Fantabulous Cricut Challenge # 254 - Anything Goes

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Challenge #254 Anything Goes

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For my Anything Goes project I created a
coordinating scrapbook layout and card for my
Mom's 72nd birthday...and yes the photo is of my mom
when she was only 20 months old.

This is the first time I created a layout, or anything for that matter, vintage and/or shabby chic...it was way out of my comfort zone. I felt that this type of layout is what the picture needed so I had to try it...I think I did ok.

 

 

 

Here I created a little hidden journaling tag.

 

Once the layout was finished I knew I wanted to create a coordinating card.

Thankfully I had enough paper in the DCWV The French Country Stack to do so.

 



 

I used these items to create my Once Upon a Time coordinating scrapbook layout and card:

• DCWV The French Country Stack - paper
• Storybook Cricut cartridge - Once Upon a Time on layout
• Fabulous Finds Cricut cartridge - hidden tag on layout
• Ultimate Creative Series Sampler Cricut cartridge - butterfly, bird and cage
• misc. paper flowers
• Lace doily - from my stash
• ribbon - from my stash
• misc, chipboard - Sweet on layout 
• My Craft Spot (sorry closed) - Inside & Out - Set #2 clear stamps - Happy Birthday on card
• My Craft Spot (sorry closed) - Jar Full of Flowers clear stamps - butterfly stamp on card
• White Enamel Accents - on card

I am entering my Once Upon a Time coordinating scrapbook layout and card in the following challenges:

• Scrappy Moms Stamps - Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Happy Birthday
• DL ART - June Linky Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Once Upon a Time coordinating scrapbook layout and card. Please head over to Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blogspot and enter your own Anything Goes Cricut project.

He is Risen Easter Card

I can't believe it, Easter is just a little over a week away. I didn't even have time to decorate because the holiday is so early this year and my Mom spent some time in the hospital earlier this month...plus, my oldest daughter turned 13 on the 7th. Then on St. Patrick's Day I had to take my youngest daughter to the ER to get 4 stitches under her eyebrow because she tripped in the grocery store parking lot and face planted onto the back of a shopping cart. So needless to say I didn't get to do the fun stuff I normally do for Easter. I did though just finish an Easter card that I have been wanting do for a very long time. I hope you enjoy it.

I used these items to create my He is Risen Easter Card:

• Inspired Heart Cricut Lite cartridge - title and die cut
• Stickles
• purple ribbon
• foam squares - behind image

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

• Craftin Desert Divas - Craft it up Link it up - Easter Linky
• My Sheri Crafts - Challenge #153 - Easter card featuring either a cross, bunnies or eggs
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday #153 - Easter
• Cardz TV - Challenge #6 - Easter Card

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my He is Risen Easter card.

Party Time Layout

I created this page in record time today, about 3 hours, and that included drying time for the stickles and glossy accents. I made this for a birthday gift for a friend of my daughter's. The birthday sleepover was tonight and I needed to get it done in a hurry. I spent all week taking care of my mom and her house that it was just not possible to even look at it until this morning. I was a little bummed because I thought I had a nicer zebra print paper but I couldn't find it or I had already used it. I am though very happy with the way it turned out.

I created a hidden tag for journaling.

Here are just some more close ups:

I used these items to create my Party Time Layout:

• Life's a Party Cricut cartridge - pink and zebra cuts and "CELEBRATE"
• Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2 Cricut cartridge - tag
• Pink and black stickles
• White gel pen
• foam squares - behind the "CELEBRATE"

I am entering my Party Time Layout in the following challenges:

• Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #228 - Tag You're It
• BBTB 2 - Celebrate Cricut Challenge - Use Any Cricut Cut
• My Sheri Crafts Challenge - #142 - Birthday
• DL ART - September Linky Challenge - Anything
• 3 Girl Jam - September 2014 Challenge - Happy Birthday

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Party Time Layout.

A Christmas Story layout

I am proud to bring to you a little Christmas in July. I had scrapbookers block with this layout. I had difficulty choosing papers, titles and who knows what else BUT I am so pleased that once I got my creative juices flowing I was able to make some good choices and get it done.

I have to give you the story behind the photos. Every year since my youngest daughter was born 9 weeks premature we have been invited to Christmas, Easter and Halloween events just for the NICU babies at the hospital where she was born. In December 2010 was our 1st Christmas event and we quickly found out that my youngest daughter does not like Santa Claus. As soon as we put her down on his lap she began to cry, we began to laugh, we encouraged our oldest daughter to hold her sisters hand to comfort her and as you can see in the last photo it worked. To this day we still do not have a picture of her smiling on Santa's lap and she will be 5 this November.

