FCCB #151 - Bye Bye Birdie

Good morning!

I'm excited to be sharing my first post as a Fantabulous Cricut design team member!  This week the challenge is Bye Bye Birdie - create a project with a bird.  This is a perfect opportunity for me to pull out one of my favorite cartridges - 3 Birds on Parade!

I saw this cute little bird holding the bouquet of flowers and thought the image would go perfectly with this stamp from one of My Pink Stamper's retired sets.

Be sure to join in the challenge this week over at Fantabulous Cricut!!  Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Bird and flowers from 3 Birds on Parade cut at 3 inches
Floral Flourishes embossing folder
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Everyday Life set
Pearl gems
American Crafts ribbon

IFTL Christmas Cards

Good evening!!  Have you all been busy preparing for the holidays??  I love this time of year!  It's a little hard getting in to the spirit though because where I live we're experiencing unseasonably warm weather.  I'm not used to 60+ degree temps in December!  I definitely want at least some snow this year (perhaps a white Christmas?!?), and I would also like some colder weather so that I can get some use out of the scarves and hats I've crocheted this fall!

My weekend turned out to be a bit busier than I'd expected so I didn't get to spend much time crafting.  I did get some time last night though and I created a couple of Christmas cards to send to Madison's I Feel the Love project.  If you aren't familiar with her project, please visit her blog HERE.  She is collecting Christmas cards that will be taken to Children's Hospital Central California and delivered to children who will be spending the holidays there.

I think Madison has such a wonderful heart and collects cards for wonderful causes.  Thank you Madison!!  You still have time to send some cards Madison's way!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern paper from Heidi Grace Designs
Santa puppy from Create a Critter 2 cut at 3.5 inches
Bird with presents from 3 Birds on Parade cut at 3.5 inches
Twine from My Craft Spot
Sentiments from Pink by Design's Christmas Wishes and Hero Arts Holiday Sayings sets
White Sakura gel pen
Glitter

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!  I hope you're all enjoying the holiday weekend.  I have one final Easter card to share today, and I'm going to submit it to the challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut.  The challenge this week is 'Egg-ceptional Easter' and we're asked to create a project with an egg on it.  Here is what I came up with.  Thanks for coming by to take a look and I hope you all have a fabulous holiday!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from my scrap stash
Bird and broken egg from 3 Birds on Parade cut at 3.5 inches
Eggs from Doodlecharms cut at 4.5 inches
Fiskars Grass border punch
Swiss Dots, Spots and Dots and Tiny Bubbles embossing folders
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set
Black and white Sakura gel pens
Glossy Accents
pop dots

CTO #31

Greetings!  I had a great time scrapping with a couple of friends last night and was able to get a few projects completed.  The first project I have to share with you today is a creation I made for the challenge going on over at Celebrate the Occasion.  The challenge is to create something with a birthday theme, and it must include balloons.  I always have a need for birthday cards, so I just needed to find a way to incorporate a balloon.  I also wanted to use the 3 Birds on Parade cartridge that I got a while back but have yet to use, and this is what I came up with.  Thanks for coming by to take a look!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and DCWV
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Bird from 3 Birds on Parade cut at 3 inches
Balloon from Birthday Bash cut at 2 inches
American Crafts Ribbon
Rub-on sentiment, Stickles and Glossy Accesnts