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I have to tell you that I'm on a few fantastic design teams and Fantabulous Cricut is no exception.  

As creator and design team member of Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog we have occasional card swaps amongst each other and this time around we also had a handmade gift swap, I got to make a gift for design team member Holly -Ribbons and Glue.  

Below is my project that I made for her, I was inspired by a video that I saw on You Tube -HERE. 

The banner was cut using the Country Life cricut cartridge, scalloped circles from Mini Monograms, and the letters cut from Winter Woodland cartridge.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I am Roses, the pearl embellishments are from Recollections.

Wrinkle ribbon from Prairie Bird Boutique. I hope Holly likes her gift.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Cards For Emily -Blog Hop

Hi friends, welcome to the Cards for Emily Blog Hop Day 1!!!

This is a 2 day hop so be sure to visit Michelle's blog tomorrow for more inspiration!

If you came from my wonderful friend Charlotte's blog then you are in the right place! If you just happened across my blog and are interested in the entire hop and Emily's story, start back at Michelle's blog at Scrappin' For Kenzie!

Emily is a sweet little 6 year old girl that has battled Leukemia since before Chrstmas 2011. She has had to endure more pain in a few short months than most adults in their entire life. She has gone from Leukemia to Rotavirus, to pancreatitis, to kidney stones, then to shingles, not to mention over 300 pokes in her tiny little body! From chemo to blood draws to feeding tube. Her bone marrow is finally at 0.00% so she is now in remission and back at home! She is still going through 7 different chemotherapy treatments but is finally doing better! To read her full story and updates please visit the original Cards for Emily info post HERE

For this hop all we ask is that you hop through the list, then when you are done, link up your card for Emily at Scrappin' for Kenzie. The link up tool is in the left hand side bar under "Cards for Emily". You will see her picture right above it.

REMEMBER: There is no requirement to leave comments or even hop through all of the blogs if you don't have time. There will be no personal candy at any of the stops along the way. That way you can get maximum inspiration to make your own card and have enough time to link it up and send it away!

There WILL be however a giveaway to one lucky winner that links up their card by February 29th 2012. You can link up as many cards/projects that you would like on Michelle's blog. The more you link up and send the more greater your chance is of winning a.....
$20 gift certificate to

Their etsy store has over 100 stamps to choose from!

Now on to my card for Emily!
Details of cartridges and cutting measurements are listed this video.


more photos
Thank you sooooo much for joining us in this great cause for Cards For Emily!! We hope you will participate and link up your card to put a smile on this beautiful and very deserving little girl that Michelle is honored to call her niece. :)

Your next hop in the line up for day 1 is another one of my blogger friends Lisa

Happy Scrapping! Please visit Michelle's blog for DAY 2 of the blog hop!

Here is the line-up for Day 1 in case you get lost along the way.

Michelle - http://scrappinforkenzie.blogspot.com
Faith Abigail - http://www.faithabigaildesigns.com/
Amy - http://www.lovetocrop.com/
Elizabeth - http://visionsofpaper.blogspot.com/
Marie - http://ethansimprints.blogspot.com/
Michele - http://fishmememoriesandmore.blogspot.com/
Suzanne - http://cricutcraftingrammy.blogspot.com/
Tina - http://www.teenabugg.blogspot.com/
Jennasa - http://findtimetocreate.blogspot.com/
Teresa - http://scrappintplace.blogspot.com/
Jen - http://www.jenscraftcorner.com/
Beckie - http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com/
Karen - http://www.creationsbykw.blogspot.com/
Brenda - http://friendscraftinwithfriends.blogspot.com/
Charlotte - http://alittlebitofdetail.blogspot.com/
Robin - Your Here
Lisa - http://indymermaid.blogspot.com/

Tag Bag Swap for Your Paper Pantry

Hi everyone,

I joined Your Paper Pantry this month because I love the idea of swapping and sharing with others, I'm participating in my first swap this week; a tag bag swap. I'm to make 4 tags useing any shape along with the theme being Winter.
I really had fun making this tag and using a few cricut cuts that I hadn't used before.
Here's the tag I made, along with a video with all the details and dimensions of the Cricut cut images.



The only difference in these photos and the video is that I used the "Swiss Dots" cuttlebug folder on the ice skates, the video shows using the "D'vine" Swirl cuttlebug folder. I like both of them.

Thanks for visiting today.
If you have any questions just ask, I'll be glad to answer.

