Blown Away!!!!!

Hello crafters
WOW!!!!!! Just found out the price for the Pick of the Week. If you are looking to upgrade your Cricut to an Expression you need to tune in at 12pm.
I have some questions I need to answer on my blog so I will try to answer them in between shows.
Take care for now
Melanie xxx

What a wonderful day!

Sometimes I have to pinch myself and make sure that I am not day dreaming. This morning I get to go on create and Craft and do a Stampavie show and then I come back to the hotel and spend the day colouring in the new stamps for the February show. It a tough life lol!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope you all enjoyed the show this morning. Please don't forget the Cricut shows tomorrow at 12pm, 3pm and 5pm.
If you have any questions I can help with on the machine then please feel free to email in.
Take care
Melanie xxx

DAY TWO

Good morning cafters,
Thank you for all your support yesterday. I am just heading back to the studios for my Stampavie show this morning at 8am.
I think that is my only show today but after testerday.... who knows.
Hope you enjoy the show today.
Will post again when I get back to the hotel.
Have a great day
Take care
Melanie xxx

Quick update..

Just a quick one to let you know that I will be back on air with the Cricut at 4pm today! Hope you enjoy the shows.. Will be either Create and Craft or Ideal World : )

Wreath

Hello

Just responding to a few questions. Firstly, YES I am doing the launch of the Pick of the Week this Friday and then home to teach classes. I have also been asked to do the Sunday Scrappers shows in April and May, I will give you dates when they have been confirmed. I can't tell you how EXCITED I am about that!!!!!!
Also, it appears I forgot to tell you what to attach your paper flowers on to to create your wreath. I used an 8" wicker wreath. I also used Hot glue to stick it all together.
Hope you enjoy the shows this week.
Have a great week
Love
Melanie xxx

Change of Plan!!!

Hello crafters
Just wanted to draw your attention to the fact that my shows and times have changed for this week. I have ammended them on the blog.
Hope you like the new project i have posted below too. I will put some pictures of the class on soon too.
Have a great week and enjoy the shows
Take care
love
Melanie xxx

Photos of Flower Shoppe Wreath

Hi Crafters
Just spent two fabulous days at Inspirations in Preston teaching this class using the Cricut Flower Shoppe cartridge. Thought you may like to make one too.
Enjoy
Melanie xxx

FLOWER SHOPPE WREATH

Products needed

2 x sets of co-ordinating coloured card. Each set needs to consist of a DARK shade, a MID colour and a LIGHT colour.  These sets will make up your large flowers.  You then also need a set of FOUR pieces of co-ordinating card. This will be used to create the smaller daisies that sit in-between the large flowers. These need to be a DARK,  a MID colour,   a LIGHT colour and a BRIGHT colour

2x Different shades of green card.  One must be darker than the other.

Two different colours of neutral card which will make the centres of the flowers.

A Brown ink pad and dry foam. Black and Brown fineliner pens. (You only need these if you intend to ink and dash your paper flower and leaf sections)

I am typing these instructions to suit the colours of my wreath. So is you are using different colours go on the shade of the card.

STEP BY STEP

1.     Place the DARK purple card on the mat. Make sure your pressure and blade depth settings are correct for the cardstock. Load mat. Set the size dial to 3”. Open the book at page 12. Have a good look at the page and you will see that the pictures of the cartridge overlays show you where the button is that you need to press.  Press BASIC 4, three times and CUT. Unload the mat.

2.     Put the MID purple colour on the mat. Load mat.  Turn to PAGE 15. You are going to use RUFFLE 3. You need 9 of them for each purple flower. So press RUFFLE 3  27 times. How you do this will depend on which machine you are working on.    If you are working on one of the smaller machines, then you will press the RUFFLE 3 button  9 times. Then when it has finished cutting simply press REPEAT LAST and CUT. Then REPEAT LAST and CUT again.

If you are working on either of the Expression machines, you can set the quantity you want. Unload mat.

3.     Put the LIGHT purple card on your mat. Load mat. Turn back to page 12. Press BASIC2  three times and CUT. Unload mat.

4.     Put one of your Neutral colours of card on to the mat. I have used a PALE YELLOW for the centres of my PURPLE flowers.   Load Mat.  Press BASIC 1  three times and CUT. Unload mat.

5.     Set the size dial to 2 ½”. Put the DARK PINK card on to the mat. Load mat. Turn to page 14.  Press HEART 4  four times and CUT. Unload mat.  Put the MEDIUM PINK card on the mat. Load mat.   You will need 5 of the HEART 3 shape for each flower.  So altogether you need  20.  So again, the machine you are using will determine how you do this.  CUT and then UNLOAD mat.

6.     Put the LIGHT PINK card on your mat.  Press HEART2,  four times and CUT.  UNLOAD mat.

7.     Put the other neutral colour card on your mat. I have used a LIGHT CREAM card for the centres of my PINK flowers.  LOAD MAT.  Press HEART 1,  four times and CUT.  UNLOAD MAT.

8.     Put the DARK YELLOW card on the mat. Set the size to 2”. LOAD MAT.  Turn to page 20. Press STACK 2,  Eight times  and CUT.  Unload mat.

9.     Put the MID YELLOW card on the mat. LOAD MAT. Press REPEAT LAST and CUT. UNLOAD MAT.    Put the LIGHT YELLOW card on the mat. LOAD MAT.  Press REPEAT LAST and CUT.  UNLOAD MAT.

10.                        Put the BRIGHT YELLOW card on the mat.  LOAD MAT.  Turn to page 15.  Press RUFFLE1  eight times and CUT.  Unload MAT.

11.                        Put the DARK GREEN card on the mat. LOAD MAT.  Leave the size at 2”. Turn to page 22.  Press the SCALLOP 5 leaf  thirteen times and CUT.  UNLOAD MAT.

12.                        Put the LIGHT GREEN card on the mat. LOAD MAT.  Set the size to 2 ¼”. Press EXOTIC 5, ten times and CUT. UNLOAD MAT.

13.                        Ok, now it is time to start building your flowers.  Take all the pieces for the PURPLE FLOWERS including the CENTRES. Ink and Dash the edges to suit your taste!!!!!!!       This is the time to SHAPE the petals if you want to add dimension to your flowers.      Start by sticking the DARK purple flower together with the tab. Then glue the individual MID purple petals to the inside of the DARK purple flower. I alternated these ie stuck every other one in place and then went back around and filled in the gaps. This gives you a neater flower.

14.                        Then glue the LIGHT purple flower in to the centre using double thickness of foam pads.  Take the LIGHT YELLOW centre and starting at the outside, roll it up to create the middle of the flower. Glue to hold in place.

15.                        Pink next.  Take the DARK PINK flowers and glue together with the tab. Take five of the MID PINK heart3 petals and glue them to the outside of the DARK flower. Repeat this on each flower. Take the LIGHT PINK flowers and cut into the petals slightly. Emboss them at this stage if you like. Then Glue them into the middle of the flowers using double thickness of foam pads.      Finally take the LIGHT CREAM centres. Roll and Glue them and then stick them in to the centres of your flowers.

16.                        Take one of each of the DARK, MID and LIGHT YELLOW flowers and in that order layer them on top of each other so the petals intersect each other. Roll and add the BRIGHT YELLOW centres. 

17.                         Make a BOW!!!!!!!!!

18.                        Then build your wreath. I put my flowers on first and then added the leaves in between. I split the SCALLOP 5 leaves in to two sets of five and put some of them on facing one way and then flipped the other five and used them facing the opposite way.

19.                        Hang it on your wall, and ADMIRE.xxx