Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog: A Pirate's Life!!

I had no idea what to do for this week's Challenge Me Monday over at FCCB!!!! The challenge this week is A Pirate's Life and I just didn't know what to do! However, after perusing my cartridges...I came up with this!


Recipe:
Cricut Cartridge: B is for Boy Lite
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! And DCVW
Ribbon from my stash
Tim Holtz Brads
Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

So, the card turned out a little plain, but oh well! I'm giving it to my uncle for his Birthday....he won't notice the lack of BLING!! LOL!!!
What can you come up with for this week's challenge? Head on over to FCCB and see what the other lovely ladies on the DT came up with....and then link up your own!!
Can't wait to see what you create!!!

Challenge Me Monday #77, Back to School!!! (PIC HEAVY)

It's time for another Challenge Me Monday over at FCCB! And since my LAST DT project was admittedly not one I made fresh for the challenge....I've been able to get back into my craft room (newly organized!!) and create this AWESOME number book that I think I will give to my nephew for Christmas!! The challenge this week is "Back to School" and we were asked to create a project with numbers or letters in it! I bought some Acrylic mini albums on clearance for a $1 apiece at ACMoore a while back, and haven't used them at all! I thought that this challenge would be PERFECT to put them to use!! The mini album is about 6"x6" for the covers, and 4"x4" on the inside pages, so I was a little nervous at how the characters would look at such a small size, since they are so detailed. I was extremely happy with the final result! Even though they are detailed, and some turned out better than others, I was impressed with the cutting action of my E, and YAY! they actually look like Sesame Street Characters!! :) For some things that were just too small to cut out (especially Zoe's jewelry...) I used some Liquid Pearls. Here you go!

Big Bird made the cover...he actually looks like he's counting his fingers!


Super Grover


Elmo


Cookie Monster


Prairie Dawn


Bert


Ernie


Oscar the Grouch


Zoe


Telly Monster


Count Von Count


Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Sesame Street Friends, Sesame Street Font
Cardstock: Stampin' Up!, K & Company, DCWV
Acrylic Mini Album
Assorted Liquid Pearls (Zoe's jewelry, Count's buttons, Telly's green eyes)
Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen
Ribbon from the Target Dollar Spot

Thanks for taking a look today, and head over to FCCB to see what Back to School projects the rest of the uber talented Design Team has cooked up!! Get inspired and then create your own masterpiece and link it up for the chance to win a FANTABULOUS PRIZE! :) You have until Sunday night at Midnight to link up!!

Challenge Me Monday!!

It's another Challenge Me Monday over at FCCB!!! This week's theme is "Birthday Bash" and we were asked to make a project for a kid's birthday. Well, I have to confess....I didn't make this for a kid....it was actually for my sister-in-law....and I didn't make it for this week's challenge.....this week got completely away from me, and I have been moving my craft room, and all my stuff is in piles waiting to be organized!!! ahhhh!!! So, alas, I was not able to make something new....BUT this card has never been posted before, so it's new to you all, right? :)

I made this quickie card for my sister in law's birthday a few weeks ago, when we were headed off to the Seacoast Country Music Festival, featuring Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, and Jerrod Niemann. It was such a great time, and I thought Jessie would fit perfectly. I didn't add too many details, because Jessie has plenty of detail herself! Here it is!



I'll give you the recipe later, because right now, I need to post this and GET TO WORK!!! I'm running late on this Monday!!

If you have extra time this week, head on over to FCCB and link up YOUR kid's birthday project!! :)

FCCB Challenge Me Monday!

Hello Again! Happy Monday!! It's another Challenge Me Monday over at the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog!!! This week's challenge is "Going Buggy!" and you are put to the test to create a project with a BUG in it!! There are soooo many adorable bugs in the Cricut Library and I had a hard time deciding which bug to pick! I finally chose a ladybug from Kate's ABC's, since I got the cartridge for my birthday in May and I had yet to play with it!! This is what I came up with!



