Off With Their Heads

We're painting the roses red!  We're painting the roses red!

Hi everyone!  This past month I was off and did not make a release for April.  Lets just say I needed some me time...Phew!  With all the craziness of the holidays over I could finally take a breather.

Even still this month we are still creating a LINK PARTY and for those of you who are not following the month 1st post, you will also be able to link up below.

Today I have really special card for you.  This stunning beauty was something that I came up with while paying in Cricut Design Space.  I wanted to follow up my Alice in Wonderland image with the Queen of Hearts. 

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• Digital Image:  Queen of Hearts image and sentiment​
  • Queen of Hearts:  2.019"w x 3.324"l
  • Sentiment:  1.18"w x 0.645"l
• Cricut Die Cutting Machine or Heart & Rose Dies
• Copic Markers
• Playing card image or ephemera
• Rose Image or ephemera
• White cardstock
• red cardstock
• printed paper with wording 
• Copic Markers
• Tacky Glue
• Foam Mounting Tape
• 3D Foam Dots
• Doily Heart Valentine 5"w x 4.561"l
• Vintage Wedding Rose​ - 3 cuts 5.653"w x 1.22"l

Link to project in Design Space:  ​https://design.cricut.com/#/design/139109386

If you go to the above link you will be able to see all the items that I have used for my card.  Below is what you should have

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Let's get coloring!

Face:  E000 & 0, use the E000 along the edges and the colorless blender to soften the color on the face.

Arms & Neck: E21

Eyes:
E35
E15
​E27

Lips: R29

Even the smallest detail needs mention

Hair:  YR65, YR68, YR18, YR27

Eye Shadow:  B01

Cheeks: E93 & 0
Layer with the colorless blender first, then E93 and lighten some with the colorless blender again.

Clean up:  White Gelli Roll Pen

Crown and Bodice:
Y11, Y15, Y17, YR23

This color combination gives a really close to gold color.

Overskirt & Sleeves:
C3
C5
C7
​C9

Underskirt:
C1

Hearts:
​R29

Train & Heart:
R14
R16
​R89

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Now that the image coloring is complete we can move on to the assembly of the card.   YAY!

Step 1:

Glue down the Heart backing to the heart shaped card.  

Step 2:

Glue down the printed doily heart to the card base so that the red peeks through.

Step 3:
Glue the ephemera playing cards to the roses on the right side and slightly tilted.   Now using the foam mounting tape adhere the ephemera to the bottom portion of the heart shaped card, so that the playing cards pop a little over the edge of the card. 

Step 4: 
Using the foam mounting tape adhere the sentiment to the upper right the rose. 

Step 5:

Adhere the image to your card using 3D foam dots on the head and foam tape on the body.  This will level out the image since the roses already have foam tape.  Place in the center of the card. 

Step 6:
The final part of the card are the rose embellishments.  Now you can use purchased paper roses or you can make your own using your Cricut machine.  The link to the SVG file in Design space is above and below is a video showing how to make the rose.  Once you are ready, adhere the roses in the upper left corner.  I made 3and they fit perfectly.

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You are now done!  I hope that those of you who are interested in a die cutting machine, really consider it.  This is a space saver and the amount of craft possibilities are endless. 

I do hope that you have enjoyed this step-by-step and will see you next time.

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