Fantabulous Cricut Challenge # 308 - Vacations

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #308-Vacation
Make a project about vacation!

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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. 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.

 

 

 

Spooky Skeleton ATC

Another post for today and it is this Spooky Skeleton ATC.  Ok, so it might not be spooky, maybe it's a little cute, I'll admit it.  This was so much fun to make.

Above you can see the little face is layered with some foam squares and even the pumpkin bucket the skeleton is carring is puffed up with a foam square.  I think my favorite part though is the tiny google eyes in the "O O's."

 

 

I used these items to create this ATC:

•  Black, orange, and white cardstock
•  Wooden stamps from Michael's $1.00 bin (I think last year)
•  Misc. Halloween stickers
•  Google eyes
•  Black square brads
•  Foam squares

I am entering this ATC in the following challenges:

•   Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes -with the optional extra to use a non square base card or project. - open til 9/10
•  Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge #48 - Black and White with One other Color - open til 9/11
•  DL ART - Thankful Thursday - 1000 Post - Linky Party - open til 9/30
•  Getting Cricky - Simply Sunday Challenge - Happy Fall Y'all - open til 9/30

Thank You Volleyball Coach card

Today I share with you a thank you card I created for my daughter's volleyball coach.  During the summer my oldest daughter tried her hand at volleyball and did very well.  My husband and I use to play many, many years ago at least 3 times a week, but since moving and having kids there seems to be no time for us to play anymore.  I know some day we will be able to but for now it is our kids turn to play.  So the season is coming to an end in just 2 weeks so we will be giving this thank you card to her coach to show our appreciation for introducing our daughter to one of our favorite sports, volleyball!

I used these items to create this card:

• Design Studio
• Sports Mania Cricut cartridge
• 2 Star brads
• misc. clear Thank You stamp

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Cardz TV Challenge #12 - Anything Goes - open til 8/2
• Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge #30 - Sports & Hobbies - open til 8/2
• Paper Playtime Challenge #80 - Anything Goes open til 8/4 12:pm EST
• Party Time Tuesday #79 - Anything Goes open til 8/6
• DL Art - Happy Birthday Linky Party + GIVE AWAY! open til 8/31

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

2012 High School Graduation card

Today I share with you a simple graduation card that I made for my niece who graduated high school this month.  I'm not really happy with the way this card turned out...I think it could have used some layers but oh well.  I guess beings that I had deal with 2 sick kids over the last 3 weeks and myself being sick too has taken a toll on my creativity.

I decided to make an easel card for this because I just love being able to have them displayed, plus I haven't ventured into any other type of display card.

I only used Wrap it Up Cricut cartridge to create this card.  I covered the wording in Martha Stewart glitter and outlined the cap with Stickles.  I used a white gel pen on the diploma.  Lastly I added some 2012 ribbon and star brads.

I gave this card along with the layout I made:

You can view all the details HERE!!!  I created this envelop for the back of the layout for my neice to place some memories of high school and her graduation that she doesn't neccessarilly want to display or loose.

Since I have already posted my graduation layout and entered it previous challenges I can only enter my graduation card in the following challenges:

• Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge Me Monday #112 - Make a Graduation Project - open til 5/27
• Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #63 - Graduation - open til 5/27
• My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #56 - Congratulations - open til 5/28
• Creative Cutter Room - Design Time Thursday - Graduation - open til 5/30

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Graduation card!

Easter Fence Basket

This was such a fun project to make.  I wanted to create a little Easter scene and found this perfect fence box on on the Wrap it Up Cricut cartridge and this is what I made. 

I used these items to make this Easter fence basket:

• Design Studio
• Wrap it Up Cricut cartridge - for the fence box and grass
• Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge - for the eggs
• Winter Woodland Cricut cartridge - for the bunny
• Flower brads - to attach the strip of cardstock to create the handle of the basket
• Recollections flock - for the bunny
• google eyes -  for the bunny
• Pink Sharpie marker - for the bunny nose
• Martha Stewart glitter - for the eggs
• brown ink - to dirty-up the fence

I just added the stuffed bunny and eggs for display purposes.  I plan on giving this to my mom with some Easter candy in it.  I also thought this stuffed Easter froggie I got her would fit in it, but no he was too big.

Here are some other views of each side and an angel view to see 3D look created with the foam squares:

I am entering this Easter fence basket in the following challenges:

• Paper Sundaes Challenge #114 - Happy Easter - open til 4/7
• Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge Me Monday #105 - make a project with an egg on it (I have 8 eggs) - open til 4/8
• Scrappy Moms Stamps - Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Easter - open til 4/9
• Cooking with Cricut Challenge #80 - Easter - open til 4/10
• More than Favors - Wacky Wednesday #68 - Easter/Spring - open til 4/10

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Easter Fence Basket.

St. Patrick's Day - 1st Birthday Elmo card

So you might think this is just a St. Patrick's Day card...well you're wrong!  This is actually a birthday card for a sweet little girl who is turning 1 on St. Patrick's Day!  Earlier in the year when I first saw this Cricut cartridge I just knew I had to have it and I got it as apart of my Valentine gifts...YAY ME!!!  I just love all the Sesame Street characters and so does my 2 year old daughter.  I know I will get many uses from this cartridge and this is just the beginning.

