February is the Month of love, so using the craft tool I LOVE the most, my Cricut! this is what I came up with...
I cut out 4 bird cage images @ 8" from the Serenade Cricut cartridge.My initial intention was to just cut out one and use it on a card as a one dimensional object. But when I cut the first image out,
the waste which was cut to form the bars of the cage gave me the idea to use them as corners to link more images
to form a complete 3D cage.
I then cut out my Silhouette image from Love Struck. This is one of the limited edition cartridges and has many great images for not only Valentines, but weddings, engagements etc, etc. This image was cut at 3 3/4" onto Black Mirror card. I then cut the Blackout image onto Pink Mirror card
and stuck to two together using Pinflair glue. I did this twice so that I had an image for the front and one for the back so that when it spins round you get to see both sides.
Before I stuck the two sets of images together I applied some clear thread to the back of one image
so that I could hang it inside the cage.
The cage looked ok'ish, but needed something else, so I cut some branches from the Mothers Day cartridge, another of the new Limited Edition cartridges and applied them to the outside of the Bird cage.
I then cut out a few Butterflies using my Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch in the same Pink Mirror card used for the silhouette background and randomly added them to the outside of the cage. I also printed a sentiment from my PC and matted and layered it to co ordinate with the project.
The last thing I added were some clear beads for the top of the cage. I glued them together with Pinflair glue and allowed them to dry before adding them all to the top of the cage.I hope you like this creation.. Now who do I give it to?? Decisions, decisions...
Have a great day.
See you soon...
Pinnacles.