Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #296 - St. Patrick's Day

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #296-St. Patricks Day
Make a project about St. Patricks Day, such as Shamrocks or Leprechauns

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Here is my project for St. Patrick's Day

 

I used these items to create my St. Patrick's Day décor piece: 

• Designer's Calendar Cricut cartridge - March, 17, clover
• Create a Critter 2 Cricut cartridge - Happy St. Patrick's Day, Pot of gold, Horseshoe, Rainbow
• A Child's Year Cricut cartridge - Hat
• Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge - Leprechaun
• misc. pattern paper

 

I will be entering my St. Patrick's Day décor piece in the following challenges:

• DL ART- Thankful Thursday Challenge #199 - Green
• BBTB2 - You Lucky Ducks - use the word "lucky" itself or items that represent luck (horseshoes, four leaf clovers or a rabbit's foot)
• CardzTV - Anything Goes 

I hope you enjoyed my St. Patrick's Day décor piece and I hope you stop by Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog and join in on the fun!

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

31 Days of Halloween Activities Calendar/Countdown to Halloween Day 27

 

So I have been working on this project pretty much the last 3 weeks, I guess I should have started it last month. Oh well, I guess we will get the full effect next year.

 

Below is a photo of what this started as, just a simple wooden country calendar. I only wanted to use the base, so I removed the top and bottom portions and tossed out the middle wooden piece too.

 

Once all of the pieces were gone I spray painted it all black.

 

 

I then began cutting and putting together all of the paper pieces.

 

 

I used these items to create my 31 Days of Halloween Activities Calendar:

• Up-cycled very old (was lost in my garage) wooden country calendar
• Phrases Cricut cartridge - the Happy Halloween at the top
• Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge - the house and ghosts
• Monster Bash Cricut cartridge (1st time used) - the tree and moon
• Life's a Party Cricut cartridge - the tombstones
• Designer's Calendar - numbers
• Orange eyelets
• Computer - printed out Halloween activities for the back of the tombstones
• Nails - to hang the tombstones on
• Black Ribbon - to hang up the calendar

 



 

Here is a pic showing some of the tombstones revealing the activity for the day.

 

I am entering my 31 Days of Halloween Activities Calendar in the following challenges:

• Shopping Our Stash - SOS #174 - Halloween
• Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #86 - Anything Goes
• 3 Girl Jam Challenge - Halloween
• Red Carpet Studio Challenge - #81 - Haunted Mansion - Halloween inspired project
• Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #234 - Halloween
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday Challenge #143 - Halloween
• My Sheri Crafts Challenge #145 - Black Magic - Halloween project

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my 31 Days of Halloween Activities Calendar.

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!

Countdown to Christmas Cookie Tray



 

 

Today I bring to you my Countdown to Christmas Cookie Tray!  I was inspired to do this project when I saw something similar on scrapbook.com.  This was such a fun project to do. 

 

I used these items to make this project:

• 9 x 13 Cookie tray from The Dollar Store
• Design Studio
• Jolly Hollidays Cricut Lite Cartridge for the house and Santa
• Winter Woodland Cricut Cartridge for the snowman
• Everyday Paper Dolls for the snow drifts
• Designer's Calendar for the numbers
• clear yellow folder divder for the windows
• red Stickles for the reindeer's nose
• Glossy Accents for Santa's belt and boots
• Iridescent Glitter on the snow
• Double stick foam tape and magnet on the back of Santa
• Ribbon so it can be hung

I will be entering my Countdown to Christmas Cookie Tray in the following challenges:

• My Sheri Crafts Challenge #99 -Tis the Season - create a card/project that represents the holiday that you celebrate during this time - open til 12/7
• DL ART - December Holidays - create a project that represents December Holidays - open til 12/8
• Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #140 - Snow - create a snow project - open til 12/9
• Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Christmas Bingo Challenge -
  

