FCCB Fantabulous Friday #204: Sketch Challenge

Happy Friday.  Our Challenge this week is a sketch challenge on the following sketch...

Today I am featuring some of the cards that have been entered in this challenge.
Paula Bee from Craft With Bee created this adorable Thank You card using the Just a Note Cricut Cartridge. I love the embossing and those sweet "wet" raindrops.

Our next entry is from Katie O' that made this adorable Croc Card. I love the bright spring colors she used along with the Crocs Rule Cricut Cartridge.

Next is Jenny from Jenny's Scrapbook Haven that created this gorgeous easel card using the Paisley and Picturesque Cricut Cartridges.  I love the softness of this easel card.

 The last entry I want to showcase (just because I have a mountain of snow in my backyard) is this adorable Sun card from Cricut Chirp. I love the bright colors and how fun this card is! She used the sun from Create a Critter.

You still have time to enter our current challenge by clicking this link...

Thursday Tutorial: Creating an envelope with a tag/label cut.

Happy Thursday friends!

Liz here to share with you a way to use a tag/label cut into an envelope. I know there are many envelopes out there  but I am always looking for different ideas to transform otherwise unused cuts. Today I am sharing a quick envelope created using Cricut Essentials Label 4 to fit an A2 card.

I cut it on 12" paper, position your card centered and fold! No pre-scoring required but recommended :) If you would like to snip the extra pieces it is fine too. This gives you a little room for bulky cards.

Here is the link for the cutting file.

I hope you find this post useful as well as the following Cartridge list. These are Cartridges where you can find Baskets and Eggs for your Easter projects. THIS WEEK FREE ON THE CRAFT ROOM: TC'S BUNNIES AND CHICKS.

BASKETS

A Childs Year

Create a Critter

Baby Steps

Disney Princesses- Happily Ever After

Best Friends

Best images of 2007

Bloom

Celebrate with Flourish

Close to My Heart- Art Philosophy

Create a Critter 2

Doodle Charms

Easter 2010

Enjoy the Seasons

My Community

Paper Dolls for Everyday

Pop up Neighborhood

Sesame Street – Elmo and Friends Holiday

Spring Holiday

Stretch your Imagination

Summer Bliss Seasonal

Ultimate Creative Sampler

Wedding

EGGS:

A Child's Year

Celebrate with Flourish

Close to My Heart- Art Philosophy

Create a Critter 2

Doodle Charms

From My Kitchen

Easter 2010

Easter Magic

Enjoy the Seasons

Happy Easter

Hoot n Holler

Kate’s Kitchen (a bowl full of eggs)

My Quiet Book

Sesame Street – Elmo and Friends Holiday

Sophie

Spring Cottage

Spring Holiday

Spring Holiday Cards

Stretch your Imagination

Teresa Collins Easter Basket

Thank you for stopping by and for your feedback!

Happy crafting friends!

Wednesday Winners #203 Bye Bye Birdie

Happy Wednesday!

Hope everyone survived April Fool's day yesterday :)

Emily here to announce the winners from last week's Bye Bye Birdie challenge!

The winner of the surprise prize from 

chosen by random.org is

No. 8

(created with April Showers)

DoubleClick - AKA ABusyBee

Congratulations!!!

You will have 2 weeks to claim your prize by contacting

fantabulous cricut 101 @ yahoo . com

(remove all spaces)

And remember to grab the "FCCB Winner" blinky to display on your blog.

The blinky code is located in the right hand side bar of the challenge blog.

DESIGN TEAM TOP 5 PICKS

No. 1
(created with Country Life)

Cely

No. 7

(created with Noah's Ark)

Scraphappens

No. 17
(created with CCR)

Angela Dodson

No. 19
(created with Art Philosophy)

My Paper Pastime

No. 21
(created with Create A Critter 2)

Julie

Congratulations crafters!!!

Please make sure you grab your "FCCB Top Five" blinky to proudly display on your blog.

You can find the code in the right hand side bar of the challenge blog.

Be sure to join us for the new challenge that started Monday

#204 Sketch Challenge

As ever, please use a new project, with at least one Cricut cut and tell us which cartridge it came from.

Have a FANTABULOUS week!!!

Quick Tip Tuesday

Good morning everyone!   I just wanted to take a few minutes and talk about the Cricut tools.  For me the number one tool is the spatula. I use this tool more than all the other tools combined.  My spatula gets pretty sticky from the mat residue.  So my tip today is to use a product called Goo Gone! It is fabulous and removes the stickiness with very little effort.  I also put a dab on a paper towel and clean the mat roller wheels in the machine.  Hope this helps! Happy Crafting Pam

FCCB Challenge #204 Sketch Challenge

Welcome to another Challenge Me Monday...

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #204 Sketch Challenge

This Weeks Sponsor

Stamp set of Winner's Choice

~Design Team Inspiration~

Cindy

Teddy Bear Parade


Faith
Summer Celebrations
Holiday Frames & Tags

Michelle
Country Life

Emily
Everyday Pop Up Cards

Kim

George and Basic Shapes

Pam 

Ultimate Creative Series Samples

Karla

George and Basic Shapes

Liz

Create a Critter and Baby Steps

Missy
Boys will be Boys

Heather
Create a Critter 2

Nikki
Create a Critter 2

Lynn

Love You a Latte

~This Weeks Challenge~

Create a project inspired by the sketch below:

 

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

Our Spotlight Sunday has come to an end for this week. Today we say goodbye to Diana from DL.ART . Before she leaves, Diana gave us one last inspirational project, and a few thoughts on being a guest Designer!

This is Diana M. Larson from DL.ART just to say it has been a wonderful week being the guest designer at FCCB. Thank you so much for inviting me. I really enjoyed being part of the team and sharing what I do and love with all the friends over here that are incredible designers, artists and paper crafter’s  and all my new and old friends that came to visit.  When I am not scrapbooking, making cards, 3-D projects or creating other art you can find me at church, the gym or at our local art or scrapbook store.  

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my projects over here at FCCB, if you would like to see more of them please be sure and visit my blog at http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com.

Before I leave, I would like to share a final project with you.

Here is a close up:

I had so much fun making this. I used the following circuit and imagine cartridges, “Love you a Latte”, “Heirloom” and “Blast Off”.  If you would like to know more about, this card and any of my other cards, please visit my blog for all the details.  If you would like to purchase the card, come by my ETSY store.

Thanks for stopping by.

 DIANA L.

It has been a pleasure working with Diana and seeing all her beautiful projects. Keep submitting your projects in our challenges-who knows, maybe you'll be our next designer!