Provo Craft Create a Critter 2 Contest ~ Fall Wall Art

Provo Craft is running a contest using the new Create a Critter 2 cartridge.  They have given us free use of four of the "critters" to craft with. 

To enter, submit the project to Cricut Project Center™ at http://www.cricut.com/project , while logged into your own account. The submitted project must include the use of the Create a Critter 2 cartridge images. Project submitted must display the use of the Create a Critter 2 images

Here is what I came up with:

Home decor wall art.

Materials Used:

• Cricut cartridge Create a Critter 2
• Imagine cartridges Enjoy the Seasons and Word of Mouth
• White American Craft cardstock
• Stampin' Up! Espresso cardstock
• cloud 9 Design Seasonal paper pad
• Embossing folders Swiss Dot and Square Lattice
• Ranger Distress Ink in Walnut Stain, Crushed Olive, Antique Linen & Festive Berries
• Green rhinestones
• Stampin' Up! corduroy buttons in Pumpkin Pie
• Stampin' Up! hodgepodge hardware in pewter
• White linen thread
• Fall ribbon from my stash
• Pop dots

Using the Imagine cartridge Enjoy the Seasons, flood fill the box frame from Word of Mouth with the fall/acorn pattern at 8"H.  Cut the box frame 4x.  Score at intervals.

Add hardware to hold the frame.  I used a picture/ribbon holder held by a brad.

Mat your selected papers and adhere to the inside of the frame.  I cut my outside layer at 4.75" and my inside layer at 4.5". Add faux stitching if desired.  Next, you simply fold in at all the score lines to create a 3D frame.  I used hot glue to adhere my folds together.

I cut the acorn (pg 4 accessory and accessory) at 4" H.  I then embossed the yellow portion  with the Swiss Dot folder and the brown portion with the Square Lattice folder.  I pop dotted the brown portion on and completed the look with a linen thread bow and green rhinestone.  I also added a fall ribbon bow, linen thread bow, and corduroy button to each frame to help unify the frames.

I cut the tree (pg 4 Icon, Icon, Icon Layer, Icon Layer) at 4"H.  I inked all the edges with Ranger distress ink and completed the look with a linen bow and green rhinestones to the eyes.

I cut the word fall (pg 4 Phrase) at 2" H and completed the look with a linen thread bow and green rhinestones added to the letter ends.

The squirrel (pg 4 Squirrel, Squirrel, Layer, Layer, Shadow) at 4".  I added some faux stitching, a linen bow to the hat and green rhinestones to the eyes.  All the layers were pop dotted on.