Showing posts with label Fantabulous Cricut Challenge DT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fantabulous Cricut Challenge DT. Show all posts

Monday, May 10, 2010

Fantabulous Cricut

FantabulousCricutAd001 I’m very sad to tell you that I resigned from the Fantabulous Cricut design team.  It was very difficult for me to come up with a design each week with the Cricut has the focal point of the project so I decided to step down and relieve that part of the stress in my life. 

However, I don’t want you to miss the Fantabulous blog crawl that is happening this week.  Everyone on the team has made something highlighting a specific task using the Cricut.  I haven’t checked it out yet but I’m sure they are all fantastic.  There are contests and prizes so you will want to check it all out!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Monday, April 12, 2010

Fantabulous Umbrellas

Our Fantabulous Cricut challenge this week is appropriate for the middle of April.  Can you guess?  It’s April showers—use rain or water (think a rain hat, umbrella, life preservers, etc.) on your creation as well as at least one Cricut cut.  1-04-12 Where is my Cricut cut, you ask?  Does this give you a hint?  Untitled-1 copy I used Design Studio to create a border kind of like a border punch.  This is the first time I’ve done this so I kept it quite simple.  Plus, I need to get the Cricut Jukebox before I can get to fancy with them.  I have to stick to using just one cartridge for now.  I have been seeing these scallops in all sizes and now I can do them as I wish. 

I hope you get a chance to play along with the Fantabulous Cricut challenge.  It is really fun and don’t you think you should be using  your Cricut more?  Go on over to the FCC blog and look at the other amazingly talented design team creations.  I hope you find some time to play along this week!

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-watercolor; Image-Whiff of Joy; Ink-Stazon; Paper-DCWV; Ribbon-Bazzil; Pearls-American Crafts; Cricut Cartridges-George.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Look Mom, No Stamps on a Fantabulous Monday

Using my Cricut, and only my Cricut is a real challenge for me.  I love my stamps and coloring but I wanted to be on the Fantabulous Cricut design team simply for the challenge of it.  I have had this design in my head ever since I bought my first cartridge, Walk in My Garden. 

Our challenge is to use the word “Happy” and include some “flowers” along with at least 1 cut using your Cricut.  You can use Design Studio, Gypsy, SCAL or any of the other ways to cut with your Cricut.

happy flowers I know that I’ve preached the wonders of Design Studio before but for you today, I have some photos to show you one of the reasons I love it so much.  

prntscrn Here’s a screen shot in Design Studio of the 1st page of my project.  You will notice, the words, the words in shadow, a wheel barrow, 4 rows of assorted flowers and some grass, all from the Walk in My Garden cartridge.  I also have the center to the flowers which I didn’t use on the finished project (2nd from the bottom on the right).

happy flowers mat This photo is of the mat that I used to cut page one.  If you compare it with the illustration above, you will se that I lined up the paper in the color choices I had chosen for each block. 

prntscrn2I have also attached a print screen of the 2nd page.  You can’t really see the grass very well but I “welded” the grass border cuts together to make it the width I wanted.  I was already late with my project so I was trying to hurry!  I don’t have a photo of the mat.

It’s so great to see that something I have had in my mind finally came out in paper, glue and rhinestones (colored with Copics)!  It wouldn’t have been possible using my baby Cricut without Design Studio.  There are three things that couldn’t have been done without DS – 1) cut an image under 1” in size, 2) weld images together (grass) and, 3) size an image beyond the original dimensions (back layers of grass).

Thanks for dropping by to see my Fantabulous Cricut challenge.  I know that some of my regular followers have Cricuts so now is the time for you to join in the Fantabulous challenge!!!  Click on the link so you can view all of the lovely DT inspiration and design your own Fantabulous creation.

Blessings,

Christine

Challenges:
Cupcake Craft-Make your own flowers
Cricut Cardz-Anything goes
Secret Crafter-How does your garden grow?
Cupcake Inspiration-inspiration photo
Gingersnap Creations Random Redhead-growth

Monday, March 22, 2010

Fantabulously Late

For some reason, I cannot remember to post for my Monday projects!  I have already set windows calendar to remind me to schedule a post on Sundays.  That said, it’s a Fantabulous Monday!!!

