Cricut Vintage Ornament

I made this beautiful ornament for my Christmas tree using my Cricut and Silent Night kit from SVGCUTS.  I think it turned out perfectly! 

Before I made this one, I practiced first and it is a good thing I did!  I made this one below first to try my hand at it and to see the size.  The size was much too big for my liking, so I made it smaller.

It's a nice ornament for a different tree, but definitely on the larger size.  When I went to make the ball, I forgot to change the dash lines to score, so they cut out instead.

It is good for making definite lines, but it weakens the ball.  It is also not so good if you are using a paper with a different core color as it shows through as seen!

This piece Mary made to give you a way to connect all of the pieces together and being able to press from the inside.  The difference between these and regular paper balls that are made with only pieces of paper is the ball to which you add everything to.  This gives added strength.

With the Cricut, you need to change the dash lines to score if you don't want cuts plus you need to ATTACH them together or else the score lines will try to go on a separate mat.  I am not sure why the files come in from SVGCUTS that way, but they do.
(If you have a Silhouette Designer Edition or Sure-Cuts-A-Lot, you don't need to do this.  The program keeps them together for you.)

I chose pink papers as that is the color of my tree ornaments this year.  The rose, pine needles and leaves were made from the Cricut.

Flower:  Flower Shoppe
Pine Needles:  Martha Stewart Seasonal Cakes
Leaves:  Vintage Wedding

I also added Nuvo Mousse to the light green leaves, and a center line with my Sakura Silver Star Gelly Roll pen.  To the rose, I added chunky glitter to add more dimension and to give it a more vintage look.  I added lace to the seams as I felt they needed to be covered.  That is actually how I ended up with a vintage ornament.  I'm glad I did though!  I scrunched the ribbon and added Prima Bloom Spray to add a bit of sheen.  The pearl loops and feathers were purchased from my local dollar store.  The charm was ordered online from ebay and the glass charm is from Michaels.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a blessed Christmas!

Happy New Year!

Wow, where did the year go?  Are you, like the rest of us, planning to make things better for you and your loved ones this year?  I hope to.  I'm working on how not to spend money, including clipping coupons and buying less (or no) craft supplies *eek*!; be more creative with things I own,  organizing my things and purge, purge purge!  My craft supplies are equal to that of a small scrapbook store.  When is enough enough?  I love it all and could certainly fit more in here!  lol!  I have given away literally hundreds and hundreds of dollars in supplies to local schools and day cares.  I have begun to realize who I am and what I truly like, not what everyone else says I should like.  That in itself has taken a long time to manage to discover!  I hope you will join me on my journey to clean, concise and purposeful living and crafting!

Here is a quick, clean and simple card I made for our neighbors.  Yep, I made it after New Years as we have been very sick here and missed all of the holidays.  We will be sending over a delicious eggnog cake to go with it.  This will help them bring in the new year.

I used my Cricut with this one and CM Divine Wedding and MS Seasonal.  Papers:  DCWV and Stampin' Up.

Have a prosperous journey into a new you!