FCCB 171 - Shape Card

Happy Monday!  It's time for another challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!!  This week's challenge is Shape Card.  I made this card for my brother and sister-in-law's 14th wedding anniversary.

I used Elegant Edges for my card base.  Instead of using my Gypsy or CCR to weld two images together for the base I used the old "cut 2, score and adhere" method.  Sometimes I think it's easier to get the two images to line up easier that way as opposed to when I try to weld two images together and then fold them together just right.

I cut the tree from the Sweethearts cartridge.  It's not a typical anniversary image, but I think those hearts on the tree trunk make the tree so cute!

Thanks for stopping by to check out my card!  I hope you join our Shape Card challenge this week!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Card base from Elegant Edges cut at 5.5 inches
Mat layer from Elegant Edges cut at 5.25 inches
Tree from Sweethearts cut at 4 inches
Sentiment from Scrappy Moms Stamps Everyday Greetings set
D'vine Swirls embossing folder
Glitter

Birthday Hat Card

Happy Saturday!  Are you all enjoying your weekend?  I certainly am!  I had a nice run this morning with a couple of great friends, then another good girlfriend of mine came over for an afternoon of crafting.  I got a couple of cards made as well as some progress on my wedding album.  Love Saturdays like this one!!

Here is one of the cards I made.....

I'm always in need of birthday cards it seems.  I'm going to link this card up to the challenge over at Krafty Girls.  It's their last challenge of the summer so I wanted to try to participate to show my support and appreciation for them putting the challenges together!  This week's challenge is Anything Goes, so this fits the bill!!  :-)

I found this fun pattern paper not too long ago at my local Target.  I kept this card pretty simple, with just the birthday hat, a couple of buttons, and a little bit of glitter to finish it off.  I wanted those fun papers to be the center of attention!

Thanks for stopping by to check out my creation.  Enjoy your weekend!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Pattern cardstock from American Crafts Hip Hip Hooray pad
Birthday Hat from Sweet Treats cut at 4.5 inches
Buttons from my stash
Glitter

FCCB 170 - Fruit Salad

Happy Monday!!  It's time for another fun challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!!  This week's challenge is Fruit Salad - create a project using any type of fruit.

I started looking through some of my papers and found this cute Strawberry paper in one of my DCWV stacks and immediately knew I was going to use it for this project!

I cut the strawberries from the Preserves cartridge and embossed the different pieces for added texture.

I thought the strawberries needed a little something, so I tied a bow with pink and red twine around the stem.

On the inside of the card I cut the "berry sweet" sentiment from the Simply Charmed cartridge.  The original image had a little smiley face instead of an open circle in the letter b.  I welded a small circle from Cricut Craftroom Basics over the smiley face to create a basic letter b instead.

Thanks for coming by to check out my project!  Link up your fruity projects over at Fantabulous Cricut by Sunday evening - I'm looking forward to seeing what you create!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV Sweet Stack
Strawberries from Preserves cut at 3.5 inches
"berry sweet" from Simply Charmed cut at 2.5 inches
Twine from The Twinery
White Sakura gel pen
Tim Holtz Burlap embossing folder
Swiss Dots embossing folder

Belated Birthday Card

Hello!!  Yes, I am actually posting something today!!  It feels like it has been forever since I've posted or spent any time crafting.  I've been trying to get used to my new schedule at work and figuring out when I'll have time to fit in my crafting, running, golf and of course housework and spending time with my sweetie!  I think I'm starting to get it figured out though and I was actually able to spend some time crafting this afternoon.  :-)

I needed to make a belated birthday card and decided to play along with a challenge while I was at it.  Over at Die Cuttin Divas they're having an Ice Cream challenge this week.  I started flipping through some of my Cricut handbooks and found this cute image of an ice cream sundae with a birthday candle.  Perfect!!

Can you see where I crinkled the dish on accident as I was adding some of those ice cream layers on top??  Darn it!!  I would have had to cut out nearly everything again to redo it, and I just didn't want to use that much paper.  I'm too frugal!!

A fairly simple card, but I got my creative juices flowing!  Thanks for coming by to take a look!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from DCWV and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV
Sundae from Sweet Treats cut at 3.25 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Fabulous Phrases set
Crinkle Ribbon
Twine from the Twinery
Button from my stash
Glitter

FCCB 168 - Cute as a Bug

Happy Monday!  It's time for another fun challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!!  This week's challenge is Cute as a Bug - include any bug on your project.

I looked through all my stamp sets and couldn't find a bug-related sentiment that appealed to me when I was making this card.  So I decided to find a cute bug and go with a more generic sentiment instead.

I cut this cute dragonfly from the Paisley cartridge, using my Gypsy to hide the cuts on the face so I could use a Peachy Keen stamp instead.  It's hard to tell in the pictures, but I added glitter to the dragonfly's wings.

