We’ve got lots of LOVE floating around today for the Cooking with Cricut Love Song Blog Hop! All of us designers have come up with some great Valentine’s Day projects inspired by their favorite love songs.
The only song that kept playing in my head as a love song was the original “Love is in the Air” song. You know that song by John Paul Young back in 1978. I was 4. The other cheesy song that ran through my head was “The Love Boat“. Yep, I’m a 70’s child and I still dig the music.
I do have LOVE in the air though. Literally, look what I made! A Valentine’s Hot Air Balloon all made out of paper….Eeeeek!
Valentine’s Hot Air Balloon
I recently posted about a “happy little accident” that I made called The Best Kisses are Chocolate?
Well, this Valentine’s Hot Air Balloon is the top part of a cupcake cut file that I cut wrong. Since top and bottom sections of the cupcake were cut at different sizes, they wouldn’t fit together properly so instead of throwing out the whole project, I turned the bottom part into a candy bowl and the top part into a Hot Air Balloon. Sometimes I am amazed at how my brain thinks of things.
Here’s how I used my Cricut to make a a Valentine’s Hot Air Balloon:
Sweet Tooth Boxes- Top part of the cupcake cut out as large as it would size on the mat. This images shows you what the top cut looks like on the Cricut mat.
I used the Ribbons and Rosettes to cut out the Scalloped border. The Alpahalicious cartridge to make the Scalloped Circle and Layer and the Sweethearts cartridge to cut out the Love sentiment
I then hand cut out 5-wedges (approx 5″ long to 4-3″ wide) to make the bottom part of the balloon. My original idea was to cut apart the bottom of the cupcake at the separations instead of gluing them together but since my measurements were already off, I just hand cut the wedges on this balloon. My idea would of totally worked if I had the proper size too.
The Valentine’s Hot Air Balloon basket is cut from the Sweet Treats cartridge and embossed with a burlap texture folder. The adorable out is cut from the Hoot-n-Holler Lite cartridge and I used the Doodlecharms cartridge to make the heart and layer which are also stamped with a Valentine’s sentiment.
O my goodness Holly this is amazing, i love what you did with this cut!! so creative!! There is so much detail in this, I love the sentiment you chose!!
Kristan
GCDT-Sister
Oh my stinkin’ heck, Holly!! This is AWESOME! What a wonderful accident — I love every bit of it, escpecially that little owl. Too cute 🙂
~ Jen
Oh my GOODNESS Holly!!! That is SOOO adorable! I LOVE when our mistakes render awesome creations like this! I LOVE it!! (especially the owl…but I have a love for owls) 😉
Hugs,
Michelle
I love this idea. It is so awesome. Thanks for the directions. Awesome mistake, lol!
Tlmiller.tasha@gmail.com
WOWZA Holly! You knocked this one out of the park! Love the hot air balloon, featuring one of my fav carts a little hoot n holler 🙂
Suzanne suzyq28024@gmail.com
Oh, this is just fantastic!! I have got to give this a try!! The owl and heart riding in the hot air balloon is so cute and I love the sentiment.
Charlotte
This is so inventive, Holly! Just fantastic! I love your little owl passenger- too cute!!
Hugs,
Heather P
omg Holly thank you so much for joining my challenge this week with your unsurpassed design. I hardly know where to begin to comment. I do remember that song and you have capture it brilliantly in your hot air balloon. It also reminds me of the song from the Fifth Dimension up up away……
Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon
We could float among the stars together, you and I
For we can fly we can fly
Up, up and away
My beautiful, my beautiful balloon
The world’s a nicer place in my beautiful balloon
Karen
love this!!! wow…so adorable!!!
OMG! Holly, this project is ridiculous! Ridiculously awesome that is! Did you come up with this when you were working out? Way to go! Smiles, Jill
Wow what a project! Fantastic!
I just love the ballon!!! Just way 2 cute. TY 4 sharing 🙂
Sandy~ turtlelover@firehousemail.com
What a adorable project, I just love love your project. Great job my friend.
WOW! You are super talented and creative! I am just blown away! Thank you for sharing your fabulous project!
Hugs
Carley
What a creative project! I love it!
Evelyn
What a great project. So creative and fun. I just love it!!! TFS:)
~Madison funkycards.blogspot.com
Oh my word this is perfect! I love your air balloon – adorable!!
O-M-GEEE!!! This is Fan-tabulous! I absolutely love this. You rocked this girlfriend. Smooches… Sous Chef Feli’
Love the hot air balloon!! Never have been on one, but always thought they were romantic. Maybe someday I will go up in one with my sweetie and float amoung the clouds with no interruptions…
Linda
Well, I’ve already told you how amazing this project is, but I’ll say it again – AMAZING!!
