Take Time to Smell the Flowers

 Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. - Hans Christian Andersen

While perusing Pinterest, I came across this picture.

 Here is the journey of my interpretation of the above picture.

Originally, I purchased Quilled Creations Blooming Roses because I'm really loving the rolled rose thing and  thought I could do this on my Cricut so I bought the Flower Shoppe cartridge. I think I need more practice on sizes for the Cricut cuts because I was not happy with my practice results.

I ended up back with the Quilled Creations roses which are simple and easy to make.

 Then I cut out the wheelbarrow from Walk in My Garden Cricut cartridge. I wasn't quite happy with the plain brown so I added black on the wheel and blue for the base (next picture.) I also inked it up a bit with some Tim Holtz Distress inks.

 I wanted it to stay simple and keep the main focus on the wheelbarrow and roses.

 Here's a close up of the flowers.

 I did add a little bit of bling on the top and tried to mimic the white gel pen markings on the wheelbarrow.

I am entering my creation in:

- Die Cutting Divas - Challenge #112

- Wags 'n Whiskers - Challenge 102

- Forever Friends Challenge - Challenge #60