Panda Bear with Bamboo Card

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE how this came out! I don't think I can send it to anyone!

Anyways, I used Mary's free Valentine's bear (SVGCuts.com) and changed it up a little bit. I got rid of the giant heart, of course, and made two small oval shapes for the panda's body. I hand cut the shapes for the eyes....it wasn't hard. For the grass I used Plantin' Schoolbook (except for the 4 pieces of Jolee's blades that you see on either side of the panda). For the clouds I used April Showers. I embossed with D'vine Swirls for the blue background and the clouds. Now for the bamboo:

I cut several strips of tan paper 1/4"-1/2" wide and inked the edges. I then cut them into short strips (many different sizes) and glued them all together in a row. For the leaves I used Storybook branch on page 37. I just cut the branches in different sizes and then cut them apart at the stem (so I'd get 4 sets of two leaves and one left over leaf).

I'm going to be entering this card into the Cooking With Cricut Cele"BEAR"ation Blog Hop.

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For my project I made this little Easter basket (free from SVGCuts.com) for a friend of mine. The grass is from Plantin' Schoolbook, and the butterfly is from Indie Art. I did a lot of stitching with my Sakura Gelly Roll pens.

Good luck!!

Challenge Me Monday #48

This is the other 'Enjoy' card that I made for the ATC Swap, I'm entering it into the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog's (FCCB) Challenge Me Monday.

This time I used the Argyle embossing folder, instead of the Swiss Dots. I sanded it as well. Also, instead of using an SVG flower, I used the flower from Plantin' Schoolbook. I just cut the flowers out 1/4 of an inch shorter then the first one....Meaning I cut the first flower out at 2 1/4", then the second out at 2", then 1 3/4....and so on....I do this with this flower all the time, but this is the first time that I layered it the way it is. I didn't expect it to look so nice!

The tag came with the paper pack (ColorBok 8.5x11 Earth Tone from WalMart).