The only cartridge I used was Mother's Day Bouquet. I used a smooth Styrofoam ball and inserted and hot glued in a dowel rod. Depending on the colors that I use for the flowers I sometimes also paint the Styrofoam ball to match, in this case I just left it white. For each assembled flower I used a pin, a button, a 1" cut flower, a 1.5" cut flower and a 2.25" cut flower per assembled flower to get them to look stacked the way they are. (These sizes were also perfect to cut 16 of each size out of a piece of 12" x 12" card stock.) I simply folded and curled the petals to give them a 3D look from flat paper. Before sticking the pin into the Styrofoam ball, I did add a bit of glue to the pin so that it would stay in the Styrofoam better. I just used regular glue, nothing special. After I had the entire Styrofoam ball covered I stuck it in a piece of floral foam stuck in the bottom of the pail and hot glued it in. I then covered the rest of the foam in the pail with little stones just to finish off the look. I tied a ribbon around the dowel rod, just for a little decoration.
Supplies:
*2 Sheets each red white and blue 12" x 12" card stock (this will yield extra flowers for a future project)
*1 1/4" Dowel rod, cut to about 15" long
*~ 50 Total red, white and blue buttons
*~50 White pearl head pins (You can use whatever color you want)
*1 6" smooth Styrofoam ball (I purchased mine at Jo Ann with a 50% off coupon)
*1 pail (I've purchased at Michael's for a larger size or Target's $1 spot for smaller ones.)
*A small block of floral foam
*Decorative stones for pail
*~12" of ribbon for bow (I used red 1/2" ribbon)
*Optional paint and paintbrush to paint Styrofoam ball
*Cricut Mother's Day Bouquet Cartridge
*Cricut Expression with mats and blades
