Cricut Spring Cottage Strawberries and Basket

Today's fun 3-D gift basket with strawberries was made using the new Cricut Spring Cottage cartridge.  This is a seasonal cartridge that retails for $24.99 and can be purchased HERE.  Take a look at some of the goodies on this cartridge:

As soon as I saw this strawberry and basket, I knew it would be a fun project to make.  I figured I could fill the strawberries with candy - I used Starburst candies. I cut two strawberries at 4" and one at 3.5".  

After cutting them out and scoring them, I used a White Sanford Uni-Ball Gel Pen
to add faux stitching.  This is the best pen on the market for this use.

I bent up the strawberry along the score lines.  The strawberry has teeny score marks in it so you can see where to score a line.  They are not obtrusive, like they have been in the past.

Using my ATG gun, I glued along the edge that will be tucked in.  You could also use a glue dot here.

Here is the strawberry folded up.

I added my Starburst candies to the inside - my large flower held 3 and the smaller one 2.

I threaded the green and white striped twine through the holes on the top of the strawberry.  Start by putting the twine into the strawberry and then you will end up with two tails out.

Pull tightly and knot.

Then add green topper by threading twine through top - knot again.

I made the basket by cutting it at "fit to page" or the largest it would go on a 12x12 mat which was 9-1/4". I folded over the edges and adhered the basket together, after adding faux stitching.

My sentiment background is the Fancy Frame die and stamp combo from My Creative Time ($9.99)- so cute!  It can be ordered HERE. Take a look below:

The "You're Sweet" is from a retired Close to My Heart set. The gems and ribbon are from Michaels.

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