So I've read on here for a quite awhile that a chocolate transfer seems easier than a frozen buttercream transfer to some people. How they think its easier I'll never know or understand. 
I think it easier to start out with a FBCT and advance your way into a CT. A FBCT you don't have to worry about keeping the frosting warm so it will spread.
I think you can't have your FBCT stand up on a stick like you can a CT.
I personally feel you don't dirty as many dishes with a FBCT. A CT you have to have a gazillion bowls of chocolate going.
Anyways, its late so I get the sense I'm rambling. Its been a hard week at work so I already wasn't up for something that I needed to focus on. I think the CT does look real nice and I can see it working for some designs better. Here are mine......
But they look adorable! I can see a couple have smudged in places, did you try an smooth the back? When I do that I have a bit of smudging... I try to let each colour dry a little before applying the next one, maybe that will help?
I agree about the mess though and I go through a ton of disposable bags. I've never attempted a FBCT, they scare me more than a CT!
Anyway I think they are great for your first go.
I think that when you are tired or in a bad mood, its easy to hate everything you are trying to do. I really like your C Ts I am impressed! I imagine it would be tedious to outline and fill. Anyhow, however time consuming they were to do....YOU DID GREAT 
Whoa, they're so well done! I can relate, they do take ages (for me, anyway) but I think they're sort of fun.
Merissa on this board has done some fabulous CT's (see her Pooh cake, it's awesome)....and she told us to try little parchment bags, so one day I folded up a load of them while watching FoodTV (he he) and Merissa was RIGHT on, you can get a really teeny hole in them for linework, melt teeny bits of one colour, and then rewarm them easily. Leave them all sitting on a heating pad, so no rewarming necessary.
That might cut down on frustration, which is a big part of CTs for me.
I did a Lemony Snicket CT on one of my cakes, loved the picture, was disappointed with the flaws, but it's just practice and more practice for me!
So far your CTs are really great, you captured great color combos, well done.
Maureen
It sounds like you didn't have fun, but they look terrific! There really are tips to make this go easier without all the mess.
Colored melts mean mo bowls to mix in. For mixing, Glad 1/2 cup disposable/reusable containers are wonderful for both mixing and storage.
To clean bowls, put them in the freezer for a few minutes. The chocolate will freeze and pop right off, you can save it and reuse later.
If you don't need to color the candies, use disposable dec bags. Melt right in the bag, smoosh, and cut a tiny hole in the tip.
Use a cheap heating pad to lay the bags on, keeps the chocolates melted and usable.
Don't give up on these! Ya done good!
1st - Thanks for all the nice and wonderful comments.
The smudging honestly came from when I got tired at having to pipe so I kind of just took my paint brush and started putting on jobs of chocolate and then painting the chocolate into the tiny crevices. Hehe! When I attempt them again, I'll be a little more patient. Now that my crummy week is over and I don't have to think about work again until Monday.
Merissa's Pooh Cake is my inspiration for my bob the builder/blue's clues. I don't know how I'll recreate it yet, but my sister and I just LOVE that pooh cake. I read and re-read that thread of hers constantly getting myself psyched up for mine. I think I'll go invest in a small heating pad tonight and give them another try tomorrow. And she also made me try parchment bags, which I love because no clean up! I find they are a little difficult to squeeze properly though.
I think I'll also try Zmama's tip of the Glad bowls. I bought those little ceramic cups from Wilton and I don't want to think about having to clean those. In the Glad bowls I can keep them there until I use again. If I decide to do any others.
Anyhoo....you all have been a great friend for listening. I'll try them again, but still use these because only two of them broke. But with chocolate at least you can "glue" it back together.(Another plus for CT)
I can't say enough about using a heating pad when working with CT's!! About 30-60 minutes before I want to do a CT, I get all my candy melt colors in their Disposable bags, and lay them on a heating pad that I have placed a piece of wax paper (keeps the pad clean) and then I fold the heating pad over the bags of chocolate. No microwave and the chocolate stays workable as I need it!! Just snip the ends when you're ready to work. Best part, when you are done, let the chocolate bags cool and then place in a ziploc for another time!! Your CT's are great!!
ZMama very cleverly wrote:
"To clean bowls, put them in the freezer for a few minutes. The chocolate will freeze and pop right off, you can save it and reuse later. "
ZMama, you're the best! I had one of those smack-my-own-forehead moments there.... seems so logical when I hear it - but did it ever occur to me? noooooo
You may have just saved me a lot of time and muttering!
Thanks!
Missy - It took me a few times for it to click, don't feel bad!
Another thing I do- don't throw the bags away! I use chocolate, white chocolate, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, candy melts, almond bark, you name it and I've been trying it for molds lately. I stick the piping bag back in the candy bag, and can always tell what is what. Same after you pop it out of the freezer, stick it in the bag it came from originally.
Christeena, I used your method of heating/melting the chocolate on the pad and that works great!
I redid them on Saturday night and EVERYONE was correct. When I'm not already in a bad mood things work much more smoothly. I guess CT are NOT that bad to make. Maybe on day, I'll take an image, make a CT and FBCT and see exactly, side by side, which one I prefer.
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo-90714.html
My favorite part about the cake was making it rainbow swirl. While we were eating it I'd tell the kids, lets eat the red part. Now the green. Etc., etc.. I think I got them to eat more that way. So, just to show you and toot my horn 
, here is a picture of a slice.
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