I choose snow, reindeer and glitter! - open til 12/9

• Scrappy Moms Stamps - Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Christmas Time - create a Christmas card/project - open til 12/10
• Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #39 - Holiday of Choice - create any project to be used as a party decoration (or party supply) for a Holiday Party of your Choice!! Let's celebrate EVERYTHING WONDERFUL ABOUT THIS SEASON'S FESTIVITIES with table decorations, party banners, pennants, yard signs, cupcakes, party favors and more!! :)
• Go Fish Challenge #30 - create a Christmas themed project - open til 12/14
• Cricut Fanatics Crafty Challenge #4 - Christmas Decoration - create a Christmas decoration - open til 12/26

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Countdown to Christmas Cookie Tray.

Matchbook Valentines

Today I bring to you 28 Matchbook Valentines, which I made for my daughter's 4th grade class.

I had seen on either The Cricut MB or someone blogged about it, but they had made these adorable Matchbook Valentines and I knew I had to try them.  First I found which cartridge I had that had the matchbook cut on it, Alphalicious Cricut cartridge was it.  I brought it up on my Design Studio so I could figure out what size I needed.  I determined that I didn't actually need to use the cartridge to create this matchbook, I just needed to create the folds.  I then got out my Martha Stewart scoring board.  Using an 8 1/2 by 11 piece of cardstock, I scored the cardstock at 3/4, 1, 4 1/4, 5 and cut to a length of 8 inches and 2 3/4 inches in wideth each.  I got 4 matchbooks out of 1 piece of cardstock.  I creased all of the scored parts and then inked all the edges.  I cut strips of white cardstock, punched the edges with my Martha Stewart edge punch and inked all the edges.  I used my Advanced Tape Glider (ATG) to adhere the punched edges to the front/bottom of the matchbook.  I cut some Valentine ribbon and adhered that to the front of the punched edge.  I stamped the inside with a wooden Studio G Valentine stamp and a Recollections clear "From" stamp.  I then adhered the Sweethearts candy to the inside.

I then cut 28 hearts from Designer's Calender Cricut cartridge at 1 3/4 inches.  I applied Glossy Accents to all them.  I adhered the hearts to the front of the matchbook, leaving just a little room at the bottom for the heart to overlap the bottom of the matchbook to keep it closed.

I am so pleased with the way these turned out.  I am really loving the Glossy Accents, such a fun product to work with.

Here's all 28 ready for Valentine's Day...and I got them done way ahead of time...YAY ME!!!

I am entering these Matchbook Valentines in the following challenge:

• Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #17- Valentine's Day Party - you are to create any project to be used as a party decoration (or party supply) for a Valentine's Day Party!!  Celebrate EVERYTHING WONDERFUL ABOUT LOVE with table decorations, party banners, pennants, yard signs, cupcakes, party favors and more!!
• Paper Playtime Challenge #66 - Anything Goes + Blog Hop 
• Party Time Tuesdays - 53 - Anything Goes
• Cooking with Cricut Challenge #71 - Child's Valentine - Must Use Pink, Red, and White

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my Matchbook Valentines!

Zebra Purse card

I finally figured out my Cricut Design Studio and went WILD!!! I made this card for my niece who is turning 17 today! I made all of my cuts in the DS. I will be putting a gift card in it as her gift!

I used these Cricut cartridges:

Wild Card for purse cut twice (zebra print and black) at 6 1/4, welded and stretched to fit. I used the black parts for the handles, the inside of purse, and flap

Locker Talk for the key cut at 2 and the MP3 player

Designer Calendar for the cellphone

Paper Doll Dress Up for the lipstick cut at 2

George and Basic Shapes for the nail polish which I took 2 shapes and welded them together to create the shape

This was by far my funnest project and I finished in a day(of course with Mom duty in the middle).

I want to give a special thanks to Michelle Petersen (on the cricut.com mb) for the inspiration!

Here's a look at the inside of the purse and a little message.