Butterfly and Cage using Serenade for Creative Cutter Room Challenge

Good morning and welcome to the first

Challenge as a DT member for

Creative Cutter Room

Love Bug
is the Challenge,

and the prize?

I used Cricut Serenade cartridge to create my project-

I cut four cages at 5.5" and a 3.5" square which I scored at .25" on each side and adhered to the inside to create my cage.  I than tied the metal butterfly and with same string tied the four top ends of cage and added a ribbon.

The butterfly (I made sure that the butterfly was a bug, and it is!)  was cut at 2.25" with its layers. I adhered coarse glitter to layer and fine glitter to base using my Xyron.-- I initially wanted all white, but after deciding to add the silver metal butterfly I changed my mind.

The metal butterfly has a sentiment= butterfly kisses.
Now go visit the other DT member's projects Carri, Jenny and Melin
at Creative Cutter Room  http://www.creativecutter.org/
And make sure you enter for an apportunity to win the Jasmine Cricut cartridge
(mhhh, I don't have that one!)

Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment!!

A Two-Page LO - Cricut Serenade Grand Finale!!

This is our last week for Playing with Serenade - Flowerdisco and Friends!

This time I have Serenade Image #45 or the Bird Feeder/Bird Fountain

But since it is the Grand Finale, I decided to create
a Two-Page LO

using all of my assigned images!

Week 1 - #3 Pineapple

Week 2 - #10 Butterfly

Week 3 - #17 Fern

Week 4 - ##24 Flower

Week 5 - #31 Tree
Week 6 - #38 Bird
Week 7 - #45 Bird Feeder/Bird Fountain
Yes, every cut/desing in this LO is from Cricut Serenade
(except the borders)

All Paper is from DCWV Flower Shower and the Songbird Stacks

(only yellow paper is Core'dinations)

Embossing folders:

Cuttlebug Spots, Textile, D'vine Swirls,

Sizzix BG Plaid and Sizzix Tim Holtz Woodgrain

Punches:

MS Butterfly edger

ek scallops

Ink:

MS Chalk inks lilac, pink geranium and stem green

Other tools and supplies:

Janome sew mini-Floss/thread-Sequins

Smooch Cherry Chocolate and Green Apple-Chalk- green-ATG

-3D foam squares-Scotch tacky glue

I run out of 5"x7" photo paper - I will repost when I can print
the perfect pictures of my two grand daughters.

Now go visit the other wonderful projects created by

Abby

Agnes

Helen

Jessica

Melissa

Ohh Snap!
Photo not availabe at time of posting.

We thank you for visiting us for the past 7 weeks!
Hopefully we inspired you to create different projects
with only one "little" solutions cartridge!
and since if I might say so, I was very creative to be able to create this project with just one cart and only my assigned cuts, I am entering this LO in the Circle Blog Challenge!

A Card for Playing with Serenade - Flowerdisco and Friends #6

Today I have Image #38 from the Serenade Cricut Cartridge

I created this card with the Breast Cancer October Celebration in mind!

As you can see, it's a double sided card.

Check the Dia De Los Muertos Blog Hop Line-up
just to your right - top right!!!

The bird image was mirrored and than welded~

The wings and its layer were both mirrored before cutting two~

The ribbon is from Cindy Loo- mirrored and cut twice~

Materials Used:

Core'diantions Heartfelt for bird- distressed/sanded

DCWV Pink3 for wing

Making Memories/Slice Think Pink Multi Pack for wing layer

Core Couture/Core'dinations Stiletto for ribbon
Tim Holtz sanding tool

ek label punch

Stampology Journaling

Ranger Distress Ink Tattered Rose

Stickles Cotton Candy

Hope you enjoyed!!

Thanks for visiting!!

Now go see what the other ladies created!

Abby

Agnes

Helen

Jessica

Melissa

Ohh Snap!

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Playing with Serenade

PLAYING WITH SERENADE

Flowerdisco and Friends

Cricut Serenade Cartridge that is!