I used these items to create my layout:

• Christmas Cheer Cricut cartridge - part of the title "Christmas"
• Calligraphy Collection Cricut cartridge - part of the title " A Story"
• Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge - Rudolph and Santa
• Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge - peppermint candies
• Pattern Paper from Recollections Bright and Joy Paper Pad
• Better Not Pout embellishment from Recollections Bright and Joy Paper Pad
• ribbon
• Red corners and star from DCWV The Christmas Speciality sitcker stack
• Red, green and iridescent stickles
• Glossy Accents - Rudolph's nose
• Google eyes
• Foam squares 

I am entering this layout in the following challenges and linky parties:

• Little Scrap Pieces - Linky Party
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #223 - Christmas in July
• Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #175 - Christmas in July
• Paper Take Weekly - Its a Jolly Holiday
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - July Linky
• My Sheri Crafts Challenge #138 - Christmas with lots of Layers
• The Corrosive Challenge #204 - Christmas in July
• Craftin Desert Divas - Linky Party #36 - Christmas in July

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my A Christmas Story layout.

Baby It's Cold Outside layout

I can't tell you how long I have wanted to create this layout. My oldest will be 12 this March and the photo in this layout was taken 11 years ago this month. My baby girl is growing up and I have alot of scrapbook pages waiting to be created but not this one anymore.

I decided to do this layout because right now there seems to be quite a few challenges that are about the outdoors/Winter. So I went searching for this photo...thank God it didn't take all day, I only had to go through about 3 albums to find it. Then the hard part, deciding what papers to use. I used 3 pattern papers all from a DCWV Christmas Stack paper pack (I believe from 2012). Then I had to decide on a title (Baby It's Cold Outside) and that came from the Winter Frolic Cricut cartridge. I also knew that I wanted a very large snowflake and I decided to use the one from Winter Woodland Cricut cartridge because it best resembles the ones on the pattern paper and the ribbon. Then the time came for the journaling. I wanted to keep it simple and to the point. It was Kaitlyn's 1st Snowfall (because we were on vacation from Arizona). I had the date stamped on the photo when it was taken so I knew the date was January 16, 2003. The journaling says, "We took Kaitlyn outside, to the patio of her Grandparent's house in NJ, and a snowflake landed on her cheek and she gasped as she experienced the icy cold crystal."  I originally had handwritten the journaling but I didn't like my handwriting so I used the computer and printed it out on cardstock. Lastly, was to just put it all together and add the embellishments, all of which are from my stash (nothing new).

Here are just some close ups:

Check out the chunky glitter on the snowflake

The title is glistening with Stickles

I also added Stickles to the Brrr! and snowflake

The journaling

I am entering this layout in the following Linky Parties and challenges:

• Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday Linky Party
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - January Linky Party - Anything Goes
• My Craft Spot - Monday Challenge #124 - Polka Dots - mine go around the perimeter of the page
• BBTB2 - Baby Challenge
• Fantabulous Challenge #95 - Mix and Match - use 3 different pattern papers
• Shopping Our Stash - Challenge #136 - Cabin Fever - create a project with an outdoorsy theme
• Die Cuttin Divas - Challenge #150 - Winter Fun
• My Creative Time Challenge - Sketch Challenge - I think I did pretty good following the sketch

I am so happy with the way this layout turned out and I know my daughter will love it as much as I do.

Simple Baby Shower card

 

 

Here is just a simple baby shower card I made using the Wrap It Up Cricut cartridge card feature of the onesie. I cut the card at 5 1/4 out of the purple cardstock so that it would fit in a 5 1/2 square envelop. I then cut the inside circles from the flower pattern paper and lavender cardstock. I adhered them to the card. I used a white gel pen to just dot the outside of the card. I then stamped the inside sentiment from  My Craft Spot - Clear Stamps - Inside & Out - set #2. Lastly I tied a white ribbon around the fold in the card.

 

 

Here's a look at the inside:

This was a super simple and really quick baby shower card.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Exploring Cricut - Cricut Choice with 1 pattern paper, 2 Cricut cuts and 3 different colors
• Craftin' Desert Divas - Anything Goes Linky Party

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my simple baby shower card.

Just a Lonely Zombie

It has been over a month since I created anything, mainly because I was going through radiation for the breast cancer I had. Now that it is over and my everyday isn't being interrupted by having to go to radiation I feel I have the time and the frame of mind to be creative again!

