QQ Birthday Blog Hop

Good morning crafty friends,

Today’s post is the card that I’ve provided to my Quick Quotes design team for the Design Team Birthday Blog Hop 7/30-7/31.
I’m sure you’re all familiar with a standard blog hop - a long list of blogs, and you hop from one to the other leaving comments...
Well, this one has a twist. This should be a super efficient hop for you, the hopper...
We’re linking up design team blogs instead of the individual bloggers blogs... So you only have to make 8 hops, and you’ll get to see 57 cards!

Here is my card.

I used the wonderful Mary’s Garden Designer Paper from Quick Quotes. I created the digital stamp and it is available HERE.

This is the inside of the card. I used my Cricut to cut the scallops and the circles. I inked the edges of the circles with the Bloody Mary  Powder Puff chalk ink.

Here is a close up of the vellum quote I used. I wanted to show you that you can adhere the vellum quote to the patterned paper without showing the adhesive. I simply used a thin line adhesive and followed the lettering in the back.

Products Used:

Mary's Garden Ribbon and Brads: LINK HERE

Mary's Garden Jewels: LINK HERE

Mary's Garden 100: LINK HERE

Mary's Garden 200: LINK HERE

Bloody Mary Chalk Ink: LINK HERE

Green With Envy Chalk Ink: LINK HERE

Itty Bitty Box Quotes (Babies, Kids & Family): LINK HERE

White, Green and Fuchsia cardstock.

Hope you enjoyed the card. Be sure to head over to the QQ Blog to do the hop!

Have a wonderful day!

Winners Announced:)

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge #43- Lollipops!  The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is...Melissa- Created by Sunshine HoneyBee

Congratulations Melissa:)

Melisa used the Disney Mickey and Friends Cricut cartridge to create this adorable Christmas lollipop card.  You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog.  As the winner Melissa will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com. 

Melissa, please contact Madison at FunkyCards @Charter .net (no spaces) within two weeks to claim your prize.

The Top Three Chefs were chosen by the Cooking With Cricut Design Team. You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog. 

Karen- Kaleidoscopic Sparkles

Charlotte- A Little Bit of Detail

Lisa- A Mermaid's Crafts

Bunny!... This week we want to see you create a project that includes a bunny:)  Once again you have until next Tuesday at midnight to post your projects.  One winner chosen at random will receive his or her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com.

Have a wonderful day!

~Madison - Prize Coordinator

Challenge #44: Bunny

Good morning, crafty friends!

Welcome to our birthday tribute to one fantastic wabbit . . . Happy 71st Birthday, Bugs Bunny!  The Design Team was challenged this week to incorporate a bunny into their projects.  Take it away, ladies . . . .

Stacey used the Baby Steps cartridge for this super sweet card.

Check out the details on her blog.

Madison used Kate's ABCs to create this adorable alphabet LO.

Make sure you click over to her blog to check out the details.

Maria Elena used the Christmas Cheer cartridge to create this fun layout.

Rush on over to her blog to see the particulars -- don't be late!

Make sure you head over to Jean's blog to see how she created this

cute layout using the ZooBalloo and Don Juan cartridges.

Karla created this precious card using the Simply Charmed cartridge.

Hop on over to her blog to see the recipe.

Jen used Everyday Paper Dolls and Doodlecharms to create this fun

birthday card.  Check out the details on her blog.

The Disney Classics cartridge was Roberta's go-to for this cute card featuring Thumper!

Make sure you hop on over to her blog and check out the details.

Gaby used Life's A Party to make this cute little pencil holder!

Make sure you head on over to her blog to see how she created it. 

Now it’s your turn, let’s see your creative, Cricut best! Remember our guidelines . . .

1. It must be a new project with a Cricut cut.
2. Post your project on your blog and include a link back to CookingWithCricut.com
3. And the best rule of all -- you MUST HAVE FUN!

An as always, thank you for joining us.  We appreciate it so much!