Recipe:
Cricut Cartridge: Kate ABC's
Cardstock: Bazzil Basics and K&Company
Stamps: My Craft Spot's Sweet Sentiments Set #1
Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
Prima Flowers
Recollections Silver Brad
Queen & Co. Rhinestone in Cotton Candy
Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen
Pop Dots

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! I would LOVE for you to join in on the challenge, and head over to FCCB to link up your project!! You also have to check out the other FANTABULOUS projects that the rest of the Design Team came up with this week! They are amazing!! :)

Another BugBites preview!!

It's time for another BugBites 'All Year Round" stamp set preview!! And looky here...I used 2 stamps!! I had so much fun making this scene card! Both stamps went fabulously with it! It just shows the versatility of this stamp set....



Recipe:
Cricut Cartridge: Winter Frolic
Cardstock: Stampin' Up!, DCWV
Cuttlebug Embossing Folders: Swiss Dots, D'Vine Swirls
BugBites 'All Year Round' stamp set
Nicole Rhinestones
Signo Uniball Silver Gel Pen
ribbon from my stash

And here are some close-ups of Barb's AMAZING stamps!!




Head over to BugBites to see the rest of today's previews, and enter for a chance to win this awesome set!! Thanks for stopping by!!

I'm also entering this in the Cricut Circle Monthly challenge for August, which is to create a project with a scene!! :)

BugBites Stamp Set Preview!

So, have you heard the news? My blogger friend, Barb, over at BugBites has designed her first set of stamps!!!! It's called 'All Year Round', and she asked some of us to help showcase her stamps during her Release Week!! How cool is that? I was so excited when she asked....and of course, I said YES!! These really are great stamps....just anything you could think of for the whole year round! Great quality, great sayings....love them!

Barb is giving away a stamp set to one lucky follower for each day this week! Head over to her blog HERE to comment and have a chance to win your own stamp set!!

Here is the card I created for today's Sneak Peek!!



Recipe:
Cricut Cartridge: Happy Hauntings
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! And K & Company
Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Border Punch
BugBites 'All Year Round' stamp set
Inkssentials Glossy Accents
Ribbon from my stash
Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Thanks so much for taking a look today!! Make sure you come back on Friday, as I will have another Sneak Peek of Barb's FABULOUS stamps!!

FCCB--Challenge Me Monday #70--MELON TIME!!

It's my first week with the new Team B design team members over at FCCB....I can't wait to see what everyone has created! It is another Challenge Me Monday and this week's theme is MELON TIME!!! And we were asked to create a project with a fruit or melon in it. I decided on the token "thanks a melon" card....and decided to use Just Because Cards to carry out my design. Here it is!



Recipe:
Cricut Cartridge: Just Because Cards
Cardstock: Bazzill and K&Company
Time Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
Martha Stewart Glitter Glue
Sakura black Gelly Roll pen
Pop Dots
ribbon from my stash

I added the glitter glue because I totally screwed up in the decorating/doodling that I was doing in the 'thanks a melon' sentiment!! Oops! I would've liked it better without the glitter, but oh well. It still came out ok!

Thanks for looking today! I would love for you to head over to FCCB and see what the new and old DT members came up with this week, and then link up your own project!! Remember, it's MELON TIME!!!! :)

My Pink Stamper DT Call!! My 11th hour entry!

So, just in case you hadn't heard.....Robyn, aka My Pink Stamper, is having a Design Team Call for her next 6 month term. If you are completely new to Cricut, or at least the online Cricut world, then you may not know who Robyn is. You should REALLY check her out!! I first discovered here about 2 years ago when I ventured into the online Cricut community, and she really was inspiring to me in many ways. She has lots of great products that go along with the Cricut, and she is just such an All-American, girl-next-door type...you can't help but love her! :) You can check her out, HERE.
But, back on track....I have submitted a project for each of Robyn's previous DT calls, and have not been chosen... :( But, determination (and stubborness...hee hee!!) leads me to submit a project yet again, and HOPE, HOPE, HOPE that she discovers little ole me out of the crowd of almost 200 that have applied!! YIKES!!
So, since this IS the 11th hour...you only have until midnight CST TONIGHT to submit...I will get right to it!

