Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog: October 2013

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Thursday Tutorial - 3D Pumpkins

Hello everyone, JoNeita from Create with JoNeita, with today's Thursday Tutorial. I found this wonderful video by Melody Lane at Melody Lane Designs, where she shows us how to make the 3D pumpkins. She does it a little different than how Cricut shows to do it, but I really love how her project turned out.

When she made this video, the 3D pumpkin cut was the free cut of the week. I am not sure it they are still free to cut, but either way you can find them on the Home for the Holidays Fall and Winter Cartridge.

Happy Halloween everyone!!! Be safe tonight as you go out to trick or treat!

Happy Crafting!!!

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Wednesday Winners Challenge #183 Home Decor: Fall or Halloween decor project

Good Morning Everyone !!
Welcome to this weeks
WEDNESDAY WINNERS

Challenge #183 Home Decor: Fall/Halloween project

Halloween is coming fast, there are some amazingly spooky window displays appearing everywhere!!
Thank you to everyone who joined us this week with their own spooky offerings and beautiful fall projects.
Ps...stay tuned for some amazing new challenges coming very soon...

THIS WEEKS WINNER

Chosen by random.org

with a prize from

...IS...

NO 9
Created with Happy Hauntings and Simply Charmed
Mayra's Designs

Congratulations

To claim your prize please contact Robyn fantabulous cricut @ yahoo . com (remove all spaces)

You have two weeks to claim your prize.
Remember to grab your "FCCB Winner" blinky to display on your blog, you can find the blinky code in the right hand side bar.

DESIGN TEAM TOP 5

No 3
Created with Happy Hauntings
Linda

No 8
Created with Storybook
Amber

No 9
Created with Happy Hauntings and Simply Charmed
Mayras Designs

No 16
Created with Miny Monsters
Mary W

No 19
Created with Classic Font, Speaking of Fall and Doodle Charm
Gail Scott

Congratulations ladies don't forget to grab your "FCCB Top 5" blinky to display on your blog!

You can find the blinky code on our right-hand sidebar.

We hope you are joining us for this week's challenge #184 Sign's of Fall
As ever, please use a new project with at least one Cricut cut and tell us which cartridge(s) you have used.

Wishing everyone a Fantabulous Day !!

Monday, October 28, 2013

Challenge #184 Signs of Fall

Hello fantabulous followers, are you ready for another challenge...

~This Weeks Challenge~

Signs of Fall

Create a project with a Fall theme (pumpkins, leaves, harvest etc.)

This Weeks Sponsor

Bugaboo Stamps

~Design Team Inspiration~

L.B.

Cindy Loo

Cindy
Create a Critter 2, My Community

JoNeita

Create A Critter

Amy

A Child's Year

Kim

Happy Hauntings

Catarina

Art Philosophy, Create a critter

Ro Donner

Gypsy Font

Connie

CM Be Young

Missy

Mini Monograms, Recess

Emily

Stretch Your Imagination, Elegant Edges, Art Philosophy

~This Weeks Sponsor~

Bugaboo Stamps
Thank you Bugaboo Stamps!!

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Scrappin' On Saturday

Hello everyone and welcome to another Scrappin' on Saturday!!
Halloween is just days away so I thought it was only right to share a Halloween cartridge with you.

Happy Hauntings

This cartridge is absolutely amazing. You can create so many fun things with it...card, layout, home décor. The possibilities are endless!! Check out these projects by these fabulous crafters:

Susan Edwards over at Busy with my Cricky created this amazing Haunted House. Now wouldn't this piece look amazing center stage in a room? Check out her blog for all the details!!

Lezlye Lauterbach over at Lezlye's Ink and Paper Creations made this adorable Witches Boot Halloween Banner!! How cute is this!! She used both the witches boot image and the spooky font on the cartridge!! Check out her blog for more pictures!!

And our very own Angela over at Angie's Paper Passion created this amazing cupcake stand and toppers!! Make sure you check out her blog to see exactly how she did this using the Happy Haunting Cartridge!!

I hope all these fabulous creations by these amazing crafters have inspired you to give this cartridge a try!! Have a fun and safe Halloween!!!

Friday, October 25, 2013

Halloween/Fall Home Decor

Good morning everyone!

We hope you're enjoying this week's challenge theme of Fall/Halloween decor! Here are a few more projects to get you in to the decorating spirit!

First I found this super wall hanging made by Kelli over at Random Thoughts of a Super Mom. She used her Cricut and an unspecified cartridge to add the letters "boo" to some photo frames! Any of the Cricut font cartridges would work for this!

Next up we've got this great trick or treat bucket from the Passionate Penny Pincher. She used the Mini Monograms to create this.

Finally we've got this super cute subway art and candy jar display made by Kalyn at And I Thought I Loved You Then. She used the Word Collage cartridge and the Cricut Alphabet cartridge.

Here are a couple more cartridges you can use for creating your Fall/Halloween decor!!

Pretty Pennants

Holidays Through the Year

We would love to have you join our challenge if you haven't already! Happy crafting!!

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Thursday Tutorial - Downloading and Uploading Craft Room Files

Hello everyone, JoNeita with Create with JoNeita here with your Thursday Tutorial video. I recently saw where some crafters are starting to share their Cricut Craft Room files with friends and the public. Since I had never tried to do this, I thought I would look for a video tutorial to help me figure this all out, and it has been really helpful.

I found this wonderful video by Melody Lane Designs, on her You Tube page. In it, she shows us how to download, export files to and from Cricut Craft Room. She also tells a couple of tips to make things a bit easier, and how to upload your project files to the Cricut Project Center.

One thing to remember is that you have to own the cartridge that the file is from to be able to cut it.

I hope this helps you all to share some projects with your fellow crafters.

Happy Crafting!!!

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Wednesday Winners Challenge #182 Colour Challenge: Black and Purple

Good Morning Everyone !!
Welcome to this weeks
WEDNESDAY WINNERS

Challenge #182 Colour Challenge: Black and Purple

I love the projects made by our fantabulous entrants (is that a word? lol it doesn't look quite right) this week
purple and black are two of my favourite colours
Thank you to everyone who joined in, I so hope we have lots more halloweeny projects to look at for next weeks challenge
love love love !!!!

THIS WEEKS WINNER

Chosen by random.org

with a prize from

...IS...

NO 16
Created with Happy Haunings
Mary W

Congratulations Mary !!

To claim your prize please contact fabtabulous cricut @ yahoo . com (remove all spaces)

You have two weeks to claim your prize.
Remember to grab your "FCCB Winner" blinky to display on your blog, you can find the blinky code in the right hand side bar.

DESIGN TEAM TOP 5

No 1
Created with Haunted House and Paper Dolls Dress Up
Pamela Danner

No 4
Created with Princess Party
Rhonda Emery

No 6
Created with Create a Critter 2 and lots lots more!!
Faith Wallace

No 13
Created with Doodle Charms
Michelle's Cricut Fun

No 18
Created with Mini Monsters and Happy Hauntings
Jaren

Congratulations ladies don't forget to grab your "FCCB Top 5" blinky to display on your blog!

You can find the blinky code on our right-hand sidebar.

We hope you are joining us for this week's challenge #183 Home Decor
As ever, please use a new project with at least one Cricut cut and tell us which cartridge(s) you have used.

Wishing everyone a Fantabulous Day !!