FCCB Challenge #70 : Melon Time

Hello everyone! I am so thrilled and excited to be the Guest Designer today at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog.

This week's challenge is "Melon Time" : make a project with fruit or a melon on it!

Melons feel so summer to me! So I decided to make a picnic tote and matching cup with watermelons and fruit.

I was shopping with my mom at Michael's and she spotted this tote for $3. I couldn't pass it up. I knew I wanted to make an altered project for this challenge. What would be cuter than a picnic tote! I bought some vinyl at Expressions Vinyl to layer on my tote.

The watermelons are cut from A Child's Year Cricut Cartridge. The black flourishes are from Cindy Loo. And the lemon wedges are from Gypsy Wanderings.

For the tag I cut the same watermelon and lemon wedges. I added a cherry from Gypsy Wanderings too. The letters are from Cuttin Up and the flourish is from Cindy Loo.

And of course I needed a drink cup to go with my tote! Same images just layered in with my cup. All the images were cut using the same sizes. I clicked the "quantity" button on my Cricut Expressions and cut out multiples. Easy peasy.

Thanks for joining me at Fantabulous Cricut! Can't wait to see all your melon and fruit creations! And great big thank you to Fantabulous Cricut for featuring my designs today.



4th of July Accordion Envelope Mini Album

I started this mini album by constructing a base out of legal size envelopes. I got the idea from Laura over at Following the Paper Trail. That girl has crazy good ideas for mini albums. Love it!

I covered my pages with an assortment of red, white, and blue cardstock and patterned paper. I found some awesome 4th of July Cricut cuts on A Child's Year and Wild Card. I just love those carts - there's always something I can use on them.

This is the front cover of the mini album. Nothing says 4th of July better then stars and stripes...and a rosette and rickrack. Ha!



When you open up the accordion envelope mini it's about 28 inches long. The accordion folds help the mini to stand on its own. Folded up it's about 4 inches by 6 inches and not very thick.

Doesn't it look so cute on a mantel! 

I just love these kiddos all lined up for the parade. The phrase "4th of July" was welded together using my Gyspy and the Cuttin' Up font.

The red firecracker is attached to a tag. There are tag pullouts throughout this mini for photos or journaling.

Front and back covers again.

I hope you enjoyed this 4th of July accordion envelope mini album I made. I had a blast making it. And a special shout out to my sister (who made her own mini with me) and my mom (who let us use her new Cricut Expression)! Love you.

I will be entering this mini in the Celebrate the Occasion and the Fantabulous Cricut challenge blogs.

Dad You're the Bomb

I have the greatest Dad in the whole wide world! He comes to the rescue when I have car trouble or house trouble. He is always the first to lend a helping hand. He is awesome with my kiddos - they just love their Papa! And he is the best guy to just talk to.

Spoiler alert Dad - you will be getting the card on Father's day. Ooops.

I tried to find one of the manliest images on my Gypsy. And I found this bomb on Indie Art. Then the rest of this card just fell into place. I cut out the DAD from Blackletter using the shadow feature. Then I welded the words "you're the" together using a Cuttin' Up font. I cut out the bomb using the shadow, blackout, and base images. The other two explosions are from Create a Critter and Mother's Day Bouquet.

I layered the images and patterned paper for interest. The paper I used was from We R Memory Keepers and Core'dinations. Then for some manly bling I added the four black brads on the top and bottom.

I added some homemade pop dots to the back of DAD to add dimension. I think my favorite part of this card is the black pop dots. You can't see them!!

The inside of the card has orange cardstock and the word "Celebrate" stamped in the corner.

Thanks Dad!!



Dueling Wedding Cards

My other cousin is getting married this weekend!! I can't believe all my baby cousins are getting married off. I am just so blessed to be in my amazing family.

I quick whipped out these two cards, one for me and one for my sister to give. They have the same basic layout, but the paper is different. I love having a simple card idea saved to my gypsy. Then I can just whipped a card out in a pinch. LOVE IT!!



I used the Cuttin' Up (for the cake) and Cindy Loo (for the frame) Cricut Cartridges. Some layering of different patterned paper. A flower punch for the card on the left & a scallop punch for the card on the right. And of course, some bling brads for the tops of the cakes. And done!!