Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Me Monday challenge #67-Pool Time

Happy 4th of July!!!

Hope you all are spending the day with family and friends, perhaps a picnic, at a parade and of course enjoying the fireworks.

This weeks challenge at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog is Pool time. I ordered a few new cricut carts last week. Got them in the mail the end of last week so the All Sports cartridge had a great cut for this theme.

I think we all know someone who cannot resist jumping into the pool and splashing everyone else- right?

Here's how I did it....

Standard A2 card

Paper from my stash

Swim Dude/layers cut at 3.5" from All Sport, p.50

Wave/layers cut at 2.5" from CM Traveler Cartridge, p.60

Beach ball/layers cut at 1.25" from Life's a Beach

Embossed white card stock with retro circles cuttlebug folder

EK border punch

Sentiment CTMH Makin' Waves stamp set

Navy Brad on beach ball, red stickes, and chalking

Happy Holiday Weekend!

Happy Canada Day weekend and Happy 4th of July weekend.

I was at my local craft store yesterday and came across a new product I have not seen before. But it looked so interesting , I had to try it thanks to a 50% off coupon. 

Being that the challenge over at Birthday Sundaes is anything goes, I thought I would make a Birthday card using this new to me product and link it up over there.

Looks like a basic Birthday card right?

Well, what is cool about it is the fun surprise inside when you open it....

It is a 3D balloon!

You can see it better in this picture...

Ok, the product is Honeycomb paper from InkyAntics Rubber Stamps. You can see a video here that shows the paper along with stamp sets that they have designed to go with this paper. 

I didn't purchase the stamps. Instead, I just cut my balloon shape free hand. 

You get one sheet of 5x7 paper of one color for $6.99, at least that was the price in my craft store. Like I mentioned, I had a 50% off coupon so was only about $3.50. It goes a long way for such a big impact. 

I need to go back and get some more colors now that I have tried it. I can't wait to try more designs.

Be sure to hop over to Birthday Sundaes to link  up a project or just check out what the DT has done. 

Here's How I did it...

Basic A2 card base

Pattern Bday paper is from My Minds Eye

All other paper from my scrap stash

InkyAntics red Honeycomb Paper

Balloons/layers cut at 1.5" from Birthday Bash, p. 23

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Divine Swirls embossing folders on balloons

Kangaroo/layers cut at 2.75" from Birthday Bash,  p. 49

Birthday sentiment on front from My Creative Time's Polk Dot Surprise Stamp set

Birthday sentiment on inside from My Creative Time's Wow! So Many Candles stamp set

Black sticker pearls for nose and eyes

Chalk, scrap of ribbon and doodles with my pens.

Cricut 360 Challenge #1 Invitations

Oh my goodness- Are you all ready. Today is the start of the Cricut 360 Challenge Blog 

and the very first challenge starts today, right now!!!

I hope you will all support me and the DT and link up a project and help send this challenge over the moon with tons of linked up projects.This DT is so talented and so diverse you can’t help but be inspired.

 

So the first challenge we are asking you to create an invitation using any cartridge you want. How easy- right!

 

Well here is my invitation to you.

I am formally inviting all of you to participate in the new Cricut 360 Challenge Blog. 

Let’s Get Crafty and post a project!

I would love to have many, many projects to look at this week. 

Be sure to click here for all the rules.

 

Here’s how I did it….

All paper from my stash
Card base is cut at 4.25” from Wrap It Up
The green circle is sized on my gypsy and cut at 3.56” 
Embossed green circle with Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder
The blue globe is cut at 2.89” from Going Places
The cute girl/layers cut at 3.76” from Rock Princess, p. 33
I used PKS Happy Laces stamp set for the girls face
Sentiment is from My Pink Stamper
I added some bling and a bit of chalking.

Frosted Desings Fabulous Friday challenge -Vintage Photos/Pictures

This weeks challenge at Frosted Designs is Vintage photos/pictures.

 

This card is a vintage picture of an old 4th of July postcard.

You can find several sites online that have old postcard images to print.

I just sized the frame to fit the image and chalked it up.

I hope you will stop over to see what the rest of the DT has to share with you and link up a project. I would love to see what you can do. 

Here's How I did it...

Card is basic A2 size

Printed old post card online and trimmed to size I wanted

Frame is from Lacy Labals sized on my gypsy to get the right size. Copied another one on top a bit smaller to make the frame

Bird/layers cut from Sentimentals cartridge

Scroll from Creative Memories Reminisce Cart

A little twine and button and some chalk to accent.