Round Birthday Card with CTMH Stella plus tip for rolled Roses

With our Art Philosophy cartridge I'm finally starting to get into making round cards because its SOOO much easier to make big circles and other shapes.  Here is another card with our beautiful new Stella pack, sigh... I adore this romantic bohemian paper!

Here's a trick I just figured out for making your 3-D flowers smoosh and loosen up with a natural look:

1. Roll your flower, glue it down (I use a fast drying glue by Aileens for these) and let the glue set up. It doesn't have to be 100% dry but it needs to be holding the shape.

2. Spritz with a light mist of water (I use an empty stamp cleaning spray bottle) and use an acrylic block to smoosh your flower down a bit.

3. Let dry (about 5 minutes) and adhere to your project.

It makes the petals spread out a bit without tearing and flattens the whole flower for a more natural look. I love how it curls the very edges of the petals too!

If you'd like to make this project, get these supplies:

Paper:  Stella

Stamps:  Card Chatter - Birthday

Ink:  Cocoa

Other:  Art Philosophy Cartridge, Sparkles, Silver Glitz Glitter Gel (center of roses), Color Ready Seam Binding

Roxie Birthday Card

This is my favorite project I've made so far with Roxie.  I love the mixture of sassy prints with the vintage feel stamped tag.  I used Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge to cut the two front tags, the border and the leaves.  The rose was stamped in black and tulip and hand cut with a layer of Red Glitz brushed over top while the black pieces were glammed up with Silver Glitz.

For the sentiment tag I stamped the Cricut shape in 2nd generation Desert Sand with the matching stamp and then over-stamped with the music notes from Universal Backgrounds in 2nd generation Desert Sand again.  I like layered stamping as it gives terrific depth to a project.

Links to product if you'd like to make this card:

Paper:  Roxie, Colonial White CS

Stamps:  Cricut Cartridge Bundle Stamps, Card Chatter-Birthday, Universal Backgrounds, Rosy Regards

Inks:  Desert Sand, Black, Tulip

Other:  Cricut Art Philosophy Bundle, Red Glitz, Silver Glitz

Thanks for stopping by today!

Paige