FCCB #207 - Easter

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Challenge #207 Easter or use a Bunny

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Easter

Create a project using a bunny or an Easter project

For my project, I made an Easter card with one of the cute images from the Simply Charmed cartridge.

I rounded two of the corners of the card, just to mix things up a little. Then I dressed up the chick by adding some google eyes and I also added faux stitching to the egg.  A double twine bow and a button finish off my card!

I hope you join in the fun with us this week!  Remember, to qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.  Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe:

Solid cardstock from Recollections

Pattern paper from The Paper Studio Four Seasons stack

Chick and Egg from Simply Charmed cut at 3.5 inches

Google eyes

Twine

Button

Sentiment from Stampabilities

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 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

FCCB #152 - Luck O' The Irish

Happy Monday!!  It's time for another fun challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!!  It's not my official design team week, but I decided to play along anyway.  :-)  The challenge this week is Luck O' The Irish.  We want to see your St. Patrick's Day projects!

I went to one of my favorite cartridges, Simply Charmed, and cut these fun St. Patty's Day images.

I love the Peachy Keen face stamps and decided to give my leprechaun a little winky face.  I hid his eyes, nose and mouth using my Gypsy, but I still cut out his eyebrows - I thought the orange eyebrows were just too cute!

I put the little leprechaun on an action wobble so he'd be even more playful!

Thanks for coming by to take a look!  I'm looking forward to seeing your St. Patrick's Day creations over at Fantabulous Cricut!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Pattern Paper from The Paper Studio
Leprechaun from Simply Charmed cut at 2.8 inches
Pot of gold from Simply Charmed cut at 2 inches
Double loop border punch
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set
Twine from My Craft Spot
Stickles

BOO!

Good evening!  I hope you are all having a wonderful week!  The weather here has been warmer than usual, so we've been enjoying some extra time outside - we have to take advantage of it before it turns cold for good!!

The project I have to share tonight is a Halloween decoration I made for my front door.

I started with letters that I bought from Hobby Lobby that are about 1 inch thick and 6 inches tall.  I painted the sides and backs of the letters with black acrylic paint.

Then I traced around the letters on the back side of pattern papers and cut them out by hand.  I used Mod Podge to adhere the pattern papers to the front of the letters.

Finally I cut out various images with my cricut, stuck them on the letters and tied the letters together with orange crinkle ribbon.  Pretty easy and now we have a fun Halloween decoration for the front door!

I'm going to enter this project into two challenges.  The first is over at Go Fish, where the challenge is to create a 3D Halloween project.  I'm also going to submit this into the Little Monsters challenge at My Craft Spot where you must include a monster on your project.

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

Recipe:
BOO letters from Hobby Lobby
Black acrylic paint
Mod Podge
Pattern papers from The Paper Studio
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pumpkin from Create a Critter 2 cut at 3 inches
Spider from Doodlecharms cut at 3 inches
Ghost from Simply Charmed cut at 3.5 inches
Green monster from Create a Critter 2 cut at 3.5 inches
Bat from Simply Charmed cut at 2.5 inches
Orange monster from Mini Monsters cut at 3 inches
Faces from Peachy Keen Stamps Monster Mash Assortment

CTO #73

Hello and happy Friday!  I feel like I am finally getting some crafting mojo back and have been trying to spend more time downstairs working on projects but I'm also pretty addicted to the Olympics!  I have been staying up later than usual watching coverage on tv and trying my hardest to avoid spoilers on the internet all day.  Are you all going through this too or is it just me?!?  :)

This week over at Celebrate the Occasion, they're having an I Scream for Ice Cream challenge.  I thought I'd make a quick birthday card that would work for this challenge.  I decided to make this card a #10 size card so that I could fit 3 ice cream cones easily across the front of the card.  These cones are from Simply Charmed but I didn't cut all the layers because I wanted to use some cute Peachy Keen faces on them.  Thanks for coming by to take look.  Now back to the Olympics!  LOL!!

**I've just learned of a new challenge blog - Tuesday Alchemy and this card fits their current challenge.  I'm going to link up there as well.  Thanks Corrinne!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV Sweet Stack
Ice Cream cones from Simply Charmed cut at 2.5 inches
Faces from Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids assortment
Tim Holtz Burlap embossing folder
Brown chalk
White Sakura gel pen
Pop dots

Happy Easter Eve!

Happy Saturday!  I hope everyone's holiday weekend is off to a good start!  I had a 14-mile run this morning - my longest run in over 6 months I think - so I'm a little tired.  But I'm enjoying the weekend, hoping to get some crafting done and watch the Masters golf tournament on tv - one of my favorite golf tournaments of the year!

