Fantabulous Cricut 300th Challenge--"Happy Mother's Day!"

Happy Monday and welcome to our 300th Challenge! 

We are having a BLOG HOP to celebrate!

Challenge #300
Make a project about Mother's Day!

One lucky commenter will be chosen (from all blog hop comments on each blog, plus this one) to win this-

a brand new Cricut Explore! Courtesy of 

of Denton, Texas

ALSO-

The FCCB Design Team is sponsoring TWO $25 gift cards at

Amazon!

We also have:

$15.00 Gift Certificate

And two $10 gift certificates to-

Dreaming Tree SVG's

To qualify for the gift certificates, 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. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

There is a limit of three entries per person.

Be sure to visit each Design Team member leave a comment and become a follower - those will be put into a drawing for their blog candy (if offered).

Here is our blog hop list for Mother's Day challenge #300!

1. Michelle
2. Penny Light 
3. DIANA L. 
4. Karla Yungwirth 
5. Carol 
6. Dorlene Durham 
7. Marie Flayer
8. Stacey
9. Sheila Harper
10. Lynn 
11. Cindy
12. Cynthia
13. Diana Lynn Martin 
14. Linda Israel
15. Jamie 

We can't wait to see your projects!

Welcome to this special celebration of our 300th challenge!  woohoo!

The size of my card is 5" wide by 6.5" long.  I designed my card using the Flower Market Cricut cartridge in Design Space.  If you have the cartridge and would like to replicate it you can use my cut file here. 

Here is a photo from a different angle so you can see how sparkly the paper is:

Close to My Heart products used:

       Flower Market Cricut Cartridge

       White Daisy CS

       Tulip CS (retired)

       Hello Lovely patterned paper

       Clear Shimmer Brush (applied to red roses)

Other products:

        Stardream Azalea and Aquamarine Metallic                     papers by The Paper Cut

       Gold Metallic cricut pen

       Stitched Rectangle Die by KatScrappiness

I'm also entering this challenge:

      Glitter 'n Sparkle--Flowers 

      Inspiration Destination--Anything Goes

      Creatalicious Challenges--Mother's Day

      Always Fun Challenges--Flowers

Now for my blog candy prize:

One Close to My Heart Exclusive Stamp Set called Hello Foxy which will be available during June 2017 only and 1 roll of Close to My Heart Blush Shimmer ribbon.

To be eligible to win, just leave me a comment and become a follower of my blog.  (See upper right sidebar to become a follower)

Please continue on to Stacey's blog to see what wonderful project she has to share.  Remember the more comments you leave on our DT members blogs will give you more chances to win the Cricut Explore!

Good luck in the prize drawings!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

     

     

Shimmering Drum Set Birthday Card

My grandson will be 7 soon and has just started taking drum lessons--thus the inspiration for my card.

Products used:

     Cricut--Quarter Note cartridge

     Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge (CTMH)--writing

     White Daisy CS

     Silver Metallic CS (retired Close to My Heart)

     Sapphire CS (CTMH)

     Champagne CS  (CTMH)

     Tulip CS (retired CTMH)

     Red shiny paper from DCWV Christmas Glittered             & Textured Paper Pack

     Cricut Silver Pen

Here is the Paper Play Sketch that inspired my card layout:

  

Other challenges entered with this card:

      Male Room #53 Challenge--use a number

      Make My Monday--Shimmer and Shine

      Seize the Birthday--Optional Felt

      Cardz 4 Guys--No Patterned Paper

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

      

     

Atlantic Hearts Sketch #116 Meets Pals Paper Arts Challenge #259

Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog post!  Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

Here is the color palette I used from Pals Paper Arts #259:

Although it may be difficult to see the scalloped border is actually silver foil CS.  I created the border in Design Space using Close to My Hearts Artbooking cartridge.  You can use my cut file here.  The joined hearts are a cut from Gypsy Wanderings which was actually a group of 4 that I trimmed down.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Artbooking cartridge

     White Daisy CS

     Tulip CS (retired)

     Moonstruck CS (retired)

     Say it in Style stamp (retired)

     Moonstruck ink

     Metallic Silver CS (retired)

Other products:

     Gypsy Wanderings heart border image

We would love to see what you can create using the above sketch. Please check out what the other fabulous Design Team members have to share and link up your creations here.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

Red, White and Blue Birthday Card With Freshly Made Sketch #193

Here are two quick cards I made following Freshly Made Sketch #193:

Close to My Heart products used:

     Artfully Sent cricut cartridge

     White Daisy CS

      Tulip CS

      Moonstruck CS (retired)

      Moonstruck B & T paper (retired)

      Ruby Twine from Mini Accents Medley

Here is the sketch I followed:

The color scheme at Less is More and Seize the Birthday is Red, White and Blue so I'm entering this card into those challenges also.  

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

More Mojo Monday #387

One of the Facebook Cricut groups I subscribe to put a call out for cards to help an elderly developmentally challenged man celebrate a milestone birthday.  Since I love making cards I took the challenge.

Close to My Heart products used:

      Confetti patterned paper (retired)

      Tulip CS (retired)

      Star Spangled Blue CS (retired)

      Artbooking cricut cartridge (to cut circle, scalloped circle and numbers and Argyle border)

      Perfect Fit--Birthday stamp

      Tulip Ink (retired)

      3D Foam Tape

Other products

     Holographic paper--source unknown

Do you recognize this card layout?  It is the same as in my previous post--Mojo Monday #387

Don't you love how the same sketch layout can produce such different results?

I'm also entering this card into the Seize the Birthday--Masculine Challenge

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

Love You Card for Bitten by the Bug2 with a Mojo Monday Sketch

Everyday I learn a little bit more about how to use Design Space with my new Cricut Explore.  Today I taught myself how to weld two images from Artbooking (Love You and scalloped circle) together to make a new shape.  I really like how it came out.

Close to My Heart products used:

     Sweetheart paper (retired)

     Tulip CS (retired)

     Artbooking Cricut cartridge

     Black CS

     White Daisy CS

     Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel (retired)

This card meets the challenge requirements for:

     Bitten by the Bug2--Cricut Letters or Phrase

     Mojo Monday sketch

Here is the sketch that inspired me:

     

At the end of January I will be offering some FREE crafts supplies--please become a follower so you will have the opportunity to win!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

     

Red, White and Blue Valentine Card for Dynamic Duos #88

I love color challenges and enter them as often as is possible.  The inspiration for my card colors came from Dynamic Duos Challenge #88.  Next week is Valentine's Day and I chose that as my theme for the card.

Close To My Heart Products used:

      Pacifica CS

      Tulip CS (retired)

      White Daisy CS

      Artiste cartridge (page 72 accent 3 shift cut at 1.75"

      Dotted Love

      Silver Shimmer Trim

      White Embossing Powder and Versamark Ink

      3D Foam Tape

I'm also entering this card into Heart2Heart challenge to show LOVE.

Thanks for stopping by!  Please stop by tomorrow for a new color challenge by Color My Heart Color Dare.  Have a wonderful week filled with fun and creativity!

:) Marie

Mojo Monday Sketch 224

I really like the simple sketch from Mojo Monday this week and decided to play along. My card features Bliss and Sweetheart patterned papers from Close To My Heart along with Tulip, White Daisy, Cotton Candy and Black CS. The greeting is from C1461 Salutation Seals set by Close To My Heart (retiring as of 2-1-2012).

Mojo Monday Sketch 224:

My Rock the Block Challenge--Day 7

Well I'm meeting my challenge with this post (and I still have more Rock the Block ideas to share!) I love this set and the stamps in it can be found here. Today's card is a Valentine's Day card suitable for anyone--a friend, parent, sibling or sweetheart. This card features the corner floral stamp as the background frame for a cricut cut window card. To achieve this effect I stamped the widest edge of the stamp on each of the 4 sides of the card. I used the Art Philosophy cricut cartridge to cut out the card, the window overlay and the hearts. The colors are White Daisy, Cotton Candy and Tulip. The greeting is from "Mad About You" and is stamped on the inside of the card. A trio of small hearts were stamped, matted and popped up with 3D Foam Tape. Clear sparkles were added to accent each heart.

Thanks for viewing my cards and have a great day filled with creativity and fun!