FCCB 186 - Ribbons and Buttons

Challenge #186: Ribbons and Buttons

Use at least 1 ribbon and 1 button on your project

Happy Monday!  It's time for another fun challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!!  This week's challenge is Ribbons and Buttons.  We want you to use at least 1 ribbon and 1 button on your project.

For my project, I made a card for a good friend of mine from college who is expecting her first baby - a little girl - in a few weeks.  She and her husband are decorating the baby's room in Winnie the Pooh.  This was the perfect excuse for me to break out my Winnie the Pooh cartridges!

I used her shower invitation as the inspiration for this card.  The invitation had a white base, then yellow and pink layers, and had a strip of polka dots, and Winnie the Pooh, too!  So, I used yellow and pink as the primary colors for my card.  Instead of using polka dot paper, I embossed the background layer with my Polka Dots embossing folder.  I tied yellow crinkle ribbon around the card, and dressed up the bow with a twine bow and button.

I used my Imagine to color white cardstock just the right colors for Winnie the Pooh and his shirt.  I was able to find the RGB codes online.  Instead of using the print and cut feature on my Imagine though, I printed squares of color, then cut the image on my Expression.  Sometimes my Imagine leaves just a tiny border of white around the image when it cuts, and I didn't want that on this image.  

This was my first time putting one of the Pooh images together.  It was a little tricky to piece together, but I'm really happy with how it turned out.  My sweetie was surprised I had made it - he thought I had bought it!!

We have 2 great sponsors this week, so be sure to link up your project using at least 1 ribbon and 1 button (and of course a Cricut cut!) over at Fantabulous Cricut for your chance to win!

~This Weeks Sponsor~

Bugagoo Stamps

7 Digi Stamps

Craft-e-Corner

Winter Woodland Cricut Cartridge

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

Recipe:

Cardstock from Recollections

Winnie the Pooh from Pooh Font cut at 3.75 inches

Polka Dots embossing folder

Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Everyday Life set

Crinkle ribbon

Twine from The Twinery

Button from my stash

FCCB 185 - Anything Goes Cricut Crawl

Welcome to Scrapping Runner Creations and the Fantabulous Cricut Blog Crawl - FCCB's version of a blog hop!

This week's challenge is Anything Goes, so let your imagination run wild!  Create any project, using your Cricut, and link up over at Fantabulous Cricut by Sunday evening to join in the fun.  This week's sponsor is Blitsy.  They are giving away a bag of crafty goodness to one lucky challenge participant.

I created a banner for my brother's 40th birthday, which is just around the corner.

My brother lives in Colorado, and my sweetie and I are surprising him!  We plan to get to Colorado the day before his birthday, and in the middle of the night, we'll head over with his stepson to decorate his yard and front door with signs that he will find when he wakes up on his birthday.  Later that day, we'll show up on his doorstep!  I'll probably keep the banner to hang up inside, but if the weather is nice enough I may leave it on his front porch.

I had some great DCWV pattern paper in my stash that was black, grey and silver, which I thought was perfect for the occasion.

I used Birthday Bash for the flag shape.  The shape already had holes in it for the ribbon, which made it really easy!

And of course I had to incorporate "Over the Hill" somehow!  I found this tombstone image on the Life's a Party cartridge.  I hid the RIP and swirl that is on the top layer using my Gypsy, then I used one of the fonts on Lyrical Letters to spell out Over the Hill, welding the letters together so they would be easier for me to place on the tombstone.

Be sure to visit each of the Design Team members' blogs to see their projects.  If you get lost along the way, you can go back to FCCB blog or see the list below of all the participating blogs. When you are done with the crawl, go back to the FCCB blog and link up your project!  Remember, to qualify for the weekly prize from our fabulous sponsors, you need to have at least 1 Cricut cut on your project.

We are also opening up a DT call.  Please see the FCCB blog for more information!

