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Today's Mama Contest Entry/Father's Day Fishing Bouquet

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I know that there are a lot of bouquets done out there using the cricut, however, they are usually girly, with flowers & sparkly bling and other girly embellishing. I decided to put a spin on a bouquet and make it "manly" for my dad for Father's Day. To make this you will need: a Cricut Personal Electronic Die Cutter(with Cricut Solutions Camp Out Cartridge & any cartridge that cuts an oval, I used Plantin Schoolbook), a Cuttlebug Die Cut & Embossing Machine(w/ Houndstooth, Swiss Dots & Distressed Stripes Embossing Folders), Cardstock of your choice(I used DCWV for the top color & Wassau Paper for the shadow), Colorbox Cat's Eye Fluid Chalk Ink(I used Chesnut Roan), sticks(I used bamboo skewers from the kitchen department of Wal-Mart, $1 for 100), gift basket filler(craft department of Wal-Mart carries it for $1), floral foam, a hot glue gun, dimensional foam dots, an adhesive runner, pen, sharp scissors(I used the Cutterbee scissors), and a plante...

Found out about more Blog Candy!

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Alrighty, found out about some more blog candy, so I'm spreading the word... I'll even include a picture this time so you can see what's up for grabs, lol. This is Bev's candy that is up for grabs over at her blog "All the things I love". It's open til Friday June 5th. To get your chance, click HERE . Nikki has some blog candy up for grabs at "Smells Like Homemade". I've been drooling over it! She's got Copic Ciao's in there! I wanna win it, lol. It's open til June 15th, to get your chance go HERE . Okay last one: Marlene has some blog candy up for grabs too, over at "A Lil' Bit of Me". She giving away the CUTEST stamps from the Greeting Farm, and oodles of ribbon! You can enter until Friday June 5th. To get yourself entered go HERE . That's all I know about today. I'm gonna try to get scrappin tonight so I can post something fun. Happy scrappin'! Brit