Favorite Season - Summer - FCCB DT Project

This week at Fantabulous Cricut we are having a favorite weather forecast challenge, where we were supposed to create a project featuring our favorite season and its seasonal weather.  Since I live in Miami, we really only have 2 seasons and my favorite is summer!  So for this challenge, I created a summer layout (and I have a thousand pictures to be able to add to it later!) and I used Life's a Beach for the title and embellishment...

To my large flower (think sun, that's what I was going for!), I added buttons and to give it a little more interest, I also added wire and beads.

Aren't these flip flops cute?!  I added little flowers and stickles.  They are of course, popped!

I hope you can join in on the fun at Fantabulous Cricut this week and create a project featuring your favorite seasonal weather.  

This past weekend was my son's birthday party and I will share some pics with you all soon, so be sure to come back to check them out!

See you then!

Thanks for stopping by!

Love Bug - FCCB Share the Love Crawl

Welcome to ScrapSticklePop and the fourth Fantabulous Cricut Crawl...Fantabulous Cricut's version of a blog hop!  If you're a frequent visitor, thanks for stopping by again today!  If you're new here - WELCOME! I hope you like what you see, feel free to browse my other posts, and if you'd like to keep coming back, I hope you become a follower! 

Valentine's Day is in a week and everyone at Fantabulous Cricut has decided to Share the Love!   Each Design Team member will be featuring an original Valentine-themed project that includes the word LOVE somewhere on it.

If you've come from visiting Kate at Small Bits of Paper, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our Fantabulous Cricut Crawl, start HERE.

Make sure to check out each DT member's blog for some awesome inspiration! There will be PRIZES along the way at some of our DT members' blogs, AND there will be a Grand Prize up for grabs at FCCB for one participant that submits a "Share the Love" project at FCCB!

So be sure to join in and share the love, too!
Now onto my project...

I'm a die-hard scrapbooker so of course, I created a layout.  In thinking of what I was going to make, I wanted to make something really cute and whimsical, so I went to a newer cartridge that I haven't really explored and found the love bugs - that was it, I was in LOVE!  So I started designing on my gypsy (don't worry, I'll be showing this to you, too!).  I had recently bought these great Fancy Pants papers from A Cherry on Top and thought that it would go perfect with this layout I was creating.  My son helped me cut and piece my cute love bugs and title - I love to have my little helper around!  I added ribbon to the mats (tip:  I adhere the ribbon to the back of my mats so I can slip the picture right in under the ribbon later).  Of course, everything is popped (this is ScrapSticklePop, lol!).  So take a look...

 Close up of the left page

 Here is the right page

My title, which is shadowed and I added a little bow and googlie eyes...

One of my bugs with some hearts cut from my always go to George cartridge 

Cute kissing love bugs.  I welded the antennas together and popped the heart.  I also did a lot of stitching on all my little embellishments.

So now here's how it all began.  I used my gypsy to design my layout - its not just for cutting, you know!  To plan my photo mats, I use George and make them the size I want my mats to be (under the Basic tab, if you click the link button under the height/width, it will turn to white- its usually yellow - and then you can make your mat 4x6 or any size you wish without one part increasing in proportion to the other).

Now that I had a basic idea of what I wanted my layout to be, I separated each cut by colors.  I love being able to make all my cuts at once, so I used my 12x24 mat to make that happen.  It's easy to copy/paste on the gypsy, but many people do not know how to do this, so let me share how to do this:
 On layer 1, click the item you want to copy (it will be highlighted in blue).  Without clicking on anything else, click on layer 2 and click on the double square in the advanced tab.  Voila, it will appear.  Now you can move it wherever you want on the mat.  So as you can see below, I put everything I wanted to cut together by color:  in black on the top left, in red on the top right, in one shade of pink on the  bottom left and the other shade of pink on the bottom right.

 In the picture below is what it looked like as I loaded it into my Cricut.
Another tip:  when you are using putting your papers on the mat (especially when using a 12x12 mat), be sure that you line up the arrow on your mat just the way it looks on your gypsy so you put the colors in the right places.

And in one load and unload of my mat, all the cuts I need for my page are done!

So before you continue "crawling" along to the next blog, I have a little BLOG CANDY for you today!  It's just a couple little things that I love - flowers and bling!  One of the items is a super cute felt flower clip that you can use on your keys, purse, scrapbook bag, etc.  In keeping with the theme, to be eligible to win, become a follower (if you're not already) and leave a comment telling me the 3 Cricut cartridges that you most love!

So now it's your turn! Let's see your Share the Love projects!  Make sure to include a Cricut cut somewhere on your project and the word Love!

Next stop...the fantabulous Michelle at Scrappin' with my Bug. Go see her fun creation... And when you're done, make sure to link up your project to FCCB's Fantabulous Cricut Crawl post to be entered into the contest!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you come back soon!

Happy Crawling!

