ScrapbookPal.com Design Team entry~

I have been having fun making cards with layered stamping and decided to use my Cricut and the Summer In Paris cartridge along with my inks and stamps. Instead of using my Cricut to cut out an image, I used it to draw one on the card front!

I replaced the blade with the Cricut Fashion Color Marker in pink to draw the Eiffel Tower.

I used light to medium pressure to draw the image, otherwise the pen presses too firmly onto the cardstock and the lines are heavier.

Voila! I love the swirly interior design. I had the machine draw a second image which I fussy cut with Cutter Bee scissors. I planned to use foam adhesive to mount the fussy cut Tower above the flat image later. I used a Stampendous Music Score stamp and Tattered Rose Distress Ink to stamp the sheet music over the Tower.

I also stamped 'Paris', a fleur de lis and a compass using Distress Inks. The next step was to add small red brads on either side of 'Paris' and distress the edges, then mount the piece to a small houndstooth print.

I like adding the fussy cut Eiffel Tower to give the card front added dimension~

I aligned a ruler along the edge of the blank card after I glued a vintage book page to it~ this allowed me to tear the excess off and give the card a deckle edge. I could not use a traditional method to distress the edges of the book page because it was old and fragile.

The finishing touch was to adhere a small red rose to the Eiffel Tower and stamp an inside sentiment~

I like the combo of various pinks and browns~