I have been wanting to use my Cricut since I got back from vacation. SO I instantly thought of using it for making the card for the sketch challenge Round Bonus. Who wants to cut out all those circle by hand. I hope I can get through the typing I took some extra pictures of the assembly. Pictures are worth a thousand words and my finger is a bit swollen because I made both my challenge cards today.I used my Cricut "George" cart to cut out the flowers in Whisper White at 5" in Shadow and a 2" circle.
In Basic Black I cutusing the silhouette setting a 2" circle and a 5" flower, and a 1" circle shadow. I also cut a 1" circle in summer sun. I love using George to cut focal foundations, etc.. Next I used my "Walk In My Garden Cart" to cut two large leafs in shadow Blackout, one Leaf#1 and 1 leaf #2, so I could over lap and have the extra cut out for height. After using my cricut I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the leaves with "D'vine Swirl" and the flower center with "Bubbles". I also marked the silhouette on the white with light pencil marks at this time.
I cut a short piece of Black and White gingham and used my double hole punch to punch holes through the 1" circles. I lined them up and used my paper piercer to keep them lined up in the punch. I also sponged the Brilliance Midnight black over the bubbles embossing on the flower. After getting everything lined up I threaded the ribbon through the 
yellow through the center on the flower through the black circle and then back through the flower and the yellow. I was going to shadow with the black circle but the flower was big enough so I just used it to anchor the ribbon so it didn't have to go through the base or be mounted on a glue dot. This is how it looked before adherring it to the white base.
In Basic Black I cutusing the silhouette setting a 2" circle and a 5" flower, and a 1" circle shadow. I also cut a 1" circle in summer sun. I love using George to cut focal foundations, etc.. Next I used my "Walk In My Garden Cart" to cut two large leafs in shadow Blackout, one Leaf#1 and 1 leaf #2, so I could over lap and have the extra cut out for height. After using my cricut I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the leaves with "D'vine Swirl" and the flower center with "Bubbles". I also marked the silhouette on the white with light pencil marks at this time.
I cut a short piece of Black and White gingham and used my double hole punch to punch holes through the 1" circles. I lined them up and used my paper piercer to keep them lined up in the punch. I also sponged the Brilliance Midnight black over the bubbles embossing on the flower. After getting everything lined up I threaded the ribbon through the 
yellow through the center on the flower through the black circle and then back through the flower and the yellow. I was going to shadow with the black circle but the flower was big enough so I just used it to anchor the ribbon so it didn't have to go through the base or be mounted on a glue dot. This is how it looked before adherring it to the white base.
I stamped the flower image from SU Little flowers set in Summer Sun between the markings over lapping making sure not to get past the seond mark. after stamping I used a white Polymer eraser to erase the pencil marks, and then mounted it on the base. The last thing I worked on was the leaves . 
I over lapped them using 1/16" dimensionals then I determined where I wanted the leaves to be and trimmed them. I sponged the card base , the 2" white circle snd the leaves to accent their dimension and to mute the contrast between the white and black a bit.I trimmed them more after I placed the Brads to get the width down to 5 1/2" and sponged them a little more after using the antique brass brads to attach the leaves and the card fron tto the card back.
I over lapped them using 1/16" dimensionals then I determined where I wanted the leaves to be and trimmed them. I sponged the card base , the 2" white circle snd the leaves to accent their dimension and to mute the contrast between the white and black a bit.I trimmed them more after I placed the Brads to get the width down to 5 1/2" and sponged them a little more after using the antique brass brads to attach the leaves and the card fron tto the card back.Lastly I assembled the Circle with "giggle" from the Warm Words stampset. I used my Sakura gel pen to glue the thin shadow over the circle. Then I punched one yellow flower using my under used "three for you" punch. I adhered it using an 1/16th circle punch and yet one more antuqie brass brad. I like how it turned out. The only thing I would change is cut the flower at 4" so it could fit in an envelope.
I hope you enjoyed it! Until Later... Happy Stamping!
What a fun card! Nice work!
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