Thursday Tutorial - Puffy Hydrangea

Hello! Rachel here from Cricut with Heart, and today I'm sharing an awesome tutorial that was made by Kittie Caracciolo from Kittie Kraft. She shows step by step how to make a dimensional Hydrangea flower!

You start out by cutting 5 circles in graduated sizes about 1/4" difference, and layer them together with foam tape.

Then you need to die cut or punch a bunch of small hydrangea shapes.  Kittie used a punch to cut hers out of a piece of embossed cardstock.

Then take these flower pieces and give them some dimension and shape by pushing down on the center of the shape using a stylus on a mouse pad or piercing mat.

Next, you are ready to apply the flowers to your circles. Add a generous amount of a strong liquid adhesive to the top layer. Then use a paper piercer to pick up the flower pieces and squish them into the adhesive, covering the top layer completely. Push them together, overlapping the petals.

Continue on to the next layers, adding adhesive and flowers to cover each one.

Once you're finished, you'll end up with a beautiful puffy hydrangea!

Isn't this fantastic? Here is a fantabulous project that Kittie made using these Hydrangea flowers.

You can find her original post with this tutorial HERE. I can't wait to try this out, and I hope you are as inspired as I am by this fun flower!

Happy Crafting!

Wednesday Winners Cricut Crawl...April Fools !!

Good Morning Everyone !!
Welcome to this weeks 
WEDNESDAY WINNERS

April Fool's Day Cricut Crawl

THIS WEEKS WINNER

Chosen by random.org 

with a prize from
ScrapbookPal.com

OF

A $25 dollar Gift Certificate

...IS...

No 9
Created with Paper Dolls Dress Up, Elegant Edges and Create a Critter
Michelle

Congratulations Michelle. 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 19 amazing projects to choose from this week.

Thank you to every one who joined us 

No 1
Created with Wrap It Up and Bubblegum Stripes
Diana L

No 8
Created with Four Legged Friends and Paper Pups
Michelle N

No 11
Created with Create a Critter
Becky F

No 15

Created with Give a Hoot
Carissa

No 19
Created with Life is a Beach
Bobby

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 #155 Colour yellow and a triangle 
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!

Good morning to all you crafty people out there! 

I'm back with another Quick Tip this week. 

Have you ever gotten in a COLOR rut and just couldn't pick the right colors that you wanted to use on a project? This happens to me quite a bit - I know what I want to make and I'll have a design or sketch planned but... those colors, the right colors, the perfect colors are just not coming to me. And I even have stacks and stacks of, well, stacks of coordinated paper and it still doesn't help sometimes! Well there is some help for people with our affliction (LOL). I found this a few years ago and I still love it - sometimes just for the inspiration!

It's a blog with an awesome Color Lab Color Combo Generator! 

All of the colors from Stampin' Up, CTMH, Bazzil, Copic and proMarker are included. You can pick one or more colors that you like and hit search and many different combinations will pop up that also include your original colors that you picked out. Or just hit "Surprise Me" and let it generate color combos. It's free to use . I usually just bookmark it where I know I'll find it quickly. They also have a widget that you can download to your desktop. 

I think this little tip will come in handy even if you are not using the paper companies mentioned above. Sometimes close is better than nothing, right? lol!

Just try it out on the Challenge this week here at FCCB. Put in YELLOW and see what color combinations it comes up with! 

I'd also like to hear from you, our FCCB blog fans! 

I want to give tips that you guys are actually interested in and will use. 

So what tips would interest you the most?

• Cricut (of course, lol)
• Tools
• Storage
• Using Cricut accessories
• Particular carts
• Scrapbooking/cardmaking

I could go on and on. So please leave me a little blog love this week and tell me your thoughts! I can't wait to hear your comments! Thank you for helping me to make Quick Tip Tuesday even better for you!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Challenge Me Monday #155 - Color and Shape Challenge

Hello! How about another fun challenge this week?

How about using the color yellow?  