I have another Easter card to share with you today.  I'm going to enter this card in the challenges at Krafty Girls and My Craft Spot.  The challenge at Krafty Girls is 'For Peeps Sake' and the theme of the challenge at My Craft Spot is 'Easter'.  Both challenges are looking for Easter-themed projects.  Easy enough, right?

The inspiration for my card came from my good friend Missy's blog.  She recently had a blog makeover, which I LOVE!  After her makeover was complete, I was looking over all the new features of her blog and I kept thinking how cute the little ribbons with flowers were by all her headings.  The more I looked at her new title display, the more I realized that could totally be a layout for a card.  And so my idea was born a couple weeks ago.  It's just taken me until now to find the time to get down to my craft room and bring it to life!!  Here's my take on Missy blog title design.  :)

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Chick in egg from Simply Charmed cut at 2 inches
American Crafts twine
Button from my stash
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set
Black Sakura gel pens
Glossy accents
Action Wobble

Thinking of You

Happy Saturday!!  My weekend is off to a good start, and I hope yours is too!

The card I have to share today is something I created for a couple of reasons.  First, the challenge this week over at Die Cuttin Divas is a recipe challenge - use fabric, feathers and/or flowers on your project.  Second, Madison over at Funky Cards is collecting cards for a young girl named Trinitie, who was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor.  Madison is asking for cheerful/thinking of you cards that will be passed on to Trinitie.

Here is my creation!  I have seen a number of people use tulle on their cards along with ribbon and think it looks so neat, so I decided to add some for a little extra something and also to fulfill the fabric request of the Die Cuttin Divas challenge.  I love the Peachy Keen face stamps, so I decided to add those to the tulips I cut out to make them a little more cheerful.  Thanks for coming by to take a look and be sure to stop by Die Cuttin Divas and Funky Cards!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from my scrap stash
Tulips from Simply Charmed cut at 3 inches
Faces from Peachy Keen Stamps Everyday Characters set
Floral Flourishes embossing folder
Rub-on sentiment
Ribbon and tulle from my stash
I-rock gems
Pop dots
Glossy Accents

Valentine's Pail

The project I have to share today is a clear pail that I decorated for Valentine's Day.  I plan to fill it with peanut M&Ms for my sweetie.  Peanut M&Ms are one of his favorite candies.  I put some in his Christmas stocking this year and have gotten in 'trouble' for eating some of them, so I figure I will replenish the stash.  I decided to decorate the pail for a cute way of packaging the candy.

Also, over at Die Cuttin Divas and My Craft Spot this week, the challenges this week is Anything Goes so I'm submitting this project to those challenges.  Thanks for coming by!

The entire length of decorated paper that's inside the pail.

The lid of the pail.

Recipe:

Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections

Patterned cardstock from The Paper Studio and We R Memory Keepers

Love Bug from Simply Charmed cut at 3 inches

Conversation Hearts from Simply Charmed cut at 2.5 inches

Hearts from Plantin Schoolbook cut at 2, 1.75 and 1.25 inches

Scallop circle from Sugar and Spice cut at 5.5 inches

Heart stamps and white embossing powder

Black Sakura gel pen and Glossy Accents

Various ribbons and twine from my stash tied to the handle

Challenge Me Monday #96

Happy Friday Eve!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful week!  This week has gone by pretty fast for me.  Heck, this year is going by pretty fast.  Can you believe it's already February?!?  It seems like just last week I was thinking about Christmas shopping and preparing for the holidays and here it is nearly Valentine's day!!

This week over at Fantabulous Cricut, they are having a challenge to celebrate the upcoming holiday.  The challenge is Valentiny Cards, and we are to make a 3x3 card.  I decided to make a few, as I figure it can't hurt to have a little valentine to leave for someone.  I love the little love bug and lady bug images, and you can never go wrong with hearts, right?  Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Heart with arrrow from Celebrate with Flourish cut at 2.5 inches
Love Bug from Simply Charmed cut at 2.5 inches
Lady Bug from Create a Critter cut at 2.5 inches
Heart with scallop border from Slumber Party cut at 2.75 inches
Swiss dots and Swirl embossing folders
Ribbon from my stash
Black and white Sakura gel pens
Glossy Accents and Stickles

Happy Birthday Auntie!

Wow - it's birthday-central around here I think!  We have three birthdays in the first seven days of January in my family.  Keeps me busy right after the holidays!!

This card is for one of my aunts, whose birthday is today.  Like the other birthday cards I made this week, I kept this one pretty simple - I've been pretty busy since before the holidays and unfortunately I didn't have as much time as I would have liked to put these cards together.  I used my Gypsy to hide the face that is on this cake image from the Simply Charmed cartridge.  I had thought about adding a Peachy Keen face instead, but decided against it because I didn't think there was much room between the icing dripping down and the cake plate.  Thanks for coming by!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Cake from Simply Charmed cut at 3.25 inches
Ribbon from American Crafts
Rub-on sentiment
Stickles, Glossy Accents and black Sakura gel pen

Monday Challenge #30

Happy Saturday!  I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend so far!!  I have a fun night of crafting with a couple of great friends ahead of me tonight, which I'm really looking forward to.  I got a head start on some projects this morning, too!

