Thursday Tutorial--Cutting Shrink Plastic With Your Cricut

Good morning all!  I hope you're all having a wonderful day!  This video I've selected today has some great tips on cutting shrink plastic with your Cricut.  She uses Shrinky Dinks brand, but there are other brands you can try as well.  Shrink plastic is great for making jewelry, embellishments, ornaments, etc.  Enjoy!

Have you ever used shrink plastic with your Cricut?  What did you make?

Thanks for dropping by today--join us next week for another Thursday Tutorial!

Wednesday Winners Challenge #223 Sketch Challenge

Good Morning Everyone !!
Welcome to this weeks 
WEDNESDAY WINNERS

Challenge #223 Sketch Challenge 

What a fantastic range of takes on this weeks sketch challenge, many thanks for playing along with us. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did !!

THIS WEEKS WINNER

Chosen by random.org 

with a prize from

...IS...

NO 7
Created with Celebrate with Flourish, Art Philosophy and Teresa Collins Chic and Scary
An Artistic Journey

Congratulations  Cheryl !!   
To claim your prize please contact fantabulous cricut 101 @ 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 Life's a Beach and Cricut Craft Room Basics
Jamie Larsen

No 4
Created with Graphically Speaking 
Scrappy Teacher 

No 6
Created with George and Basic Shapes and Gypsy Wanderings
Science Nerd

No 9
Created with Autumn Celebrations, Three Birds on Parade and Paper Lace 2
An Artistic Journey

No 19
Created with Artiste
Linda Every Days a Sundae 

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 #224 Camping and/or the Great Outdoors 
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 !!

Quick tip Tuesday

Hello my fellow Cricuteers!

I hope you are having a great week so far...today's tip came from Anna Griffin's blog: shan't to add some shine to plain ivory color card stock? Well use a sticker, stamp or quote printed on vellum and you will have a very elegant result:

Photo Credit: Anna Griffin 's blog

Even when the example was made using a craft knife, you can easily reproduce the look with your Cricut, cutting your basic vellum shape then stamping or cutting a pre-printed sentiment/ quote and adhered to a shadow cut on ivory colored card stock. Love this look!

Extra tips: use a dye-based ink on vellum. Let dry before handling or heat seal the ink for a speedier process.

As always thanks for stopping by!

Have a very crafty day!
Liz

Challenge #224 Camp Out

Welcome to another Challenge Me Monday...

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #224 Camp Out

This Weeks Sponsor

Pretty Cute Stamps

~Design Team Inspiration~

Michelle

Plantin Schoolbook, Calligraphy, Artiste, PPPR SVG

 

Avril

Campin' Critters (Tent)

SVG Cuts (Fire): Camp Firefly

DIANA L.

Campin' Critters, When I was a kid

Lynn

Teddy Bear Parade, Outdoor Man

Missy

Doodlecharms

Karla
Create A Critter,Gypsy Wanderings
Hamster Cutie Stamp Set by Pretty Cute Stamps

Liz
Gypsy Wanderings, CCR Basics

Emily

Campin' Critters, Accent Essentials

Nikki 

Create a Friend

Cindy
Campin' Critters

~This Weeks Challenge~

Camp Out

Create a project inspired by the outdoors

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.

An InLinkz Link-up

Spotlight Sunday

Once again it is time to save Goodbye to our Guest Designer at FCCB. 

 Join me in giving a fond farwell to Suzanne Webster-Lowrie at Scrapbooking Sue.  

Here is her closing project for us

She used the following supplies to make this fun At the Beach card

Cartridges:  Artbooking (overlay), Pack Your Bags (seashells)

Papers:  Seaside

Stamp Set:  Seaside WOTG

Now for some closing words from Suzanne.

" It has been so much fun being part of FCCB these past couple of weeks! I was absolutely honored to be invited as a Guest Designer!  I always have so much fun taking part in the challenges and love seeing all of the creations from the talented Design Team and creative participants.  There is always something new to learn in papercrafting, and I enjoy being part of the process.  I will definetly continue to participate in the FCCB challenges and to be inspired by all that I see on the blog.  Be sure to stay in touch and visit me at ScrapbookingSue.com!"

Hope you had a chance to visit Suzanne's blog.  I really enjoyed getting to know this talented papercrafter.  

 Join us here tomarrow to see our newest Monday Challenge.  Hope to see your project there.

Bye Bye for Now

KIM

Scrappin' Saturday - Apples

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away"

"An apple for the teacher"

"How do you like them apples?"

" The apple of my eye"

Apples are not just for eating they also make great puns. As we get ready for Back to School - one of the classic apple ideas is bound to come to mind so today for Scrappin' Saturday we are looking at some of the best apple cuts Cricut offers and taking a look at some of the Design Teams awesome apple projects.

Let's get started with a fact - 222 results come up when you search for apple in Design Space

Many are basic apples from simple to elaborate like some of these:

Of course there are apple images just for back to school:

Also you will find some specialty apple images (how can you not think of apple pie!!)

What apple projects will you make with some of these great images or some of the others 222 results? Look at some of these great apple themed projects made by the FCCB Design Team.

Liz

Diana

Avril

So go grab an apple as a snack and think about your apple themed projects and have fun finding just the right cut. I hope you will join us next week for Scrappin' Saturday.