SNOW Flake Card -Fantabulous Cricut Challenge

Good morning paper crafter, today is "Challenge Me Monday" at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog offers another great challenge this week...

the challenge theme: Rolling in Ribbon
Create a holiday card

FCCB's sponsor this week is My Craft Spot, and Kimberly has been very generous to let a few of the FCCB design team play with her beautiful hand dyed crinkle ribbon, My Craft Spot not only sells this ribbon, but she also has bakers twine, and has her own line of clear polymer stamp sets that you really need to check out. I just love Kimberly's blog!!!

I'm using "My Craft Spot" -Snow White crinkle ribbon for my project.
I've made a circle shape card with George and Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge at 4", and three different snowflake images cut with my cricut machine.
Largest snowflake on card is from Joys of the Season cartridge, cut at 2.75"
Green medium snowflake from Winter Woodland cartridge cut at 2"
Smallest snowflake also from Winter Woodland cut at 1.75"
The tiny white rose is from "I am Roses"
The word "SNOW" is cut twice from the Storybook cartridge, both cut at 1" high.
Snowflake Patterned paper from Stampin' Up! (discontinued)
All the snowflakes and the word "SNOW" was embossed using Hologram Highlights embossing powder from Stampin' Up!
Thank you for visiting my blog today!
Remember to head over to Fantabulous Cricut to see what the talented design team members have created using ribbon, view them -HERE ...and then feel free to join us for this weeks challenge "Rolling in Ribbon"

Thank you so much My Craft Spot for donating your beautiful crinkled ribbon to the FCCB design team.

Challenges entered:
My Craft Spot challenge #37 Shape Card
The Kraft Journal -Let it Snow challenge
My Sheri Crafts -Snowflake challenge
Whimsical Designs -Christmas "sparkly"
Cute Card Thursday -Anything Goes
365 Cards -Monday's Feeling blue/green challenge
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge -Anything Goes
Pile it On -Bling it Up
Creatalicious Challenges -Christmas/Sparkles

Snowy Delights -Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #41

It has been a wonderful holiday season celebrating with my family, I hope your holiday was wonderful as well.

Fantabulous Cricut is starting the New Year with another great challenge

"Snowy Delights"

Create a project and incorporate snow or snowflakes.

I'm beginning the New Year with this thank you card. I used my Winter Woodland cricut cartridge, the branch is on page 38, the bird on page59 of the handbook.

I was so excited to get a gypsy for Christmas and used it to create my first card... woo hoo...

There is so much inspiration at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog, go see more "Snowy Delights" projects and get inspired to create your own project. -HERE

Fantabulous Cricut Crawl --TODAY "Deck the Halls"

Welcome to Robin's Creative Cottage and the third Fantabulous Cricut Crawl...Fantabulous Cricut's version of a blog hop!

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 my good friend Penny's blog -Light Whimsy, 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 at Fantabulous Cricut.

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!

My "Deck the Halls" project

The Magic of Winter
Just because you don't have a picture frame doesn't mean you can't create a wall decor project.

My wall decor measures 11" x 7" I've decorated my wall with a simply easy and fun project. I've used chipboard for the background, added brown cardstock then a polka-dot pattern paper, then easily decorated using two great cartridges... Winter Woodlands for the words and Christmas Cheer for the snowman head.
The final touch was to add fabric snowflake stickers then the jute/rope for the hanger. Simply magical, and you can't tell from the photo... but my snowman head "wobbles"... so cute!!!!

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Come follow my blog and leave a comment on this post and you will be eligible to win
The Winter Combo Printed Matstack 6.5"x 4.5" from DCWV 135 sheets
I will announce my winner on Monday the 20th, check back to see if you've won!!

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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...is Saundra's wonderful blog -Luv Scrappin Together. 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!

Snowman Card --using Cricut Cartridge Winter Woodlands

It's Challenge Me Monday at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog, and this week it's a Color and Shape challenge.

color "green" and shape "circle"
Use the shape-CIRCLE and color-GREEN somewhere on your Cricut project.

Do you love snowmen... I love snowmen and that saying "Snowmen melt your heart" is true for me. I do hope we will get lots of snow this year, however, I heard that it may be a mild one here, so we'll just wait and see. But in the mean time I can create the cutest snowman here in my crafting space. This snow man is from Winter Woodlands cricut cartridge on page 46 of the booklet and cut at 6 1/2".

For my circle shape I added two green buttons to my cute snowman.

I popped up the snowman from the card to add dimension.

Now you've got to see the clever and amazing projects that the FCCB design team has made, head over to Fantabulous Cricut -HERE.