So for my 1st project since being done with radiation I created this card for Halloween. I know, your thinking Halloween in May? Yes, I'm always thinking ahead to the next Halloween. While browsing through some of the blogs I follow I came across Airless Chambers which is another Rick St. Dennis (who has amazing digital stamps) blog. They were offering a FREE Singing Zombie digital stamp, plus a challenge to use that digital stamp in the currant challenge. I jumped on it and started on my creation.

I first started looking at some images of The Walking Dead zombies to determine how I wanted to color my zombie. Then since this is suppose to be a singing zombie I decided to search the Internet for songs about zombies and came across a couple I liked. I decided to use "The Zombie Song" as my muse. Then I just started pulling out things from my stash to finalize my card.

I used these items to create my card:

• Singing Zombie FREE digital stamp
• sponged white, brown and green ink on the zombie
• Sharpie markers - hair, eyes, mouth, exposed body parts and background
• red pen - blood shot part of the eyes
• Glossy Accents - eyes, mouth and exposed body parts
• Design Studio - weld ZOMBIE
• Alphalicious Cricut cartridge - font
• Brain from Creepy Glowbugg which I attached it to a skewer (painted silver) to look like a microphone
• misc. ribbon
• Studio 112 adhesive gems

On the inside I used these items:

• computer generated sentiment
• Martha Stewart Goo edge punch

I am entering this card in the following challenges and linky party:

• Airless Chambers - Singing Zombie
• Haunted Design House #166 - Stephen King - he has written quite a few things about zombies
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - Linky Party - Anything

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my Just a Lonely Zombie card.

 

HOWL Happy Birthday - Twilight inspired birthday card

 So my oldest daughter is turning 11 next week and the theme for her party is from the Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn part 1, plus she loves Taylor Lautner aka Jacob Black. And just a couple of weeks ago she handed out Twilight - Eclipse Valentines in school. I purposely bought 2 packages @ .99 each from Party City because I knew there wouldn't be enough boy appropriate valentines in 1 package, plus it came with stickers that I knew I would be able to use for other projects. That brings us here to my card.

I used these items (all on hand) to create my HOWL Happy Birthday card:

• A Frightful Affair Cricut cartridge - HOWL
• Fabulous Finds Cricut cartridge - heart luggage tag
• DCWV Immortal Love - paper
• Black and red cardstock
• Repurposed unused extra Valentine - Taylor Lautner aka Jacob Black
• Jacob heart stickers - on heart luggage tag and on the inside of card
• ribbon
• Red stickle - claw marks in the HOWL
• Glossy Accents - HOWL
• My Craft Spot clear stamps - Inside & Out - set 2 - Happy Birthday (front) and sentinment (inside)
• Black ink
• Black brad - heart luggage tag
• Pop dots - under Jacob, HOWL and heart luggage tag

 Here you can see how everything is popped up with pop dots:

Here is the inside:

I am entering my HOWL Happy Birthday card in the following challenges:

• Delightful Inspiration - i heart sketches #7 

• Paper Playtime - Challenge #4 - Sentiment Stamps
• My Craft Spot - Monday Challenge #88 - Pop it Up
• Papercraft Star - Challenge #134 - Happy Birthday
• Shopping Our Stash - Challenge #91- Tag it - create a tag or use one on your project

This was such a fun card to make and I know my daughter is going to love it! Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my HOWL Happy Birthday card.

Another Breast Cancer Awareness Thank You card

So here is the other Breast Cancer Awareness Thank You card I made for one of my nurses who cared for me over the last 5 months during my chemo treatments. My design was inspired by the challenge over at Mojo Monday (see the sketch below). You can see the other BCA Thank You card HERE.

I tried to get a picture of this circle to show off the stickle I used around the edge of the circle and on the dots but unfortunately it didn't catch the light very well.

Here is the very simple inside...I left it this way so I could leave my own personal thank you.

I used these items to create this BCA Thank You card (ALL of which I had on hand):

• Design Studio
• George and Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge - circles
• Ultimate Creative Series Cricut cartridge - Awareness Ribbon
• White heart shape brade - on the awareness ribbon
• ribbon - on the front and inside of card
• Swiss dots embossing folder - on the pink circle
• Stickles - on the pink circle
• Misc. clear "Thank You" stamp - on the pink circle
• Stickabilites Breast Cancer Awareness ribbon sticker - on the inside

I am entering this card in the following challenges and linky party:

• Use it Tuesday Challenge #49 - Fasteners - I used a white heart brad on the awareness ribbon
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #150 - All That Glitters - I used stickles on the pink circle, around the edge and on the embossed dots, plus there are glittered ribbons on the top circle
• Mojo Monday 281 - SEE SKETCH



• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - Linky Party - Anything Goes
• 3 Girl JAM Challenge #12 - Anything Goes w/Ribbon   
• Paper Playtime Challenge #4 - Sentiment Stamps      



Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my BCA Thank You card.