Layouts for a Cause - FCCB DT Project

This week at Fantabulous Cricut we are creating projects for a cause.  So today I have my DT project to share as well as two other layouts based on this.  This was a great challenge for me because it forced me to really have to think of how I was going to use my cricut on this.  The other two layouts that I will show you after do not use the Cricut at all (I know, big shocker, coming from me, lol!).  So I decided to scrapbook the pictures from an event my nephew helped coordinate that I got involved with and involved my students in called "Run for Respect" which was aimed to raise money and awareness for fighting domestic violence/abuse.  I knew I wanted to use Don Juan for the title, it just fit.  Now for the embellishment, I wanted to use sneakers, but I wasn't sure where to find the ones that would work with this page in my wide variety of cartridges.  This is when I went to the trusty cricutsearch.com and it showed me the perfect ones on a cartridge that I of course own but haven't really used much, Paisley.  So the layout came together very quickly after that and I really love the results.  Now take a look...

Since this week we are creating for a cause, I also wanted to share two other layouts of mine with the same theme.  The first is one for breast cancer in honor of my cousin...

The other is another cause that is dear to me, finding a cure for autism.  Two years ago my students raised over $1000 and we all took part in this event together...

So I hope you're inspired to create for a cause this week.  Each of us has something that is dear to us, so create a project and be sure to link up to Fantabulous Cricut this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great week everybody!

Sweet Shop Challenge - FCCB DT Layout

Hello everyone!  This week at Fantabulous Cricut we are having a Sweet Shop challenge.  I knew exactly the pictures I wanted to scrap for this challenge, my daughter enjoying her first popsicle by herself.  It was also a great time to explore one of my new cartridges, Simply Charmed, which is simply adorable!! Its a more whimsical version of Doodlecharms, in my opinion.  I'm thinking I might need to get me some more Peachy Keen stamps to go along with this cartridge, but we'll see.

So since my daughter was eating a popsicle and had popsicles on her shirt (I swear I didn't plan this, even though my friends are probably laughing right now, saying "yeah, right!" lol!) I had to make that my large embellishment.  Finding the paper, was really the most time consuming part (isn't it always, though).  But when I found a great coordinated set from K&Company "Berry Sweet" line from a while back that I had in my stash, it just worked with the pictures!  I also had a leftover embellishment from that line that said "sugar" (how appropriate!) and really that's when it all came together.  So now take a look at the finished layout...

I used really glittery doodlebug paper that I've had stashed and saved for a while for the popsicle and an actual popsicle stick. 

I hope you've enjoyed this "sweet, yummy" layout.  Come back again tomorrow for another "sweet" layout that I have to share with you all featuring my adorable cupcake cutie.  

Have a great start to your week (I know I will, a holiday and day off, woohoo!)...

Thanks for stopping by!

Winter Fun - FCCB DT Project Challenge "Winter Warmies"

This week over at Fantabulous Cricut there is a "Winter Warmies" challenge.  Now, since I live in Miami, that is a challenge in of itself since we don't really have winter, but luckily, I just got back from a great family vacation staying at a cabin in North Carolina and I have some awesome winter photos with snow!!! Since we were completely bundled up in all the pictures, all of them worked for this challenge, I just needed to pick a theme for my layout.  I decided to focus on one of the most fun parts of our trip - sledding!  Throughout our trip I was just thinking about all the cute layouts I could make with the super adorable "Winter Frolic" cartridge and it helped me create the layout below.  Oh, I cannot wait to make more layouts using this cartridge! There is A LOT of dimension on this layout!  Just look for yourself...

The whole bottom part of the layout is recreated "snow" using cotton, which I added some glitter to make it sparkle.  The title and super cute boy embellishment (which I made to match my son!) are popped, of course!!  I arranged the pictures slanted to recreate the "downhill" feel of the sledding.

This title has a lot of dimension and sparkle to it, but this picture still doesn't do it justice.  First I flocked the "Winter" part and then I used some doodlebug glitter for the "fun".  I didn't feel the "winter" word was sparkly enough, so I added another layer using MS fine glitter and another brand fine glitter that I sprinkled on the rest.  

Other adorable embellishments with a journaling tag...

The cuffs are flocked and I used MS drippy goo punch as a border on the right page.

Another close up of my boy on the sled...

I hope you join us this week at Fantabulous Cricut for our "Winter Warmies" challenge, too!

I will also be adding this layout into the Frosted Design challenge this week of using 3 or more photos on a layout.  

As always, thanks for stopping by!  

Be back soon because I have a couple more layouts to share this week!

Have a great week, everybody!

Merry Christmas Wall Hanging - FCCB "Deck the Halls" Crawl

Welcome to ScrapSticklePop and the third Fantabulous Cricut Crawl...Fantabulous Cricut's version of a blog hop!  If you're a frequent visitor, thanks for stopping by again today!  If you're new here - WELCOME! I hope you like what you see, feel free to browse my other posts, and if you'd like to keep coming back, I hope you become a follower! 

