Fun in the Sun

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Challenge #204 Sketch Challenge

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Create a project inspired by the sketch below:

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.

For my project this week, I decided to look toward the coming summer and sitting by the pool, feeling the grass on my feet, and wearing my new sunglasses. Literally, this card came from me and my summer experiences. I image sending this card to a friend from out of town to come and stay with us for a long weekend.

I love this image and phrase from the Cricut cartridge, Summer Celebrations. I used bright colors on the circle and the umbrella. I thought about adding glitter, but the bright colors felt real to me without the glitter. I cut the grass from the Holiday Frames & Tags Cricut cartridge. The sunglasses were also from the Summer Celebrations cartridge. The patterned paper background is from the Recollections, Bold Basics stack. The white cardstock is embossed with a small floral folder from Cuttlebug. I used a gem from my stash for the center of the sunglasses.

Challenges Entered:

Allsorts Challenges: Use those Die Cuts

My Creative Moments - Wordplay: Anything

Alphabet Challenge: D for Die Cuts

Cut it Up: Anything Goes + Die Cuts

C.R.A.F.T Challenge: What Season are You? 

In the Garden

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Challenge #202 Use the Color Green

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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.

For my project this week, I was fortunate enough to use Mark's Finest Stamps, Garden Bunny set. 

The challenge this week is to use green, and I immediately thought of a garden. Maybe that is because I have so many garden craft supplies.

I started with the Garden Bunny stamp set from Mark's Finest Stamps and this fabulous inspirational sentiment. I stamped the sentiment in the middle of this shaped card from the Cricut Life's a Party cartridge. That led me to create a small garden underneath the sentiment. I used the Garden Soup Cricut cartridge to cut out the individual vegetables, and I added this fun bee brad to the top. 

Challenges Entered:

Crafts for Craic: Use Green (M, Th)

Craftitiude: Green (2W, F)

Cut it Up: Green (Spring) (2W, F)

Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything Goes (W, F)

Totally Paper Crafts: Shaped Cards (W, F)

NOEL

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Challenge #200: Pick a Holiday

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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.

I am so thrilled to be presenting this card as part of the Design Team for the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog.  Join us in the fun. This week the challenge is Holidays.

Last Christmas I ran out of cards. This year, I'm starting now on my cards so that I'm ready to go when holiday time comes around. I started this card with the embossed frame and the word Noel. Then I chalked it in reds and greens. The patterned paper is from a DCVW mat stack. Using the Joys of the Season Cricut cartridge, I used pearlescent paper to cut the mistletoe. I wanted to break up the green with a little yellow, so I added a bit of bling and the flowers.

Valentines Swap (FCCB)

It is amazing how technology has helped crafters from all over the world meet, share ideas, and become friends. Our Design Team gang at the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog participated in a Valentine's Day Swap. This was super exciting. It's always a great way to find new brands, use different products, and try new color palettes. My wonderful package can be found in the below photos thanks to the amazing Cindy at Creating with Heart. Cindy spoiled me with sweetness... check out the goods:

Close Up Left Side

Close Up Right Side

My Projects:

#1

Pretty in Wings. 

Cindy sent me this gorgeous paper doll and coordinating flower and butterfly patterned paper. I broke up the pink and white with the brown in her hair and coat. The butterflies made me think about wings, and I remembered this sentiment I had from Dylusions, Clearly the Right Words set. It says: Until you spread your wings, you have no idea how far you'll fly. 

#2
Snowman Heart.
In my swap kit, there was this stamped image of the snowman with the heart. He looked so interesting, so I inked him with my Spectrum Noir markers and applied white liquid appliqué for the snow. Focusing on the blue in his hat, I embossed the background paper in a similar blue. Cindy also sent me some felt flowers, so I took the opportunity to use that after attaching pink ribbon down the side of the card. There is a small extra glitter heart brad on the image.

#3

Beautiful Inside & Out. 

