FCCB #161 - Oh Baby!

Good morning and happy Monday!  I hope you all had a great weekend!!

Monday means another great challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut.  This week's challenge is Oh Baby!  Create any project for a new baby, just be sure to use your Cricut!!

I don't know anyone who's expecting right now, so I thought I'd make a couple simple baby cards to have on hand so I'm prepared should the need arise.

I used 9 Months and New Arrival for my onesies.  I added a little glitter to the flower on the girl onesie and to the duck on the boy onesie.

I finished each card off with twine tied through a button, and a few crystal gems.

Be sure to link up your baby projects to Fantabulous Cricut by this Sunday evening!  I'm looking forward to seeing your creations!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from DCWV and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from Teresa Collins Sweet Afternoon pad
Girl outfit from New Arrival cut at 3.75 inches
Boy onesie from 9 Months cut at 3.75 inches
Sentiments from My Pink Stamper's Everyday Life and Fabulous Phrases sets

Twine from The Twinery

Buttons from my stash

Crystal gems
Glitter

Just a Note

Good evening!  My sweetie and I had a pretty busy weekend, but I managed to sneak downstairs and craft a little bit this evening.

Over at Die Cuttin Divas this week, the challenge is Over the Rainbow.  Well, I recently bought the digital version of the Groovy Times cartridge and decided it was time for me to play with it.  I knew there were some fun images on that cartridge that I could use for this challenge.  I have played around in Cricut Craft Room a little before, but I have never actually cut anything.  So this evening I decided I'd give it a shot.  Turns out, it's pretty darn easy!!

I made a simple card to add to my stash.  I figure you never know when you might need to write a quick note to someone!

Thanks for coming by to take a look at my creation!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Recollections
Rainbow and notes from Groovy Times cut at 2.43 inches
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Rock On set
Twine from The Twinery

Wedding Album Cover Page

Happy Friday!  This has been a busy week for me and my sweetie and I have some fun plans for this weekend, so I'm doubly excited for Friday this week!!

As you may already know, I've been trying to get caught up on some of my scrapbooks lately.  One of the albums I've been slowly working on is an album of wedding pictures that family and friends took.  Faith Abigail did a wedding album series just a little while back.  I think she puts together fabulous layouts and was so excited to see her wedding album series since I'm working on my wedding album.  She put together a fabulous cover page for the album that you can see HERE.  When I saw her cover page I knew I was going to be scraplifting her design for my wedding album - I just loved it!

I basically kept all of the elements the same.  I think the only thing I changed was the font for our initials and the papers.  I really like the soft colors in the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 3 papers, so I've been using those throughout my album. I recently placed an order for some scrapping supplies that includes some papers in the same color scheme.  I'm excited to get that delivery!!  :-)

I hope you've all had a fabulous week and a wonderful weekend ahead of you!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill
Pattern cardstock from My Mind's Eye Lost & Found 3
Large frame and shadow from Elegant Edges cut at 10.5 inches
Small frame and shadow from Elegant Edges cut at 4.75 inches
Bells from Wedding cut at 3.75 inches
Monogram from Tie the Knot cut at 2.5 inches
Initials from Plantin Schoolbook cut at 1.25 inches

FCCB 160 - Congratulations Graduate

Happy Monday!  Mondays mean a fun new challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!  This week's challenge is Congratulations Graduate and we want to see you graduation projects!

I made this card for a friend of my sweetie's who is getting his undergraduate degree this Friday.  I wanted to incorporate the school's colors, yellow and blue, into the card somehow.  Because this card is a guy, I decided to go with a couple simple bands of ribbon in the school colors.

I embossed the background paper for a little added interest, wanting to keep the card fairly simple overall since it's for a guy.  Cards for girls are so much easier I think - it's so fun to add glitter, bling and bows!!

Be sure to link up your graduation projects at Fantabulous Cricut by Sunday evening.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections and DCWV
Graduation cap from Wrap It Up cut at 3 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set
Ribbon from The Paper Studio
Polka Dots embossing folder
Black embossing powder

Flower Pot Card

Happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers out there!  I hope you are all able to celebrate in your own special way!!  My mother moved out of state a couple of years ago, so I'm not able to spend the day with her, but I'll be thinking about her a lot.  My sweetie and I are planning to play golf, and I'm hoping my mom is able to do the same!

I have seen a few flower pot cards recently and was inspired to give one a try myself.  I used the Walk in My Garden cartridge for the flower pot and the daisies.

To create the flower pot, I simply cut 2 of the flower pot images, then used adhesive only on the outside edges of the sides and bottom of the pot.

Then I was able to cut a piece of pattern cardstock that would fit inside the flower pot.  I attached my flowers to the top of this piece of cardstock.

I hand trimmed the bottom part of my pattern cardstock so that it would fit inside the flower pot a little better.  Then I cut a piece of white cardstock to layer on top with my stamped sentiment.  The back side of my pattern cardstock is white, so I was able to write a message to my mom there.

Thanks for stopping by to see my creation!  Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV
Flower pot from Walk in My Garden cut at 3.3 inches
Daisies from Walk in My Garden cut at 2 and 2.25 inches
Swiss Dots and Polka Dots embossing folders
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set
Ribbon from The Paper Studio

You're Giraffic!

Happy Friday Eve!  I don't know about you, but I'm sure ready for the weekend.  I'm looking forward to some time to relax (aka craft!!) and maybe get out and play some golf too if the weather cooperates.

Last weekend over at the Shop Pumpkin Spice Blog, the design team members each hosted a different challenge.  These challenges were just what I needed to help get my creative juices flowing!  Denine hosted an animal challenge and wants us to create animal cards.  I got the Animal Antics cartridge a while back and thought this challenge would be a perfect opportunity to use it.  I also pulled out my animal-themed stamp sets and this is what I came up with.

I saw this cute giraffe in the hot air balloon and decided I just had to cut him out.

The best part of this card......I used scraps for everything except the card base.  I love when I can use up some scraps!!

Thanks for stopping by to take a look at my card!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from my stash
Giraffe in hot air balloon from Animal Antics cut at 3.75 inches
Distressed Stripes embossing folder
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Jungle Fever set
White Sakura gel pen

You're the Bee's Knees

Good evening!  I think I'm definitely back in my crafting groove!  :-)  I came home from work today and decided that I needed some time in my craft room to relax and unwind from my day.

Over at the Shop Pumpkin Spice Blog this past weekend, they had a lot of challenges in honor of National Scrapbooking Day.  Cheryl is hosting a Things With Wings challenge, so I decided to make a card that would work for her challenge.    I pulled out my stamp sets with puns on them and saw a "You're the Bee's Knees" sentiment and decided to create a card with that.

I found this cute bee on the Create a Critter cartridge and used my Gypsy so I could hide the face cuts and use a Peachy Keen face stamp instead.

I don't have a recipient in mind for this card yet, so I'll add it to my stash.  I figure it will come in handy when someone needs a little pick me up.  :-)

Thanks for coming by to take a look at my creation!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from Teresa Collins Sweet Afternoon
Bee from Create a Critter cut at 3.5 inches
Face from Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids Assortment
Sentiment from Scrappy Moms Stamps Amusing Animals set
Crinkle ribbon
i-rock gems
Swiss dots embossing folder
White Sakura gel pen