In honor of the approaching Christmas holiday, we're having a "Deck The Halls" Crawl...each Design Team member will be featuring an original Christmas/Holiday-themed project that could be used to decorate and spruce up their homes for the Holiday Season!

If you've come from visiting  Leigh at My Scrappy Journey, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our Fantabulous Cricut Crawl, start HERE.

Make sure to check out each DT member's blog for some awesome inspiration! There will be PRIZES along the way at our DT members' blogs, AND there will be a Grand Prize up for grabs at FCCB for one participant that submits a "Deck The Halls" project at FCCB!

I hope you join us for all the fun!

Now for my project...

I wanted to be unique and different, but I was lacking inspiration (I'm in definite need of some scrapping time with my friends!) and I kept looking around my craft basket trying to find something to create with no luck.  I knew I wanted to create something for my wall and I wanted to include pictures because I'm all about scrapping, all the time! LOL!  Then I came across this piece of foam that I had kept (its from the packaging of some furniture I had bought) after my sister had advised me that I could use it with some decorative paper and hang it on my wall.  So that became the springboard for my project...

I had some beautiful paper in a My Mind's Eye Christmas paper stack I had recently bought at Michael's so I arranged it like this...

In order to be sure the paper really stayed on, I used tacky tape...

I decided to scrap pictures of Christmas past in collage form that I could update/replace/add to every year if I wanted to.  I wanted a "Christmas"-y title and I went to one of my new cartridges (which I am in love with!), Winter Frolic, that had a great phrase and an adorable snowman (my favorite!).  To attach it to the wall, I made a bow out of polka dot ribbon and hot glued it to the back of the foam.  I brought two frames I had hanging in my front room down, hung up my new Christmas Wall Hanging and voila!

Here is a close up of the title.  It is stickled and the snowman is popped (of course, hence the title of my blog!).  I also added a little white flocking to the top of the letters "Christmas" to replicate fallen snow, but you can't really see it in the photo...

A close up of the top collage which I added "Christmas 2008" text to...

The bottom collage is from Christmas 2009...

And here is another angle of my project on my wall...

In honor of my first Fantabulous Cricut Crawl/blog hop and reaching over 100 followers (which I forgot to mention a couple weeks ago, oops!) I'm going to have my first giveaway!  It includes some pretty Basic Grey papers, matching flowers, buttons, ribbon, two holiday sticker embellishments and my cute little kissing reindeer from my previous post.  Take a look...

To win, please leave a comment below and become a follower.  Throughout the week I will be posting more "Deck the Halls" posts and if you leave comments on those as well, you will have more chances to win!  I've got some more great projects to share throughout the week so I hope you will come by and check them out!   Good luck everyone!!

In case you missed this earlier post, I created personalized ornaments for my family this year, which is also "Deck the Halls" themed...

You can check out the full post by click HERE

Now it's your turn! Let's see your Christmas/Holiday-Themed Decor projects!  Make sure to include a Cricut cut somewhere on your project!

Next stop on our Deck the Halls Crawl... fantabulous Lori at Organized Chaos.  She always has great projects so go see what she has in store for you today... And when you're done, make sure to link up your project to FCCB's Fantabulous Cricut Crawl post to be entered into the contest!

Happy Crawling!

Thanks for stopping by!

"Grateful for..." - FCCB DT Challenge #37 Layout

Hello everyone!  In the spirit of Thanksgiving, this week's challenge at Fantabulous Cricut is what are you "Thankful for...".  I wanted to create a layout that showcased what I'm most thankful for which are my children, my husband and my family!  So they are the focus of the photos for my layout.  I especially love the picture of my kiddos (which I had forgotten I took and came across it and loved it, especially for this layout).  I had found this great scalloped paper and I used some scraps from my fall layouts that had "give thanks" which I thought would go perfect.  I knew I wanted a graphic title, so I started searching in my gypsy and I found this great premade phrase in the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge.  I matched it with a 4 from A Child's Year cartridge and of course, used george for the dot, dot, dot.  I still had an open space in my layout so I decided to freehand a tree and use it for my journaling.  I literally cut a scrap of brown to create the trunk and punched 3 circles.  Inside the "tree" I journaled the things I'm grateful for in mixed fonts with my own handwriting.  I also cut a couple leaves to place at the bottom of the tree.  I added some doodles to the title and some faux stiching around the two smaller photos.  I love my white pen, it brings that little added touch, don't you think?

 I really love the way this layout came together - it made the wall!  I will put in on the wall of my scrap room this week.  Here are the photos of the layout and all the details...

Be sure to stop by Fantabulous Cricut and join in on the challenge this week!

Also, tonight is the kick off party at My Paper Tree House...hope to see you there - and bring your gold - it's a gold party, too!

Have a happy Monday everybody!

Thanks for stopping by, be sure to check back again tomorrow for another layout!