Fantabulous Cricut "Deck the Halls" Crawl!

Welcome to Crafting Cricut Mom and the third Fantabulous Cricut Crawl...Fantabulous Cricut's version of a blog hop! This is my 1st time in a blog hop and I'm so excited you've joined us and stopped by my blog!!

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 Erin at SpantastiKreations 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!

How fun is that?

For my project, I've made a glass block light.  I've made these before as gifts, but never made one for my own house.  This one will go in my daughter's room since she loves penguins.  But I have another to show you tomorrow that will stay in my kitchen!  It's a great way to "Deck the Halls"!

Here's a picture of the block all lit up.

I used Create a Critter for the penguin and cut him at 4 inches.  I used black, white, red and yellow vinyl for him.  The snowflakes came from Joys of the Season and are cut at 1 inch each.  I just hand cut a 'snow mound' for the penguin to stand on. The glass block came from Hobby Lobby and so did the 35 strand of lights that are inside. 

I used Krylon Frosted Glass spray on the blocks before applying my vinyl.  And I finished it off with very glittery snowflake wired ribbon.  These are so super easy to make and are great gifts and decorating items!

I do have some Cricut Crawl Candy for you!  Up for grabs is a brand new in the package Cricut Gingerbread Cartridge!!  For your chance to win, please leave one comment and be a follower of my blog.  I will close entries on Sunday night and announce the winner on Wednesday, December 22 when the winner at FCCB will be announced as well.

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 and enter at FCCB!

Next stop is Jamie's blog at Cute Cards and Crafts by Jamie. 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!

Craft Junkie Too Fall is in the Air

Hi everyone!  This week for Craft Junkie Too, we were to make something that can hang.  Well, that is one of my favorite things to do right now!

I went with a Thanksgiving theme.  I took the picuture on my desk where the light is better, but this will hang on a wall.  Here are the supplies and then I'll talk a little about how it went together after.

• Pumpkin, Turkey and leaves from Create a Critter cut at 10 inches, 6 inches and 2 inches
• Happy Thanksgiving from Wild Card cut at 13 inches
• Orange and Frosted Lace Stickles
• White pen
• Orange ribbon on back to hang

There's really not a lot of supplies to make this.   I had to go buy brown paper to make this, but only bought 8 1/2 x 11.  The the pumpkin took up most of the 12 inch mat!  So I cut the base out in kraft cardstock and then put the brown smaller sheet in the middle so it would cut the stem.  Then I cut the top orange out 2 times to make it more sturdy.

I pop dotted the Turkey and Happy Thanksgiving.  There's orange stickles on one of the turkey's feathers and then just some on the the red leaves.

Don't forget to head over to Craft Junkie Too to see the rest of the design teams great projects!!

Poodle Pink

I made this card last night while waiting for My Pink Stamper's UStream to start.  Two cards in one night--I'm trying to catch up from not having crafting time this week :)

Here are the details:

• Poodle from Create a Critter cut at 3 1/2 inches
• My Pink Stamper Even More Punnylicious stamps
• Peachy Keen Critter Faces
• EK Success pawprint border punch
• Pink stickles
• Pink Ribbon
• pop dots -- 2 different heights

I am not sure about all the paw prints.  I probably should only have put 2 but my daughter thinks it is cute.  The face stamp had a nose, but I did't want it.  So I used a marker to ink everything but the nose to stamp the face. 

Lots to do today, but the 9am soccer game is out of the way.  I'd love to gave a game that wasn't at 9 :)

Have a great Saturday!

My Pink Stamper UStream Challenge

Here's a card that I made for Robyn's 30 minute UStream Challenge.  We had to use pink, purple, and green. 

Here are the details:

• Frog from Create a Critter cut at 3 1/2 inches
• My Pink Stamper Even More Punny-licious stamp :)
• Purple dotted ribbon
• Pink Stickles
• iRock gems for eyes
• Swiss Dot Cuttlebug Folder

Quick and easy!  The green paper had a cut out of it so I gave the froggie a bow!!

My Pink Stamper Design Team Post

Hi everyone!  It's a My Pink Designer day--I just love these days :)

Robyn asked us to make a Winter Themed project.  I decided to go with the cute little bird from Create a Critter.  And I just got the punches this weekend.  I think it's my new addiction!  It's really not crooked, just the way I took the picture--LOL!

Here are the details:

• Bird cut at 3 1/4 inches
• My Pink Stamper Winter Punnies stamp
• Martha Stewart PATP snowflake punches
• DCWV Flower Power blue glitter paper
• i Rock gem for eye
• Silver cording
• Blue ink for edges

Make sure to visit My Pink Stamper and see all the Design team's projects.  And have I mentioned how awesome My Pink Stamper stamps are?  I really love how well they stamp and just how cute they are!

My Creative Time Throwback Thursday

Hi everyone!  We had a very early soccer game an hour away, so I just now got back to post this for Emma's challenge. Make sure to head over to My Creative Time to see her awesome project! This week it's a shape card with Create a Critter and you have to use orange.  Well, I was going to make a leaf shape card with a squirrel, but the leaves were not cooperating!  So I turned to this cute little penguin.  He has orange feet, beak and a scarf!  And I turned the igloo into a shape card that worked much better :)

Here are the details:

• Igloo from Create a Critter sized at 3.75 inches and welded together
• Penguin from Create a Critter cut at 2.75 inches
• My Pink Stamper Winter Punnies stamp
• Peachy Keen Critter Faces
• iRock gems
• Orange Stickles
• Signo white pen

This was super simple to make once I changed directions!  It would actually work for My Pink Stamper's Saturday challenge, but you need to make something after she posted.  So head over to her site to check out that challenge, too!