I popped the dragonfly up using pop dots and finished the card off with some twine and a button.  A pretty simple card that I am sure will come in handy as a thank you or just to send a friend a little note sometime.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my card!  Be sure to link up your creations that include a bug and at least one Cricut cut over at Fantabulous Cricut by Sunday!  I'm looking forward to seeing your creations!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from American Crafts Hip Hip Hooray pad
Dragonfly from Paisley cut at 3.75 inches
Face from Peachy Keen's Everyday Character Assortment
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Fabulous Phrases set
Twine from The Twinery
Button from my stash
Glitter
White Sakura gel pen

Happy Birthday Sketch card

Happy Sunday!  I haven't checked in in quite a while.  The past week has been pretty busy - but fun busy, so that's okay.  :-)  I have had this past week off from work since I'm between jobs right now.  I start my new job tomorrow and I'm excited!  My sweetie and I decided to take advantage of my time off as well as the holiday and we went to the Lake of the Ozarks for a bit this past week.  We played golf, went out on the boat and relaxed by the pool.  A pretty great mini-vacation!  We're back home now and I'm back to crafting!!

This week over at Die Cuttin Divas they're having a sketch challenge.  I am in need of a few birthday cards and decided to use the sketch as inspiration.  Here is the sketch we were given:

Here is the card I came up with:

I pulled out my Beyond Birthdays cartridge (one I haven't used in a LONG time!) for the birthday present image.  I popped the star up using pop dots and popped the present up off the star using mini-pop dots but I wasn't able to get a good picture of the added dimension.

I think I'll head back downstairs for a bit more crafting!  Thanks for stopping by to take a look at my card!

Recipe:

Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections

Pattern cardstock from American Crafts Hip Hip Hooray pad

Star from Plantin Schoolbook cut at 3.5 inches

Present from Beyond Birthdays cut at 3 inches

Spellbinders Labels Eight die

Rub-on sentiment

Swiss Dots embossing folder

Ribbon from my stash

FCCB 4th of July Cricut Crawl!

Happy Monday!  Welcome to Scrapping Runner Creations and the 4th of July Fantabulous Cricut Crawl - Fantabulous Cricut's version of a blog hop!!

In honor of the Fourth of July holiday, we're having a Red, White and Blue Crawl.  Each Design Team member has created a fabulous project using red, white and blue as the main colors, and of course at least one Cricut cut!

If you've come from Felicia's blog at A Creative Mess, you're in the right place!  If you've just happened across my blog and would like to see all the fabulous Design Team creations head on over to Fantabulous Cricut HERE to start at the beginning.

Make sure to check out each DT member's blog!  There will be blog candy along the way at some of our DT members' blogs, and there will be a Grand Prize up for grabs at FCCB for one participant who submits a "Red White and Blue" project at FCCB!

For my project, I made a Fourth of July centerpiece.  I made four pinwheels out of red, white and blue paper.  I couldn't find any double-sided paper that I liked real well, so I 'made' my own by gluing two sheets of single-sided paper together.

I cut the words and flag from Stand and Salute and stars from Plantin Schoolbook, all in red, white and blue vinyl that I stuck on a plain terra cotta pot.

Here are some close-up shots of the pot.  Around the top it says Life, Liberty, Pursuit of happiness.

Here is a close-up of the pinwheels.  I made them by cutting square sheets of paper along the diagonals, then folding every other point in to the center, adhering with liquid glue.  I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch a hole in the center and I reinforced that with an eyelet.  Then I put a white brad through the middle and hot glued the whole thing onto some fun red, white and blue straws I found.

The straws were stuck into foam placed inside the pot.  Then I used some shiny shredded filler to cover the foam and fill the pot.  It came together pretty easily!  The full recipe for the project is below the Cricut Crawl line-up if you're curious.

Your next stop is Jackie at Luv 2 Scrapp.  Make sure to visit all the stops along the way and when you get done, link up your project to FCCB's Fantabulous Cricut Crawl post!!

Thanks for stopping by and happy crawling!!

Here is the line up in case you get lost:

Amy HS  http://thestampingtree.blogspot.com

Amy T www.craftingwithamy.com

Angie http://angiespaperpassion.blogspot.com

Catarina http://blog.docerelashop.com

Cindy  http://cindyvernon.blogspot.com

Connie  http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com

Emily  molliemugsblog.blogspot.com

Felicia  sweetcreativemess.blogspot.com

Heather  http://scrappingrunnercreations.blogspot.com

Jackie  http://luv2scrappp.blogspot.com

Jilliene  http://jillienedesigns.blogspot.com

JoNeita  http://createwithjoneita.weebly.com/index.html

Kim  ogdendoll.blogspot.com

LB  http://coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com

Lynn  http://mycardsnstuff.blogspot.com

Michelle  http://justanutterpapercrafter.blogspot.com

Missy  http://quickchickdesigns.blogspot.com

Nikki  http://craftycalamities.blogspot.com

Rebecca  craftingmisfit.blogspot.com

Robin  http://robinscreativecottage.blogspot.com

Recipe:

Pattern paper from DCWV and Paper Pizazz

Flag from Stand and Salute cut at 4 inches

Words from Stand and Salute cut at 1.25 inches

Stars from Plantin Schoolbook cut at 1.5 inches

Red, White and Blue vinyl

Brads

Straws