Our challenge for SweetSassyDiva's Design Team project this week was to use the color green, use our Cuttlebug in some way, and to use felt. I decided to make this "Joy" banner using chipboard coasters. I used lovely green damask patterned paper from DCWV's "Christmas Combo" stack and inked around the edges of the coasters with Peeled Paint Distress Ink. I really wanted to use my new digital carts on my Gypsy, so I used two in today's project, Blackletter and Christmas Solutions. The word "Joy" is cut from the Blackletter Cartridge using the font and the shadow. I ran the regular word through my Xyron and then used Martha Stewart Flocking in Ladybug to give the letters a "faux felt" effect. After I flocked the letters, I ran it through my Cuttlebug using the D'Vine Swirls folder. I love how you can emboss flocked letters!
The snowflake is from the Christmas Solutions cartridge, and I cut the regular snowflake and the shadow as well. I flocked the snowflake using MS Flocking in Swan.
I punched holes and set eyelets in all of the coasters using my Crop a Dile, and strung ribbon between the holes. I think it turned out great and I love the traditional Christmas look :)
This project came together in a SNAP thanks to my Gypsy girl. I used a rounded 4 x4 square as a template to make sure I had everything sized correctly, then laid EVERYTHING out on one mat! That's right, I got all my cuts done on one mat, in one turn on the Cricut. Love it!
1 comments:
Great project I had no clue you could use the cuttlebug on felt!
Post a Comment