You really rocked this one, my friend.
Hugs,
Larelyn
How super clever to use the cupcake!!!! It turned out amazing!!!
Oh my goodness…this is just too cute!! I love this idea and it turned out amazing!!
How delightful! It came out great.
Rae Ann O.
http://joyinart.blogspot.com
OK, this is UNBELIEVABLY adorable!!! What a creative project. I love that the little owl is a passenger!!
Panda Hugs!
Glitter Panda
WOW!!! What an incredibly unique and BEAUTIFUL project. Way to flex your creative muscle. This is awesome.
Thank you for joining us at Creative Cutter Room!
Tonya
CCR DT
ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com
OMG, This is an amazing project!!!!
This is so super cool love the colors and the tutorial is great. Thanks for sharing and thanks for joining us at Creative Cutter Room
CCR Design team member.
DIANA L.
http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com.
Holy Moly Holly! This is amazing! Way to set the bar high for the rest of us! lol! I LOVE how you creatively used your “mistakes” to make something so fabulous. I am in AWE!:)
Nita
This is soooo cute!!! Very creative!! I Love it!
Wow what an amazing mistake! I love the hot air balloon. That’s really thinking outside the box- The Sweet Tooth Box.
Wow wow wow…………. so cute! I love this. I would love to have one of those hanging over my desk. So cute idea! Following your blog now and look forward to seeing more of your creations!
Sandy
http://thecraftycreationspot.blogspot.com/
This is such an adorable project! Love all the details! Thanks for joining us over at the Creative Cutter Room! DT Member Carri~abusybee
http://www.doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com
This is amazing Holly! I love the little owl in the basket : ) Thanks for joining us at the CCR!
Tracy
DT2 Member
owlbecraftin.blogspot.com
Absolutely love, love, love!!!! You just keep getting more awesome!
This is seriously awesome!! Thank you so much for sharing it with us at Paper Issues!! You already know I featured you!! Beat me to it!! =)
Hey Holly
100% LOVE THIS!! This is so creative!
I am now following your blog.
TFS
Bonnie
http://scrappersranch.blogspot.com
scrappersranch @ aol dot com
Wow, what a fab project. Love all of the little details and how you cut and put all of the parts together is amazing. I am now a follower and look forward to seeing your other projects!!
marla@lagoski.com
Oh wow, this is A-MA-ZING!!! I’ll have to try and make something similar – I love your project! Thanks for the inspiration. Hugs! xx
This is SOOOOO cute! Would be really cute to hang in a child’s room!
I wish I made mistakes like this! So beautiful. I love all of your 3-D projects.
OMG! Your project is extraordinary. I love it. New follower.
Hugs,
Patty
creativediva98.blogspot.com
creativediva98 at gmail dot com
This has to be one of the cutest projects I’ve seen! Love how it all came together, and the little owl in the basket is adorable!
WOW, this is super cool & super adorable. What a fantastic job. You hit it on the nail.
marg0006@verizon.net
Loving Scrapper 101
Aww….this is really cute!! I love the colours and that wee owl. Thanks for playing along with us at Frosted Designs!
Holly!!! I don’t know what happened! My comment should have been right under Jen’s!!! I promise I took the time to tell you how AMAZING your happy accident was!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this hot air balloon! I am SO GOING to do this….someday 🙂
Thank you for such an amazing project and for sharing your super duper creativity! I love the owl in the basket too!!! Perfect touch!
WOW Holly that is amazing! It is just so darn cute and you are truly amazing for turning your “accident” into something so cute. BTW-that song is now in my head!
Debbie B.
This is truly an amazing project! Thanks for participating in the Paper Players challenge this week, too!
WOW! This balloon is such a cute project!!! Very refreshing! I hope you’ll join us again at Frosted Designs!
HOLLY!
This is AWESOME!!!! I saw this in your post the other day (I was already a follower) and then I saw it on the Paper Issues blog, and I was hoping you would enter into Creative Cutter Room, and you did!!! This is just great!!! You are beyond creative!!! Thanks for joining us at the CCR!!!
Jessica
http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com
This is incredible Holly!! Truly inspiring…that’s why there are no such thing as mistakes in crafting….just new design opportunities. I’d say you made a fantastic new design with your “opportunity”. Thanks for sharing it in the Creative Cutter Room. I just LOVE your style. Hugs Cathie
http://www.creativecutterroom.com
This is sooooo adorable! I love your project.
Such a wonderful project, I “love” it.
Thank you for playing along with us at Frosted Designs this week with our challenge of “LOVE”, I hope you come back and play again!!
Erin Reed