Cindy cut this beautiful butterfly for me, and with that, the card seemed to make itself.  In her package, there was a heart doily, and that inspired me to use this white flower doily that I had. I used the sentiment and gems that she sent as well. 

Friendship Grows

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Challenge #198 Sketch Challenge

Sketch is from Card Positioning Systems 

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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.

For my project this week, I was fortunate enough to use Mark's Finest Stamps, Garden Bunny set. 

I was immediately drawn to the carrots.

In my Recollections, Garden Harvest, specialty paper pack, I found this wonderful glittered carrot kraft paper. To separate all the layers of the craft paper, I used a bright green cardstock. Then, to further separate the craft paper, I added a strip of orange/red. The top layer is from the same paper pack. It is just striped paper, so I cut this specific stripe. 

I chose this Cricut Elegant Edges cut because the edges looked very similar to the details in the patterned paper. I stamped three sets of the carrot stamps, and colored them with my Spectrum Noir markers.

Carrots: OR1, OR2, OR3

Carrot Tops:  LG1, LG3, LG5

I added a smear of glitter to the carrots from Martha Stewart's glitter pens: Fire Opal and Golden Beryl. And two green brads on the edgers. 

On the inside of the card, I used one of the sentiments from the stamp pack, and a few glitter brads. 

Challenges Entered: 

Addicted to Stamps - Coloring (W)

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Kraft Paper (W)

Art Impressions Challenge: Kraft Paper (Th)

Happiness

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Challenge #196 Seeing Red
Use red (pink or white)

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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. I hope that you will all visit FCCB and join in this week's challenge.

My Project: 

Since I have already made my Valentine's Day card for my husband, I thought I would make this card for a friend. All of the cuts are made using the Gypsy Wanderings Cricut Cartridge. I used the shadow function with white to offset the red and allow me to mat on patterned paper. But the red die cuts were slightly plain, so I added a touch of black to each cut - the small heart and leaf are punches. The patterned paper is from some scrap Valentine's Day papers. The stamp was a freebie.

Challenges Entered: 

C.R.A.F.T Challenge: Love/Valentine 

A Creative Need: Die Cuts & Punches

Jellypark Challenges: Lots of Love

Crafts and Me Challenges: Hearts

Seemacrafts: Valentine/Love

Pumpkin Spice: Pink, Red, White.

Bitten by the Bug2: Heat Challenge

Craftin' Deset Divas: Color Challenge

SnowGirl

Challenge #194

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Challenge #194 Use a Snowman

Create a Project that uses a snowman!

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Winner will receive the Conversation Candies stamp set

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.

Be sure to visit the FCCB blog to view the other DT members' projects and to join in the challenge.

Here is my project for this week:
After making so many traditional Christmas snowmen, I was so excited to make this cute snowgirl.

I was inspired by the fun snowflake patterned paper. I cut this snowgirl from the Snow Friends Cricut Cartridge and only cut basic layers of the clothing to keep it all pink with a pop of blue. I adhered the paper and the die cut on this iridescent blue cardstock. I really wanted the scene to look COLD, so I used this curly ribbon-like stamp inked in white with white glitter to look like wind. There is also a little white chalk on the card. Then, I added three snowflake embellishments to finish the card.

Just a note: The little bird is actually cut from a second snowman on the Snow Friends cartridge. I cut it in a dark pink glitter cardstock.  

Challenges Entered:
Mod Squad Challenges: Snow

Emergency Crafters: Blue and a snowflake.
Stempelgarten: Winter Wonderland
Lia Stamps: Photo inspiration. 

Victorian Romance Blue

I am so thrilled to be presenting this card as part of the Design Team for Through The Purple Haze Challenges. Join us in the fun. The theme is Pick Your Favorite Color. Just to give you a taste of what you can win... Our sponsor is Delicious Doodles and they are giving four digital stamps to the winner.

My favorite color is blue. Always blue. I used soft shades of blue for this card, but my favorite shade of blue is a reference to the television show Doctor Who: TARDIS Blue.

