Kat's Scrap Box: Mother’s Day Flower Pot Cards

Sorry I have been absent for a month. I have been over-the- top busy. Our Kitchen flooded thee weeks ago. We had to dry it out and replace all the floorboards, caulk, paint etc.., We also had a few birthday parties last month, and two involved end-of-year school projects. I have busy trying to completely redecorate my Living room and Kitchen --- yes, it flooded on some new pieces, but they did not get destroyed. Then, I was in charge of the neighborhood garage sale. The sale took place on the weekend of National Scrapbook day, so I didn’t get to scrap, but…. I did break away from my own sale for a quick jog to the next street. One of my customers said, “Hey, they have scrapbooking stuff at another sale”. I literally jogged down the street, around the corner and up the next street to get there. Score! Seventeen pounds of paper and cardstock, for $3! Also, a few CTMH stamps and stamp blocks, ink, chalk, and a few more odds and ends. The paper was $3 but the rest of the stuff was $14. I’m a happy camper. So my National Scrapbook Day was not completely void of scrapping – I sorted paper on the floor of my garage for two hours, while my sale was still going --- come-on, I was so excited!

I also used my garage sale to see if I had any neighbors who like to paper craft. I took the plunge and became a consultant for Close to my Heart. Yes, you can buy from me on-line (upper left corner); but what I really want to do is have crops, workshops, and classes in my home. I absolutely love the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge and I think that was the biggest selling point for me. And, I have been a stay-at-home-mom for 15 years. Don’t get me wrong, I love that “job”, but I am in need of a little self-steam. Hence, I take on a home based business. Please wish me luck; my husband gave me that, “you’re crazy, this won’t last” look.

Well, on to my most recent project – Mother’s Day Card Flowerpots. I have seen these all over the Internet and boards as of late, and thought they would be perfect for mother’s day cards.

I usually do most of my designs on paper first. Then I go into the Cricut Craft Room or Design Studio and find what I have that can be manipulated to make my project.

The flowerpot itself is the cupcake image on AP with a welded rectangle and scallop added. Copy the welded flowerpot and flip the copy and weld the two bottoms together.

I actually used the Art Philosophy cart to most of the pieces on them. I did use Walk in my Garden for the leaves on the violets, however.

I hand cut the
tags for the front and the inside and added a little stand in the back (also cut by hand).

Supplies: I used some of My Creative Time stamps and a few others as well as, ribbon, floss, buttons, puffy paint (yellow centers), eyelets, and tape. Cricut Craft Room (it’s free), Art Philosophy cart and Walk in My Garden Cart.