LOVE YOUR MUM
handcrafted for your mum, your nan or even yourself, these delightful flowery projects are a cinch to make with a cutting machine. The arty canvas and wreath can be made by hand, but you’ll find them easier – and faster – if you use a Cricut cutting machine to create the shapes involved. It’s a one-time investment that will leave you wondering how you ever got by without it. Happy crafting!
1 ART IN BLOOM
Big, bold and bountiful, hydrangeas are a firm favourite in bouquets, but since they don’t bloom all year, you might like to make and gift this eye-catching ‘still life’ with its cluster of globe-like paper hydrangeas. Here, a cutting machine makes the myriad of florets and vinyl ‘vase’.
2 WREATH OF BEAUTY
Not just for the festive season, everlasting wreaths are perfect for year-round decoration. So this year, celebrate Mother’s Day with a wreath dripping in purple, lilac or pink paper wisterias with colour-coordinated hydrangeas. It will look wonderful on a shelf in your dining room.
3 HELLO ROSY PLACEMAT
Dress up your mum’s breakfast tray with a delicate card placemat featuring rose cut-outs along one edge. Borrow the idea for
