FCCB 194 - Snowmen

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #194 Use a Snowman

Create a Project that uses a snowman!

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I was thinking of all the cold weather we've had this winter here in the Midwest when I made this card.  I found this sentiment on one of my Christmas stamp sets and knew I was going to use it on my card.

I cut the cute snowman from the Winter Frolic cartridge.  You can't tell in the photos, but the solid papers are all shimmer papers, so the card has a pretty shine to it in person.

I embossed my sentiment with silver embossing powder and framed it with a Martha Stewart corner punch.  A cute Peachy Keen face stamp and some twine finish off my card.

Be sure to visit the FCCB blog to view the other DT members' projects and to join in the challenge. Remember, to qualify for the prize you must use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project!  Thanks for stopping by!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from DCWV
Pattern Paper from The Paper Studio
Snowman from Winter Frolic cut at 4.5 inches
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Christmas Wishes set
Face from Peachy Keen Stamps Winter Face Assortment
Martha Stewart Aspen Snowflake corner punch
Silver embossing powder
Twine from The Twinery

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!  I hope everyone is able to enjoy the holiday today!  My sweetie and I started celebrating last night with dinner and a gift exchange with his dad and step-mom.  Then we all went out to one of his aunt's house for game night.  So much fun and lots of laughs!

I thought I would share the Christmas cards we sent out this year.  I kept them pretty simple (I got a late start getting them made so I didn't want anything too intricate :-) ).  

I used a simple stocking image from the Simply Charmed cartridge - I used Cricut Craft Room to hide the face part of the image.

I embossed the red and green pieces of the stocking and added glitter to the white piece, then used pop dots to adhere my stocking to the card.

A Martha Stewart border punch, some red and green twine and a Pink by Design sentiment finish off the card.

Thanks for stopping by!  I wish you all a wonderful holiday season!!

Recipe:
Solid Cardstock - Core'dinations
Pattern Paper - The Paper Studio
Stocking from Simply Charmed cut at 3.5 inches
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Christmas Wishes set
Candy Cane Stripe and Swiss Dots embossing folders
Glitter
Twine from The Twinery
Martha Stewart Aspen Snowflake border punch

FCCB 176 - Name That Tune

Happy Labor Day!  I hope you have a nice holiday planned today.  It's also a Monday which means it's time for another great challenge at Fantabulous Cricut!  This week's challenge is Name That Tune - we want to see your music themed creations.

I love the Rock Princess cartridge.  I think there are so many fun images on that cartridge!  Most of them are pretty intricate and are tough to put together when they're cut small.  I cut this drummer girl at 4 inches and I don't think I'd try to cut her out any smaller.  Some of the pieces are pretty small, like the drum sticks and her lips, and I can't imagine how tough it would be to put the image together if she were cut out much smaller.

I used my Allegra embossing folder for the subtle background and finished the card off with some stickles on the gold trim pieces and some hot pink twine.

Join in the fun this week over at Fantabulous Cricut and link up your music themed creations by Sunday evening.  Don't forget about our Vinyl University Week next week!  We have a fantastic sponsor, Cricut Vinyl Supplies who will be giving away a Cricut Expression if we get 100 entries in next week's challenge.  The challenge will be all about vinyl, so be sure to stock up on some vinyl now so you're ready for next week's challenge.  Cricut Vinyl Supplies is offering an extra 15% off their already low prices, just use the discount code: fantabulous.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the holiday!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Recollections and DCWV
Drumming girl from Rock Princess cut at 4 inches
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Rock On set
Allegro embossing folder
Twine from The Twinery
Stickles

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

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

Just a Note

Good evening!  I hope you have all had a nice weekend!  We had a nice weekend here weather-wise, and my sweetie and I got a few things done around the house.  Nothing too exciting, but a good weekend overall.

