderella's dress from various shapes.

Thanks for looking,

Jules

Valentine's Day

These are some paper "lollipops" that I made for a flower shop.

They were looking for a heart to tuck into flower arrangements for Valentine's Day.

I wanted something with a little substance to it. 

I cut the hearts out at 3" and glued them to 8" lollipop sticks.

 I glued a 1/2" strip of card stock between the hearts to give them some depth.

They remind me of a box of chocolates.

I am entering these in to the

Decorate to Celebrate

Valentine Party challenge

&

Fantabulous Cricut

Love is in the air challenge

Thanks for looking

Elephant Baby Shower

These are some arrangements and decorations that I made for a baby shower.

It's a surprise. 

So, the colors were green and chocolate brown. 



 I made about 25 elephants (actually 50, they are double sided)

and stood them up on rosettes that I made with my

Martha Stewart scoring board.

They paraded down the center of one long banquet table amongst the flowers.

This was on the gift table to greet guests as they arrived.

The ellies are from the "Sugar & Spice" Cricut cartridge.

The "confetti" is a Martha Stewart elephant punch.



I am entering these in the

Decorate to Celebrate "Anything Goes" challenge and

Whimsical Designs "Anything Goes" challenge

Thanks for looking.

White rose bouquet

 I made this bouquet for the

Decorate to Celebrate Winter Wedding Challenge

I used coffee filters to make the roses and added some bling to the centers.

The template is on Martha's site. I decided not to paint them. 

I just used a little Perfect Pearls for some shine. 

I grouped them into a hand tied bouquet, added some more bling, wrapped silver angel hair around the base and added a bow with satin Midori ribbon.

Thanks for looking

Paper poinsettias and Christmas trees

I started the season making paper poinsettias.  I used a leaf shape from the Flower Shoppe Cricut cartridge to make the petals  I used the same shape in four different sizes.

I used a bamboo skewer to "draw" on the veins and a little flocking for the centers.
I glued them to clothes pins to attach them to gifts.

This was one of my harebrained ideas.

I was asked to decorate a benefit party.

I didn't have much budget, so I thought I could buy a

stack or two for $15-$20 (on sale) and make 100 paper trees.

The first 10 were not so bad, the next 90 was another story.  I did get them all done. I used my gypsy to make a cut file for the cones and George and Basic shapes for the stars.

 I had all different sizes, colors, and patterns.

They really did add some color to a very beige function hall.

I used wrapping paper to add  a runner to the tables.

I had about seven trees grouped in the center of each table and the rest were scattered about next to some candle holders I dressed up with leftover paper.

Merry Christmas!

Thanks for looking

Noah's Ark Invite

This is a simple invite that I made for my son's second birthday.

We decided to use a Noah's ark theme.

Two by two.

I love how they look in the vellum envelopes.
I used George and basic shapes and Animal kingdom cricut cartridges.

I used my gypsy to lay out the animals and design the ark.
After the images were cut, I placed colored paper behind the cut outs.

I printed the info on a piece of white cardstock and glued it inside.

 

I am entering this in the  Decorate to Celebrate birthday challenge.

I should have birthday decorations to post in a couple weeks.

Thanks for looking.