FCCB 174 - Summer Camp

Good morning!!  It's time for another fun challenge at Fantabulous Cricut!  This week's challenge is Summer Camp - create a camping theme project.

This card was inspired by my dad, my brother and my sweetie.  Every year they go on a week-long camping trip - a whole week of hiking, fishing and camping.  No electricity, no running water, just them in the great outdoors.  The come back with lots of pictures and stories, and as I was flipping through my Campin' Critters handbook I saw this scene and immediately thought of them.

They head to mountainous areas and always camp near lakes or streams so they have a source of water.  They carry dehydrated food in with them, but they always fish to try to supplement their meals.  The mountain scene with the stream seemed like a perfect background for the little deer fishing!

It's hard to see in the pictures, but I added some glitter to the snow on the mountains.  A bit of embossing on the trees and the water and some fun google eyes on the deer finish it off.  I'm hoping to sneak this in my sweetie's backpack before he leaves on this year's camping trip next week!

The challenge at Fantabulous Cricut stays open until Sunday evening, so link up your camping themed projects before then.  We can't wait to see your fun creations!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Mountain scene from Campin' Critters cut at 4 inches
Deer fishing from Campin'Critters cut at 3 inches
Swiss Dots and D'vine Swirls embossing folders
Sentiment from Scrappy Moms Stamps Amusing Animals set
Glitter
Google eyes

I Moose You

Happy Sunday!  I'm super excited today because my sweetie comes home tonight!!  I talked to him last night and it sounds like he had a great time camping.  We sure missed each other though!

The card I'm sharing today is another one that I made for my sweetie.  I'm going to link this up over at Die Cuttin Divas.  Their challenge this week is a recipe challenge - twine, pop dots and 3 buttons.

Here is my creation.  Thanks for coming by to take a look and I hope you are all enjoying the holiday weekend!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV
Moose from Campin Critters cut at 3.75 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Even More Punny-licious set
Twine from My Craft Spot
Buttons from my stash
Google eyes

Sending Warm Fuzzies

Good afternoon!  Are you all enjoying the weekend?  The weather here is fabulous, which is a very welcome change from the high 90s and 100+ temps we've had for much of this summer.  I've also had a lot of time for crafting this weekend, so no complaints from me!!

The card I have to share today is one that I made for my sweetie.  He's leaving later this week for a week-long camping trip with my dad, my brother and a few other family friends.  They're really 'roughing it' so no bathrooms, no electricity and no cell phones.  This will be the longest that he and I have been apart and we've definitely not gone this long without at least being able to talk on the phone.  I hope I survive!!  I'm going to try to sneak this in his backpack so that he finds it sometime after he's left home.  We'll see how well I do....  :)

I'm going to submit this card into the challenge over at My Craft Spot which is Under the Stars - create a project with a camping theme.

Thanks for coming by and I hope you are all having a great weekend!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern paper from DCWV
Bunny in sleeping bag from Campin' Critters cut at 2 inches
Sentiment from Hero Arts Everyday Sayings set
Google eyes
Black Sakura gel pen

Float Trip LO

Good evening!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

I'm still trying to get caught up on my scrapbook pages from last year.  I've made some progress recently and am pretty excited about these pages.  The biggest reason is because of the journaling.  I've seen people journal inside Cricut images or fun shapes and thought it looked really neat.  I decided I wanted to have my journaling on an image of a tent for this layout.

I laid the cuts out for the tent on my Gypsy.  This allowed me to figure out the height and width that I had available for my journaling.  Then I was able to adjust the alignment of my journaling on my computer so that it would fit inside the cut (or so I hoped!).  I know it would have been a lot easier if I had just hand-written the journaling, but I had a lot I wanted to write in a fairly small space!  I started by cutting out all the layers for the tent image (including the white layer that would have the journaling on it.  Then, before I removed the white layer from my mat, I put small pieces of tape along the top edge of the paper on the mat to hold it in place.  I removed the image, leaving the negative space behind.  I printed out my journaling and slid it underneath the negative image so that I could make sure that it would fit inside the image.  Once I had my journaling inside the image the way I wanted it, I set that paper in place and removed the negative image and tape I had holding it in place.  Then I cut the white layer of the image again, and it cut perfectly around my journaling.  I hope this made sense!!  I realize now I should have taken pictures of my steps so I could better explain this process to you!!

I'm submitting this LO to this week's Wacky Wednesday challenge over at More Than Favors.  The challenge this week is Vacation - create any project as long as it has a vacation theme.  Thanks for coming by to check out my project!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from EKSuccess
Title letters from Life's a Party cut at 1.75 inches
Date letters from Life's a Party cut at 1.5 inches
Tent from Campin Critters cut at 8.29 inches
Duck in canoe from Campin Critters cut at 3 inches
Black Sakura gel pen
Gems

Hiking Moose

Happy Wednesday!

The project I have to share today is a card I made for my dad.  Today is his birthday!  My dad loves camping and hiking.  I thought there were so many cute images on the Campin' Critters cartridge, and finally bought it a little while back.  I know this isn't a 'traditional' birthday image, but I thought my dad would like it.  This is the first time I used the cartridge and can't wait to make more projects with it - love all the images it has!!

Hope you're all having a wonderful week!  Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill
Trees from Campin' Critters cut at 3 3/4 inches
Moose from Campin' Critters cut at 2 1/2 inches
Chalk around the edges of the trees
Pop dots for the moose