Challege Me Monday - #154 Easter Greetings

Hello Fantabulous Cricut friends!  It really is hard to believe that in less than one week we will celebrate Easter.  This year is flying by!

What would be more fitting than an Easter challenge this week? You can find so many cuts for Easter you are going to have a difficult time deciding which ones to use.  So get your Cricut chirping and link up your Easter projects!

Challenge #154 - Easter Greetings
Use anything Easter on your project
Design Team Inspiration

 

Tammy

Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art

Cindy Vernon
Create a Critter 2, My Community

Kim Ogden

Wildcard

Catarina 

Art Philosophy &  Tags, Bags, Boxes & More

Amy

Stretch Your Imagination

Connie W.

Accent Essentials, Cindy Loo, Easter 2010, 3 Birds on Parade

Ro Donner

Create A Critter 2 

Missy

Create a Critter 2

Heather

Create a Critter 2

Rebecca

Easter 2010 (Solutions)

Susie

Just Because Cards, Doodlecharms

photo out for publication

Molly

Accent Essentials

 ~ This Week's Sponsor ~   

This week, Fantabulous Cricut is delighted to have Bugaboo Stamps sponsor our challenge.  They have generously donated 7 free images to be given to one lucky participant to be drawn at random from all eligible entries.  

If you would like to be a sponsor for Fantabulous Cricut please contact 
Janea via the Contact Me tab.

To link your project for this week's "FCCB's Easter Greetings" challenge,

click on the blue "add your link" button below! This challenge ends at 7:00 pm March 31st (CST).

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When linking your project, please remember to list on your blog what Cricut cartridge you used.

Sunday Spotlight

Happy First Sunday of Spring!

It is Arin here and we are kicking off the sweet sounds of spring with meeting a very new blogger that has joined in on the FCCB fun from nearly day one of her blog's birth.  Tisha from Designs by Tisha is a SAHM of seven children ranging from the ages of 24-3 and she even has 3 grandchildren that keeps this North Carolina lady hoppin'.  When she is not being super mom and grandma she is crafting up a storm with her Cricut making layouts and some pretty impressive cards. One of those impressive cards landed her a spot on FCCB's Top 5 with this is adorable spring card!

Tisha may have just started her blog in February, but she sure is wasting no time showcasing some great inspirations for layouts!

 Wedding 

 St. Patty's Day Layout

Now let's meet Tisha!

1. When did you start scrap booking/paper crafting and why?  

I bought a Cricut Personal in September with the intentions of giving it to my daughter for Christmas.  I decided to try it out. I got hooked which meant I had to go buy another one for her.  I took over my husbands pool table and made it a crafting table.  I have been making cards ever since.  And have just started making layouts. 

2. What is your favorite type of project to make?  

My favorite would be cards.  I come from a large family so they keep me busy.  I love to put ribbon and pearls on them.  And I usually try to pop something up on them.

3. What is your favorite product to use for your projects?

Favorite products would be paper, of course, ribbon and pearls.  I have lots of different paper to choose from and I’m always buying ribbon.  Let’s not forget buttons and flowers.  

4. What is your favorite Cricut cartridge?

My favorite Cricut cartridge would be Nate’s ABCs.  It can be used for so many different things.  I am currently making a ABC book for my toddler.  I use George and the Basic shapes a lot too.  

5. What do you do in your spare time, when you are not paper crafting?

Spare time….I spend as much time as I can with my husband and my kids.  With 7 kids and 3 grandkids, I stay pretty busy.  We love to play in the yard, go fishing, swimming in the pool and watching movies on Saturday night. I also enjoy knitting and sewing.

Check out Tisha's birthday card stash!  The variety in the styles and inspirations is a great go-to source to glean fresh ideas from! 

Puppy

 Dino

 Pastels 

For being a new blogger, Tisha is really bringing it home and a true talent to follow.  Be sure to head over to Designs by Tisha and give some blog love and be inspired! I have a feeling we will be seeing more of her around here! 

Before signing off, head on over and check out this adorable bunny card, just in time for Easter! 

Bunny

Until Next Week! 

Arin 

Scrappin' on Saturday

HI everyone, it's Cindy with this week's Scrappin' on Saturday. This week it's all about spring. Even if you have snow on the ground, it's nice to think about sunny days and kites and balloons gently floating in the sunny sky.

