Fantabulous Cricut Challenge # 308 - Vacations

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #308-Vacation
Make a project about vacation!

The FCCB Design Team is sponsoring a $25 gift card at

Amazon!

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. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing!

Here's my Project:

 

 

 

My ex got a motorcycle a year or so ago. His birthday was this past Saturday so I made him this birthday card that looks very similar to his motorcycle. I know it doesn't quite represent a vacation but it could in the future.

 

I used these items to create my motorcycle card:

• Father's Day Cricut cartridge - motorcycle
• George and Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge - rectangle for sentiment
• Black, white and red cardstock
• 2 types of foil paper
• brads
• Glossy Accents
• Cardz TV Stamp "Good Times" - sentiment
• Black ink

 

I am entering my motorcycle card in the following challenges:

• PDE Linky Party #186 - Birthday
• Cardz TV - Anything Goes - Challenge #8
• DL ART - August Linky Challenge

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my vacation project. Make sure to go to Fantabulous Cricut Challange Blog and enter your vacation project.

 

 

 

Cheers!

 

This week my daughters dad had a birthday and I created this shape card for him. I originally wanted to make the beer part of this card a dark beer but I wasn't happy with any of the color choices of cardstock I had. I did have this fabulous Gold cardstock from Recollections, so I went with that. I used a very pale grey cardstock for the mug and a vanilla cardstock for the beer foam.

 



 

I used 2 appropriate clear stamp sentiments inside and of course we all signed it. My youngest daughter just entered Kindergarten and is learning to write her name, I think she did very well.

 



 

The above picture is the back side of the card...I thought it would it a more realistic look. Oh and the other thing I did to the original image was use the flip feature on my Cricut Expression because he's left handed.

 



 

 

Just to give the card a little dimension I used an embossing folder on the beer foam and added adhesive foam mounts to the back.

 

 

I used these items to create my Cheers! card:

• Everyday Pop-Up cards Cricut cartridge - beer mug and CHEERS!
• Gold, grey and vanilla cardstock
• Cardz TV Stamps "Good Times" - Here's to You!
• My Craft Spot - Inside & Out - Set #2 stamp set - Happy Birthday
• Cricut embossing folder - Tiny Bubbles - on the beer foam

 

I am entering my Cheers! card in the following challenges:

• Shopping Our Stash - SOS #215 - Layer it on Me
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - Challenge #162 - Birthday
• Sassy Studio Designs - For the Boys (DTBST #295)

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Cheers! card. I hope you enjoyed it and I look forward to your next visit.

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #252 - Follow the Sketch

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #252-Follow the Sketch

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Bugaboo Stamps

The prize is 7 digital stamps!

Create a project inspired by the sketch below-

For inspiration see:  http://retrosketches.blogspot.ca/2012/07/retrosketches-22.html

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. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

 

This is my 1st post as a Design Team Member for the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog.

I am super excited to share with you my creation using the provided sketch.

 

 

I used the provided sketch to create a birthday card for my best friend. She recently adopted a couple of Chihuahuas. I personally have 2 Chihuahuas myself and even talked my mom into adopting a Chihuahua last year. So my best friends Chihuahuas all have the same black and tan coloring so I designed this little Chihuahua to look like the ones she has. I know she will love this card when I send it out to her for her birthday.

 

I made a modification to the Chihuahua cut from the Cricut Lite cartridge Four Legged Friends...I cut off the heart and replaced it with a party blow-out from the Celebrations Cricut cartridge and added a party hat from the same cartridge. I also used black brads for the eyes instead of the ones from the cut. I then cut out the tag from the Cricut Lite cartridge Four Legged Friends and stamped it with "Party Animal" from the CardzTV clear stamps set "Good Times." Lastly, I applied red glitter glue from Studio G to the tag, hat and collar.

 

 

 

So before assembling the card I decided to emboss the Kraft cardstock with Fiskars texture plate PAWS and I just love the way it looks. I finished it off with a paw clear stamp (I believe from Studio G) going up the edge. Then I just assembled the card like the sketch but I did put some foam mounts from Stampin' Up behind the tag and the Chihuahua.

 

The inside of the card I kept very simple. I added a strip of the same dog bone paper from the front to the inside and stamped it with "Happy Birthday to You!" also from the CardzTV clear stamps set "Good Times."

