Sunday, July 24, 2011

Topiary using the new Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge


I had the honor of teaching a 3-D class on the new CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge at the Close to my Heart Convention last week! This is one of the projects I made for the class. I used one of the incredible 3-D flower images on the cartridge to make this topiary. I cut a bunch of flowers out at 3-1/2" and some at 4-1/2". Some of them were cut from Honey cardstock and some were cut from White Daisy cardstock. I inked the White Daisy flowers with Honey ink on the edges with a sponge dauber before I rolled them. Then I rolled each one starting from the outside going in and held them together them with some Aleen's Tacky Glue. Each flower was attached to a styrofoam ball with a pearl tipped pin.


I wrapped a wooden dowel with some floral tape and added it to the bottom of the ball. I put some more styrofoam in the bottom of the metal white container and stuck the wrapped dowel inside. A little Colonial White and Honey ribbon was added to the base of the ball to dress it up a bit.


The new CTMH Idea Book has lots of fun new Mini-Medley Assortment packs. I used the metal plate in the Honey Mini-Medley Collection on the container. It was soft enough to bend so that it would fit nicely around the curve of the container. I stamped a sentiment from the November Stamp of the Month and attached it behind the metal plate. Then I attached the plate with some Velcro so that the sentiment could be changed for different occasions.


Stay tuned for more sneak peek projects using new CTMH products!

11 comments:

  1. This is INCREDIBLE!! I love it. Very creative.

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  2. Absolutely gorgeous! I can't even imagine how much time this took. Thanks for sharing your amazing talent! :)

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  3. Lisa, your topiary is absolutely gorgeous! I can see this for an entry way or bedroom, but imagine a forest of them for a wedding reception!

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  4. Lisa how long did this take? My niece is getting married and she loves this idea. I can only imagine the hours, it is good I have until 2012. Thank you so much for sharing your talents.

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  5. Your topiary is just beautiful!
    I can't wait to get my hands on this new cartridge!!!

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  6. This was AMAZING, as was ALL of the artwork you created for this class. It took my breath away!

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  7. One of the prettiest pieces of artwork I have seen.

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  8. This was just sooo dang cute, Lisa!
    Ok…STANKIN cute!

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  9. This is absolutely BEAUTIFUL & would look great for a wedding. Can you please share how long it took to make the topiary? I'm helping plan my sister's wedding in Oct & it would be a beautiful decoration for that.

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