London Cricut Destinations Cartridge Lay Out

One of my co-workers is celebrating his retirement this year. And as part of his celebration, he and his wife went to London this past summer. I created this lay out as a gift to him and his wife, who is also retiring this year. What a milestone for both of them!

I designed the layout using the Cricut Design Space. This software is very helpful in my planning of the lay out and with the sizing of the images. Another thing I like about the CDS is the Contour feature. It extends the look of an image. Just like in this lay out, with the word England, I duplicated this. On the duplicate, I used the contour feature to cut the negative space of the word only. I just used a craft knife to cut the letters out and layer it on top of the original cut. But before adhering the letters, I heat embossed the letters with a red Ranger embossing powder. The word London cut was also designed using the Contour feature. This cut came as a frame. With the use of the contour function, I limited the cut to the sentiment only. The background of the London cut is a lighter colored cardstock. I created a background using a stamp from October Afternoon Boarding Pass stamp set. With the England, I printed the UK flag. With the use of the CDS, I sized the flag to fit the back of the England cut.

I am using a My Mind’s Eye patterned paper as the base of the lay out. I sprayed a black Prima Color Blooms more to the right side of the layout. I adhered the photo and the word sentiments next. I added some shimmer to the the London word using a clear Spectrum Noir shimmer pen.

I adhered a gold vellum to the back of the Big Ben, then fuzzy cut the edges. I adhered this to the layout using foam adhesive. I added an Epiphany Clear Round Bubble to the clock portion.

I am so lucky that the frame was on sale at Michael’s. Now, this retirement gift is ready. Thank you, Mike for allowing me to post your photo in my blog. I took pictures of this lay out without your photo but it didn't look as good without your photo. Happy retirement to both of you.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed and brilliant day!

Maria Giselle B.