Fantabulous Cricut "Share The Love" Crawl!

Welcome to Cute Cards And Crafts By Jamie and the fourth Fantabulous Cricut Crawl...Fantabulous Cricut's version of a blog hop! 

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 Helen @ Crafting Cricut Mom, 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!

For my project I decided to go with a cute wall art. The scalloped squares are from a pre-made Die Cuts With A View stack so all I had to do was tear out the 3 grey sheets they are 8x8. Next I found some pattern paper I wanted (this happens to be DCWV as well) and I scored it with my Martha Stewart score board at every 1/2 inch mark. If you are doing fan folds I would highly recommend NOT using a light weight paper such as pattern paper, I had tons of problems with it but loved it so much I couldn't throw it out and start over with anything else! So after I was done with that I Used my Storybook cartridge and cut the "I" and "U" out at 3-3/4 on some dark red cardstock. I used my Sweethearts cartridge and cut that cute scalloped circle out at 3-1/2. I used George to cut the inner white circle out on a Terrifically Tacky Tape sheet and then after I had stuck it to the red hear I flocked it with white. I also used some silver cord to go around the heart leaving enough to tie it into a bow in the bottom right hand corner! I used my Mini Monograms to cut 2 small scalloped circles out of a different shade of grey at 2-1/4. I find that hot glue works best for adhering the fan folds so I used that to adhere everything on. I found this cute variegated pink ribbon in my stash and added it to the top for a cute "hanging" look.

**I am offering up a prize, a 10 dollar gift code to Clear Dollar Stamps. Just leave a comment. Leave a separate comment if you follow for another chance to win! :)

**ALSO isnt this the cutest head wrap? Well you can enter for your chance to win the "classic" wrap in any colors you want just leave a comment and be sure to check out this fun site @ Cute&Warm

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 awesomely talented Jean @ Jean's Crafty Corner! 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!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crawling!
Linking up to CraftOManiac , IHeartNaptime ,

Clearly I Stamp Challenge #20

 This month's challenge over at ClearlyiStamp was to create a project using 3 shades of blue. I chose to go with these from bazzill. Using my gypsy and the Storybook cartridge I cut this shape to fit my stamp just perfect, the snowflakes were cut from When It's Cold Outside at 1-1/4. I went with the Wagon Wishes stamp set from Clear Dollar Stamps and just used the snowman, that's the great thing about this set is that you can use the wagon with any image OR just the image alone. I colored his scarf, nose and ear muffs in with my BIC Mark-it markers then I used black stickles on his coal buttons. I got my Pebbles Inc, shimmer chalk out and gave him a light dusting all around with that but you cant really see it. I also used my Martha Stewart punch for the bottom. For the snow I used white puff paint.

 Here is a little bit different picture showing the snowflake stamp I used behind the snowman on the white cardstock. I stamped those with platinum planet ink.

 For the bottom inside of the card I used a strip of the dark blue and my border punch on it as well.

Whooo's still crawling along with me? - Owl cards

So this card is for the ClearlyiStamp Challenge #17 going on right now. You had to include an Owl so I chose the one from Storybook and cut him at 3-1/4 with the fancy corner feature. I also cut a scalloped cirlce from Mini Monograms at 1-3/4 and then I used an EK Success punch for the white circle. The stamps are from Clear Dollar Stamps called "Baked For You Tags." I also added some googly eyes amd a Martha Stewart border punch at the bottom. All the paper is from BoBunny's Abby Road collection... it's double sided :)

On this card I cut a tag from Stamped at 1-3/4 and added a saying from Papertrey Ink called "Wise Owl"

For today's prize I am offering up the Basketball solutions cartridge. All you have to do is leave a comment for your 1st chance and if you want a 2nd chance become a follower and leave another seperate comment.  Pretty easy, also make sure you check out Monday's giveaway HERE.

more "Thanks" cards

These were pretty easy and I really like how they turned out. All the pink/green/stripped/dotted paper is a pack from Making Memories and the brown is chocolate from CTMH. I cut the base at 4 x 5-1/4, the marquee is from Storybook cut at 2-3/4 with the accent blackout feature on page 68, then I used Opposites Attract for the "thanks" cut at 1-1/2. I inked all the edges with chocolate ink from CTMH and added some ribbon, simple and easy!

Spring Wreath

Hi Everyone, I started making this cute wreath a few weeks ago and didn't realize how long the dang thing would take... I love how it looks but boy was it a pain. I found the idea ==>HERE<== and thought I would try it out but I have to warn you it took me about 4 hours total to get all the scalloped circles on. I used a 2 inch punch from Stampin Up! and leaving brown paper bags folded up we punched out a bunch of circles and by a bunch I mean that it took nearly 30 bags for this project. Then using an un-sharpened pencil you fold the circle over the pencil, add a dab of hot glue and press it to the foam until you have all the spots covered. Then I used the Storybook cartridge and cut my butterflies at 1-1/2, 2, and 2-1/2. For that white paper I didn't have a book I wanted to tear and I wanted it to be more sturdy then the called for pages so I got on my computer and looked up the definition for spring and then copy and pasted that into my word processor and then printed it. I also inked the edges, if you click on the photo you can hopefully enlarge it. Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Mother's Day card using Mother's Day Seasonal Cartridge

Hello Everyone! Sorry I haven't been around lately hopefully that will change soon. We had Spring break 2 weeks ago and brought back the flu... I haven't been able to get crafty lately and trust me I'm having withdraws :) This is what I came up with for this month's Chirper Challenge. I am on the design team over there and Dany the "boss" asked us to use pink and brown for this round. I used Storybook for the marquee (the pink piece on the bottom) and cut it at 4-3/4 then I used the my cuttlebug and the birds and swirls embossing folder. After that I glittered just the birds with some Stickles and inked the edges with cardinal ink. I used the Mother's Day cartridge and cut the word at 4 on some CTMH chocolate cardstock then I got my brown flocking from Doodlebug and applied that over the top. I used pop dots to adhere the word and some Primas with more Stickles in the middle to finish it off. Pattern paper is Making Memories.

