These are the Flower Shoppe Cricut-cut flowers. Easy, easy, easy...with lots of variations in cuts, components and styles, not to mention size options. If you have a Cricut already (I did, I am so lucky) the price of this cartridge will give you LOTS of pleasure. It is right now, because I am on a flower kick, my favorite cartridge. (Could, probably will, change next week as a new enthusiasm kicks in, but I think this cartridge has real staying power as something that I will use over and over.)
These two are circle punch flowers. I can't remember where I saw the card that was using these as components, but they were quick to make. Not quite as simple as they look, because to look good you will want to fold the same size arc toward the center, meeting at the bottom, on each of the six circles, and the angle created by the 2 folds need to be exactly 60 degrees (yes, I am a stats/math/tech nerd).
And this one is the joined petal punch flower (only one because it was such a "pib" to punch). I don't plan to publish the names of products that do not work for me, because, hey, it could be operator error, not a product issue. But, I will tell you just exactly in what way it didn't work for me. As I mentioned in the last post, this punch jams about 17% of the time (nerd alert) which is enough to make it very hard to get a 12 inch strip. For a good looking flower with this size of petal, I like to have two 12 inch strips. By the way, this one has one 12 inch strip and two 4 inch strips, hmmm?
So, what did I learn? Simple is not always easy (but at least it is do-able), and you cannot predict the way a tool will work for you, based on the company or visual appeal (and sometimes you just cannot make that do-able...as in life is too short, way too short). And the fill light adjustment helps when I photo something in my favorite location and light (morning, I am a lark). Still working on the color adjustments, though (smile).
The Que Sera flowers are beautiful! Did your flower shop cutter come with advice for layering (how many layers, which petal combinations) or did you just play with the combinations until they became awesome? It seems like more is more; I especially love the one in the top photo lower left corner. I could see these decorating a wreath or around a picture frame for a lovely gift. :)
ReplyDeleteNope, Cricut products come with minimal instructions. But, between the paper and the fact that I cut a whole bunch of components I could not go wrong.
ReplyDeleteOk, I was wrong on this one. There is a manual, which I obviously put away and didn't look at, that does show some combinations like some of mine. But, I will stand behind the minimal instructions comment. But, the various product related you-tube videos fill the void. Yayyy, ladies.
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