Bitten by the Bug2 - From My Kitchen Cricut Cut Challenge

If you have hopped over here from Bitten by the Bug2  welcome and thank you for stopping to take a closer look at my first project as a member of the design team for BBTB2.   The cut for this week was selected by DeeDee, one of our talented Designers and it is from the From My Kitchen cartridge. It is the card with flowers (tabs and shift key selected) on page 59 of the manual (tabs,shift, 4th row down, second cut over).  If you need some inspiration we've got that at BBTB2 as well, be sure to visit and take a gander at all inspiration the designers come up with for this week's challenge. Then if you haven't played along with us yet, dust off that Bug of yours and get started!

For this project I pulled out my Gypsy to add a little something extra to the cut in order to use it for a Spring layout.  I sized the card large enough to accomodate a 4 x 6 photo. From the Plantin Schoolbook cart I welded the word "Spring" using real dial size and also welded a scallop edge on the bottom.  The pretty butterflies were cut from patterned paper at 2 1/2 inches from Gypsy Wanderings. I then sized the butterfly just a touch larger to also create a shadow for each one out of cardstock. The tag is from Sweet Treats and I rounded the edges with my Corner Chomper (I wasn't keen on the square coners of the cut).  I embossed the tag with my Cuttlebug and then attached a quote from Mark Twain about Spring Fever on white cardstock.

Layout Supplies:

Cricut Carts:  From My Kitchen, Plantin Schoolbook, Gypsy Wanderings, Sweet Treats

Dear Lizzy & American Crafts products: Patterned paper, fabric covered brad, pink pearl brad and chipboard die cuts and ribbon.

Hero Arts products: pearls

Other Fibers: Ellen Hutson

Misc. Tools: Sewing machine, white thread, pop dots, ATG gun, Martha Steward Royal Butterfly Punch.