Branch cut from Storybook Cartridge-Thinking of You card

I made these cards for the challenge over on the Peachy Keen Blog, you had to have green and yellow, a 3-D image and a stamped image, and also for Catch the Bug Blog where you had to add green, and also for The Pink Elephant Blog where you had to have green as well so this is what I came up with... I used the Storybook cartridge for the branch, oval and frame all cut at 3 inches. I added some jewels to the branches in random places and attached it with pop dots. I also used some brown ribbon for the 3-D requirement. The pattern paper is from Heidi Grace that I got from Big Lots a few years ago. It has light and dark blue, green and yellow dots on it that are shimmery and glittery! I used my Martha Stewart border punch on the bottom edge of the yellow from Bazzill and the pattern paper, I couldn't decide which I liked best! Then I used a Studio G clear stamp for my sentiment and chocolate ink from CTMH. I flipped a piece of my pattern paper over (it has a shimmery white back) and added it to the bottom of the inside of the card to show the border punch a little more.

Friend card with Clear Dollar Stamps

Hi Everyone, thought I would post this cute card today. I used my Gypsy and the Storybook cartridge to create the marquee the ladybugs are stamped on so the size is specific to that image (I think it's 2-1/4x2-3/4) the stamp is from Clear Dollar Stamps called Loving Ladybugs and the sentiment is also from that set. I used my water brush and my ink pads to color the image in and added some ribbon around the bottom, the green is Papertrey Ink and the red dot is Offray. I also used my border punch across the very bottom. Thanks for stopping by!

Wanna Be Mine?

I love this new Forever Young cartridge and I love these undies. I cut them out at 1-1/2 on some core-dinations cardstock then ran just the red parts through the cuttlebug with the swiss dots folder, then attached them with some pop dots. For the "wanna be mine?" part I designed that on my Gypsy with the gypsy font and welded it together. The marquee is from Storybook cartridge cut at 2-1/4 wide by 2-1/2 tall. I added some stickles to the white flower for some sparkle!This is what the inside looks like, the lips are from the new seasonal "Love Struck" cartridge. I cut them at 1-1/4 and then added some crystal effects from Stampin' Up! and some glitter. Cut a piece of white cardstock and inked the edges with Holiday Red ink from Close To My Heart.Here is a close up, sorry it's blurry but you can see the glitter better.

Bird and Owl Tote-ally Awesome Tote

Here is another "Tote-ally Awesome" tote from Inking Idaho's blog. If you click on the name then look down the right side of her blog its one of the tutorials for sale. The paper is Stampin Up! and the owl's are from the Storybook cartridge.I added some of the blue bird paper to the inside of a pen for a great touch on the project.

Cute Halloween Gift Idea

Aren't these fun? When I saw this I knew I had to try it. I found the idea HERE but didn't want to pay for the supplies since I have enough already! I used my Storybook cartridge for the base (marquee) everything else is from punches. This one and the Dracula below I used George and Basic shapes for the circles, triangles and rectangle.I actually cut a square in black at 2 and then cut it in half with my scissors for triangles, teeth are hand cut.

Baby/Kid cards

These were pretty fun, I used my new stamp set from CTMH called family ties children, then colored the image in with my water brush and ink pads. I used Storybook cartridge for the marquee cut the white one at 2 1/4 and the green one at 2 1/2 and Alphalicious for the oval I just cut the size that fit my sentiment. Paper is an old Provocraft stack from about 5 years ago.

Black, White, and Hot Pink challenge at Caardvarks

Over at CAARDVARKS they are having a challenge right now sponsored by "My Stamp Box"and you have to use the colors in their logo which are black, white and hot pink. This is what I came up with, you should go check them out and enter in the contest!

I used some black textured cardstock for my card base. The patterned paper is from a DCWV stack. Then I used the raspberry color from some really old creative memories paper called shades of pink. I used Storybook cartridge to cut the pink paper and then used my cuttlebug folders to emboss. The butterfly is from the Home Decor cartridge cut on some really pretty shimmer paper from provocraft. (click on the picture to enlarge to see the shimmer) I also used a happy birthday stamp from CTMH and thanks stamp from Heidi Grace with CTMH white and black ink and ranger clear heat embossing powder. The ribbon is from big lots I got awhile back.

This is the inside of the card so it would be easier to write in there.

Another peek-a-boo box

This one is my all time fav, I just LOVE IT! I had been searching every where for this cute square and finally realized that it was on the Storybook cartridge. I knew immediately when I saw this idea with the window that it would be one I was going to try. Idea found at Inking Idaho

View with the box open All the cards inside, click on the picture to enlarge it for a better look :) An up close look at one of the cards. Thanks for looking.