Happy St. Patty's Project by Laura C

Hope you all are enjoying our Flower Soft projects this month!! I know we are having a blast creating them for you!! I've added a bit to my St. Patty's Day decor with this project:


This project was made with those awesome Flower Soft Display Globes, and the pre-cut Oval Aperture Cards. It makes this soooo easy!!

I started by tracing the ovals, using the template they provide with the cards, on a basic olive green cardstock and my yellow background pattern paper. The ovals were cut out, and the yellow oval serves as the background for the scene, and the green is the cover for the front of the card. Copics lend their gorgeous colors to the scene.....the leprechan was colored with black (100), cool gray (C3), olive (G99), pale olive (YG95), new leaf (YG23), honey (Y38), apricot (YR16), and powder pink (YR00). I free handed the rainbow (the chisel tip of the Copics makes it easy!), those colors are cadmium red (R27), orange (YR68), golden yellow (Y17), emerald green (G05), holiday blue (BG05), and amethyst (V17).

The little "pot o' gold" was made by cutting a 1&1/4" circle from black cardstock twice, and white cardstock once. I then trimmed just 1/8" off one black circle, and about 1/4" of both the other two circles. I used the 1/4" trimmed off to give me the "rim" of the pot, and also to give me the place to put the "gold".


I used Flower Soft Glue on the white part of the pot, and sprinkled and gently patted down some of the new Gold Flower Soft (gorgeous stuff!!), and then let it dry. In the meantime, I made the left side panel of the card....I printed the sentiment on my computer, trimmed and inked, cut out the green tag using the Spellbinders "Fancy Tags" die, and layered these on a 5" by 2" piece of black cardstock, followed by a 4&7/8" by 1&7/8" piece of the yellow patterned paper. I finished it off with some Fresh Mowed Grass Dew Drops. I then used Mini Glue Dots to adhere more of the Fresh Mowed Grass Dew Drops around the card opening. To finish the card, I used foam tape to adhere the leprechan, pot and rainbow, then I added some extra Gold Flower Soft to the "globe" before sealing the card up with score tape. The finished project is a cheerful addition to our St. Patty's decor!!

If you would like more specifics on the assembly of the card and globe.....check out Mindy's tutorial from Tuesday of this week by clicking HERE....she did a rockin' job!!

Hope you're enjoying our "Flower Soft" month here at Cutter's Creek!! Remember to leave a comment for a chance to win an AMAZING prize this month!! We may have a peek at the prize coming up next week....

Available at Cutter's Creek:

Flower Soft Products - Gold Flower Soft, Globes, Oval Aperture Cards and Glue
Copic Markers
Dew Drops - Fresh Mowed Grass
Spellbinders Dies - Fancy Tags
Scor Tape
Glue Dots Mini Dot n' Go Dispenser

Springtime Hannah by Laura C

Are you ready for spring? Wow, I sure am!! This sweet little Hannah card is a little burst of springtime until the real thing gets here!!

This started with the "Hannah On Stepping Stones" stamp.


Yes....she started out on a pond, and ended up in a garden, thanks to the magic of Flower Soft! I stamped Hannah 4 times in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. Twice on Bazzill Simply Smooth White Cardstock, once on pink cardstock, and once on patterned paper (the pretty pink print from the Echo Park Springtime set). The white cardstock Hannah, I colored in with Copics....the skin with E00, hair E21, E33 and E57, her bow with RV02 and RV04, the leaves and stems with G21 and the stepping stones, with E33 and E57. I cut her out using the Spellbinders Nestablilities Mega Dies Labels 8 and inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Bundled Sage. Next step, was to cut Hannah's dress out of the pretty patterned paper, her boots out of the pink cardstock after coloring the soles black, and to cut out the bow on the second white cardstock Hannah after coloring it.


Then I used foam tape to adhere her dress, bow, and boots, and then I filled in the original "pond" area on the stamp with Flower Soft Glue, as well as adding a bit to the flowers in her hand, and the tall cattails....sprinkled with Heather Flower Soft, and now she's in a field of flowers!! I added a little bling to her bow and her boots with Star Dust Stickles and set aside to dry. The simple card base is 5&1/2"x4&1/4" pink cardstock, layered with a 5&3/8" by 4&1/8" piece of Echo Park Springtime paper, followed by a 4&2/4" by 3&1/2" piece of pink cardstock embossed using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder. To finish the card, I used green ribbon from my stash....knotting each end and adhering with score tape to the pink Swiss dot layer. I used foam tape to adhere the finished Hannah image, and added Hot Pink Kaiserkraft Rhinestones in the corners.

Ahhh, a fresh breath of springtime! And don't forget to pop into Cutters Creek to check out the awesome Flower Soft collection....so many colors to choose from and soooo many ways to use it!!

Just a reminder that EVERY comment left on the blog during the month of March will be eligible for some sweet BLOG CANDY!!!