I got to spend a little bit of time crafting today and decided to make a card for the challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut.  The challenge this week is Sound of Music - use something musical on your creation.  I decided to make a simple note card that I could add to my stash for one of those times when I want to send someone a quick note.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Notes from Musical Notes CCR Exclusive cut at 2.75 inches
Allegra embossing folder
Tim Holtz Broken China ink
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Rock On set
Crinkle ribbon
Button and twine from my stash

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!!  I'm so happy to be spending this holiday with my sweetie and our parents.   My parents moved to Arizona almost 2 years ago.  That was the first time I have lived more than 30 minutes from my parents, outside of my college years, so it was very difficult for me.  I love when we're able to spend time together!

I thought I would share the cards I sent out for Christmas this year to friends and family.  I go in to the holidays thinking I need to make a simple card to send since we send out nearly 60 cards, and inevitably it ends up more complex and time consuming than I was planning.  Does that happen to you??

I just love Peachy Keen face stamps and knew I had to use one of the faces from the Winter Faces Assortment I got not too long ago.  I think those faces add so much character!!

I wish you all a safe and wonderful holiday!  Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe:
Shimmer cardstock from DCWV and Core'dinations
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Snowflakes embossing folder
Snowman from Winter Frolic cut at 3.5 inches
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Christmas Wishes set
American Crafts ribbon
Crystal gems

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

Bad to the Bone

Hello!  Are you all having a great week so far?  How many of you have the rest of the week of for Thanksgiving??  Not me - I only get Thanksgiving Day off.  No complaints though - I'll take it!!  :-)

The card I'm sharing this evening is one I made for a good friend of mine at work.  He is very in to skulls - his cube looks like it is decorated for Halloween all year round!  He also likes to listen to music while he is working, so most of the time he has headphones on.  I try to makes my cards fit their recipient whenever possible and his birthday cards are always a challenge for me.  I managed to find this image on the Rock Princess cartridge though, and with a slight modification, I think it worked.  The image has flourishes coming out on the sides.  I cut those off from the image and from the shadow layer in an attempt to make the image a little more masculine.  He loved the card, so I guess it worked!

Thanks for coming by to take a look!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern paper from DCWV
Skull and headphones from Rock Princess cut at 3.5 inches
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Rock On set

If the Crown Fits.....

Good evening!  I hope you have all had a great weekend!  My sweetie and I went to Ames, IA to cheer on my Iowa State Cyclones as they played Baylor in their homecoming game.  We had a great time with some friends and were thankful that it wasn't too terribly cold for the game.  And the Cyclones won, so that was the icing on the cake!!

While we were gone, we missed a close friend's daughter's birthday party.  We stopped by a couple days early to drop off her birthday card and gift.  She had a Princess and the Pop Star themed birthday party.  I went to my Rock Princess handbook and started looking at images in an effort to find something that would work for her party.  This is what I selected:

Looks like a princess mixed with a pop star to me with the crown on her head!  LOL!!

I'm going to submit this card into the challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas.  The challenge this week is Glimmer, Shimmer, Gloss.  I added Stickles to the crown and stripes on the girl's top as well as Glossy Accents to her boots and the bow in her hair.

Thanks for coming by to take a look!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern paper from DCWV
Girl from Rock Princess cut at 3.75 inches
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Rock On set
Ribbon from The Paper Studio
Twine from My Craft Spot
Button from my stash
White Sakura gel pen
Stickles and Glossy Accents

You are Elephant-astic!

Good evening!  We're one day closer to the weekend, and I don't know about you, but boy am I ready for it!  It's been a busy week at work and we've been pretty busy in the evenings so far this week too, so I'm looking forward to a couple days off.

