FCCB Vinyl Education Week - Challenge #177 Vinyl Project

Welcome to Mollie's Motif and the FCCB Vinyl EDU Cricut Crawl - Fantabulous Cricut's version of a Blog Hop!! This week we are challenging you to create a project using vinyl you have cut using your Cricut. We have a fabulous sponsor, Cricket Vinyl Supplies. If we get 100 participants in this challenge, Cricket Vinyl Supplies will give away a Cricut Expression package that includes a Cricut Expression machine, deep cut blade, Jasmine Cricut cartridge, ten 12” x 12” assorted sheets of matte vinyl and one 12” x 12” gridded transfer tape. How exciting is that?? SO SPREAD THE WORD!!!

If you've come from Kim over at ogdendoll.blogspot.com, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to see all the fabulous Design Team creations head on over to Fantabulous Cricut HERE to start at the beginning. Make sure to check out each DT member's blog! There will be Blog Candy along the way at ALL our DT members' blogs, and there will be a Grand Prize up for grabs at FCCB for one participant who submits a project using vinyl at FCCB!

For my project I decided to put together a subway art type tile to add to my Fall Home Decor.

 

I used quite a few different cartridges:

"Fall" comes from Create-A-Critter 2; cut at 3"

"Give Thanks" and pumpkin image come from Designer's Calendar; cut at 2 1/2" and 2", respectively

"PIE" comes from Just Because Cards; cut at 8"

"Gobble" comes from Create-A-Critter; cut at 1"

"Good Times" comes from Paisley; cut at 2"

"Preserve" comes from From My Kitchen; cut at 2"

"Family & Friends" comes from Life's A Party; cut at 3 3/4"

Scarecrow image comes from Celebrate with Flourish; cut at 4"

Leaves image comes from Celebrate with Flourish; cut at 3" (with layers)

 

All my vinyl was cut using the following settings:

Deep Cut Blade set at 5"

Speed set at minimum

Pressure set at medium

 

I bought my tile from Home Depot for less than $2 and all my vinyl came from Cricket Vinyl Supplies (LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!).  And if you would like to purchase some vinyl from them, you can get a 15% discount this week by using the coupon code fantabulous!!!

 

I have put together a VIDEO for you too!

 

 

 

AND I have some BLOG CANDY for one lucky FOLLOWER!

Just follow my blog and leave me a comment for your chance to win some FUN Halloween SWAG!

 

 

THANKS so much for stopping by!!!

This project is also going to be entered in at Little Scrap Pieces for their Linky Party.

Your next stop is Amy at thestampingtree.blogspot.com.  Make sure to visit all the stops along the way and when you get done, make sure you link up your project to FCCB's Fantabulous Cricut Crawl post!! And make sure you share with all your blog/crafting friends about the AWESOME giveaway and have them link their projects up too!!

Happy Crawling!!

Here is the line up in case you get lost :

Robin http://robinscreativecottage.blogspot.com

Jilliene http://jillienedesigns.blogspot.com

Heather http://scrappingrunnercreations.blogspot.com

JoNeita http://createwithjoneita.weebly.com/index.html

Jackie http://luv2scrappp.blogspot.com

LB http://www.coolbeansbylb.blogspot.com

Connie http://www.conniecancrop.blogspot.com

Amy T www.craftingwithamy.com

Missy http://www.quickchickdesigns.blogspot.com

Cindy http://www.cindyvernon.blogspot.com

Rebecca craftingmisfit.blogspot.com

Catarina http://blog.docerelashop.com/

Kim ogdendoll.blogspot.com

Emilymolliemugsblog.blogspot.com

Amy HS http://thestampingtree.blogspot.com

Rohttp://rodonner.blogspot.com/

Lynn http://mycardsnstuff.blogspot.com

Michelle http://justanutterpapercrafter.blogspot.com

Autumn

I was so excited to put this card together, for a couple reasons.  I was able to use some new paper that I LOVE and I used an Action Wobble for the FIRST TIME EVER! How much fun are they?!?!? I ordered some amazing paper (Doodlebug Happy Harvest) from The Scrapbooking Queen over at Facebook and when my order came, there were two Action Wobbles! I was so surprised and so excited to be able to finally use one and see what all the fuss was about, and I am now addicted to them and will be ordering some soon.  My card came together by following the sketch from An Inky Situation's challenge for the week and Paper Playtime's challenge of using 3 pattern papers.  I will also be entering this card over at My Creative Time for the fall color challenge.  I used Create-A-Critter for the little squirrel and the acorns in the corners, the small leaves are from a Recollection's punch and my "AUTUMN" sticker is from The Paper Studio's Harvest Time Cardstock Stickers.  I used some We R Memory Keepers Baker's Twine and popped up the corner acorns and my wood grain paper mat with some foam tape.  I love Fall and am so excited to start creating more cards for the season!

