It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a.....BIKE?

Today's challenge on Fantabulous Cricut is to use some kind of transportation on your project. Since I've been on the go so much lately, I thought I'd slow it down a little and decided a bike would fit the bill.  I chose to do a card (I know, shocker!) and opted for "Thinking of You".

FCCB #179

Here is how it came together:

I selected the bike and frame from Heritage, and the grass if from Paper Dolls for Every Day.  I opted to cut the bike twice from two different colors so I could blend them together to get a two-tone bicycle.

Once they were cut, I weeded out the images and "spliced" the two bikes together.

For the sentiment on both the front and the inside, I used the Jubilee cartridge and chose to use the amazing magnetic pen holder from Cri-Kits. These are very easy to use.  The holder is placed in the machine instead of the blade housing.  The pens just "snap" right in and are held in place with the magnet located on each pen.

This is how the Cri-Kit pen holder looks when properly placed.

I set the "cut" to two times to insure I got a good coverage with the pen.

I love the twinkly letters!! I simply cut the images to fit the placement on my card.

I used a marker to color the window chipboard from Gina's Designs.

I used a Sizzix embossing folder for the background and added some Flower Soft in Delphinium Blue to fill the bicycle basket with flowers.

I love the background and how quaint the flowers look in the basket.

The sentiment just pops with the Cri-Kits glittery gel pens. A little bit of twine finishes off the frame.

The inside of the card is simple, yet provides a nice finish to the card.

One more look:

I hope you are inspired to play along with us over at FCCB.  I also hope you check out Cri-Kits and the wonderful pen holders. They are a great addition to your Cricut.

Til next time, keepin' it crafty!

Chillax!!!

That's my mantra for today.  It's gloomy outside, I have a ton of things to do, and I have a headache. So I'm telling myself to just "Chillax".


The theme this week over at Fantabulous Cricut is Heat Wave.  When I think of summer heat, I think of the ocean, and when I think of the ocean, I picture shells and crabs.  And what better way to represent a heat wave then with this adorable "cool crab"?


I started out with a BIG card base (kraft cardstock: Recollections).  It measures 7.5" x 5.5" folded.  I cut some of the blue Cricut cardstock for a mat at 1/8" smaller and then the top piece of kraft cardstock at 1/4" smaller.

For the elements on the card, I used the Cricut Craft Room and set up the images like this:

Cartridges used:  Cricut Craft Room Basics (letters); Just Because Cards (sun); Create A Critter (crab); Paper Dolls for Every Day (sunglasses).

I used Cricut cardstock (I love the way this cardstock cuts!) and planned where each image would be so I didn't waste any of the cardstock.


I hope you enjoyed my card today and are a little inspired to do some chillaxin' of your own.  Now pop on over to Fantabulous Cricut and see what the other DT members have to show you.  And, please, feel free to play along.  The more, the merrier!!!

Presenting.......

Vinyl Education Week

During the month of September, FCCB will be featuring Vinyl University and some wonderful vinyl projects and education.  For more information, check this out:


Order your vinyl now with a special discount code.  Click the link above to get more information and your special code!  We are looking forward to this fun, educational, inspirational challenge!  Hope to see you there!

Til next time, keepin' it crafty!

Supplies used:  Cricut Cartridges (Cricut Craft Room Basics, Just Because Cards, Create A Critter, Paper Dolls for Every Day), Dew Drops (The Robin's Nest), Action Wobbles, Ink (Stampin' Up!), Gel Pen, Cricut Expression 2, Cricut Craft Room