The card I have to share today is one I made this past weekend during my weekend full of crafting.  I created this card for two reasons.  One is the challenge over at Krafty Girls.  Their current challenge is Very Punny - create a project with a pun.  The second reason I created this card is for Madison's I Feel the Love Project.  For the month of August, Madison is collecting cards for Olivia, a girl who lost her mother at the age of 8.  Shortly after her mother's passing, Olivia founded Kids Involved in Cancer Research (KICR) with a goal of raising awareness and money for colon and lung cancer research.  I knew I wanted to make a card for Olivia and when I saw the challenge over at Krafty Girls I looked through my stamp sets to find a sentiment with a pun that I thought would work well.  This is what I came up with.  Thanks for coming by to take a look and try to create a card for Olivia and/or the Krafty Girls challenge - you still have time for both!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV
Elephant from Create a Critter cut at 2.5 inches
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Jungle Fever set
Crinkle ribbon
i-rock gems

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #57

Happy Friday!  Boy did this week fly by - I can't believe the weekend is already here!  I didn't have much time for crafting this week, but I did manage to get downstairs last night and get a card made for this week's challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas.  The challenge this week is Music, in honor of Music in Our Schools Month.

I knew I wanted to use my Rock Princess cartridge along with the Rock On stamp set I have from Pink by Design.  I have also been eying the musical note paper in one of my DCWV stacks and have been wanting to incorporate it into a project for a while now.  So I put on some good music for inspiration, sat down with the stamp set in front of me and started flipping through the RP handbook.  This is what I came up with.  Thanks for coming by to take a look!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Girl with guitar from Rock Princess cut at 3.75 inches
Musical notes from Paisley cut at 0.8 inches
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Rock On set
Ribbon from The Paper Studio
Glossy Accents
i-rock gems
Black Sakura gel pen

Monday Challenge #43

Good evening everyone!  I have one final Valentine to share with you tonight.  I'm also entering this into the challenge over at My Craft Spot.  The challenge this week is Valentines - make a Valentine card or treat packaging.  This is the card I made for my niece.  I love elephants and wanted to use one of my elephant images along with this sentiment for a Valentine's day card.  I made a similar card for my sweetie a while back but just couldn't resist.  Thanks for coming by to check it out and I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day tomorrow!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from We R Memory Keepers
Elephant from Birthday Bash cut at 3.75 inches
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Jungle Fever set
Twine from My Craft Spot
White Sakura gel pen

CTO #49

Good evening everyone!  I hope your week is going well.  We're already halfway to Friday!!  Is it bad how much I look forward to the weekend every week??  I enjoy my job, but I sure do enjoy my weekends too!!

This week over at Celebrate the Occasion, the challenge is Anything Goes Birthday.  Well, today is my sister-in-law's birthday so this challenge works great for me.  I think the Rock Princess cartridge has so many fun images on it.  As I was flipping through the handbook looking for an image to use I saw the sample project and thought it was really cute.  I changed the image and the colors and instead of making a square card I made a 5x7, but I definitely scrap-lifted the idea for this card.  Thanks for coming by to check it out!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Girl from Rock Princess cut at 5.25 inches
Ribbon from American Crafts and The Paper Studio
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Rock On set
White Sakura gel pen
Glossy Accents

Christmas Tags

Can you believe that Christmas is only 10 days away??  I sure can't!  I'm pretty sure I'm finished shopping, but I haven't wrapped anything and still haven't finished my Christmas cards.  Needless to say, I know what I'll be doing this weekend!!

Even though I feel like I still have a mountain of things to do before Christmas, I have managed to get a few things crossed off my list.  One of those things is some gift tags.  Here are four tags I created to add to packages..... when I finally get them wrapped that is! LOL!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill, Recollections and DCWV
Round tag from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cut at 4 inches
Rectangle tag from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cut at 4.2 inches
Stocking from Jolly Holidays cut at 2 inches
Ornament from Jolly Holidays cut at 2.25 inches
Tree from Celebrate with Flourish cut at 2.75 inches
Wreath from Celebrate with Flourish cut at 4 inches
To and From sentiments from Pink by Design's Christmas Wishes set
Glitter, Glossy Accents, gems and ribbon from my stash

MCS Monday Challenge #35

Hello everyone and happy Friday!!  I'm really looking forward to this weekend.  Work was stressful this week, so I'm definitely ready for a break for a couple of days.  I also have a scrap night planned with one of my best friends, which is always great - crafting and girl time....gotta love it!

