Theme Day Thursday - Apples or Fruit

 

How are all my crafty friends today??

I am getting ready to go in vacation next week

so I have been super busy at work!!

 

We are going to Chicago!!

My hubby works for Amtrak, and he got

picked to be in a safety video.

So the company is flying him to

Chicago for the video shoot and we decided

to make a vacation out of it!!

We have been there once before, so are really

looking forward to visiting again.

And one stop I am going to be sure to

make is to the Archiver's Store!!

We do not have Archiver's in California.

 

Anyway, enough chit chat, on to my project.

Today is Theme Day Thursday, and the theme today

was to use an apple or any fruit cut.

I decided to combine the theme with a swap

I am participating in.  For the swap, I was to make a

fall card with an embellishment.

 

Here is my card.

 

All my cuts are from an oldie but a goodie "Doodlecharms"

The basket was cut at 2.80" out of kraft cardstock.

I embossed it with the Distressed Stripes Cuttlebug folder.

I then inked it with Tea Dye Distress Ink.

The bands on the basket were cut in grey and I

added brads as the rivits.

 

 

My apples were cut at 1.5".  I cut the base layer in green

and instead of cutting the piece for the stem,

I just used a marker to color the stem brown.

Now, my favorite kind of apple is a Gala Apple.

So I decided to make my apples look like Galas.

I cute the top layer out of yellow, and then used

Fired Brick Distress Ink and pounched the color

on.  I also embossed them using the Swiss Dots Folder.

I just love the way they turned out!!

The sentiment is from My Pink Stamper

"Fruit and Veggie Puns".

The pattern paper is from an old

CTMH paper pack called "Twitterpated".

 

Hop on over to My Cricut Craft Room

to see more fun fruit projects!!