Fantabulous Friday #40

Daily Giveaways

Today's Gift...

2 Sizzix embossing folders

Thanks phrase & Picket Fence, donated by Custom Crops.

All you have to do is leave a comment at the end of this post for your chance to win today's giveaway.

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Good morning Fantabulous Cricut Friends! Hope you’re all doing well and have your crafting hats on…it’s the last weekend before Christmas….It’s now or never :-)

This week here at FCCB, we have been doing an awesome Crawl ( our version of a blog hop). Our theme was “Deck The Halls-Walls” Great crafting ideas using your Cricut.
So in keeping with that theme, I made a couple of very simple ideas to help you decorate for the holidays!

First is a set of pretty reindeer from the Christmas Village Cartridge. I cut three of them out in 4, 5 and 6 inches. I used Sugar Daddy Bazzil Bling Cardstock. It cut beautifully and I didn’t have to embellish the Reindeer as the shimmer from the cardstock is pretty enough. Of course, you can’t see that in the photo. I am not the best picture taker by an stretch. They will sit on a shelf with this angel by my entrance.
Next:

I created this pretty cross ornament and cut it out with my Cricut and the MTC software. I cut it out of plain white cardstock and then covered it with Pinecone Glimmer Mist. Once it was dry, I inked the edges for just a bit more of the distressed look. It has a very pretty and understated shimmer against the lights from the Glimmer Mist, but again…..you really can’t see it in the photo.

Here is a close up of the ornament.
So, to help celebrate the joy of this season of giving, I am giving the SVG file to you for FREE. It will be available through this link through Monday, December 20th at midnight. Just our small way of thanking each of you for your faithful readership of our blog. Just click the add to button and it will take you through the steps.


Please be sure to check out all the wonderful ideas from the design team and participate in the crawl. There are a LOT of really, really nice prizes up for grabs! May you all have a wonderfully blessed, Merry Christmas, Melin

Thursday's Tutorials: Cricut Advent Tree!

Daily Giveaways

Today's Gift...

Clear Stamps made by Autumn Leaves

19 Postmarks stams

Leave a comment at the end of this post for your chance to win today's giveaway.

Giveaway winners will be announced on Sunday

Happy Thursday! Hope you're enjoying our Deck The Halls Crawl and Christmas-themed projects this week!

For today's tutorial, I want to show you a super-cute Advent Tree made with the Cricut, by "CreativeLadyBug" on YouTube:

How fun is that?

Thanks for visiting FCCB today and have a great week!


Wednesday Winners #39

Daily Giveaways

Today's Gift...

Cricut Storage Box -from Cindy's Scrap Art
Stores 8 cartridges and overlays

Leave a comment at the end of this post for your chance to win today's giveaway.

Giveaway winners will be announced on Sunday

Now for our Wednesday Winners....
Gifts galore was amazing!!! Did you see all the entries... Wow, we loved all the creative projects. Thank you again for all you participation.

~This Weeks Winners~
$25 Gift Certificate -Custom Crops

#13 Rhonda -Scrap Happens

Gift from -In a Scrap Creations

#15 Tammy -Tamminnie's Designs

Congratulations Rhonda and Tammy!!!

To claim your prize please contact Robin at...
fantabulous cricut @ yahoo .com (remove 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 on our right-hand sidebar.

Design Team Top 5

#5 Patty -The Crafty Kitten

#20 Jess -My Scrap Diary
#25 Gigi -The Cricut Bug
#34 JD -JD's Adventures in Cricuteering
#35 Jo -I'd Rather Be Making Cards

Congratulations Ladies!!!

Remember to grab your "FCCB Top 5" blinky to display on your blog! You can find the blinky code on our right-hand sidebar.

Thank you to all those who participated in our challenge!

Come join us for this weeks Cricut Crawl and "Deck the Halls" challenge -HERE

Create project to decorate or spruce up your home for the Holidays.

Quick Tip Tuesday: Using both sides of double sided-paper

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Before I get to today's tip, I'd like to remind you that we have our exciting "Deck The Halls" Crawl happening here at Fantabulous Cricut. With lots of wonderful projects - and prizes along the way - you'll want to participate. To start the crawl, click HERE.

Also, don't forget that we are continuing with Daily Giveaways this week. Each day, we will have a random gift to give away (excluding Sunday).

Daily Giveaways

Today's Gift...

Color Box -Cat's Eye Stylus Set
includes 5 fluid chalk ink pads

Leave a comment at the end of this post for your chance to win today's giveaway.

Giveaway winners will be announced on Sunday

All you have to do is leave a comment at the end of this post for your chance to win today's giveaway.

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Welcome to Quick Tip Tuesday!

I've just learned of a fantastic way to use both sides of a sheet of double-sided patterned paper on the same layout. It's so simple - and yet not something I had thought of! I learned this idea from Patti Behan.

Layout created by Patti Behan

Take a 12x12 (or whatever size you wish your layout to be) sheet of double-sided patterned paper. Using the fit-to-page feature of your Cricut, cut your desired shape. The shape must be symmetrical. Once cut, take the "scrap" piece (that is, the piece that is not your actual shape) and adhere it to the white page from your scrapbook sleeve. Then, flip the shape over and insert it in the blank area. What a great way to save paper!!

Patti also put together a video tutorial explaining the procedure.