Blog Crawl List:
Cindy - Creating with the Heart
Jackie - Luv 2 Scrap
Kim - Kim's Kreations
Amy HS - The Stamping Tree
Emily - Mollie's Motif
Heather - Scrapping Runner Creations
Lynn - My Cards n Stuff
Missy - Quick Chick Designs
Nikki - Crafty Calamities
Rebecca - Crafting Misfit
Michelle - Just a Nutter Paper Crafter
Catarina - Docerela Creations
Joneita - Create with Joneita
LB - Cool Beans by LB
Amy T - Crafting with Amy

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV
Banner flags from Birthday Bash cut at 7 inches
Circles from Plantin Schoolbook cut at 4.2 inches
BIG 40 font from Pooh Font cut at 3 inches
Tombstones from Life's a Party cut at 7 inches
Over the Hill font from Lyrical Letters cut at 1.5 inches
Black ribbon

FCCB 157 - 3D

Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!  It's time for another fun challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!!  This week we want to see your 3D projects.  My project this week has a bit of a story to it, so I'll apologize up front for being a bit long-winded today.

As many of you know, I am a runner.  I love running races of all distances, but particularly marathons and half marathons.  Running the Boston Marathon is a dream of mine, and is the dream of many marathon runners.  The events that happened just one week ago really hit home for me.  I might have been there; my husband and parents might have been spectators somewhere near the finish line.  I never thought I would say that I was glad I didn't qualify for the Boston Marathon, but a week ago, I was glad I hadn't.

A good friend in my running group had, however.  She had trained so hard; we carpooled to speed sessions on Tuesdays and to long runs on Saturdays.  Finally, she achieved her dream of qualifying for Boston.  She was so excited to make the trip with her husband, one of her daughters and her son-in-law.

I got an email from a friend last Monday afternoon that was followed within minutes by a phone call from my husband.  Both wondering if I'd heard about the bombs, both wondering if our handful of friends and their families were okay.  I immediately hit the internet, trying to find any information I could.  I logged in to Facebook, looking for updates from friends.  I tried to call my good friend and left a voicemail; I also sent her an email thinking cell service may not be good as so many people would be trying to make calls.

I had to wait over 3 hours before seeing an update on Facebook that she and her family were okay.  A few hours later, she called me to tell me herself and to fill me in on her experience.  What an emotional day for her and her family!

There were three women from my running group who had qualified for Boston but were not able to finish.  Our running couch spoke with the organizers of a local marathon that took place this past Saturday.  They arranged for these 3 ladies to be able to run the last seven-tenths of a mile (the distance they were not able to run to complete the Boston Marathon) at the marathon here in town.  While it's not quite the same, it still meant a lot to these ladies.

A number of runners from our running group went to the finish line of the local marathon to cheer the ladies on as they "finished" their race.  I wanted to do something a little special for my friend and decided to make her a few cupcakes, frosting them in blue and yellow, the colors of the Boston Marathon.  I made a box for the cupcakes using the Sweet Tooth Boxes cartridge, and personalized it a bit using the Pooh Font cartridge.  I tied blue and yellow crinkle ribbon around the lid because I thought it needed a little something.

On the inside, the insert to hold the cupcakes was a little taller than I wanted.  I trimmed about 1/2 inch off each side so that the tray would sit a little lower in the box, which allowed the cupcake to sit on the bottom of the box and gave room for a bit more frosting on top.  :-)

Here's a picture of the chocolate cupcakes with the blue and yellow frosting.  I hope she liked them!!

Again, I'm sorry for being long-winded today.  Be sure to link up your 3D projects over at Fantabulous Cricut this week.  I can't wait to see what you create!!

Recipe:
Cardstock from DCWV
Box and cupcake tray insert from Sweet Tooth Boxes cut at 11 inches
"Boston" from Pooh Font cut at 1.8 inches
"26.2" from Pooh Font cut at 1.5 inches
"2013" from Pooh Font cut at 1.2 inches
Crinkle ribbon