I used these items to create this card:

• Design Studio
• Elmo & Friends Holiday Cricut cartridge - Elmo
• Life's a Party Cricut cartridge - "Happy Birthday"
• Hannah Montana Cricut cartridge - 1st
• Martha Stewart flocking powder (ladybug) - Elmo
• brads
• "celebrate" wooden stamp (Michael's $1.00 bin)
• ric rac
• foam squares - just to pop up Elmo

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Crafting When We Can Challenges #12 - Big Birthdays - 1st Birthdays are BIG Birthdays in our house
• Little Scrap Pieces Challenge - Use Green

I had some challenges with this card but all in all I am pleased with it.  I know the little girl who is turning 1 will never know what challenges I had.  It was a fun card to make and who can resist Elmo!  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed my St. Patrick's Day - 1st Birthday Elmo card!  

Rock On **WARNING GRAPHIC**

Above is just a taste of what I have to offer today!

I know not the normal card I usual put out but sometimes I have to explore the darkside of me and Macabre Monday - HDH #115 - Metal Mania Challenge has inspired me yet once again.  The challenge requires you to create a dark, Gothic, or Halloween-based art piece that uses, includes, or depicts metal in some way.  You can go very literal with metal embellishments or metallic papers.  Or you can use the Metal music genre for your muse, or maybe some industrial H.R. Giger type stuff.  Plus, this card goes quite well for the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday #93 - create a masculine project - my hubby already told me he loves it!!!

I chose Metal music, foil, staples, and brads to show off my metal.  I was also inspired by one of my all-time favorite Heavy Metal Rockers Ozzy Osbourne and the Bat incident.  I know it's hard to see but I tried to make it look like the bats head had been bitten off, but the head it quite small...I hope it reflects well in the photo!

I used these items to create this card:

• Design Studio
• Rock Princess Cricut cartridge - for the hand and the "Rock On"
• Wrap It Up Cricut cartridge - for the bat
• black Sharpie marker - for the finger nails (I didn't want the nice manicure look and I thought the marker made it look a little messy - on purpose)
• staples - on the corners
• brads - on the bat
• Red craft paint
• Firefly green Stickles - for the eyes of the bat
• black cardstock
• aluminum foil

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

• Macabre Monday HDH #115 - Metal Mania
• Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge Me Monday #93 - create a masculine project
• Forever Night Challenges - Freaky Friday #22 - A little strange

I had been thinking about this project for days and now I can finally say I can put this one to rest!  I love everything about this card...heck I might even have to send this one to the Ozzy Fan Club! 

Thanks for looking and I hope I didn't gross any of you out too much!

Christmas Jammies layout

I created this very simple layout as a gift for my mom for Christmas.  The two pictures are of us wearing our Pink Christmas jammies.  The picture on the left was taken Christmas Eve 2008 with just me, my Mom and my oldest daughter Kaitlyn.  The picture on the right was taken Christmas Day 2010 with me, my Mom, Kaitlyn and my youngest daughter Jaidyn. 

I used these items to create this layout:

• Design Studio
• Winter Woodland Cricut cartridge - for the font
• Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge - for the jammies
• Animal Kingdom Cricut cartridge - for the kitties
• metal snowflake brads
• Martha Stewart glitter
• misc. Christmas ribbon

Here are just a couple close ups:

I am entering this layout in a challenge over at Scrappin Chics Challenge - December Challenge - the challenge is Home for the Holidays.  Anything goes as long as it goes with Christmas or a holiday you celebrate in December.

Halloween Owl Easel card

I'm sharing today a card I made for my mother-in-law.  She is a HUGE fan of owls and I wanted to make her a card for Halloween, especially this year because it is the 1st Halloween since her husband passed away.  I really just wanted to let her know that we are thinking of her, even on a silly day such as Halloween. 

I am also entering this card in a couple of challenges:

• Cardz TV Challenge #92 - "Hootie Halloween" - make a Halloween card using an owl from any Cricut cartridge and use any color you'd like
• Paper Playtime Ch #57 - use Black, Orange, and Purple on your project
• MAG Challenge by the Page #47 - use ONLY Cricut Cartridge Create-a-Critter page 25
• Love to Crop Challenge -Embossable You - Create a card, layout, or 3D project with embossing
• Craft Spot by Kimberly - Monday Challenge #29 - Color challenge (black with orange, purple or green)

I used these items to created this card:

• Design Studio
• Create-a-Critter Cricut cartridge
• Cuttlebug
• Swiss dots embossing folder - used on the outer layer of the owl
• Script texture embossing folder - used on the tree limb
• Stickles - black and purple on the owl
• Circle stencil - used to hand cut out the moon
• E-Z Rub On - for the bats on the moon
• Black, orange, 2 types of purple, white cardstock
• Pattern Paper - from Recollections Midnight Magic

The inside I used these items:

• white cardstock
• black brads
• Martha Stewart corner punch
• misc. Halloween stamps

Thank you so much for looking!