Wednesday Winners Challenge #150 Fun with Puns

Good Morning Everyone !!
Welcome to this weeks 
WEDNESDAY WINNERS

Challenge #150
Fun with Puns

We have really enjoyed laughing our way round all the fab projects this week, so much fun to be had without even leaving your chair !! 

I have a personal thank you for the change in challenge closing time to 1900 every Sunday, living across the pond sometimes brings me "Timing Challenges" ... but as I love doing this post so much Janea has kindly done some tweekin' xox

So 
without further ado 

THIS WEEKS WINNER

Chosen by random.org 

with 
a prize of a $20.00 gift certificate
from
Michelle of Designs on Cloud 9

...IS...

NO 32
Created with Create a Critter 2, Elegant Edges
Jaren

Congratulations Jaren. 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 36 amazing projects to choose from this week.

Thank you to every one who joined us 

No 3

Created with  Doodle Charms, Artiste, Art Philosophy
Yoshira

No 5
Created with Elegant Edges, Baby Shower  
Paula Bee

No 26
Created with Something to Celebrate
Sherrie

No 28
Created with Teddy Bears Parade
Barb O

No 32
Created with Create a Critter 2, Elegant Edges
Jaren
WOW !! 
Double Winner !! 

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 #151 Bye Bye Birdie  and leaving our new DT ladies lots of love !!
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! Rachel here, and I'm excited that this will be my first post as a new Fantabulous Design Team member for Quick Tip Tuesday. I hope you'll give me lots of feedback about what types of tips you are most interested in, OK? I'd  really love to hear from you!

I'll start out by being completely honest with you, and tell you that I am a totally messy scrapper!  I have a dedicated scrap room, but it generally looks like a chaotic mess.  I always see pictures online of beautifully organized craft rooms and can only dream that mine could be that nice one day!

So while I was online looking for some crafty storage ideas, I came across this article from Better Homes and Gardens about some unexpected storage solutions using household finds. I really liked this idea for a DIY inspiration board and thought I would share it with you!

You start out with some Tin Tiles which are normally used for ceilings, some wooden drawer pulls, and some magnets.

Then you can simply paint the wooden drawer pulls a fun color of your choice and adhere the magnet to the bottom with some E-6000.  When you hang the tin tiles on your wall, you can use the decorative magnets to hang your favorite scrapbook ideas, layouts in progress, or completed pages! Cute, huh?

I also liked this idea, using inexpensive mesh pencil cups!

You can screw them into the edge of a wooden shelf, and they will hold all kinds of crafting tools while keeping your work space clean and clutter free!

I hope you enjoyed my first Quick Tip Tuesday! Don't forget to leave me a comment about what types of tips interest you most.

Happy Crafting! 

Challenge Me Monday - #151 Bye Bye Birdie

Yay!  It's Monday again....I am so happy to let everyone in on this week's challenge.  March is here and spring weather is right around the corner.  I can hardly wait.....

I also need to let you know that the end time for the challenges has changed to 7:00 pm CST.  I hope that it is not an inconvenience to anyone.  It helps us out in getting all of our votes in so that we can announce our winners on Wednesday Winners!!!

This weeks challenge is Bye Bye Birdie.  

Use any bird on your project.  

Challenge #151 - Bye Bye Birdie
Design Team Inspiration

Missy

Straight from the Nest


Tammy
Country Life

Emily

Home Decor

Ro
Stretch Your Imagination

Rebecca
Songbird

Heather
3 Birds on Parade

Rachel
Art Philosophy
Artiste

Nikki
Straight from the Nest

Lynn
Art Nouveau

 

Brianna 

Create a Critter

Angie
Art Nouveau, Artiste

Diana

Wild Card, Create a Critter

Janea
French Manor

 ~ This Week's Sponsor ~ 

 This week, Fantabulous Cricut is delighted to have The Trinket Track sponsor our challenge.  She has generously donated a $20.00 Gift Certificate to be given to one lucky participant to be drawn at random from all eligible entries. 

Welcome to The Trinket Track. The home of the cutest little trinkets around!

Here at The Trinket Track we aim to provide a variety of crafters with a wide selection of embellishments for scrapbooking and cardmaking. Love to make your own accesories? No problem, we have you covered too with a selection of beads, ribbon and other little trinkets.  We hope you have an enjoyable shopping experience down the track!  For ideas on how to use our embellishments visit the blog

www.thetrinkettrack.blogspot.com

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 Bye Bye Birdie" challenge,

click on the blue "add your link" button below! This challenge ends at 7:00 pm March 10th (CST).

As a courtesy to our design team, please consider turning off the word verification on your blog. With the new system, it has become quite difficult to leave comments for our FANTABULOUS followers.

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

   

Sunday Spotlight!

Happy First Sunday of March! 

Today we have a fun crafter, a true Jack of all crafty and creative trades, to share with you!  Karen or as she calls herself Karee Sue, from Creating Lasting Memories lives and has grown up on a large farm in Canada.  She has a sweet gaggle of nieces and one adorable nephew that she gets to spoil and love on and most of all practice her craft of cake making, scrapbooking, card making and anything else crafty she can get her hands on.  Karee Sue's love for crafting and talent recently landed her on a recent Top 5 with this great project! 