The project I have to share tonight is a Christmas card that I created for 2 reasons.  One was so that I could send another card to Madison's I Feel the Love Project.  Click HERE for more information on that.  The second reason I created this card is for the Monday Challenge over at My Craft Spot.  The challenge this week is 'Christmas Through the Window' - to create a Christmas card or project with a window.  Christmas cards are always fun for me, but adding a window.....that's something I don't do very often.  What a great challenge!  Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from Heidi Grace Designs
5x5 card base
Scallop square from Slumber Party cut at 3.75 inches
4.75x4.75 frame layer with same scallop square cut at 4 inches
Presents from Jolly Holidays cut at 1.5 inches
Santa from Jolly Holidays cut at 3 inches
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Christmas Wishes set
Glossy Accents on Santa's belt and boots
Stickles

I Feel the Love - November/December

Good evening!  Can you believe it's already December?!?  I sure can't!  Where has the year gone??

The project I have to share tonight is a Christmas card I made for the I Feel the Love project for November and December.  Madison is collecting Christmas cards that will be taken to the Pediatric Oncology Unit at Kaiser Hospital in Oakland, CA, where they will be delivered to children who are spending this Christmas in the hospital.  Please visit Madison's blog HERE for more information about the project.  I think Madison's project is so touching and inspirational and hope that all of you can find some time to participate.  Thanks for coming by!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from The Paper Studio
Reindeer from Winter Frolic cut at 3.25 inches
String of lights from Create a Critter cut at 1.8 inches
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Christmas Wishes set
Google eye and Stickles

Party Like a Rockstar

Good evening!  I hope everyone had a nice holiday and weekend.  Did anyone find any great Black Friday or Cyber Monday deals??  I didn't do any shopping over the weekend, but I know there were quite a few deals out there!

The project that I have to share tonight is a birthday card for my brother.  My brother played the guitar as we were growing up, and he still enjoys playing from time to time.  When I saw the rocker guy on the Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge, I immediately thought him.  Here's the card I came up with.  Thanks to my good friend Melissa for the idea of tying strands of embroidery thread to the guitar for the strings!!

Recipe:

Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Rocker guy and guitar from Everyday Paper Dolls cut at 3 1/2 inches
Ribbon from my stash
Face from Peachy Keen Stamp's Everyday Character Face Assortment set
Sentiment from Pink By Design's Rock On set
Embroidery thread, Glossy Accents, white Sakura gel pen

Fluttering by to say Hi!

Hello everyone!  I hope you had a fantastic weekend!  Our weekend was busy, but good.  It was a 3-day weekend, which always makes it a little better.  My sweetie's father got married on Friday night, so we were pretty busy Thursday, Friday and Saturday with wedding related/family stuff.  The wedding itself was beautiful and went pretty smoothly.  No complaints from the bride and groom, and that's all that really matters!

The project I have to share tonight is a card that I made for a friend who is starting a new job tomorrow.  She is married to one of my co-workers and is coming to work for our company but in a different department.  I know that she is really looking forward to this change and wanted to give her a card just to let her know I'm thinking about her on her first day and wishing her all the best.  Thanks for coming by to take a look!

 Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill
Butterfly from Rock Princess cut at 3 1/4 inches
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Rock On set
Ribbon from American Crafts
Spots & Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder
Cloud Crop-a-Dile Corner Chomper
Clear Dust Sakura gel pen
iRock gems and pop dots

Thanks a Ton!

Happy Friday!!  I hope everyone made it through the week and has a wonderful weekend ahead of them!

I have one more thank you card to share today.  For this one, I used one of Pink by Design's fantastic stamp sets, paired with another cute animal from Create a Critter.  Thanks for coming by to take a look!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from EKSuccess
Elephant from Create a Critter cut at 2 1/2 inches
Sentiment from Pink by Design's Jungle Fever set
Baker's twine from My Craft Spot
Googly eyes and black Sakura gel pen for faux stitching