Fall Fun Scrapbook Page

Here's another layout.  This one is from the year I'm trying to finish--2001.  I went a little out of order to get to fall, and made another 12 x 12.  I had been scrapping 8 1/2 x 11 but now really do love this size.  I'll have to find a place mid year to start the 12 x 12 I guess!

I used Every Day Paper Doll for one leaf and Create a Critter for the other.   I took the one from Create a Critter and made it 5 inches.  Then I used Alphalicious to spell fun at 1 1/4 inches, welded it into the leaf to cut it out inside it.  Then I cut out another at 2 1/2 inches.  The leaves from EDPD are cut at 6 inches. 

Here are the rest of the details:

• Paper is from the Imaginsce Apple Cider Collection
• iRock on the leaves
• Frosted Lace Stickles around edges of leaves
• American Craft ribbon
• White Signo pen for 'stitching' and journaling around the pages
• Fun picutres from when my kids were little!

I have lots of projects I need to do but I seem to be putting those off!  Must get busy:-)

A Snappy Birthday Card

Here's the post I wanted to make yesterday!  My laptop will not turn on and I'm about to take it to the Geek Squad.  It's sounds easy to fix, but we'll see.  I had to load my camera software on the one other computer in the house, but it just doesn't work the same as on the laptop.  I really hope to get it fixed and back today (I am very spoiled and used to having that!)  I had already typed up the post Thursday night, so here you go!

Hi everyone!!  Thanks so much for all the sweet comments on my 1st My Pink Designer post from Thursday.  I feel so honored to be on Robyn's design team and to work with the other fabulous ladies on the team!!

This card is actually very neutral for me.  I did not add any stickles or extra bling (except the eyes)  so I could give it to a boy.  This is very rare for me as I'm much better at making girly cards!

I used Create a Critter for all the cuts.  The turtle is cut at 2 1/4 inches and the grass at 2 inches.  All the paper is from DCWV Spring Stack.  I used the Spots & Dots Cuttlebug folder for the background and self-stick brown ribbon.  I just had to add a little bling, and those are i rock gems for his eyes (I was sent a replacement and so far, so good!).  The stamp is from MPS More Punny-licious, of course!

My Pink Stamper Design Team Project

Hi everyone!!  I am so excited that this is my 1st My Pink Stamper Design Team project!  I hope everyone enjoys my card.  Make sure to go to My Pink Stamper's site to check out all the awesome projects from the rest of the Design Team! 

Here's how it came together:   All the cuts for this card came from Create-A-Critter.  This is just the best cartridge!!

The barn card is cut at 4 inches. I used my Gypsy to weld them together after I flipped one upside down. The white layer is the same barn but cut at 3 3/4 inches. Next, the black layer is cut at 4 inches. The cow and all it's layers are cut at 2 3/4 inches. And the last cut was the milk jug at 1 1/2 inches. I added this after realizing I had some space to fill!  The white layer has some embossing, but only on the part the cow is in front of.  I think this is a Sizzix folder, I just don't know the name.  I used a white, red, and a black pen to do all the 'stitching'. The milk jug has frosted lace stickles on it.   I added some self-stick gems on the barn roof--it just needed something, and I love bling!  The perfect stamp for this card is from MPS More Punny-licious: I love moo!  These are just the best stamps :-)

Thanks so much for stopping by!  In celebration of my 1st Design Team Project, I have a Mother's Day Seasonal cartridge to give away.  Please leave one comment and a way for me to contact you if you win.  I'll draw a winner Sunday night!  Contest is over.  Thanks for visiting!!

Get Whale!

It's been a busy week at my house since school started for the kids on Thursday.  So I haven't had much time to create this week. 

My husband's grandmother has shingles so I came up with this card that I hope will make her smile.
Here's what I used:

• Create a Critter Whale cut at 4 inches; Starfish cut at 2 1/2 and in blackout
• My Pink Stamper Punny-licious stamp
• iRock Hot Rocks
• Stickles--black, fruit punch and blue
• Pink ribbon
• Glitter paper

I hope to get some more projects done this week and posted.  I have 8 more cards to make for my swap and there were some sketch challenges I wouldn't mind doing :-) 

Reindeer Card

Here's another card for my swap--I'm making progress!  I just love the Create-A-Critter cartridge and had to make this reindeer for my Christmas card to include.  I cut the reindeer parts out at 3 1/4 inches and the little string of lights in the corner at 1 inch.  I made a trip out to J's Sunday and found this patterned paper which was perfect for this card.  I pop-dotted the nose on him and added red stickles.  I used Frosted Lace stickles on the lights.  The finished off with the Happy Christmas stamp from Studio G and some red ribbon!

Turkey Card

I just bought Create-A-Critter yesterday and I love this cartridge!!  It is so easy to make the layers.  I made this card for the card swap I'm in.  The cards are due Aug.21 so I really need to get done with these.  I have  10 more to make!

I cut all the pieces at 3.25 inches.  I did a little white stitching and added stickles to the eyes.  The ribbon is self stick and the stamp is Studio G.  I hope My Pink Stamper makes some holiday themes soon.  These cheaper ones just don't stamp well! 

Don't forget that I'm drawing the Cuttlebug folders winner tonight!  Enter by 5pm on the post from 7/27.