This week over at My Craft Spot, the Monday Challenge is a 3D Halloween challenge.  Last year I decorated a clear pail for Christmas as part of a class I took.  I had been debating creating one for Halloween because I've seen so many cute creations out there in blog land lately.  This challenge sealed the deal for me, so I went out and bought some clear pails and got to decorating.

I started by putting together strips of paper to line the inside of the can.  The top layer is red at the request of my sweetie who said that he thought red was best because it looked like blood.  Okay!?!  LOL!

I added this little pumpkin-guy, and chose this face from my Peachy Keen stamps because I thought he looked a little mischievous.

 I attached this cute bat with a couple of glue dots on one wing so that he sticks out from the pail a little bit.

 I added a rosette with a little pumpkin to the lid for a little something extra, and decided to give the little pumpkin a scared expression.

Thanks for stopping by for a look!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Patterned cardstock from DCWV
Bat from Simply Charmed cut at 1 3/4 inches
Pumpkin-guy from Mini Monsters cut at 2 1/4 inches
Pumpkin from Simply Charmed cut at 1 1/2 inches
Martha Stewart Drippy Goo border punch
Faces from Peachy Keen Stamps Everyday Character and Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortments
Black and white Sakura gel pens
Google eyes and ribbons from my stash

Monday Challenge #29

Happy Thursday evening!  I have a three day weekend ahead of me and am definitely looking forward to it.  My long weekend is off to a great start - I spent a couple hours crafting after I got home from work today!

This week over at My Craft Spot the Monday Challenge is a color challenge, using black with orange, green or purple.  I had a couple different ideas going through my mind, but decided to go with black and orange and continue on with the Halloween streak I've been on lately.  Here's my creation - thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Recipe:

Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections

Patterned cardstock from EKSuccess

Pumpkins from Simply Charmed cut at 3, 2 1/2 and 1 1/2 inches

Tag from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cut at 3/4 by 2 3/4 inches

Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set

Face from Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment

Ribbon from Pebbles, Inc

White embossing powder

Orange i-rock gems

Black and white Sakura gel pens

CTO Happy Easter!

This week over at Celebrate the Occasion, the challenge is to create something for Easter or Spring and you must use a punch.  Well, I just got the Martha Stewart 'scallop 3-dot' Punch Around the Page, so I was excited to try it out, and how could I pass up making an Easter card when there are so many cute Cricut images to choose from?!?  I decided to make a 5 1/2 inch square card so that the punched layer would fit nicely on top.  Here is my creation.  Thanks for taking a look!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections from my scrap stash
Scallop 3-dot Punch Around the Page
Chick in Egg cut from Simply Charmed at 3 inches
Sentiment from 'Happiest Moments' by My Pink Stamper
Googly eyes, pop dots and stickles

Bundle of Joy!

I thought this was going to be a relaxing evening - yeah right!  When I came home from my run, my fiance said he got some news while I was out.  Our friends had their first baby!  She arrived almost 5 weeks early, but she and mommy are both doing well.  So, after dinner I went downstairs to make a baby card for them so we can get their gift ready for our visit tomorrow.  I'm also making a scrapbook for them to document their baby's first year.  I thought I had a little more time, so it's not quite finished.  I'll be working hard on those pages so I can finish it asap!  We're excited to meet the new baby and so happy for them as they start their family!!

Recipe:
Solid black, shimmer white and shimmer purple cardstock from Bazzill
Solid blue glitter cardstock from DCWV
Patterned cardstock from American Girl Crafts stack
Girl stroller from Simply Charmed cut at 3 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Sweet Baby stamps
Ribbon from American Crafts in Peony

Good Luck Leprechan

I made this card for a good friend of mine.  We met about two and a half years ago when we both started working for the same company at about the same time.  We discovered that we both like scrapbooking and card making, and it didn't take long for our friendship to be formed.  Tomorrow is her last day at work, as she has taken a new job with a new company.  I made this card for her to wish her luck at her new job and with the new career path she has ahead of her.  Her husband is Irish and they are both very into St. Patrick's Day and all things Irish.  With St. Patty's Day right around the corner, I thought the leprechan was very fitting for this occasion.  I got the Simply Charmed cartridge from my sweetie for Christmas and love it!  I think there are so many great images on this cart and this leprechan and pot of gold are so cute!!

Recipe:

Cardstock from my scraps
Leprechan from Simply Charmed cut at 3 1/2 inches
Pot of Gold from Simply Charmed cut at 1 1/2 inches
Ribbon KI Memories
Stickles