Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Baby Shower Centerpiece

Ok, so today, I think I totally messed up...lol
Today is Would You Ever Guess Wednesday over at
On WYEGW, we are supposed to use any
image EXCEPT, the main image on the page.
Today we were also to use either 3 tags
or a rosette on our project.
Well I totally concentrated on the rosette piece
and forgot that I was not supposed to
use the main images.  I sure hope Erica
does not fire me for not
following the rules...LOL

So for this week's project I used
Ribbons and Rosettes(for the first time!!),
Create a Critter and Animal Kingdom.

Awhile back I had made a baby banner for one of
the girls at work.  Everyone loved it and one of
the other ladies in the office has a new grandson
due next month and she asked me if I could
make the same animals on sticks so that
she could but them in a floral center piece.
I told her sure I could do that!!
This is what I came up with.





All the rosettes were cut at 2" from page 23
of the book.  I cut 6 pieces for each rosette.
I used a Marvy Uchida Jumbo Scalloped
Circle Punch for the center piece which
I then embossed using the Cuttlebug
Spots and Dots folder.
All the pieces were inked with
Distress Ink in Mowed Lawn
and Broken China.
All animals were cut from Create a Critter
except the Tiger, he is from Animal Kingdom.
 Most of them were cut at 2.5"
All the faces were stamped with
various Peachy Keen face stamps.
I added some ribbon from Michaels to each one.
 
Now I just did not want to hand them to her,
so I decorated a recycled drink mix container
to put them in. This is what I started with:
 
I took off the packaging and this is what was left.
I have been saving these and knew some
day I would have a use for them...LOL

 
 
 I originally only made one, and put all
six in the same container.  She liked it so much
she asked  me to make her two more!!
I put some little glass pebbles in the
 bottom to weigh them down.
 
 
I had so much fun making these and finally
using my Ribbons and Rosettes cartridge.
They were alot of work, but turned out so cute!!
Plus I got paid for making these!!

Here are some close ups of the animals:








Make sure you check out
the rest of the design team
projects over at My Cricut Craft Room
 
I am going to enter this into the following challenges

21 comments:

  1. These sticks are absolutely. The rosettes turned out great. Love the animal choices.

    Nadja MCCR DT Sister

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  2. Love how you recycled the holder!! Great job..they all look so cute. Gotta love Create A Critter. Thanks for joining us in the My Creative Time ~ Designer Challenge :)

    ~ Cassandra

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  3. Kathy- these turned out sooo darn cute! Great job! I can see why the mother to be wanted more! Adorable!
    Teresa
    www.createenjoyshare.blogspot.com

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  4. Kathy your project is too cute!!
    MCCR DT Shelley

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  5. These centerpieces are darling and I love that you upcycled!!
    MCCR Dt sis

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  6. So cute! Love all the ribbons you used! Thanks so much for playing along at Cut It Up Challenges! :)

    Karen
    craftedwithlovebykaren.blogspot.com

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  7. So cute, what a great project!!

    Susie
    MCCR DT Sis
    http://scrappyrandomness.blogspot.com/

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  8. Fabulous!!! I love the faces and the characters all have such charm.
    cathyplus5.blogspot.com

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  9. What sweet centerpieces! They look like a lot of work and love went into them. And good job on the recycling!!
    Thanks for joining us at Cut It Up's first ever challenge!
    Evelyn

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  10. AWESOME job with your recycle project!Looks sooo ADORABLE,Thanks for joining us in the My Creative Time Designer Challenge!!!:)

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  11. Kathy ~ CUTE, CUTE, CUTE!!!! LOVe the idea of using the containers for little vase for those ADORABLE rosettes!!!!! Great way to recylce them! I have a few I saved too! Thanks for joining us over at My Creative Time ~ Desingers Challenge!!

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  12. I love these, Kathy!! The adorable animals look so awesome on the rosettes!! And I love the recycled vase!! So fabulous!! Have a great day :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  13. Kathy these are adorable! I love how you recycled the containers. These is such a wonderful way to showcase your animal picks. TFS, Mary M
    http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com

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  14. These turned out so cute and what a great idea to reuse those containers! Thanks for joining us at Cut It Up!

    Stacey
    Cut It Up Co-Founder

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  15. How cute are these? I love that you re-purposed the drink containers!! Genius! Thanks for joining us at Cut It Up Challenges!

    Kimberly
    Cut It Up Co-Founder

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  16. What a fun idea! Thanks so much for joining us at Cut It Up, and I hope to see you again!!

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  17. What a great idea. Perfect for a baby shower and so many other gift options. Thanks for joining us at cut it Up!

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  18. Great idea! Thanks for playing with us at Cut It Up Challenges. :) Janis

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  19. Those are all so cute!! Great idea!! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Cut It Up Challenges!!

    Jennifer
    http://scrapinexpecttheunexpected.blogspot.com/

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  20. Adorable, such a fun idea! Thank you for joining us this week at Cut It Up Challenges!
    http://scrapqueen141.blogspot.com/

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  21. You make these perfectly.Really these are adorable.Great work.
    Winnie the Pooh Baby Shower

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