These are Robyn's submission guidelines (let's see if I qualify)...

*You will need to have a blog that you regularly post on for at least 3 months. (check!)
*You cannot already be serving on a DT that has product that is a conflict of interest (most DTs are just fine as long as they do not sell product that is similar to My Pink Stamper Original Cricut Stamps idea) (check! I'm only on FCCB...no product there!!)
*Your project must be made just for this challenge (check! Done tonight and only for this!)
*Post a pic on your blog with a full recipe along with what the challenge is about (check!)
*This needs to be a new project that you make just for this challenge (check again!)
*Only one entry per person, please (check! no time to make a 2nd!! hee hee!!)
*You do not need to be a professional but you must have a love for the craft! :) (double check!!)

Challenge: Make a card, scrapbook page, or other Cricut project with your favorite Cricut cartridge using the following colors......

Orange
Turquoise (ok...I DID use tourquoise....but it looks blue in the pic! :( )
Green
Brown
(other optional color of your choice) (check!! I've included all 4, and added an optional of YELLOW!)

Now that I have followed the guidelines to a 'T'...here's my card!! Hope you like it!



Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Birthday Bash (my current fave...lots of b-days around here right now!!), George and Basic Shapes, and Preserves
Cardstock: DCWV, Stampin' Up!, and Core'dinations
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Swiss Dots
Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
Pebbles Chalk
White and Black Gel Pen
Pop Dots

I cut the background card from Birthday Bash, using the card feature, at 5". The tourquoise background (that sort of looks blue in the pic...oops) is cut from George at 4" and embossed with Swiss Dots. Since it is Core'dinations paper, the dots popped thru with the white core, so I dusted it with some Pebbles chalk to get the single color look back. I then cut the tag from Preserves using my Gypsy, so that I could get the correct length and width for my sentiment. I cut my Donkey Pinata from Birthday Bash at 3.25" and the CELEBRATE phrase, from the same cartridge, at 3". I cut the phrase 3 times in 3 different colors so I could create a shadow effect. I then inked all edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink, and assemble!! Add a few Gel Pen doodles and VOILA! A wonderful birthday card!! :)

Thank you guys, for taking a peek at my card tonight, and if you have a minute to throw together a quick card for her DT call...go for it!! I have been meaning to do this all week (since she announced it)...but hadn't gotten my buns in gear! I'm so glad I did though....and I'm keeping my fingers crossed!! Good luck to all the other applicants!! :)

Spotlighting Scrappy Moms Stamps for FCCB!!

Happy Sunday everyone!! Today, over at FCCB, some of the DT members were asked to create projects using Scrappy Moms Stamps!! Tammy and Melanie over at Scrappy Moms Stamps were so generous to supply us with their BRAND NEW RELEASE....."QUIRKY QUOTES"!!!!! If you have never worked with these stamps, let me tell you, they are FABULOUS!! They are high quality clear photpolymer stamps that are made in the USA, and they stamp wonderfully!
Quirky Quotes has some adorable sayings.....I used one of the more 'traditional' sayings since I was making a birthday card for an Aunt, but there are some really cute puns in this set too! Head on over to Scrappy Moms Stamps and check them out!!

Here is my card....

Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Life's A Beach, Create A Critter, Tags, Bags, Boxes and More.
Cardstock: K & Company
Scrappy Moms Stamps QUIRKY QUOTES
Yellow Embroidery Floss---(just haven't allowed myself to buy any twine yet! This was a great substitution!!)
Signo Uniball Silver Gel Pen
Nicole Rhinestones
Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
Ribbon from the Target Dollar Bin
Pop Dots

Here is a close up of the QUIRKY QUOTES sentiment! Thanks SCRAPPY MOMS!