Available at Cutters Creek:

The Pixie Cottage Stamps (Hannah On Stepping Stones)
Bazzill Simply Smooth White Cardstock
Echo Park Springtime 12x12 paper set
Spellbinders Nestablities Mega Dies Labels 8
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Bundled Sage
Flower Soft Glue
Heather Flower Soft
Star Dust Stickles
Hot Pink Kaiserkraft Rhinestones
Copic Markers ( E21, E33, E57, RV02, RV04, G21)

Cupid's Arrow by Laura C

This card starts with a 5&1/2" by 4&1/4" base of kraft cardstock.  I centered a Spellbinder Classic Heart Die in the middle of one side, taped it down to hold it in place, and ran thru my Cuttle Bug.  Then I used Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink to stamp the flourish from the Stampers Anonymous "Fairytale Frenzy" set, and embossed it in pink.  Then I inked this base in Distress Ink in Vintage Photo. The ticket is from the Stampers Anonymous "Love Struck" set, and is also embossed in pink, and then inked with Vintage Photo.  Cupid is also from the "Love Struck" set and is stamped in Vintage Photo Distress Ink on kraft. I added a little more Vintage Photo ink to fill in the image a bit, and then I sprayed it with Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist.  I put a 5&1/4" by 4" piece of pink  patterned paper that was distressed with Vintage Photo Ink, on the inside of the card.  Then I layered in Cupid so his arrow was hitting the heart on the flourish stamp, and used foam tape to raise up one edge of the ticket....and added some Kaiserkraft
rhinestone bling. Cherry Chocolate Twinkle Jewels add a nice accent in each corner, and a bow and extra bling from my stash finish it off.  

So with a card this pretty....which special Valentine would you send it too??  

Available at Cutter's Creek:

Spellbinder Dies (Classic Heart)
Stampers Anonymous (Fairytale Frenzy and Love Struck)
Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Vintage Photo and Embossing Ink)
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Iridescent Gold)
Kaiserkraft Rhinestones (Light Pink)
Twinkle Jewels (Cherry Chocolate)

Tutorial Tuesday--Stickles Stenciling Lacey Valentine by Laura

Stickles is such a fun product with so many possibilities!  One is to actually use stickles with stencils or lace.  I used a wide floral lace and fruit punch Stickles.  I just laid the lace onto a plain white piece of paper, and then squeezed a generous amount of Stickles onto the lace and started to spread/pat it onto the lace, like this:

I continued until the lace was completely covered, then I carefully lifted the lace off of the paper (stickles were still wet!) and I made sure to save the lace too! The result was this:

While the Stickles dried, I prepped the rest  of my card.  I cut a 5&1/2" by 4&1/4" base of black cardstock.  I used the Graphic 45 (G45) 12x12 Le'Romantique paper pad and cut a 5&1/4" by 4" piece of the small butterfly print, used a distresser on the edges, and enhanced it with Spun Sugar Distress Ink. The butterfly tag is also from the G45 collection...I punched it out and also distressed and inked.  The small butterfly in the bottom right corner was cut from the G45 paper as well, slightly inked with the Spun Sugar, and embellished with pink rhinestones.  Once the
Stickles were completely dry, the lacey print was trimmed to 1&6/8" by 4&1/4" and inked with Spun Sugar, and black cardstock was cut to 1&1/2" by 4&1/4" and edges distressed, to lay underneath the lace piece.  The flowers in the lower right corner were cut out of the stickled lace for a pretty glittery accent.  A bow here a brad there, and it's complete! 

Give stenciling with Stickles a try.....so many possibilities!!  And link up your projects, we'd love
to see!!!

Available at Cutter's Creek:

Graphic 45 Le'Romantique 12x12 paper pad
Tim Holtz Distress Ink (spun sugar)
Stickles (fruit punch)
Kaiserkraft Rhinestones (light pink)

Framed Heart Valentine by Laura

Simple and sweet, this Valentine would
make anyone's Valentine's Day special!

The base is 5&1/2" by 4&1/4" white cardstock
that has been inked with Tim Holtz Victorian
Velvet Distress Ink and then Vintage Photo on
top of that. The center of the "frame" is cut
from white cardstock using Spellbinders Classic
Oval Small, and I inked it with Victorian Velvet
while it was still in the die.  I used Ranger 
Distress Stickles in Antique Bronze around the 
edge, and set it aside to dry.  The outer part 
is cut using Classic Scallop Oval Small cut from
kraft cardstock, and the edges inked with Vintage
Photo Distress Ink. The heart is from the Stampers
Anonymous "Love Struck" set, and it's stamped on kraft
in Victorian Velvet.  I cut around it, distressed the
edges, and added a little Vintage Photo ink to "pop"
the distressing.  The I applied a layer of Rock Candy
Distress Stickles to the heart....I used a heat gun
to dry it quickly.  I used some seam binding tape from
my stash to accent the "frame", then layered on the 
frame and used foam tape under the heart to give it
dimension.  Some little roses and bling from my stash
finish it off.  

More Valentine goodies to come....make sure you keep
checking the blog every day!!

Available at Cutter's Creek:

Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Victorian Velvet and Vintage Photo)
Spellbinders Dies (Classic Ovals Small and Classic Scallop Ovals)
Ranger Distress Stickles (Antique Bronze and Rock Candy)
Bazzill Simply Smooth Cardstock (White)