The image, leather and lace, called to me. I wanted to keep her looking vintage and chose this glitter patterned paper to highlight the shade of blue that I used. I accented her with a soft pink, and I used a darker glitter blue to highlight her hair. Since I wanted a sentiment on this card, I went with this dimensional sticker that I had in my stash of scraps. The butterfly is my final touch. I chose a dark butterfly to pick up on the background on the image.

Always & Forever (Blog Crawl)

I can't believe it. My very first project as a member of the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog Design Team, and what a great way to start, with a blog crawl.

I have had the Love Struck Cricut Cartridge for years, and for some crazy reason, I have never used it. Can you believe that? A cricut cartridge just hanging around. So sad.

I finally decided that it was time.

This gorgeous heart image shouted at me, but I chose not to do all the layers because I wanted it to really stand out in black. I paired this cut with patterned papers from Colorbok, Fashionista. The ribbon has a lovely sparkle to it (from Fit to be Tied), and I finished the card with the sentiment from Inkadinkado, Wedding and Marriage set.

I can't wait to give this to my husband on Valentine's Day.

Are you following the blog crawl?
Don't get lost. Here is your next stop:

Heather Scrapping Runner Creations <http://scrappingrunnercreations.blogspot.com/> 

Christmas Vintage Thank You

Are you running out of red and green card stock and patterned papers? It's a good thing we have challenges that stretch our imaginations for color combinations. This Christmas thank you card was created as an inspirational example for ScrapbookerPhD's Challenge #4, Christmas Thank You. I knew I wanted to go black and white and vintage thanks the the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog's Christmas Beyond Red and Green. My Cricut Craft Room saved the day here since I was able to size everything to perfectly fit the card in one try!

Cricut Cartridge: Artbooking.

Challenges Entered:

Exploring Cricut: Christmas Card Challenge
Creative Moments: Anything Goes Vintage

Pink Poinsettias

This is my second Christmas card using the Cricut Cartridge, Joys of the Season. I remember when this cartridge was brand new, and I barely used it. For this year's round of holiday cards, I've challenged myself to use Joys of the Season more often.

The poinsettias here were cut at 2.5, and I took Copic glitter markers to line and detail the leaves. The raspberry layer is glitter paper from DCWV so is the classic glitter patterned paper from the Linen Closet mat stack.

I don't know how I ever lived without my Cricut Craft Room. I was able to size the banner perfectly to fit the card in just seconds. I tried different colors for the banner, and decided on the yellowish gold to pick up the center of the poinsettias.

Challenges Entered:

The Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog: Sparkle and Bling.
Bitten By the Bug 2: Christmas Card.

Christmas Hen

It's time for a traditional Christmas card.

I went back to an oldie but a goodie, Cricut Joys of the Season. This French hen just jumped out at me, and it worked perfectly with Reflections, Garden Harvest, patterned paper.

The basket is embossed with a chicken wire folder, and the sentiment is tied with a variety of bright orange and brown textured fibers. Two vintage photo corners are popped up at the corners of the second layer.

Challenges Entered:

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge: Animal Crackers.
Creative Moments: Anything Goes CAS.

Thank You Butterfly

I have been wanting to use the patterned paper on this card for ages. I only had one sheet, and I have no idea what company makes it. Luckily, it was a double sided pattern, so it worked beautifully together. The base of the card came together quickly. But then, I hit a road block. I always find that putting the card aside for awhile gives me new perspective and motivation.

To offset the colors, I used the tan Thank You ribbon. To satisfy the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog, I also wanted to add buttons. The two buttons on the bottom of the page have yellow jewels in them to hide the stitching holes. 

While this is a fall (Thanksgiving) Thank You card, I used the touch of blue to let the gorgeous butterfly stand out. I used my Artbooking Cricut Cartridge to cut the butterfly. 

Entered in other challenges: 

Glitter and Sparkle Challenge: Autumn Colors. 

Created with Love Challenges: Thank You.

Die Cut Divas: Buttons

Craftin Divas: Thanksgiving.