Vinyl University and FCCB Cricut Crawl

Welcome to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog's "Cricut Crawl" (a Cricuty version of a blog hop), day one of "Vinyl University" sponsored by Cricket Vinyl Supplies, and if you are new to Jilliene Designing, welcome to my blog!

This week FCCB is challenging you to create a Cricut project using vinyl. You can purchase vinyl for your project at Cricket Vinyl Supplies using the coupon code: fantabulous for a 15% discount! 

Prizes, prizes, prizes... If 100 crafters submit a project for this week's Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog's 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
• one 12” x 12” gridded transfer tape. 

Winners will be selected by random.org so your project doesn't have to be an extravagant masterpiece to qualify to win!  You just need to use vinyl and one Cricut cut.

But wait!  There's more!  There will be Blog Candy (Prizes) at every one of the stops along the Cricut Crawl which means you have 18 opportunities to win crafty goodness. And there will be a Grand Prize up for grabs at FCCB for one of the participants who submits a project using vinyl.  That's a lot treasure to collect on your Cricut Crawl adventure.

Speaking of treasure, yesterday we threw my daughter a surprise pirate birthday party and there were eye patches, swords and hidden treasure for everyone.

 

This is how I used vinyl and my Cricut to add to the pirate party decor.  

 

I bought red, black and white balloons from the Dollar Tree and customized them using the Cricut cartridge "Life's a Party" and some of the fabulous vinyl sent to us by Cricket Vinyl Supplies.  (I point out that the vinyl they sent was "fabulous" because not all vinyl is created equally.  I learned this the hard way which I will share with you later this week.)

These balloons took me less than an hour and were so easy to make.  Stop by my blog tomorrow for step by step instructions on how to use Vinyl and any Cricut image to decorate balloons.

Now let's talk about the prize I will giveaway next Sunday, 7PM PST.  I just love the tools created by We R Memory Keepers and the Sew Ribbon is my new favorite.  I just purchased mine last Spring and now it seems like I incorporate ribbon sewing in almost all of my projects.  My absolute favorite design is the scalloped so I am giving away a Scallop kit, extra ribbon needles and some gorgeous red ribbon.

To enter for your chance to win:

1. Follow my blog by clicking the button "Join this Site" on the upper right and signing up.
2. "Like" Jilliene Designing on Facebook by clicking HERE.
3. Leave a comment below letting me know that you did both #1 and #2, plus introduce yourself and tell us if you have played with vinyl before.

Your next stop is with heather at Scrapping Runner Creations.  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!!


Here is the line up in case you get lost :

Robin http://robinscreativecottage.blogspot.com
YOU ARE HERE  -> Jilliene http://jillienedesigns.blogspot.com
Heather http://scrappingrunnercreations.blogspot.com
JoNeita http://createwithjoneita.weebly.com
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
Emily molliemugsblog.blogspot.com
Amy HS http://thestampingtree.blogspot.com
Ro http://rodonner.blogspot.com
Lynn http://mycardsnstuff.blogspot.com
Michelle http://justanutterpapercrafter.blogspot.com

Content Overview of Cricut Imagine Buccaneer Cartridge

Ahoy mateys- today I will be providing a comprehensive overview of the Cricut Imagine cartridge, Buccaneer.  This cartridge can only be used with the Cricut Imagine which means that it prints out artwork and then it cuts it.  Buccaneer has a very different style than any of the other cricut cartridges.  In fact it is this uniqueness that motivated me to buy it.  In this post, we will be looking at:

• the "Sample" that Provocraft prints on the back of the box
• the papers and patterns that come on the cartridge
• several pages out of the handbook with detailed explanations
• a sneak peek of all of the layered images
• the included projects
• and a spreadsheet that includes each phrase, word and image with the corresponding page number

Above is the "Sample" that Cricut prints on the back of the cartridge box. Unfortunately, it shows only 9 of the layered images out of the 40 on the cartridge.  That number does not even include the individual layers for each image, the phrases, projects and icons.  Below you can see all of the layered images included.

To see the images and their layers take a look at the handbook by clicking here.

Next you will find 2 more pages from the handbook: 

These are the Projects - perfect for a pirate party:

These are 4 of the 10 icons:

And last but not least,  here is a list of all of the images and phrases on this cartridge with their page numbers.  If you find any errors in the spreadsheet, please let me know so I can correct them. If you would like to share this information on your blog, instead of copy and pasting this info, please paste a link to my site. The spreadsheet below is saved as a JPEG but you can download a PDF version of Buccaneer here:

BUCCANEER PDF