Wednesday, April 30, 2014

May SOTM - You've Got A Friend

Welcome to the May Stamp of the Month (SOTM)
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I made one card and one project this month:




















Here is the card I made this month:
This card is a quick one.  I cut the leaves out using the Art Philosophy Cartridge and size 5.  I cut the apple from the Artbooking Cartridge at size 12 (I thought this size would be huge but a 2 was very small).  I cut one of the leaves from the branch and tucked it between the apple and the saying.  Add a red gem for bling and this card is complete.














The project is for my dad who was born on Mother's Day!

I used the clear pillow and created a band made from scraps.  Cut the piece down to 2" and wrapped the pillow.  The other piece is a card background from the Artbooking set which I cut square and tucked under the band.  The background for the saying is two brown flowers and two sorbet flowers which I laid out to look like a medallion behind the saying.  I wanted to make sure it was masculine and not too flowery, so I used the mustache from one of the other sayings and stamped DAD.  To keep the flow I added a black arrow.  Filled the pillow with Snicker Bites (these are great treats to fill little boxes, bags or pillows with - right now I have a bunch because I coupon and the sales and coupons made these bags almost free in April!).

Here is a detail shot of the pieces:

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13 comments:

  1. Super cute projects! I love how you've incorporated our Cricut cartridges.

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  2. Great card and pillow box. The are both awesome.

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  3. Absolutely gorgeous! Wonderful projects.

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  4. Love your clear pillow gift box -- cute idea.

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  5. Two great projects! I love the tree branch idea...

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  6. I love the card, and that is a great gift idea, too.

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  7. love your projects! thanks for the cutting tips for the apple!

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  8. Fabulous idea to add a branch for the apple.

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  9. Love them both. Just one question What do you use to stick the paper the the little box? Thanks

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  10. I used glue dots to stick the paper to the pillow box.

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