 

Challenge #153 Spring is in the Air

 

This week, it's all about spring and using kites and balloons in our scrapping projects. This week, we had lots of fun spring projects.

 

 

DT member Angie from Angie's Paper Passion used the hot air balloon from Every Day Pop-Ups and the lettering is from CTMH Artiste. I loved the colors that she used, the balloon really looks like its floating up in the clouds.

 

Cricut Crazy Scrapper made this cute Piglet layout. It has a cute kite from Pooh and Friends Cricut Cartridge.

 

Cindy at Papers Pads and Pictures made this fun layout using the CTMH Artiste cartridge.

She put her picture inside the hot air balloon which was very clever.

Last, I have Evelyn from Bleary Eyed Crafts with this fun layout to commemorate a fun day!

 

I hope that you all are inspired to do some spring scrapbooking!



Fantabulous Friday - Spring is in the Air

Happy Friday!!  This is Heather here for another Fantabulous Friday post!  This week’s challenge is “Spring is in the Air” – we’re looking for your creations that include kites or balloons.

I found a lot of neat projects and thought I would feature a kite, balloons and a hot air balloon.

Bug Junkie
Create a Critter

Denise
Birthday Bash

Faith-Abigail

Imagine More, Everyday Pop Up Cards, Paper Doll Dress Up, Sophisticated

There are a lot of options out there for Cricut cuts that you can use to fit this challenge.  There are a number of images that include balloons on Birthday Bash and Celebrations.

 There are images and pattern papers with kites and balloons on the Best Friends Imagine cartridge.

 And there’s a great hot air balloon image on Everyday Pop Up Cards.

I hope this post has given you a few ideas for this week’s challenge.  I hope you join in the fun!  Be sure to stop by tomorrow for Scrappin’ Saturday!!

Thursday Tutorial - Shaped Card

Hi there! Rachel here from Cricut with Heart sharing my first Thursday Tutorial with you. This was something I discovered out of necessity a while back when I wanted to make a mitten shaped card but my Gypsy was broken and I couldn't get Cricut Craft Room to work with my laptop.

First locate the cut line on your cutting mat.  It will be easy to see the edge of where the blade will cut when you have a used mat like this one.

Once you have located the cut line on your mat, position a folded piece of cardstock on the mat, with the folded edge just below the cut line.

I cut the mitten shape from page 79, Accent 2, at 5 1/4".  You'll need to use the Multi Cut feature since you're cutting through 2 sheets of paper.

Once it's cut, you'll have a section at the top that still has the fold in it since it was below the cut line.  So now you have a shaped card!  Easy, huh?

Next, all you have to do is decorate it and you're done!  Here is how my mitten card turned out after I added some layers and trimmings.

I hope you'll try this fun and easy way to make a shaped card out of almost any Cricut cut.  You could try this with a kite or balloon Cricut cut and enter it in our Spring is in the Air challenge this week!

Happy Crafting!

Wednesday Winners Challenge #152 Luck O 'the Irish

Good Morning Everyone !!
Welcome to this weeks 
WEDNESDAY WINNERS

Challenge #152 

Luck O 'the Irish 

This challenge was amazingly popular, its fantastic to see all your stunning cards and projects, we struggled to keep to a top 5, as always!! 
Thank you so much for continuing to play along week after week...
...In order to be in for a chance of winning both the prize and/or a TOP 5  spot we need a link back to FCCB on your post and that all important Cricut Cartridge named please
It's such a shame when we have to discount a project because we know how much love and care goes into each and every single one of them !!

THIS WEEKS WINNER

Chosen by random.org 

with a prize from
Our very own Brianna
at 
Happy Scrapper
of
 a fabulous layout kit from American Crafts

...IS...

NO 32
Created with Art Philosophy
Bernadet Rodakowski

Congratulations Bernadet. To claim your prize please contact Janea at... recollection alley @ gmail . 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

We had 49 amazing projects to choose from this week.

Thank you to every one who joined us 

No 9 
Created with Create a Critter 2
D-DesignsbyDragonfly

No 18
Created with Tags Bags Boxes and More 2
Ann

No 20
Created with Paper Dolls Dress Up
Bee

No 39
Created with Create a Critter 2
Sherrie

No 42
Created with Create a Critter 2
Melissa Haas

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 #153 Spring is in the air 
As ever, please use a new project with at least one Cricut cut and tell us which cartridge(s) you have used, with a link back to FCCB.

Wishing everyone a Fantabulous Day !!