Focus on You at BBTB2

Susan chose the theme this week at Bitten By the Bug 2. We were supposed to use glasses on our project. I went a bit outside the box with my project. I love Halloween so when I saw these adorable vulture glasses on the Life's a Party image set I could not pass them up.

The "spooktacular" is from the Thoughts and Phrases image set. The ghosts are from Monster Bash. The paper is all Recollections, some with clear Wink of Stella on it. There are some Sickles on the ghosts for a bit more sparkle. I used a striped embossing folder on the purple paper and decided the debossed side looked better than the embossed side as I was putting the card together. I picked up the Washi tape at Tuesday Morning. Have a great week!

Fright Night at FCCB

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Challenge #263 Halloween
Make a project featuring Halloween!

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I made this card from a couple of different image sets and some letters I made in Inkscape. I could have done them in Design Space but I was having too much fun playing. 

The tree and moon are from Creepy Critters and the ghosts are from Monster Bash. I did the ghosts in vellum. The letters in "fright" are on foam tape for some dimension.

Have a great Halloween and come share your "Fright Night" fun with us!

St. Patrick's Day at Fantabulous Cricut

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Challenge #246 - St.Patrick's Day

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Create a project inspired by St. Patrick's Day

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.

Don't faint, I didn't make a card this week. Shocking, I know! I used a file from Digiplayground for this adorable sticky note holder. You can find the file here. It uploaded to Design Space very easily and cut out great! The shamrocks are a Cricut cut from Celebrate with a Flourish.

Here are the pieces as they initially cut. I had a little oops on the second one from the left and had to re-cut. Not a big deal, just a time issue.

The green solid is Recollections from Michael's, as is the golden orange in the shamrock. The print paper is from Webster's Pages. It's quite thick and heavy which will help with the stability of the holder. I put some dyed seam binding on the front to help bring out the orange and put in an orange note pad from Target. The pen is from Michael's. I put a little shamrock ribbon I had left over from a couple of years ago through the top on the pen to help tie it together. The shamrock pieces have Glossy Accents on them

I snapped a few pictures during the construction process, but this is the only one that turned out. (That whole multi-tasking thing is not always productive.) This shows tape on the left and right edges, which will become the top and bottom of the holder. There is an accordion pleat on one end to help it stand up.

I hope everyone has a great couple of weeks and a Happy St. Patrick's Day! Please take some time to create something even if you don't join the challenge. It's good for you!

Time for some Hearts (ok...Valentines)

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 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #244 Valentine Projects

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Hi all. Yes, I begrudgingly typed "Valentines" in the post title. If you've ever read any of my posts from around this time of year you will know I am not a fan (far too much drama at school). That being said, this cute little guy from our sponsor, Kitty Bee Designs, was too much fun to pass up.

I colored him with my Promarkers. It's bee a while since I've colored, and the ink did some funky things on his head, but he's still cute! The doily is from the Valentine's Day Cricut image set. I only cut one layer because I was planning to put it over the red background. It's a 5" square card, by the way, not by norm. I used a Spellbinders scalloped circle to cut around the image. The washi tape is from Dollar Tree. The little die cut hearts are from the Heart Quartet set from Verve stamps. It cut so well, I was really impressed. I put some bling on the washi strip on the top of the card.

This card is an easel card. The sentiment is from K Andrew Designs. The solid color paper is all from Recollections.

Football Bear

I made this quick and simple card today from the Teddy Bears on Parade cartridge. I was beyond excited when I found out it was in the November Mystery Box!!

The bear is cut at 3". I used our school colors for his uniform so I can give it to one of our athletes if I want to. All of the solid card stock is Recollections. The patterned paper is from 7 Gypsies. The bear and the MVP are on different thicknesses of foam tape to add some different dimensions. 

These bears are so adorable it's hard to mess them up, thank you Cricut!