BBTB2 3D FLOWER CHALLENGE

Hi
Today's BBTB2 challenge has been set by our wonderful DT leader Susan who asked us to create a project using the 3D flower from Art Philosophy or any other cartridge

My project for today is very quick and easy to make, I made a cute little post it holder.
My post it note holder has been made by hand with a few folds and cuts with a space for the pen to slip in to, I just used plain white card then added a polka dot rolled 3D flower cut at 3" from Flower Shoppe cartridge and the leaf stem is from Cake Basics cut at 2 1/2".  I added a pink bow and the sentiment is just some white rub ons added to pink card to finish off.

Go take a look at the wonderful creations over at the BBTB2 and we'd love you to join us in our challenge this week.

Thanks for popping by and have a great week

Juliexx

BBTB2 AMETHYST CUPCAKE CHALLENGE

Hi

It's Monday and time for the BBTB2 challenge and this week our lovely Stephanie has chosen the challenge for us. As the birthstone for February is Amethyst Stephanie asked us to create a card/project using a cupcake or birthday cake from any Cricut cartridge and the colour amethyst.

Well I had to go to my scraps box (I'm sure you all have them!) for this one as I didn't have any amrthyst / purple card in my stash! I found some lovely offcuts of Hunky Dory card which is a lilac colour and the same colour as lavender amethyst so decided to go with it! (It looks a bit pink in my photos but is really a lovely lilac colour in real life!) I also found the lovely black and white backing paper in my scrapbox which I had printed off a while ago and had not yet used, it's from a digital download from Pink Petticoat one of my most faves for digital papers.

I made a card using a 6x6" card blank which I covered with the backing paper then added some polkadot paper (also from my scraps and also Pink Petticoat) to break up the card and a strip of the lavender amethyst card which has a silver stripe through it. My cupcake is from Cake Basics cartridge cut at 3 1/2" shadow black base lavender polka dot card and top layer in the lavender stripe. I added some black ribbon trim which has black sequins entwined to the cupcake and a black tuille bow to the side. The greeting is some more of the scrap card layered and pop dotted and celebrate is silver ball sticky letters

Please pop over to BBTB2 and see all the yummy amethyst cakes that my DT sisters have created this week and we'd love to see your gorgeous creations to so hope you will join us in our challenge!

Thanks so much for visiting and have a great week!

Julie xx

BBTB2 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN CHALLENGE

Good morning
It's time for our BBTB2 challenge and this week our theme is Frosty the Snowman!  How perfect as boy has ir been frosty here on the UK,  we've had snow for a whole week although this weekend the rain along with high winds, thunder and lightening has washed it all away!

I have decorated a gift bag very simply using the snowman silhouette cut from Hello Kitty Greetings at 5"  using black card and BRRRR is cut with light blue card using Don Juan. I added googly eyes and some glittery snowflakes and some light blue tuille tied into a bow to finish off. 

Pop over to BBTB2 and see the Frosty creations from the DT this week and join in the fun, you can use any snowman from any Cricut cartridge for your project!

Thanks for visiting
 Julie xx

FONTALICIOUS BBTB2 CHALLENGE

Hi
Sorry I'm a little late with my post this week!
This week over at BBTB2 our DT sister Suzanne chose the theme Fontalicious as the challenge! I love fonts and if you could see my fonts file on my computer you would see that I am a bit of a font junkie!!

I made a card for Connor's dad who will be turning 50 next week.

I have a few favourite cricut fonts namely Don Juan, the font on Wild Card and my new fav Billionaire (it welds together so well!)

My card is 6x6" and I have covered it with a black/white/grey stripey backing paper. 50 is cut using Don Juan cartridge at 5 1 /2" shadow in silver mirricard and base in black card which I have embossed with a dots embossing folder. Foam pads have been used between the numbers for some dimension. I have used the Billionaire Lite cartridge for the letters and welded dad together using Design Studio which has been cut three times using silver mirricard and adhered together to give it a 'chipboard' thickness, the top layer has been embossed with the dots folder also.

Have a look over at BBTB2 and see the 'fontalicious' projects the DT have created this week! We would love to see your creations using any font from any of your cartridges!

Thanks so much for visiting today and keep warm! It's been snowing here in Wales since last Friday!

Juliexx

BBTB2 BAUBLES CHALLENGE

Good morning

It's Monday and time for our BBTB2 challenge and it's my turn to  choose a theme this week. I asked the design team to create a project using a bauble/Christmas ornament using any Cricut cartridge and there are lots of Christmas cartridges with baubles to choose from!

I chose a bauble from the Very Merry Christmas Tags cartridge and used the bauble as an 'o'in the word JOY.  J and Y are from Plantin School cartridge and all are cut at 2 3/4". I used white ribbed card for the base cuts and silver American Crafts card for the shadow cuts. I have pop dotted for a little dimension. I added a silver ribbon bow and some turquoise gems to  the bauble to match the card base which is covered with turquoise glitter paper.

Please go and visit BBTB2 and see the gorgeous projects the DT have created this week and we would love you to join in our challenge and see your wonderful bauble creations!

Thanks so much for visiting and have a great week!

Julie xx

BBTB2 Circles

Hi
Today over at BBTB2 we're not having a challenge as such but are just looking at what we can create with circles and our cricuts!

I cut three circles 1 1/2" 1 3/4" and 2" using George and Basic Shapes cartridge in white card and pop dotted them on top of each other to create a melting snowman. I glittered the edges of the circles and added some red polka dot ribbon which I frayed at the ends for his scarf. His eyes and mouth have been made using different size hole punch waste and I hand cut a little orange triangle for his nose. Backing paper and greeting are both Papermania and I just added to crystals to the greeting to finish off.
Please pop over to BBTB2 and see what gorgeous projects the DT have created using circles this week,.

Thanks so much for stopping by

Juliexx

BBTB2 3D HALLOWEEN TREAT CONTAINER CHALLENGE

Hiya
This week over at BBTB2 the fabulous Jeri chose our challenge for us, Jeri asked us to create 3D Halloween treat containers using our cricuts and any cartridge.

Well with Halloween looming I took the opportunity to make a few as I have plenty of children calling  on Haloween so thank you Jeri for a great challenge this week!

I made the little square boxes by hand using a milk carton principle but scored and folded to make a square box front rather than a rectangle.  To decorate I broke out my Punpkin Carvings cartridge which I've had for at least two years and never used yet! I cut out lots of the punpkin face squares and Boo's in black cardstock, I love them!  I'll definitely be using this cart in the future. To finish I punched 2 holes at the top of each container and threaded some stamping up stripey ribbon through and tied little spider rings into the ribbon so that the children can pop them on when they open their box of treats!

We hope you'll join in with us at BBTB2 and get your Halloween treat containers made ready for when the children come calling we love seeing your creations and don't forget to pop over to BBTB2 and see the awesome treat containers the rest of thr DT have made

Thanks so much for visiting and Happy Halloween everyone!

Juliexx