FCCB 172 - Make a Splash

It's Monday again, and that means it's time for another fun challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!!  This week's challenge is Make a Splash - create any project with a water theme.  This week, The Paper Nest  was super-generous and gave some of the DT members some digis to play with.  A huge "Thank You" to The Paper Nest!!  This is the first time I've ever used a digi, and I was really excited to give it a try!

When I saw the image of this little boy fishing I knew immediately it was the digi I wanted to use.  My sweetie loves to fish, and I thought of him when I saw this image.  I think I'm going to stash this card away and stick it in his work bag one of these days as a little surprise for him.

I've never colored a digi before - in fact, it's been a long time since I've colored anything!!  I didn't have any fancy markers or anything, but I did have some colored pens and pencils.  I outlined the image with my pens and colored it in with my pencils.  I don't think of myself as a great artist, but I was pretty pleased with how this turned out.  I may have to use some more of these digis!!

We'd love to have you join our Make a Splash challenge this week!  Link up your water-themed creations over at Fantabulous Cricut by Sunday evening.  And check out The Paper Nest for some really fun digis!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill
Pattern paper from DCWV Stack 7
Card base from Elegant Edges, book feature, cut at 5.5 inches
Frame from Elegant Edges cut at 5.25 inches
Owen Fishing digi from The Paper Nest
Sentiment from Scrappy Moms Stamps Amusing Animals set

Birthday Present Card

Happy Saturday!  I hope you are having a great weekend so far!  My sweetie got a last minute invite to play golf with a few friends this afternoon.  He was going to pass, but I told him to go - have fun!  Of course I had ulterior motives.....if he went to play golf, I'd be home alone, which means I could get some crafting done!!

I was inspired to make this card by my DT Sister Amy and the card she made for this week's Shaped Card challenge over at FCCB.  Check her fun card out HERE.  I loved the shape and the fun, shimmery papers Amy used, and she reminded me of the Life's a Party cartridge - a fun one that I haven't used in quite a while.  Here is my take:

I used the card feature on Life's a Party for the card base.  The card feature makes it so easy - no flipping and welding necessary!  :-)

I kept the card pretty simple - it's always tempting for me to try to bling cards up or make them girly in some way.  But this card is going to a guy, so I didn't add much.  I inked the edges of the tag with red ink, tied it to the card with red twine, and called it good!

I'm going to link this card up to the Anything Goes challenge over at Die Cutting Divas.  You still have some time to enter both challenges, so get to creating and link up your projects!!  Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Recipe:
Pattern papers from American Crafts Hip Hip Hooray pad
Present from Life's a Party cut at 5.347 inches
Tag from Elegant Edges cut at 2.5 inches
Sentiment from TPC Studio Greetings set
Twine from The Twinery

FCCB 171 - Shape Card

Happy Monday!  It's time for another challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!!  This week's challenge is Shape Card.  I made this card for my brother and sister-in-law's 14th wedding anniversary.

I used Elegant Edges for my card base.  Instead of using my Gypsy or CCR to weld two images together for the base I used the old "cut 2, score and adhere" method.  Sometimes I think it's easier to get the two images to line up easier that way as opposed to when I try to weld two images together and then fold them together just right.

I cut the tree from the Sweethearts cartridge.  It's not a typical anniversary image, but I think those hearts on the tree trunk make the tree so cute!

Thanks for stopping by to check out my card!  I hope you join our Shape Card challenge this week!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Card base from Elegant Edges cut at 5.5 inches
Mat layer from Elegant Edges cut at 5.25 inches
Tree from Sweethearts cut at 4 inches
Sentiment from Scrappy Moms Stamps Everyday Greetings set
D'vine Swirls embossing folder
Glitter

Birthday Hat Card

Happy Saturday!  Are you all enjoying your weekend?  I certainly am!  I had a nice run this morning with a couple of great friends, then another good girlfriend of mine came over for an afternoon of crafting.  I got a couple of cards made as well as some progress on my wedding album.  Love Saturdays like this one!!

Here is one of the cards I made.....

I'm always in need of birthday cards it seems.  I'm going to link this card up to the challenge over at Krafty Girls.  It's their last challenge of the summer so I wanted to try to participate to show my support and appreciation for them putting the challenges together!  This week's challenge is Anything Goes, so this fits the bill!!  :-)

I found this fun pattern paper not too long ago at my local Target.  I kept this card pretty simple, with just the birthday hat, a couple of buttons, and a little bit of glitter to finish it off.  I wanted those fun papers to be the center of attention!

Thanks for stopping by to check out my creation.  Enjoy your weekend!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Pattern cardstock from American Crafts Hip Hip Hooray pad
Birthday Hat from Sweet Treats cut at 4.5 inches
Buttons from my stash
Glitter

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

Belated Birthday Card

Hello!!  Yes, I am actually posting something today!!  It feels like it has been forever since I've posted or spent any time crafting.  I've been trying to get used to my new schedule at work and figuring out when I'll have time to fit in my crafting, running, golf and of course housework and spending time with my sweetie!  I think I'm starting to get it figured out though and I was actually able to spend some time crafting this afternoon.  :-)

I needed to make a belated birthday card and decided to play along with a challenge while I was at it.  Over at Die Cuttin Divas they're having an Ice Cream challenge this week.  I started flipping through some of my Cricut handbooks and found this cute image of an ice cream sundae with a birthday candle.  Perfect!!

Can you see where I crinkled the dish on accident as I was adding some of those ice cream layers on top??  Darn it!!  I would have had to cut out nearly everything again to redo it, and I just didn't want to use that much paper.  I'm too frugal!!

A fairly simple card, but I got my creative juices flowing!  Thanks for coming by to take a look!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from DCWV and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV
Sundae from Sweet Treats cut at 3.25 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Fabulous Phrases set
Crinkle Ribbon
Twine from the Twinery
Button from my stash
Glitter

FCCB 168 - Cute as a Bug

Happy Monday!  It's time for another fun challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!!  This week's challenge is Cute as a Bug - include any bug on your project.

I looked through all my stamp sets and couldn't find a bug-related sentiment that appealed to me when I was making this card.  So I decided to find a cute bug and go with a more generic sentiment instead.

I cut this cute dragonfly from the Paisley cartridge, using my Gypsy to hide the cuts on the face so I could use a Peachy Keen stamp instead.  It's hard to tell in the pictures, but I added glitter to the dragonfly's wings.

I popped the dragonfly up using pop dots and finished the card off with some twine and a button.  A pretty simple card that I am sure will come in handy as a thank you or just to send a friend a little note sometime.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my card!  Be sure to link up your creations that include a bug and at least one Cricut cut over at Fantabulous Cricut by Sunday!  I'm looking forward to seeing your creations!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from American Crafts Hip Hip Hooray pad
Dragonfly from Paisley cut at 3.75 inches
Face from Peachy Keen's Everyday Character Assortment
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Fabulous Phrases set
Twine from The Twinery
Button from my stash
Glitter
White Sakura gel pen