 

 

 

I used these items to create my card:

• Cricut Lite cartridge Four Legged Friends - Chihuahua and tag
• Celebrations Cricut cartridge - party hat and party blow-out
• Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge - Kraft cardstock
• Fiskars texture plate PAWS - Kraft cardstock
• paw clear stamp - Kraft cardstock
• black eyelet - tag
• black brads - eyes
• CardzTV clear stamps set "Good Times." - outside and inside sentiments
• Studio G red glitter glue - on tag, party hat and party blow-out
• Stampin' Up foam mounts from - behind tag and Chihuahua

 I am entering my Party Animal card in the following challenges:

• Scrappy Moms Stamps - Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Animals
• DL ART - May Linky Challenge

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my 1st creation as a Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog Design Team Member. Make sure to check out their challenge and enter your own creation. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let the Good Times Roll Pop-Up Box card

 

Today my oldest daughter was invited to a friend's 13th birthday party which was a bowling party, so I of course had to make a bowling theme card. I decided to make a Pop-Up Box card because I thought that particular design would allow me to create a sort-of bowling alley. I think I pulled it off.

 

In this picture, look at the bowling ball, I used a piece of cardstock from the DCWV Metallic Glitter Cardstock Stack. The ball is shiny and glittery, just like a real bowling ball.

 

 

I put 13 on both sides because my daughter's friend is turning 13.

 

 

The back I kept simple and to be perfectly honest I was running out of time. I would have liked to put another bowling pin and ball back there but I just didn't have enough time.

I used these items to create my Let the Good Times Roll Pop-Up Box card:

• Nifty Fifties Cricut cartridge (1st time I used it) - bowling pins and ball
• Alphalicious Cricut cartridge - "Lucky"
• Designer Calendar Cricut cartridge - 13
• CardzTV "Good Times" clear stamp set - sentiments
• DCWV Metallic Glitter Cardstock Stack - bowling ball

I am entering my Pop-Up Box card in the following challenges:

• Craftin Desert Divas - Craft it up Link it up - Anything Goes
• Decorate to Celebrate - Challenge #97 - Anything Goes
• DL ART - April Linky Challenge - Anything Goes

It was a little rushed and last minute but I got it done and I love it. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Let the Good Times Roll Pop-Up Box card.

Here's to You! 21st Birthday card

It is so hard to believe that my niece is going to be 21 years old. I remember the day I got the call from my brother telling me she was born. A lot has happened in those 21 years. All I can do is hope and pray that her life is filled with many blessings and she continues to become more of the wonderful woman she already is.

So I created this fun 21st birthday card. I knew immediately that I wanted to use the Wild Card Cricut cartridge simply for the champagne bottle card. I was though very intimidated by this cartridge, manly because I just didn't understand how to figure out the size. I did a little research on pinterest and found great tutorials and then I just jumped right in and this is what I came up with.

 

I created the look of the champagne exploding by using rhinestones

I gave this piece some dimension with some foam squares

 



Here I cut and layered 6 pieces of kraft cardstock and 1 piece of cork pattern paper to make this look like a realistic cork.

 



This is what I did with the inside. I put some repositionable glue on the back of the bottle so when it is closed it will actually stay closed. 

 





I used these items to create my Here's to You! 21st Birthday card:

• Wild Card Cricut cartridge - champagne bottle card cut and all coordinating cuts @ 6 inches
• Designer's Calendar Cricut cartridge - 21
• Glossy Accents - on the bottle
• Stampin' Up rhinestones - to appear as the champagne exploding from the bottle
•  Cardztv Stamps - "Good Times" stamp set - on the bottle and the inside
• Foam squares - behind the 21

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

• DL ART - March Linky - Anything Goes
• Little Scrap Pieces - Show it off Saturday Linky Party - Anything Goes
• Craftin Desert Divas - Craft it up Link it up - Anything Goes

I am so please with the way this card turned out and I am finally not intimidated by the Wild Card Cricut cartridge. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Here's to You! 21st Birthday card

Minnie Mouse 4th Birthday Shape card

 

  

Today a very special girl turned 4 years old and yesterday she had a Minnie Mouse party so I, of course, had to create a Minnie Mouse card. I decided to make the #4 into a shape card and add on this adorable Minnie dressed in pretty pink and white polka-dots. I also used some brand spankin' new clear stamps called "Good Times" from CardzTV, which I won from a challenge I participated in. I used the simple sentiment "Happy Birthday" on front and "May all your birthday wishes come true" on the inside of the card. I added a little shine and dimension to Minnie shoes by applying some glossy accent to them. I also added some dimensional foam to the back of Minnie before adding her to the front of the 4, to make her pop a little bit. 

 

 

I used these items to create my Minnie Mouse 4th Birthday Shape card:

• Nate's ABCs Cricut cartridge - 4
• Mickey and Friends Disney Cricut cartridge - Minnie
• CardzTV "Good Times" clear stamp set - sentiment on front and on inside card 
• Glossy Accents - on Minnie's shoes

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

• Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #95 - Anything Goes
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday Challenge #152 - Anything Goes

I am super excited how this card turned out and I hope you like it too! Thanks for stopping by and checking out my Minnie Mouse 4th Birthday Shape card.