Save the Earth Fantabulous Cricut Crawl

Welcome to Scrappy MAC Designs and the SEVENTH Fantabulous Cricut Crawl.....Fantabulous Cricut's version of a Blog Hop!

In honor of our Home Planet, Mother Earth, we're having a "Save the Earth" Crawl...each Design Team member will be featuring an original Upcycled-Themed Project that includes at least one Reuseable/Recycled Item along with at least ONE Cricut Cut.

If you've come from visiting Megan over at Saxey Designs, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our Fantabulous Cricut Crawl, start HERE.

Make sure to check out each DT member's blog for some awesome inspiration! There will be PRIZES along the way at our DT members' blogs, AND there will be a Grand Prize up for grabs at FCCB for one participant that submits a "Save the Earth" project at FCCB!  How fun is that?

For my project...I used a Jif Peanut Butter Jar that I had saved for an event such as this...to be able to reuse it for a project, like a candy jar, instead of it going to a landfill!!  All the paper that I used was from my supply of scraps that I have kept from other projects.  All the embellishments were extras that I just had sitting around or ones that I had cut or made for other projects but just didn't use them for what ever reason.  I have to say that I was pretty excited to use things that I already had that might normally had gotten discarded. :) The only thing that I bought for the project was the Snicker's candy bars that went inside, which are my dad's favorite.  He was facing some scary medical issues, which he is really good now, so I stuck to bright fun colors & spring-ish items like Butterflies to lighten the mood.  He has already asked me how the jar gets refilled. :)

Before - Recycled Jif Peanut Butter Jar

After - Recycled Jif Peanut Butter Jar with Mini Snicker's



The Lid & Tag close up before assembled - which shows the 3D butterflies

Did someone mention prizes?!? :)  One of my lucky followers will be randomly picked to win a $20 gift card to one of my FAVORITE stores....Archiver's. Not a follower?  That's ok...you have until May 7th to become one.  I will announce the winner next week. 

Now it's your turn! Let's see your Upcycled-Themed projects! Make sure to include a Cricut Cut somewhere on your project!

Your next stop...Robin's blog over at Robin's Creative Cottage.  Go see what she has in store for you today... And when you're done, make sure to link up your project to FCCB's Fantabulous Cricut Crawl post to be entered into the contest!

Happy Crawling!

Recipe for this project:
- Small Tag from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cricut Cartridge cut at 3.25
- Larger Tag, behind the Small Tag, from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cricut Cartridge cut at 3.84
- Sweet from From My Kitchen Cricut Cartridge cut at 1.75
- Candy from Doodlecharms Cricut Cartridge cut at 3
- QuikKutz Revolution Tool with the Squared & Circle Scalloped diecut
- EK Butterfly Punches, small & medium
- Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio Tool - Round 25
- Epiphany Crafts Clear Round 25
- Vintage Edition Decorative Bottle Caps
- Tim Holtz Fragments, oval tag
- Glossy Accents
- Hero Arts Stamp - Everyday Sayings - 'Just because...'

- Chalk around butterflies

- We R Memory eyelets for tag

- We R Memory flower brad

- My Mind's Eye Lime Twist Twine, Charmed

- Studio His & Hers White Tulle

- iRock jewel, hot pink

- Gelly Roll Pen, medium, black & silver

Yummy BBQ

Happy Saturday!!  Hope you are having a great weekend so far!  Mine has been great so far!!  I got to spend my day today hanging out with one of my best friends scrapbooking\crafting at my place after doing a little shopping at one of our local scrapbooking\craft stores.  :)  I enjoyed today more so than our normal scrap nights, since my husband has been in Ireland visiting his family since Tuesday & will be gone for 2 weeks....so I have been a little lost & trying to keep busy so I don't think about him being gone away from me for that long. :(  She did a great job on cheering me up...we got to catch up on all the gossip, bought some new projects to add onto my craft 'To Do List' & got some projects completed.  :)

One of the projects I made today is a card for another girlfriend of mine....she is one of my oldest friends that I met more than 16 years ago & have helped each other through life's challenges together!!  She had me over for dinner & drinks last night, where she made such a great meal!!  Have to say...she is a great cook!!   My mouth is even watering now just thinking about all the 'yummy' food she made!  Grilled bbq chicken, homemade mac-n-cheese, grilled fresh veggies, spinach salad, & homemade chocolate chip cookies.  She had been teasing me about getting a homemade meal since I have been eating out since my husband has been gone...since.it has just been easier to grab something on my way home from work. I wanted to send her a personalized 'thank you' card for such a great meal & having me over to hang out!!  I am very lucky to have such great girlfriends....♥ them!!  Thanks for stopping by & taking a peek!!