Guest Designer Tuesday!

Welcome to Guest Designer Tuesday

at Cooking With Cricut! 

Our special Guest Designer this week is none other than Rebecca -- a/k/a The Crafting Misfit.  Although, after you see these projects, I think you'll agree with me that she is no misfit!  Rebecca is showcasing the Cricut Celebrations cartridge today.  So take it away, Rebecca!!

I want to start my post by saying --  thank you so much to the team at Cooking With Cricut for asking me to do this. I was SO EXCITED when I was contacted by them! I have been watching the challenges on this blog for months and participate often because I love them! It is great to be a part of this and I feel very honored that I was asked to be a Guest Designer!  CWC's Design Team is incredible and I get so much inspiration from their work!

Celebrations was one of my first cartridges! My mother bought me my first Cricut for Christmas 2009 and gave me two cartridges -- Celebrations and Stretch Your Imagination.    My hubby bought me an Expression for Christmas 2010. I had wanted a Cricut for a couple of years before getting one so I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited! Then I couldn't live without having a Gypsy; so for Christmas 2010 mom got me that. (My mother is great at gift giving!)  My life hasn't been the same ;). Sometimes I get so bogged down in what is new that I forget my oldies but goodies. So when CWC contacted me about doing this I thought I would explore a forgotten cartridge on my Gypsy.

Crafting has quickly become my passion. I am a Kindergarten teacher and mother of two, so my machines get plenty of use! I joined the blogging world in January 2011 and have found that to be an addiction that I love to feed. I look forward to reading comments from my followers and find I need to check those as often as I check Facebook (which is A LOT). In the summer I spend most of my time enjoying my kids and husband. We try to go to the ocean at least once a week and we camp as often as we can. Camping is an acquired taste that I am still working on but this summer it is far better than last. As a kid I loved it, but now I love real beds and A/C. The only bad thing about camping is my Cricut doesn't come . . . yet.

For my project I created some gift bags with matching tags and a card.  If you like what you see I would love to have you visit my blog!

Thanks again, Rebecca,  for your continued support of Cooking With Cricut -- we love seeing what you cook up each week!

Please take the time to go over to Rebecca's blog and show her some crafting "love!" See you back here tomorrow for our weekly challenge.  You won't want to miss it!

 

~ Jen

Monday Showcase: Cindy Loo

Good morning and welcome to Cooking With Cricut's Cartridge Showcase.  Each Monday a member of our Design Team will feature a Cricut cartridge of their choice and projects they've made with that cartridge.  We hope you'll be inspired to pull out your cartridges and find new ways to use them!

Hi!  This is Chef Jen and today I'm going to share some projects created with Cindy Loo.  If you haven't explored this cartridge you're missing out!  Not only does it have some great shapes, but it also has a wonderful font, two cupcake wrappers, an envelope with matching card, and a gift card holder.

I created this card as part of one of my fellow Design Team member's incredible outreach project.  Madison started "I Feel the Love" Project in June.  It is a monthly challenge that gives her blog followers the chance to create a card to give someone who may be going through a difficult time. 

Last month's recipient was a teacher at her High School who is battling cancer for the second time.  Madison collected 22 cards for Ms. Pentoney!  This month the recipient is a 3 year old girl named Marley, her 5 year old sister Mia and their parents Nikki and Brent.  Marley was diagnosed with a brain tumor near her optic nerve, brain stem and pituitary gland in August 2009.  She has persevered through surgeries, a stroke that left her right side paralyzed, and numerous rounds of chemo.  Madison has already collected 26 cards for Marley and her family this month! 

This card is for Marley's parents, Brent and Nikki.   My card base was made using a 10" x 7" piece of card stock from the DCWV Mediterranean paper pack folded in half.  All of the die cuts are from the Cindy Loo cartridge.  Here is the recipe:

• The mat is an reddish-orange piece of Bazzil card stock cut at 6" x 4".
• I welded the word "Peace" in Design Studio.  It is 2 1/2" wide.
• The flower is 4" tall and was created with papers from my scrap stash.
• The ribbon is 7/8" wide and is a sheer green-gold.

