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My husband took the kids to spend the day over at there cousins so I got some free time to “play” for myself.  I got to create my very first PDC rose.  A PDC Rose is a paper rose created by the one and only (awesome and talented) Penny Duncan.  I bought a pack of watercolor paper from Michaels using a 40% off coupon.  The brand is Canson and the watercolor paper is 140lb paper.

You can click on the picture to go right to her tutorial and download the free svg cut file to cut on your cricut.  I colored the white water color paper by spraying both sides of the cut flower layers with Tattered Angels Viva Pink.  For the green stem I used a green Stampin Up ink spot.  I sprayed my finished flower with Crafter’s Companion Spray & Sparkle Iridescent.  I love the effect but right now it smells like finger nail polish so I am hoping the smell will dissipate.  Next time I going to try rubbing a thin layer of Rock Candy Stickles on the petals before I put it together.

**update** after several hours my flower no longer smells like finger nail polish!

I have been working on another wordbook.  I like it but it did not turn out the way I wanted so I am going to go back to the drawing board on this one.  I thought that someone may like it.  It is 4 inches by 11.25.  I need it to be 5.50 inches in height and with the stretch it distorted the flower at the end to much.

The svg and scut2 file are included in the download.

Happy cutting on your cricut

I was looking through a magazine and I saw a gift box and I thought, I can make that!  So here is my attempt at replicating something I saw in a magazine.  It is a gift box.  I made it 6 inches wide by 2.5 inches deep.  I am just trying to think of ideas on how to use this box so I can make more of them.  I am thinking Christmas gifts, Mother’s Day gifts, birthday gifts and whatever special gifts I can get to fit inside.  I think that it turned out very pretty.  The svg, scut file and score and glue guide are all included in the zip file for download.  Thank you for stopping by my blog and I hope you enjoy this download.

****updated 08-23-09** I received an e-mail (Thank you Nancy) of an error message that pops up in scal version 2.

I am not sure why the error is happening.  The svg file is fine.  I can load it properly in scal version 1.  The scut file created in scal version 1 opens fine in scal version 2.  If you receive this error message in scal version 2, you can hit okay.  The box top or bottom will appear on the screen despite the error.  The size for some reason will change to 15×15 inches so the box is to large to be cut on a 12×12 mat.  It can easily be fixed by going to the right when you have the box top or bottom highlighted and change the size to 12×12 inches like the picture below.

The file cuts just fine even though scal 2 says that there is an error in the file.  If you have any questions or concerns regarding this, please use the contact form on the right to send me a message.

I decided to do one more Mom word book with a flower.  

The zip download includes the svg and scut files. 

Download Flower Mom Word Book For SCAL 

I finally decided to try and create my first word book in inkscape.  I wanted to start simple so I created this MOM word book.  I think it turned out pretty good for my first try.  I definitely like making them in Inkscape.  I am sure that there will be some other scal word books available soon.

The hard part was making sure to get the shadow letters and the pages the right size.  I included my scut file that I used as well as the svg files in the zip file below. 

Download SCAL SVG and SCUT Files Here