FCCB Challenge # 201 Use the Sketch

This week we are challenging everyone with a Sketch. Here is the card I made for a Birthday boy. My niece's little boy turned 2. I used George and Basic Shapes cartridge for my circle and squares. I just rounded the corners with my corner punch. It was quick and easy and I was in a hurry because as usual I waited to the last minute.

The paper stack is "Kidlet" from DCWV. Some cute paper for little boys . I love this red and kraft background with the different modes of transportation.  The base of my card is also Kraft paper. The letters and number are stickers, which also made it fast to put together. The circle and the belly band ( it was a border strip) are from the paper stack also.  

Here is the sketch

 Make a project and link it to FCCB. Have fun creating and play along.

Our sponsor for the weeks challenge is 

Newton's Nook Designs 

If you like cats you'll love their adorable stamps.

Bye, Bye for Now

KIM

FCCB Blog Crawl Anything Goes

Welcome to a Fantabulous Cricut Blog Crawl

A blog crawl is our version of a Blog hop. We are opening up a DT call, please see the

They are giving away a bag of crafty goodness to one lucky challenge participant.

Be sure to visit each of the Design Team members' blogs to see their projects.

If you get lost along the way, you can go back  to the  

When you are done with the crawl, go back to the FCCB blog and link up your project.

 The challenge is Anything Goes! We want to see your Cricut projects. To qualify for the weekly prize for a fabulous sponsors, you need to make sure to have at least 1 Cricut cut.

For my project I made a Birthday card using the marquee cut from Storybook.

 I used patterned paper from Joann's. The embellishments are stickers from the dollar store by Miss Elizabeth and the pearl bling is Recollections from Michael's. I used Martha Stewart glittler and glossy accents for the border and for the sentiment I used sticky embossing powder to heat set the glitter. 

Blog Crawl List:

Cindy -
Kim -
Emily -
Lynn - - Quick Chick Designs
Nikki -
Michelle-
Joneita-
Amy T -

Have fun along the way.

Bye, Bye for Now

Kim

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog Challenge # 163

This week the challenge at FCCB is to make a project using two types of ribbon. I needed a birthday card and thought I would make it with two types of ribbon.                                                                  

  

 Also it was my first attempt at heat embossing.  I have seen it used by other crafters but had not invested in a heat gun and embossing powders, which by the way are a little pricey I discovered.  For someone who usually buys supplies on sale or discounted it was a big decision to purchase everything I  needed. I have to say I was very pleased with the results.  I do need a little more practice to perfect it though.

For my card I used Elegant Edges to cut the scalloped circle at 2.50 inches and the shadow.  The inner circle was cut smaller at 2.00 inches.  I threaded the blue gingham ribbon through the holes and tied a bow.  It is pop dotted onto the shadow. The border is a Martha Stewart border punch. The ribbon is more of the blue gingham and a piece of blue polka dot ribbon.

The Happy Birthday sentiment is from a stamp set by TPC Studios. I used a fine silver embossing powder from Michael's and Versamark to stamp. It really was easy and the effect is very dramatic. If you haven't tried to heat embosse you might want to give it a try too. 

Thanks for looking. Join the challenge at FCCB this week and have fun.

Bye, Bye for Now, 

KIM