Happy crafting!

FCCB's "Deck The Halls" Crawl!

Welcome to FCCB's third Fantabulous Cricut Crawl!

DECK THE HALLS...
Make a Cricut project to decorate or spruce up your home for the Holidays!

We've got a LOT of awesome inspiration from our Design Team on this one (check out the sneak peeks below!), with lots of prizes along the way! We hope you'll join us and visit each Design Team member's blog for more information on their FANTABULOUS projects!

Here'w how the Crawl will work:
1. The crawl will begin here at FCCB. Participants will visit each Design Team member's blog (by following the provided links at each blog) and view their FANTABULOUS projects! If you get lost along the way, head back here to FCCB where you'll find a list of each Design Team member and links to their blogs.

2. There will be prizes along the way at the Design Team blogs, so be sure to check out the goodies up for grabs! *You must meet the Design Team members' stated criteria to be eligible for the individual prizes. Please see each DT member's blog for details and directions!

3. There will also be Four GRAND PRIZES!!! Prizes will be awarded to four participants that meet the challenge criteria and post a link to their project below, drawn randomly by Random.org:

1. Elmo's Party Cricut cartridge from CricutMachine.com


2. $50 Gift Certificate from Oh My Crafts!

3. Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge from Custom Crops

4. Frosty Gingerbread glitter and glue set from Scrapbooks.com
5. You must submit your project NO LATER THAN Sunday, December 19th at MIDNIGHT to be eligible. The winner will be announced Wednesday, December 22nd.

***At the end of the Crawl, be sure to head back here to FCCB and link up your own "Deck The Halls" project for your chance to win. As always, there needs to be at least one Cricut cut on your project. Additionally, only new projects can be added to the challenge to be eligible for the prizes (no older than a week prior to current challenge). Also, your project may be added to a FCCB challenge only once, with a new project for a new challenge.

And here are the Design Team project sneak peeks, in the order of the Crawl:
1. Andrea: http://divinedomestic.blogspot.com/

2. Angela: http://simplecreationspapercrafts.blogspot.com/

3. Angji: http://sweetpineapplescrapping.blogspot.com/

4. Brenda: http://brendasscrappyblog.blogspot.com/

5. Candace: http://www.scrapadoodledee.blogspot.com/

6. Cathy: http://sniptuck.blogspot.com/

7. Elsa: http://cricutlvr.blogspot.com/

8. Erin: http://spantastikreations.blogspot.com/

9. Helen: http://craftingcricutmom.blogspot.com/

10. Jamie: http://cutecardsandcraftsbyjamie.blogspot.com/

11. Jean: http://jeanscraftycorner.blogspot.com/

12. Jennifer: http://ascrappinaggie.blogspot.com/

13. Jill: http://thescrapoholic.blogspot.com/

14. Jordan: http://cutecuteworld.blogspot.com/

15. Joyce: http://1ashjoy.blogspot.com/

16. Kate: http://smallbitsofpaper.blogspot.com/

7. Leigh: http://www.myscrappyjourney.com/

18. Leinad: http://scrapsticklepop.blogspot.com/

19. Lori: http://livingorganizedchaos.blogspot.com/

20. Melin: http://cookingwithcricut.blogspot.com/

21. Michelle: http://scrappinwithmybug-scrappinwithmybug.blogspot.com/

22. Penny: http://lightwhimsy.blogspot.com/

23. Robin: http://robinscreativecottage.blogspot.com/

24. Saundra: http://luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com/

25. Sharon: http://ladybug820.blogspot.com/

26. Sherri: http://sherrisllc.blogspot.com/

27. Valerie: http://craftygolucky.blogspot.com/

*Click on a Design Team member's blog name to be taken directly to their blog, or start with Andrea and "Crawl" along with us the entire way! :)

Good luck to everyone and we look forward to seeing your FANTABULOUS creations!



Giveaway Winners Week 1

Thank you to each of you for all your wonderful comments this last week

winners please contact robin at
fantabulous cricut @ yahoo.com (remove spaces)

Now for our winners

Monday's winner -acrylic stamp set from "Little Paper Shop"
#19 anashjr
said... I love giveaways and the Fantabulous blog is AWESOME! Thanks for sharing the projects, they are wonderful ideas.
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Tuesday's winner -2 Sizzix embossing folders donated by Custom Crops.
#86 Wendy

said... I love those Wobbles! AND I love penguins! Super cute card & thanks for sharing the video with us all. Also, thanks for a chance at todays prize!
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Wednesday's winner -jumbo paper clips
#11 Cathie in UT
said... So many great ideas everyone had...hopefully I will have some crafting time soon. Thanks for the great blog and challenges each week
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Thursday's winner -mini flip flop clear stamps
#42 Angie
said... Your square photo glitter ornaments are AWESOME!!! JUST fantastic!!! Great job!
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Friday's winner -great paper crafts idea book
#26 Wende
said... Love your boxes. Thanks for the tutorial. Thanks you for the chance to win.
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Saturday's winner -mini scrapbooks and stickers
#4 Kim
said... Firstly welcome to Saturdays. Great sketch and layout. Kim xXx

Thank you again to everyone for your great comments
Winners remember to contact me at
fantabulous cricut @ yahoo .com

you have 1 week to claim your prize