Let Freedom Ring

When I found out that the theme @ Erica's Craft Room was 

FOURTH OF JULY using the STAND & SALUTE 

Cricut Cartridge I had to share my story about the 

Card for the Troops for Martin Luther King Jr 

Day of Service @ my church 

The "Let Freedom Ring" and Liberty Bell" are found on page 30

Liberty Bell cut @ 2.5"

Let Freedom Ring cut @ 3"

This is basically the card that we would do.

I have the kids six and up make the back ground Pattern Paper

with White Card Stock, Red and White Acrylic Paint and Shaving Cream

Shaving Cream Technique

This is a big hit with kids of all ages

This is a project the parents love to do with their children

Before the event I cut out about 200 of so of each image needed for the cards

The cards for this post I used EK Success 3D-Dots 

to the Liberty Bell made from Craft Paper Card Stock

that was colored in Ranger's "Perfect Gold" Perfect Pearls

I accented the top of the bell and crack with Ranger's "Copper" Stickles

Every year I look forward to heading up this event

Even though we do not do any 3-D effects the mass card production for the Troops

the card come out great.

I hope that you enjoyed the project as much as I love doing and sharing it.

Happy crafting and thanks for looking

Please go to Erica's Craft Room to see more projects from the Design Team.

A Bouquet of Spring

Hello and Welcome to my first

Design Team post

This project is something that I made for my Mothers for Mother's Day.

When I decided to make this I wanted to use what I call "Ugly Paper"

Now "Ugly Paper" in not necessarily ugly but some that you will not really use,

 you know the papers that are in the packs.

The Pattern Paper that I used for the I had for so long that I can not remember the Pack of Paper I got it from.

I cut the Vase from Plantin SchoolBook page 80 "Tall Ball" 

I cut at "Fit to Page" for the vase size.

I put together Mog Pog and cut of the handles

I placed foam at the bottom of the vases so that I was able to stick Pipe Cleaning Wire in it for the steams of the flowers.

The Flower were cut from Accent Essentials at 2 inches

on page 63 and 56

The center of flower were cut out with a 1 inch EK Success Scallop circle punch.

I cut two flowers for every steam used and glued them together on the steams.

The Butterflies were cut from Picturesque on page 65 at 2 inches

This was simple to make but can have a dramatic affect.

Thank for looking,

I hope you enjoyed my first DT Post.