Karee Sue has a great eye for layouts!  Look at these few I found! 

 Lucky Auntie! 

 Cherish Layout

 Little Scraps of Heaven

Take a look at these cute cards. I love how creative and full of whimsy both of these cards showcase!  I definite creative inspiration! 

Gumball Just Because Card

Banner Card

Now let's meet this amazing farm girl! 
1. When did you start scrapbooking/paper crafting and why? I started scrapbooking in 2002 after I graduated from high school and decided I wanted to create an album from my school and grad memories, so I started buying papers and stuff. I had been doing some research and loved the subject not to mention that the idea of creating with papers appealed to me, back then I had no idea of all the mediums available, or the diversity of the craft. I had no idea it would take me this far or become such a big part of my life. At first I just practiced on greeting cards that I made for my family, their enjoyment over them encouraged me to keep creating and exploring the craft.

2. What is your favorite type of project to make (i.e., cards, layouts, mini-albums, etc....)? My favorite is making both cards and layouts, I do alot more cards because it's so much easier to practice new techniques and ideas on a smaller scale. Sewing has always been a necessary part of my life as I make my own clothing, so alot of my projects are fabric related, Lately I've also started creating some home decor and gifts. Most of the gifts I give my family and friends are hand created. 

3. What is your favorite product to use on your projects? Papers of course, I just love the feel and different textures of papers, I love to create my own paper piecings with my cutting machines.I also love to establish, inks are my favorite go to product, no project ever leaves my hands without being inked or stamped in some way, next I love using bling, glitter, gems, or powders, most of my projects also display lace or ribbon. 

4. What is your favorite Cricut cartridge? It's very hard to pick a favorite since I pick my cartridges based on my needs. Each is carefully selected on the usefulness of the shapes due to my crafting needs. If I had to pick it would probably be "Baby steps" or my new "Sweethearts".

5. What do you do in your spare time, when you are not paper crafting? I live on a large farm and there's always something that needs to be done, cooking, cleaning, gardening, housework etc, and as I mentioned I sew my own clothes so alot of my time is spent in my sewing room, I also love reading, beading,  or spending time with my large extended family and adorable nieces and nephew. It seems like I'm always creating some kind gift for one of my family members.

Karee Sue is quite a cake maker and with the large family she has, she is logging time on her Cricut Cake!  Take a look at some of her favorite edible creations! 

Got Cake! 

Karee Sue form Creating Lasting Memories most certainly does that all throughout her blog!  Her ideas and projects are just stunning, clever, and full of inspirations.  You need to pop into Creating Lasting Memories and check out all her amazing projects and become a follower, so you will not miss out on what she is sharing each week!  Before signing off, while pouring over all the amazing projects, I found this fun craft organization idea that she has come up with for storing ribbon!  Brilliant!

Ribbon Storage

Now head over and give Creating Lasting Memories some blog love! 

Until Next Week!
Arin 

Scrappin' Saturday - Fun with Puns

Hi everyone, It's Cindy and I am very excited for my very first Scrappin' Saturday post. The theme for the week is Fun with Puns. We are going to have SEW much fun with this post.

#150 FUN WITH PUNS

There are quite a few Cricut cartridges with puns on them. The first is an oldie but a great one to have in your aresenal --- Just Because Cards.

Another Cricut cartrige that has some fun puns is Wild Card 2. This is a newer cartridge, that's a little funky but has some really fun phrasing.

Fantabulous Cricut DT member Connie used a pun on her scrapbook layout:



Kaby from Rocky Road, Paper, Scissors submitted a fun layout with a pun for this week's challenge:

If you're tired of the same old scrapbook titles, next time try a fun phrase or a pun to make your layout punny!









New Design Team Announcement

We begin a new and exciting adventure today with the addition of  our new design team members.  But, of course that also means that we have to say good bye to a few of our fantastic members who we will miss so very much!

Good bye to...

Sheila, Cicily Jayne, Jamie and Linda

Thank you so much for all you've shared with us here at FCCB!

Our awesome returning design team members are...
Cyndy, Missy, Nikki, Brianna, Diana, Arin, Belinda, Connie, Susie, Molly and Tammy
I'm so thankful for the support of these ladies.

I will be back sharing with you as well!

And now we say Hello to our amazing brand new design team members.

Please welcome...

Lynn - My Cards N Stuff 
Kimberly - Sunshine Creations and Crafts
Emily - Mollie's Motif 
Ro - Toodle Noodle Creative
Heather - Scrapping Runner Creations
Cindy - Creating with the Heart
Rachel - Cricut with Heart
  Amy - Crafting with Amy
Kim - Kim's Kreations
Angie - Angie's Paper Passion 
Rebecca - Crafting Misfit
Catarina - Docerela Creations

We are so lucky to have these new gals on our FCCB team, welcome ladies!