Cut It Up Challenge #27 Labor Day

 

I am so excited to be posting my first project as a DT member at Cut It Up Challenges! The challenge for the next two weeks is Labor Day - Celebrating Pregnancy or New Baby. My card is very simple, but I think it turned out really cute. I used New Arrival for the cute baby girl outfit and the Swiss Dots embossing folder to give it some texture. I rounded my corners of my card and mat and used my Fiskars Sea Pearls corner punch for the patterned paper corners. I also ran my green mat through the Swiss Dots folder. I popped up the patterned paper and outfit with foam tape, as well as my sentiment that came from TPC Studio's Beautiful Baby Girl stamp set. The inside of my card has the same patterned paper as the front with a border created with Spellbinders Edgeabilities Classic Scallop. My ribbon is from American Crafts and the sentiment is from the same TPC set. I think this would be such a cute baby announcement to send to family and friends. Hope you like and I do have a video showing how it all came together. Thanks so much for checking out my card, and be sure to check out the other DT's projects!  This challenge is sponsored by Too Cute by Jessica and a $20 gift certificate is up for grabs, so get your project linked up for your chance to win!!!

 

I will also be entering this into Craftin' Desert Divas Baby Challenge and HIMCR Anything Goes Challenge.

FCCB Challenge #176 - Name That Tune

HAPPY LABOR DAY!!!  Hope everyone has had an amazing weekend and holiday! So maybe you can take this day to get in your craft rooms and make something musical! Musical? Yes, musical.  This week over at FCCB we are having a challenge that's all about music - "Name That Tune" is our challenge for you.  And I can't wait to see what you "drum" up!  I was being totally selfish with my project this week and made myself a piano teacher notebook by altering a steno book.  I LOVE IT!!!  I used Lyrical Letters for the "Just A Note" and all the little notes.  Did you know about all the hidden gems on this cartridge towards the end of the handbook? I didn't and had to gush over all of them in my video (it will be uploaded later today).  My paper is from My Mind's Eye Lost & Found and I just tied some simple ribbon up at the top.  I am also going to be linking this up over at Cut It Up for their challenge to alter a notebook - it's so much fun to do, if you never have!  So make sure you sneak away to your craft room this week and link up your musical themed projects.

AND REMEMBER - FCCB's Vinyl Education Week is only a week away, so if you can, get your vinyl ordered from Cricket Vinyl Supplies so you can participate with us all next week!  AND SPREAD THE WORD - If we get 100 participants in NEXT WEEK's Vinyl Challenge, there will be a Cricut Expression giveaway!!!

 

I am also entering this project into Cut It Up's Challenge of an Altered Notebook.  You should go check out the awesome projects the DT has come up with over there - incredible!

Wildly Yummy Birthday!

Over at An Inky Situation, there is a cupcake challenge going on and I thought I would put together a quick card and video for it. I am also going to be linking up over at Little Scrap Pieces (you can link up ANY card project or layout).  At first I didn't know what I was going to do with the cute cupcake I cut out using the From My Kitchen cartridge, but when I remembered I had a super cute paper pack from Heidi Swapp "Sugar Chic" with safari prints, I knew exactly what to do. My niece's birthday is next week and she LOVES zebra print, so it just all came together. I printed out the sentiment 'Have a Wildly Yummy Birthday" from my computer and popped it up on some foam tape. My cupcake is also popped up on some foam tape for added dimension. I used some bling from a Michael's $1.50 pack and called it good. The inside just has a zebra mat and yellow card stock for writing a fun message. Super fun! Hope she likes it!

 

And here is the video...

Sending Warm Fuzzies...

Here is a fun card I created for BBTB2 (water theme) and Die Cuttin' Divas (just because) challenges this week. I pulled out the oldie but goodie Doodlecharms for this card. I have never used the palm tree or sun from this cart and thought this would be the perfect opportunity! I had an awesome sentiment that fits nicely with this beach scene too, so that was a bonus! I used yellow glitter paper for the sun, which I'm pretty sure came from Colorbok (Wal-mart), and the white sandy beach I created with some fun glitter paper from DCWV Linen Closet mat stack. I had some of the sky and water paper in my scrap stash, so it's always nice to use those up. The sun is popped up on some foam tape as well as the front palm tree, just for some added dimension. I did run the leaves through the Cuttlebug using Swiss Dots, and I think everything just turned out great!  Thanks for checking out my card!

Happy Kindergarten!

I am so excited to be linking up to a challenge over at Decorate to Celebrate! It's been WAY too long since I have.  The challenge is to create Back To School and Classroom Favors for a party or celebration.  Well, my little guy is seeing all of his friends start kindergarten and because he has a late birthday won't start until next year, but he does start preschool next week, so that's GREAT!  He wanted to make some cookies today and bring them to his friend and say "Happy Kindergarten" to him.  I thought it was a perfect opportunity to have a craft day with him too.  He picked out what he wanted to make, I just put it together.  So even though this isn't for a party, per se, it is a Back To School favor.  The schoolhouse box comes from the Wrap It Up Cartridge, the ABC/123 comes from Plantin Schoolbook, along with the apple tag.  I used patterned paper from DCWV Grade School pack.  It turned out really cute, and my son was super proud and excited to give it to his friend, he even wrote his name on the back of the tag - and that made me super proud!