How about also using the triangle shape?  

Sounds exciting to me!!!!

That's what our challenge is .....use a cricut cut, the color yellow and a triangle.  You are going to be amazed at what the design team came up with!!!  So get your creative hats on and take on this challenge!!!

Challenge #155 - Color and Shape

Use the color yellow and a triangle 

 
Design Team Inspiration

Missy

Fast Food

 

Heather
Birthday Bash, Better Together

Cindy

Cuttin' Up

Nikki 

Straight from the Nest

Emily

Sweet Treats

Rachel

Artiste 

Angie

Cricut Craft Room Basics, Everyday Pop-Up Cards, Nifty Fifties

Cyndy

Simply Sweet

Lynn B

Art Nouveau

Rebecca

Hello Kitty Greetings

Brianna

Create a Critter 2

 

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 Color and Shape" challenge,

click on the blue "add your link" button below! This challenge ends at 7:00 pm April 14th (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.

Spotlight Sunday

Happy Sunday You All!  

Today we are meeting Just ANutter Paper Crafter!  Ha! Now if that is not a great blog title, I don't know what is, especially since this lovely crafter's name is Michelle Nutter!  She is one busy and very talented beagle lovin' lady that does not let grass grow under her feet.  She can be found wearing many creative hats from helping her husband with their classic car collection, refurbishing old furniture and of course paper crafting which recently landed her a spot on the Top 5 with this great card! 

Since we just kicked the week off with April Fools jokes, let's finish out the week sharing a couple of super witty joke cards I spotted of hers! 

Hot Dog Joke

Horse Joke

Now let's meet this "Just ANutter Paper Crafter! 

1. When did you start scrap booking/paper crafting and why? 
I got started with Creative Memories probably 10 or 15 years ago to scrapbook my husbands sprint car racing. I still haven't got all of the memorabilia into the albums! Then about 3-4 years ago I wanted to use up my scraps from scrapbooking and I started making cards to sell as a fundraiser for Sparrow clubs-it all snowballed from there!

2. What is your favorite type of project to make? 
I love to make cards. Now my friends and family get disappointed if they receive a "store bought" card! It's also one of my favorite gifts to give-a dozen cards of various themes (Thank You, Wedding, Sympathy, etc) in a gorgeous reusable box. And I still scrapbook and make home decor items.

3. What is your favorite product to use for your projects?
I really don't have a favorite product. I actually try to rotate different embellishments so all my cards don't look the same. I use ribbon, brads, twines, buttons, flowers, machine stitching, pop dots, burlap, etc! My blog doesn't show it all, because it seems if I make some really great cards, I need a dozen for a gift!

4. What is your favorite Cricut cartridge?
I counted my cartridges-I have over 70! I use them ALL. Some I use more than others-Damask Decor, Paper Pups, Plantin Schoolbook, Walk in My Garden, Flower Shoppe.

5. What do you do in your spare time, when you are not paper crafting?
Spare time….I sew, read, upholstery, and refurbish furniture. I work on our classic car collection-not turning a wrench, usually tracking down parts & pieces! I will recover the seats if I have to. I even help a friend show her Murray Gray Cattle at various fairs and specialty shows. I don't think I sit around bored-there's always something to create!

While perusing her blog, I found some pretty fun projects she posted. Here is just a sample of some of the creative and inspiring projects that just popped off the page! 

Piggy Bank Gift Card

Butterfly

Just ANutter Paper Crafter is just a joy to visit.  Her creativity is beyond original  Be sure head over and check out this fantastic BLOG and be inspired! Before I sign off, I must leave you with this A-M-A-Z-I-N-G project I found.  I tend to be partial to anything that revolves around Paris (I love that city and I feel I have left a part of my heart there when I vacationed there 7 years ago), so finding this card just had me in awe! The creativity displayed and how she used the different cuts to pull this together is just plain genius! 

Paris Skyline (August 2012)

Until Next Week! 
Arin