Monday, April 4, 2011

The perfect post wedding gift made using the 50 States cartridge.

Hello, friends!


I hope you are all well and you are having a great start to your week! Spring has definitely sprung here in the Dallas area and I couldn't be more pleased! My peonies are about to pop and my roses look more beautiful this year than they ever have. I heart flowers!!!


Today I have an older project that I made and posted back in 2008. It was a post wedding gift for my Brother-in-Law and his new wife. I had a lot of fun making it and was very pleased with the result. Unfortunately, they live in England so I had to mail it to them. Which meant I never saw the looks on their faces when they opened it.

It is made using the 50 States cartridge which has a great collection of birds and flowers on it. I think it is a must have if you like cutting various flowers. For this layout I cut the Mississippi state flower which I believe is the magnolia. I cut it in variable sizes and stacked them using dimentional adhesive.

I used Anna Griffin paper and a few stamps from Close To My Heart.
I then framed it for them to hang in their entry way.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! I will see you all back here tomorrow!!

Have a MAGICAL Monday!

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50 comments:

TheLastOfNine said...

It's so beautiful! I love these personal gifts, they are the best.
Gloria H

Melissa said...

I bet they treasure this, it is beautiful!

4kids4 said...

How pretty! What a thoughtful gift!! TFS

~Sharon C.

Luria said...

What a very pretty LO. TFS

Luria

Vanessa said...

What a beautiful gift! The flowers are so pretty. I'm sure the newlyweds loved this!

A Cup of Cold Water said...

Pretty page, I am sure they LOVED it. I did!
Thanks for sharing
Susan

Kimberli said...

So pretty!! Glad to know this cart is a good one, I've been wanting to get it to have for future school projects!

Nati Tristan said...

That is so pretty! I bet they loved it!

Jingle said...

This is so absolutely beautiful!!!

Rachel Miller said...

I love it, my daughter is getting married next year and this will be a perfect house warming gift for her and her new husband!

I have left you something on my blog. Stop by and pick it up at: http://rachelspapercrafts.blogspot.com

Rachel Miller

Rachel Miller said...

I love it, my daughter is getting married next year and this will be a perfect house warming gift for her and her new husband!

I have left you something on my blog. Stop by and pick it up at: http://rachelspapercrafts.blogspot.com

Rachel Miller

Sewincin said...

Such a beautiful card. I heart flowers too!! love it.

Cindy P.

Angela said...

Romantic!

Maureen Reiss said...

This is gorgeous!! Thanks for reminding me that cart has flowers, gonna have to take another look!

Crhiga said...

Lovely gift idea!!!

Carol

Windy said...

I have this cartridge but don't use it enough. Thanks for the idea.

jessica said...

such a beautiful project!

jessica

slbt17 said...

beautiful!
Sandra ltb

Cynthia Baldwin said...

So beautiful! How cool that you used the 50 states cart to make a wedding project. I'm sure they loved it!

Carol said...

This is a beautiful gift for the couple. I lived in England for two years and I know the couple must have been really joyful over your gift.
Mahalo for sharing such a personal and special gift with us here.
Have a wonderful week.
Aloha from Hawaii
Carol

Jeanie said...

I love the layout. I am planning to buy the 50 States cartridge very soon, I think it will get lots of use.

SHELLEE said...

I'm sure that they treasure this gift! A very pretty layout!
Shellee

Monica said...

this is such an amazing gift!!!! TFS
http://monicalott.blogspot.com/

Short Scrapper said...

What a beautiful idea! Mind if I "borrow" the idea for my daughter's wedding? Love it!

Anonymous said...

Wow....what a great gift a treasure forever.....loved seeing this...you can post whatever you choose as always everything thing is a delight!


Joan Smith

Ann said...

It's a shame you weren't there to see them open it. I bet their mouths dropped opened. How beautiful!!
Mstgane
Ann

Jennifer H said...

A gift to treasure. Very beautiful! I would have never guessed that cartridge would have such wonderful cuts.

Corrie M. said...

Who would have ever thought to use the 50 States cartridge on a wedding layout?? That's why you are posting on your blog and I'm sitting here in admiration! Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas every day.

Rebecca's Card Hobby said...

beautiful - they should love this.

Anonymous said...

What a very thoughtful gift!
Debby

Kate said...

What a lovely gift for your brother-in-law and his wife. I hope you'll at least be able to make the trip at some point to see it on display!! (Plus, England is a beautiful country - my homeland!!)

Deneen said...

Beautiful gift!

Jennie said...

Very pretty!
jhilligus@yahoo.com

Works From The Attic by Linda said...

This is beautiful and I love the way you framed it for them. What a great gift in so many ways.
Linda

Donna said...

Well, since you won't see them, just picture the smiles on their faces in the photos as they walk into their home for the first time! I love the soft pretty colors.

Very nice card.

Blessings, Donna

Julia said...

Beautiful work!

Julia said...

I love it!! Thanks for posting it again. Its a GREAT idea.

juliayoder@hotmail.com

JenE said...

Cute cute framed LO! love the stacked flowers!

Carolee said...

Gorgeous! Thanks for the reminder to check 50 states for all those beautiful flowers. The layering really makes it pop.

Kaycee said...

Adorable! I'm certain they loved it! Thank you for sharing!

MimiKat said...

What a beautiful and unique gift, and it means so much because you made it. I love the looks, the colors, everything about it.

Kat
http://cricutcardcreating.blogspot.com/

Barbara said...

Awesome!!!!! Beautiful colors and paper. You need to do a video on how to make the flowers.

barbara614@insightbb.com

Kasondra said...

What a beautiful project!! Love it!

Anonymous said...

What an awesome gift! Love it.

Peg Toth said...

what a beautiful idea! you have so much talent!

marlene said...

What a lovely card.
marlene

JANLYNN said...

So pretty. I had forgot about all the flowers on the 50 States cartridge. You knoe this master gardener loves this.

Karen said...

What a great gift! I wish I lived somewhere where flowers were getting ready to bloom! I am so tired of the snow!! I guess I will have to Cricut myself some.

Wendy (aka Roo) said...

WOW, that's really pretty!

Janet H. said...

Great giveaways! Winning an Imagine would be awesome and I'm very interested in the Tipsy. Received a Gypsy for Christmas and finally got a chance to start working with it. I love it, and I can see the advantage to using a Tipsy. I receive your emails every day and love checking out all the cool designs. Thanks.

 
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