I also created cards for Marley and Mia and they will be featured on my blog later in the week if you'd like to check them out.

Here are some other projects I've created using Cindy Loo.  Each one has a link underneath if you'd like to see the details and other project information.

Thank You card

Bird Themed Baby Shower - Welcome Sign

Mother's Day card

Birthday Card

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Don't forget to check back Tuesday morning to see what this week's Guest Designer has whipped up.

~ Jen

QQ Blog Hop Day 2

Good morning crafty friends!

Welcome to DAY 2 of the Quick Quotes Get To Know The DT Blog Hop! I am thrilled to be a part of this wonderful company’s design team. If you are following the hop, you should have arrived here from Lisa’s Blog. If you just happened upon here, be sure to head over to the main Quick Quotes Blog and join the FUN!

Our blog hop started yesterday and goes through Saturday. So please be sure to visit each DT Member’s Blog. We all have some GREAT QQ  candy to giveaway! You can visit my post from yesterday HERE to see my other QQ project.

SUNNY DAY LAYOUT

I created this layout using Quick Quotes June Club Q Kit. The kit features the super fun Designer Paper Live Out Loud. I used QQ’s Powder Puff Chalk Inks In:Limeade, Mango Mai Tai, Blue Hawaiian  and Maraschino Cherry. I also used Aqua, Lime Green, White, Light Orange and Dark Orange Bazzill Cardstock. I also used several Cricut cartridges. This layout is featured in The Bug Magazine. For details be sure to head to The Bug Magazine and pick up your issue today!

BLOG CANDY

Quick Quotes is allowing me to give away this wonderful prize:

Their NEW French Quarter Collection!

This paper is beautiful! It is double-sided and cardstock weight. Gorgeous designs and rich color.

In order to win you just need to do 3 things:

#1 Become a follower

#2 Leave a comment

#3 Check the main QQ blog on Sunday the 24th when all winners will be announced

If you need to start the blog hop at the beginning please click here: www.blogquickquotes.com

Your next stop is: Michelle

Blog Hop Lineup/prize at that stop:

Quick Quotes Blog

Giving Away A FREE Private Reserve Getaway

Adora

Cherry Truffle Designer Paper Collection

Donna

Just Jackson Designer Paper Collection

JenniferS

Frosted Embellishments

Julie

Savvy Davvy Designer Paper Collection

Lisa

Glitter Chipboard Embellishments

ME (You’re Here)  :-)

French Quarter Designer Paper Collection

Michelle

12 Pack of Powder Puff Chalk Inks

Rhonda

Itty Bitty Box of Vellum Quotes & Vintage Alphabet Quote Sheet.

Theresa

Miss Morgan Designer Paper Collection

Be sure to drop by tomorrow for day 3 of the hop and I bring you another great Quick Quote project!

Thank you so much for coming by!

-Melin

Winners Announced:)

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge #42- Pen or Marker Work or a Sun!  The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is...Paula Bee- Craft With Bee

Congratulations Paula Bee:)

Paula Bee used Preserves and Joys of the Seasons Cricut  cartridges to create this adorable holiday card.  You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog.  As the winner Paula Bee will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com. 

Paula Bee, please contact Madison at FunkyCards @Charter .net (no spaces) within two weeks to claim your prize.

The Top Three Chefs were chosen by the Cooking With Cricut Design Team. You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog. 

Sabrina- Sabriolet Designs

Glenda- Glenda's Cards

Charlotte- A Little Bit of Detail

How sweet!... This week we want to see you create a project that includes a lollipop:)  Once again you have until next Tuesday at midnight to post your projects.  One winner chosen at random will receive his or her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com.

Have a wonderful day!

~Madison - Prize Coordinator