FANTABULOUS CRICUT's "BACK TO SCHOOL"
CRICUT CRAWL!

Welcome to Lets Get Scrappy Together and the 8th Fantabulous Cricut Crawl...Fantabulous Cricut's version of a Blog Hop!

Summer is coming to an end and we are all getting ready for BACK TO SCHOOL...each Design Team member will be featuring an original BACK TO SCHOOL project that includes a school related item, such as crayons, rulers, pencils, book, school bus, ect.  with at least one Cricut cut.

If youve come from visiting Kate at Small Bits of Paper , youre in the right place!  If youve just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our Fantabulous Cricut Crawl, start HERE. 

Be sure to check out each Design Team members blog for some great inspiration!  There will be PRIZES along the way at our Design Team members blogs, and there will  be a GRAND PRIZE up for grabs at FANTABULOUS CRICUT for one participant that submits a "BACK TO SCHOOL" project!

How fun is that?

Now, on to my BACK TO SCHOOL projects...

 

 

Bookbag and notepads!

 

For these projects I used the following cartridge and measurements.  Campin' Critters-

backpack (pg 69), cut at 11 1/2 inches...and book (pg 70), cut at 4 inches.

 

Embellishments used were buttons along with leaf bud green and ocean blue ink.  I also left the bed roll off of the top of the backpack to give it more of a bookbag look.

 

The books can actually be used for little notepads...they have lined paper inserted inside

for writing on.

 

 

 

Front of "pop up" card (5x7)

 

Inside...arent those lil' worms cute?

 

For this card I used the following cartridges and measurements.  Car Decals-girl #5/family

(pg 63), cut at 1 1/2 inches and boy #5/family (pg 65), cut at 1 1/2 inches...Create a Critter-apple/shadow(pg 25), cut at 3 inches and caterpillar/shadow (pg 54), cut at 2 3/4 inches and 3 inches...Kate's ABCs-welcome back/school days, cut at 1 inch...Plantin SchoolBook-mixed letters and numbers, cut at 1 inch...

 

This was really an easy card to make and a lot of fun too...The only extras added, were chalkboard paper and  the googly eyes!  I had planned on using chalk on the inside, but found that it smeared quite a bit...and didnt have a clean look, so I decided to go with a paper that was close to chalk in color. 

 

 

Okay, are you ready for a chance to win a PRIZE for visiting my blog during our Cricut Crawl?  All you have to do is be a follower and leave a comment!   I will select a winner using random org...and announce the winner on September 3, 2012...at the start of the new challenge over at FANTABULOUS CRICUT.

 

 

THE PRIZE

A

$15.00 gift certificate for Mo's Digital Pencil

 

 

 

This has fast become my favorite site for digital stamps...

Stop by and see all of the cute stamps they have to offer...

you wont be disappointed!

 

 

Okay, now its your turn...Lets see your BACK TO SCHOOL projects!  Make sure to include a Cricut cut somewhere on your project in order for your project to qualify.

 

Next stop on the Cricut Crawl...Megans blog, Saxey Designs  Stop by and see what she has in store for you today...and when youve finished visiting the Design Team members, make sure you link up your project to Fantabulous Cricut Crawl post to be entered into the contest!

 

Happy Crawling and enjoy !

 

FANTABULOUS CRICUT CHALLENGE #122
S'MORE ANYONE?

Its that time again...Time for another super Monday challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut and this week your inspiration is "Smore anyone".  So, whatever it is that comes to mind, campouts, barbaques or  campfires, let it out and create something fabulous!   Dont forget to stop by and check out all of the wonderful projects the Design Team has come up with this week...theyre really super!

For my project, I decided to make a 12"x 12" layout from a picture that I took of  my children while they were camping out on our property and the fact that they were making S'mores (goodies between my daughters) made it the perfect choice!

Country nights

For this layout I used the following cartridges and measurements.  Campin' Critters-porcupine (pg 34),

cut at 1 1/4, 1 3/4 and 2 1/4 inches, Plantin SchoolBook-letters, cut at 1 inch and Pooh and Friends-

grass/icon (pg 29), cut at 1/2 and 3/4 inches, fence/icon (pg 30), cut at 1 inch.

I used the Martha Stewart punch "Stars" for the night sky, Liquid Pearls and Copic marker E55 for the marshmellows (it gave the marshmellows a puffy golden look...yum), mini brads for the eyes on the porcupine, pop dots on the large/small critter and Copic marker R20 for their bellies/feet and noses.

Lastly, for the campfire, I cut the image from a piece of patterned paper and used Glossy Accents to give it a shiny glow.

Thanks so much for stopping by and having a look.  Kathie