This time I am using the flower or design #24 on the keypad (or 3rd row, column 4)

I created a Pot Card

The Pot was cut using a file from SilhouetteSD
For a link on how to create one without a cutting machine CLICK HERE

The flower was cut as follows:

Using Core'dinations paper

Deep Orange =  4 times at 2"

Lighter orange = 2 times layer at 2" and 2 times layer at 1"

Yellow = 2 times layer at 2" and 2 times layer at 1"

Darker green leaves cut with MS punch

Used dew drops for center of flowers

Fiskars stamp

Fiskars punch for rectangles

Memento ink
Ranger Distress ink - Walnut

Make sure to visit the other lady's blogs so you can see their

beautiful creations:

Abby

Agnes

Helen

Jessica

Melissa

Ohh Snap!

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a 12x12 SEI Spooks Paper Pack just for 
creating anything w/Purple, Orange and Black!!!

Heartstring's Design Team Last Posting :(

Heartstring Design Team Anything Goes Last Assignment!!!!

and Playing with Serenade - Flowerdisco and Friends!
I created a card and a treat box. 

This particular butterfly is design #10 on the Serenade cartridge (or 10th design on keypad- first row).

There are many symbolic meanings associated with the butterfly.

• The Mandarin Chinese word for butterfly is "hu-tieh". "Tieh" means "70 years", therefore butterflies have become a symbol for a long life. In this culture butterflies have also become representative of young men in love.  
• In the Japanese culture butterflies are thought to be representative of young maidens and marital bliss. Many Japanese families use the butterfly in the family crest design.  
• Germany has a very unique belief about butterflies. As butterflies can often be found hovering about milk pails or butter churns, they have become associated with witches trying to steal the cream. The German word for butterfly is "Schmetterling", which is actually derived for the Czech word "Smetana" which means "cream".
• There are many links with butterflies in mythology from all over the world, many of which, in particular Greek mythology, link butterflies to the human soul. The Ancient Greeks also considered butterflies as the souls of those who had passed away.  
• In ancient Greek the word for butterfly is "Psyche", which translated means "soul". This was also the name for Eros' human lover and when the two figures are depicted they are often surrounded by butterflies.
• In one of the Russian dialects, butterflies are referred to as "dushuchka" which is a derivative of the word "dusha" also meaning soul.  
• There is also an Irish saying that refers to the symbolic meaning of butterflies. This saying is: "Butterflies are souls of the dead waiting to pass through purgatory".  
• There is a small town in Mexico that also associate butterflies with souls. It is to this town that Monarch Butterflies migrate every year, around the holiday known as the Day of the Dead. The people of this town see these butterflies as the returning souls of the deceased.

I am not very happy with the card's outcome, but I love the fact that I was able to create my own treat bag!

For the card I used my Gypsy and using Fabulous Finds cartridge I sized a square to the size of my card or 5.5" x 5.5".  I started placing butterflies all around until I was satisfied.  I made sure that I place the butterflies in a way that when it printed I would have a space of 11 so that I can fold and make it my 5.5" x 5.5" card.

After using the Cri-Kits to draw I placed the top butterfly on the exact location on layer 2 so that I can cut with blade.  I placed a purple piece of card stock on the inside and glued the little pieces (right on top).

For the treat box, I used Fabulous Finds and Gypsy and Serenade to design the treat box.  All it took is 4 rectangles and the two butterflies!!!

Since I do not know how to draw (yet) scoring lines on the Gypsy it was easy to figure out to score from side to side right were the butterfly ends.  I cut two long rectagles for the handle one at .25 x 7" and the other a bit smaller (width wise) and attached with tiny brads.

If you want the file for the butterfly treat bag/box, email me at

scrapabookaholic at hotmail dot com

Make sure you visit the other lady's projects!!!!

Abby

Anne

Agnes

Beth

Helen

Jessica

Madison

Mariam

Melissa

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Shelley
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