10-03-21The challenge this week at Fantabulous Cricut is to create an Easter project in pastel colors.  I used Design Studio to weld mirror images of the blackout water can from the Stretch Your Imagination cart to make a card base.  I then cut the regular water can in DP.  Cute card, huh.  Oh, I cut the little birdie of the top.  I think this is one of my favorite techniques using Design Studio.  You can make a card out of any cut using DS. 

I tied a little corsage at the top – Isn’t that cute?

I’ll make this quick because I just got up.  I know, I know – Why so late?  Well, I didn’t go to sleep until 4:00 am.

Talk to you later!!! 

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Image, Sentiment, Ink, Button-
Papertrey Ink; Paper-DCWV; Punch-EK Success; Flowers-Wild Orchid Crafts (colored with Copics); Cricut Cartridges-Stretch Your Imagination; Cuttlebug-Nesties; Additional from stash-ribbon, pearls.

Challenges:
Kaboodle Doodles-Shaped card
Lexi’s Creations-Easter
Stamp with Fun-Easter
A Spoon Full of Sugar-Easter
Stampin For the Weekend-Easter
Sketch Saturday-sketch

Monday, March 15, 2010

A Fantabulous Day

The day is finally here!!!  The first challenge at Fantabulous Cricut!!!  birthdays buttons and baloonsOur first challenge is a pretty simple one!  It must include three things:

1.  A balloon
2.  The word birthday
3.  A Cricut cut

Now, your Cricut cut doesn’t have to be the word or the balloon but you must use at least one cut.

I do most of my Cricut work in Design Studio.  I like using DS for two reasons; first, I can design my project while sitting back in my comfy chair using my laptop.  Oh, you can adjust your images to the dimensions that work for you. 

The tag is from the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More and I adjusted the dimensions to 2.724 x 4.37.  I cut the balloons out at 3 inches (Stretch Your Imagination) and then cut off the strings attaching them with rick rack instead.  The Happy Birthday is cut from Calligraphy Collection at 2.5 inches.  I discarded the star that is cut with the image.

I like to add some kind of dimension to letters and sentiments.  Since this particular cut doesn’t have a shadow or blackout feature, I added a few dots of Liquid Pearls.

Now it’s your turn.  Head on over to the Fantabulous Cricut challenge blog and have a look at all the wonderful creations by the DT.  Robin has chosen some very talented ladies for the DT.  I know a lot of you ladies that come here regularly have Cricuts so I want to see you start using them.  Okay?

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Paper-K & Co.; Buttons-Papertrey Ink; Cricut cartridges-Stretch Your Imagination, Bags, Tags and More, Calligraphy Collection; Additional from stash-rayon seam binding, rick rack, lace, liquid pearls.

Challenges:
PaperPlay-Seeing double - repeat something on your card
Gingersnap Creations Random Redhead-birthday

Friday, February 19, 2010

Fantabulous News!

Are you a fan of the Cricut machine?FantabulousCricutAd001 Then you’ll want too know about the new Cricut challenge on the block!  The Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog.

Plus, I have even more fantabulous news!  Robin has asked me to be on the design team.  Yay me!!!  Plus, she is looking for a few good gals (guys to if you want)!  Check out the FCCB Design team call!!! 

I’ve been having some computer issues today.  My cat was sitting on my laptop yesterday while I was on my creative table.  Somehow, he changed the orientation on my screen so that I had to turn my computer on it’s side in order to read things.  I’ve spent the day on and off (while doing some creating) trying to fix it.  I finally figured out what it was but now don’t have any idea.  I was just looking at everything related to “display” until I figured out that it had been rotated 270 degrees.  The reason I don’t remember the fix?  Because that wasn’t really the issue.  The issue was that I left my laptop out so the cat could sit on it!!!

I’ll be back in a bit with a new creation!!!

Blessings,

Christine