Bucket o' Love

I give you Bucket o' Love. I made only 2 of these: one for my hubby and one for my mom. I was down for 2 days earlier in the week, just simply tired, I think because of my chemo treatments. Now I'm a couple days behind in Valentine cards and gifts, so I am playing catch up.

I used these items to create this Bucket o' Love:

• metal pail from Target $1.00 bin
• lace
• ribbon
• Martha Stewart edge punch - lace heart
• Sweethearts Cricut cartridge - Love
• Stickles - Love (you probably can't see it in the photo)
• misc. chocolate and candy lollipops

I am entering my Bucket o' Love in the following challenges and linky party:

• My Sheri Crafts Challenge #103 - Valentines - Show someone your love
• Paper Playtime Challenge #3 - Border Punches
• Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge Me Monday #148 - Be My Valentine
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #149 - My Valentine
• Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #102 - Color Challenge - red, pink, purple, and/or white
• My Craft Spot - Monday Challenge #86 - For Your Sweetheart
• Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #44 - Valentine Party
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - Linky Party
• 3 Girl JAM Challenge #12 - Anything Goes w/Ribbon

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Bucket o' Love.

Be Mine Matchbook Valentines

Happy Valentine's Day blogger friends! Today I give you a very simple matchbook valentine. I actually made 16 of these and handed them out during my chemo treatment today to other chemo patients and my 2 nurses. I made similar ones last year for my daughter's 4th grade class shown HERE. These ones are little different in the fact that I turned them around and now the top is the bottom and the bottom is the top. I personally like them better this way. I was originally going to use just a simple heart on the front but while flipping through the Designer's Calender Cricut cartridge I found this heart with the "BE MINE" in the heart and I knew I had to use it. I really like the way it turned out and I hope you do too!

I used these items to create these matchbook valentines:

• Red and white cardstock
• Martha Stewart score board
• Martha Stewart edge punch - lace heart
• Designer's Calender Cricut cartridge - BE MINE heart
• Happy Valentine's Day ribbon
• Sweethearts candy - inside

I will entering these matchbook valentines in the following challenges and linky party:

• Go Fish Challenge #34 - I Love You
• My Sheri Crafts Challenge #103 - Valentines
• Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday - Love is in the Air
• Exploring Cricut - Be My Valentine
• Paper Playtime Challenge #3 - Border Punches
• Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge Me Monday #148 - Be My Valentine
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #149 - My Valentine
• Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #102 - Color Challenge - Red, pink, purple, and/or white
• Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #44 - Valentine Party of Event
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - Linky Party - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Be Mine Matchbook Valentines!

My 1st Shaker Card

Yes, you read it right, this is my very 1st shaker card.  I have been wanting to try one of these for a very long time and now I have. I did make some mistakes along the way but I learned from them and I feel very confident that I won't make those same mistakes again.

I used these items to create my shaker card:

• Design Studio
• Joys of the Season Cricut cartridge - snow globe (can't remember the last time I used this cartridge)
• Create a Critter - penguin (can't remember the last time I used this cartridge either)
• stickles
• glitter (have had for many years)
• Close to my Heart clear stamp sentiment - S110 Holiday Magic (never used before)
• ribbon (had since last year)
• iridescent snowflakes (have had for many years)
• Clear Craft Plastic (had since last year)

Here is a view of the bottom and inside of the card:

I am entering my shaker card in the following challenges:

• (Pin)spirational Challenge #39 - see photo below - open til 1/14
• Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Shaker Card - open til 1/14
• Go Fish Challenge #32 - Winter - open til 1/14
• My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #81 - Frosty Days - open til 1/14
• Paper Take Weekly - Anything New
• Party Time Tuesdays - PTT #102 - Sparkle, Glitter and Shine - open til 1/14
• Use it Tuesday Challenge #47 - Make it Sparkle - open til 1/18 by 10:am AZ time
• Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday - Winter Blues Challenge - open til 1/18
• Exploring Cricut - Baby It's Cold Outside - open til 1/19
• DL Art Thankful Thursday Linky Party - Anything Goes  - open til 1/31

I think I did pretty good for my very 1st shaker card (toot toot my horn). Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Penguin Snow Globe Shaker card.