Recipe for this project:
- Grilling Girl from Everyday Paper Dolls Cricut Cartridge cut at 4
- Grill from From My Kitchen Cricut Cartridge cut at 2
- Peachy Keen Stamp - PK-490 Everyday Character Face Assortment - 1" smiley face
- Jaded Blossom - Food & Drink, "Yummy"

- American Crafts Premium Ribbon - Twine

- iRock jewels

- Gelly Roll Pens Medium - White & Black

Spring is in the Air - Challenge Me Monday #103

Do you know what today is???  It is Challenge Me Monday at Fantabulous Cricut!!   



 #103 - Spring is in the Air - make a project using at least 3 flowers.

The project that I made & submitted for the challenge is a thank you card for one of my best friends who made a YUMMY Pina Colada cake for my birthday, which she surprised me with during our scrap night. 

The flowers on the card are brads, that I have no idea what brand they are as I no longer have the package they came in, but I added the iRock jewels to the top of them to 'bling' them up.  Thanks for stopping by & taking a peek!!

Recipe for this project:
- Cake from From My Kitchen Cricut Cartridge cut at 3.5
- Tag from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cricut Cartridge cut at 2

- Hero Arts Stamp - Everyday Sayings - 'Love is Sweet'

- Versafine Stamp Ink in Onyx Black
- Cuttlebug embossing folder - D'vine Swirls
- Black Gelly Roll Pen Medium, to do the faux stitching

- Crinkle Ribbon in Sunshine Yellow from My Craft Spot
- Pop Dots on Cake
- Flower Brads
- iRock jewels

Rooster Tray

Hope everyone had a good & safe New Year's.  My husband & I both caught colds, so we took it easy at home so we wouldn't get our friends sick.  In between taking cold medicine & naps, I sat down to work on a couple projects I have had on my scrapbooking/crafting 'To Do List'.  I am excited to say that I was able to mark off 2 projects & the year just started. :)

One of the projects that I completed and am sharing is a 7Gypsies Tray that I can display in my kitchen.  I have started collecting Roosters in my kitchen & during a visit to Arizona, my husband and I stopped in Sedona where we find a shop & took the picture of a rooster which I was able to use in the tray to display it in a different way other than just a frame.  Thanks for stopping by & taking a peek!!

Recipe for this project:
- 7Gypsies Solo Shadowbox Tray, 6x6 in Black
- Rooster from From My Kitchen Cricut Cartridge cut at 1.5
- Hen from Country Life Cricut Cartridge cut at 1.5
- T from Birthday Bash Cricut Cartridge cut at 1.5
- Chalk around the edges, brown & black
- Twine from My Craft Spot

- Stickles in Xmas Red

- Pop Dots on Rooster

- Clear Crystal Stickers Elements, around the outside of th T

- Scotch Advanced Tape Glider (*just recently I got this tool & after using it for the first time on this project...I think I may have found me another favorite 'must have')

Recipe Tray

A good friend of mine who I scrapbook with encouraged me to start a blog and post the different scrapbooking projects I complete, as she was encouraged to start one herself by a friend of hers....so this is officially my first post on my blog.

My husband and I enjoy cooking and have alot of family recipes that had not been organized. When I saw the 7Gypsies Library Drawer, I knew I wanted to make a bright and colorful recipe tray to house our recipes and display them on our kitchen counter.  I am extremely happy with how it turned out and looks. 

Recipe for this project:
- 7Gypsies Library Drawer with 12 index cards with tabs
- Bo Bunny Back to Basic paper, cut down to cover the index cards
- From the Kitchen Cricut Cartridge, for the words
- Xyron 5" machine with laminate 2-sided tape, to protect the cards
- Colored Chalk, to chalk around the outside of items
- Small and medium size butterfly punch
- Jewels, to highlight and decorate the letters