BOO Luminaries - FCCB Challenge Me Monday "For the Birds"

Hi ya'll!  Happy Halloween!  It's going to be one busy busy day for me today with my kiddos.  Yesterday I was spotlighted at the FCCB because for some reason ;) back in September 28th, my project was picked by the awesome DT over at FCCB as one of the top 5.  I am truly shocked and very honored that they liked my project and was asked to be spotlighted yesterday and then invited to make a project along with their DT for this week's Challenge Me Monday.  The theme for this week is "For the birds." 

For this challenge I created a set of Halloween luminaries.  The base for each luminary was a frame from the Lacy Labels cart.  I welded 2 of the spider and cobweb images (from the Mini Monsters cart) onto the frame, as well as the crow (from October 31st cart) and each of the"'BOO" letters (from Happy Hauntings cart) before cutting in black cardstock.  Then I cut the blackout feature of the base frame in vellum.   My normal choice for glueing down my small Cricut cuts is my zig glue but because the cuts on this projects are so intricate, I had to use my Zyron 900.  I ran the cuts in black onto the Zyron 900 then put them over the vellum blackout cut. 

I embellished by putting orange irock gems on the crows for their eyes, 2 green irock gems for each of the spiders, then 4 orange gems for each letter. 

To make each luminary, I carefully punched holes in the ends with my Crop-a-dile tool then inserted snaps so that the vellum does not tear when I threaded black tulle. 

Then to finish it all off I put battery-operated tealight candles inside each luminary. 

And there you have it!  All supplies used to make this project were from my stash.  Project #16 for Using My Stash pledge at CC MB.  Special thanks goes to FCCB for inviting me to make a project along with their DT - can't wait to see what they have created for this challenge!

Have a fun and safe Halloween to all!   

CC Blogiversary Challenge #2 - Triple blessed!

Today's card is my entry to the Cricut Circle Blogiversary Challenge #2 - Monochromatic Color.  Although there was a hint of a pink (bonnet), blue (baseball cap) and purple (bow) on the kids' face images, I've pretty much kept the color scheme greenish.  I made this card for my SIL who is having 3 kids by 2 different surrogates - a girl and a set of twin boy and girl.  Long story short, all 3 kids are going to be born roughly within the month.  So happy for her and her husband! 

This card measures 6x6.  The strip of solid green was embossed with the Plum Blossom CB folder.  I then tied a crinkle ribbon I dyed myself using Christina's technique over at Creations With Christina.  There are probably other ones you can find on youtube but her technique was the one I learned from and is super easy - thanks Christina!  I tied a green flower button with a string of cream jute twine and attached some green glass beads in two tones on both ends. 

The circle scallop and its layer were from Lacy Labels cart, the top layer embossed with one of the Paper Lace CB folder set.  The carriage image was from Everyday Pop-Up Cards cart.  The kids' faces were cut from Everyday Paper Dolls cart, as well as the bonnet, baseball cap and the bow.   As you can see the faces were stamped with the Peachy Keen face stamps (I have forgotten how cute these stamps are!). 

The sentiment "Triple blesed!" was computer generated and then cut into a banner tag with a pair of scissors.

The sentiment inside the card "Sweet Wishes" was cut from the Everyday Pop-Up-Cards cart.  I then added some green buttons for the wheels of the carriage and then some irock gems.  The plain envelope was from Sweethearts cart.

This is also project #6 for me for Using My Stash! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

E2 Challenge Entries

Ok, so I don't have a prayer in the world of winning but I thought I'd play along.  Cricut and its lovely spokesperson Jinger Adams are launching a new version of the Expression on HSN on Tuesday, April 26th, called E2 in honor of Cricut's 5 year anniversary.  If you haven't yet heard or seen this new machine, just google it.  Anyway, Cricut is having a challenge contest and wanted participants to create and send in up to 3 12x12 scrapbook layouts with a birthday theme for a chance to win an E2 machine.  Since I will be somewhere in Disneyland for a few days I thought I'd post my entries here, just in case they don't get any "face time" (LOL) on national TV - what with all the other wonderful LOs by more talented crafters out there, I'm sure!  Good luck to all who are entering the challenge!!!

Sorry for the heavy post of pics - wanted to take as much pics as I could so that I could possibly recreate these for my own use later.  The picture quality is not great either  :(  I don't know what will happen to all the entries though...

I opted to include photo mats and/or photo frames for where I imagined the pictures will go.  When I do scrapbook pages my photos typically take center stage - just my style.

This one is called Fairy 1st Birthday

Details:

* "Our Little Fairy is 1!" title - Elegant Cakes cart, stuck some irock gems on them

* Tinker Bell image - Disney Tinker Bell & Friends, wings embossed with D'vine Swirls and sticked

* butterfly - Disney Hannah Montana, pop dotted top layer and stuck some irock gems

* 2 grass cuts - Disney Pooh and Friends

* mushroom - Disney Tinker Bell & Friends

* picture frame - Lacy Labels

Here is the second one called "Slumber Party aka Pillow Fight!"

Details:

* "slumber party" cut - Slumber Party cart

* "Pillow fight!" title - Disney Hannah Montana, embossed with Swiss Dots CB folder

* pillow - Paper Dolls for Everyday, embellished with white sheer ribbon

* eye mask - Slumber Party, embellished with red sheer ribbon and red narrow ribbon, and embossed with Swiss Dots CB folder

* pajama shirt and shorts - Slumber Party, embossed with Swiss Dots CB folder

* popcorn box - Carousel cart

* notepad stamp - Oriental Trading Co.

* picture mats embossed with Plum Blossom CB folder and ribbon from Target

And here is the third I call "Sweet 16th Birthday"

Details:

* "Sweet 16" title - Gypsy Font, letters welded and embossed with D'vine Swirls CB folder

* 2 picture frames - Lacy Labels, middle layers embossed with Plum Blossoms CB folder and embellished with buttons from my stash

* rose - Disney Princesses Happily Ever After

* girl - Forever Young, dress embellished with irock gems

* journaling stamp - Oriental Trading Co., trimmed with shaped Fiskars scissors and embellished with irock gems

And there you go!  For those who are going to be able to watch the E2 launch on Tuesday (or on Monday at 9pm PST) on HSN, have fun and happy shopping!!!  And good luck to those who have sent in their entries! 

My DVR is set to record and that's what I'll be watching when I get back from Disneyland ;)! 

As always, thanks so much for stopping by!