Thanks for visiting today everyone! So glad that I could share my card with you! Today is gonna be a SCORCHER here in Maine, and I'm so glad my first part of the day is going to be at the Birthday Party (where this card is for...) and it's a Pool Party!! And then the 2nd part of my day is going to be at the SEACOAST COUNTRY MUSIC FEST!! I am soooooooo excited for this event, I just had to share! Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, and Jerrod Neimann, plus others!! Yee HAW!! :) Can't wait to put my cowboy boots on! LOL!!



Have an Awesome day! I know I will! :)

CTO--Christmas in July

And it's time for another challenge over at Celebrate the Occasion!! In fact, I'm somewhat sad, because this is my LAST Design Team post for them! I was feeling a little overwhelmed with both DT's, and summer approaching that I decided to step down and give someone else a chance to work with this wonderful group of talented folks! So....(weep, weep, sob, sob...) for my final challenge with CTO, the theme is Christmas in July, and we were to make a shaped card. This is what I came up with!


Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Very Merry Tags, Storybook, George and Basic Shapes
Cardstock: Stampin' Up!, Recollections
Signo Uniball Silver Gel Pen
Diamond Stickles

So, now, head over to CTO and link up your own shaped card for Christmas in July!!! And thanks to all my CTO DT members for a wonderful term!! I've enjoyed working with you all so much!!

FCCB--Let's Go Camping!!!

OK!!!! Well, I'm writing this post on Sunday night, and after a long day of travel back from an AWESOME vacation in Florida (DD's first trip to Disney!! Can't wait to attempt to scrap THAT!!) I'm not feeling very wordy...so forgive me! As you are reading this, it will be another Challenge Me Monday over at the super Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog!!! And this week, the theme is LET'S GO CAMPING!!! and we were asked to create a card, LO, or project with an outdoor theme! As I attempt to continue to work on my LO skills.....that's what I decided to create for my project this week! Without further ado, here is my Camping LO!!! (which turned out super cute, IMHO!!!)



And a few close ups.....






Recipe:
Cricut Cartridges: Everyday Paper Dolls, Cricut Keystone, George and Basic Shapes, Summer Vacation Seasonal, Create A Critter
Cuttlebug Embossing Folders: Swiss Dots, D'Vine Swirls, Distressed Stripes.
Cardstock: Stampin' Up!, My Mind's Eye
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress ink in Walnut Stain
Signo Uniball Gel Pens in Gold and Silver
Recollections Mini Brads
Gold Stickles
Liquid Pearls in Linen White
Pebbles chalk

Now, I hope I've inspired you to create something super Fabulous!! Head over to FCCB to link on up, and join us in the challenge! Can't wait to see what you create!

Celebrate the Occasion! Red, White, and Blue...

It's another Celebrate the Occasion Challenge!!! This week, just like over at FCCB...(hint, hint, hint....hit up 2 challenges with ONE project!!! Love it when that happens!!) the challenge is RED, WHITE, AND BLUE!! Since I'm on the the DT's for BOTH blogs, I did create 2 separate projects, but you don't have to! :) This is project #2 that I created for the patriotic theme....

A 4x9" card!

Recipe:
Cricut Cartridge: Independance Day
Cardstock: Core'dinations and scraps from my stash
Cuttlebug Folders: Swiss Dots and Distressed Stripes
Martha Stewart Glitter Glue
Signo Uniball Silver Gel Pen
Ribbon from my stash
Recollections Mini Brads

A close-up of the embossing...


And a close-up of the added Bling...again, I filled the stars in with the Martha Stewart Glitter Glue...couldn't help myself! ;)


That's all, folks! Now if you haven't gotten your red, white, and blue on yet....DO IT! and then link up to CTO for a chance to win the awesome prize for this week! :)

Thanks for checking me out today!