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Christel’s Birthday

Good morning Crafty Friends,

I am sharing a card I made today on behalf of Christel aka OneScrappinSista.

She has been celebrating her birth month all month long. I got to know Christel as she used to be on the CookingWithCricut.com design team and is currently serving on the PaperCraftingWorld.com design team.

So here is the card I created.
bear n flowers digital stamps christel 500



closeup 500

I created this card using the following products:

Quick Quotes Julie T’aime Designer Paper
Christel Bear Holding Flowers Digital Stamp and Sentiment
Diamond Stickles
Various Copic Markers
Baby Blue Liquid Pearls
Prima Flowers



I printed off the colored version of the digital stamp and then added the highlights and shading with my Copics.



In honor of Christel’s Birthday, I am giving away the digital stamp sentiment I used on this card today!

blessings on your special day sentiment 200


Please be sure to stop by Christel’s blog and leave her some love.



Make plans to stop by tomorrow as our PCW designers share their new challenge with you!!!

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

Adopt A Shelter Pet Blog Hop Winners:)


Welcome to Cooking with Cricut
Today we would like to announce the winners of our
Adopt a Shelter Pet Blog Hop!

 The winner of a $20.00 gift voucher to
Papercraftingworld.com (chosen by Random Organizer)  for leaving a comment on the CWC blog is... Kitkat36 

Kitkat36 said... "This so awesome thank you for all the wonderful shares."

Pet-Themed Challenge
You can all "pick up" your top chef buttons on the left column and proudly display them on your blogs. 

The winner of a $20.00 gift voucher to
 Papercraftingworld.com  (chosen by Random Organizer) 


The 2 winners of a $5.00 gift voucher to



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



Have a wonderful day!
~Madison - Prize Coordinator

Clown Bear Paper Piecing Sneak Peak

Good evening crafty friends,
I just wanted to share a couple of paper piecings I was working on :)

CRICUT SVG BEAR CLOWN BOY 350
cricut svg bear clown girl 350

They are not done yet as they will be “holding” some balloons or something :)

Have a wonderful evening!

Winners Announced:)


Welcome to Cooking with Cricut
Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge #56- Purple and Green and Three Sketches!  The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is...Paula- Craft With Bee
Congratulations Paula:)

Paula designed and created this adorable Halloween layout using pictures from Halloween-1985. She used the Paper Dolls Cricut cartridge and several other Cricut cartridges to complete her layout:)   You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog.  As the winner Paula will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com
Paula, 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. 



Scarecrows/Hay/Crows/ and Sketches... It's a fall challenge this week.  You are also provided with a choice of sketches to work with again this week (if you want). 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

Cartridge Showcase: Mini Monsters



Today Chef Kemma will be featuring projects created with the Mini Monsters Cricut cartridge.  You can take your Halloween crafts from scary to silly with this cartridge. Mini Monsters features layered monsters, ghosts, pumpkins, and other images for your Halloween crafts plus cards, phrases, and 3-D objects you’ll love.  It includes: Layer 1, Layer 2, Card, Phrase, Phrase Shadow, and Base Shadow creative features.  This cute cartridge also has a coordinating Cuttlebug folder set.

So without further ado . . . here's Kemma!

Hello everyone!!  I have really enjoyed this cartridge and have already made several projects with it.  First up, a simple Halloween card with just the shape and shadow cut.  I decided to make my own face with some stamps I had.

And this is a sweet little card that I made for Sean, I forgot to take a photo to show where the monster opens up!  Isn't he just fun?

Don't have a gypsy and can't do the welding to make shaped cards?  You are in luck with this cartridge -- many of the monsters already have folding, shaped cards!
Another idea is a window card; see how Frankie looks like he is peeking out a window?  This effect is very simple to do.  You can take any open shape, and raise it with pop dots, which give a window-feel to the design.

So, what else can you do with this cartridge?  How about making a few little candy wrappers!  For these I cut them out using the card feature, but made them very small.  The little pumpkin is cut at 1.5 inches and the little candy piece is cut at 2 inches.  I just added a little twine and a few embellishments with some sparkle markers.


Another fun thing you can do is make one of the 3D items on this cartridge.  I chose to make a little batty bag.  I cut this out at 6 inches, the widest it would fit on a 12x12 sheet of paper.  The secret to making 3D items is to do all of your embellishing, (or at least most) before you assemble it.  For this one I used mostly Bazzill papers, and my Tiny Bubbles Cuttlebug embossing folder for the mouth, wings, and ear layer 1 parts.  I then used some Clear Rock Candy Stickles and colored in a few of the bubbles in the mouth.  I had this orange patterned scrap (don't you love using up those scraps!) and cut the layer 2 parts out of it.   I outlined the eyes and mouth with a black sparkly marker by atyou Spica.  I just got this cute little stamp from the JoAnn's  I colored the eyes in with a white gel pen on the stamp, and used other atyou Spica sparkle pens I had to color in a couple of the words. 
I assembled things with a new (to me) glue pen I found called the Zig 2 way glue pen.  I bought it at JoAnn's.  It is neat in the fact that while the very thin liquid is fresh from the pen and blue, it is ready to permanently stick.  But, if you let the glue dry and the blue disappear (before you adhere the pieces together) they are supposed to be re-positionable.  I didn’t try the latter part, maybe on the next project :)



So, after I got most of what I thought I would like for the embellishments, I assembled the little bag.



And that is just a little of what you can do with the Mini Monsters Cricut Cartridge!
- Kemma
Who knew monsters could be so cute?  Thanks so much for sharing with us today, Kemma!
Make sure you check back in on Monday for a new cartridge showcase featuring our uber-talented Executive Chef, Melin!
~ CWC Design Team

Challenge #57: Scarecrow, Hay, Crows & Sketches



Happy Wednesday to all our crafty friends out there!  And you know what Wednesday means --  Design Team challenge day here at Cooking With Cricut.  Melin challenged the Team to use scarecrows, hay, crows and/or one of her amazing sketches this week.  Here are the sketches:

Card sketch 


Single 12" x 12" layout sketch 


Double Layout sketch
And here is what the Design Team came up with . . . take it away, ladies!


Jenny R. used the Mini Monsters, Happily Ever After,
Hannah Montana and Old West cartridges along with a super cute
digi from PaperCraftingWorld.com.  


Heather used Simply Scarecrows and Alphalicious
for her 12" x 12" layout.  Head over to her blog for the details on this
super cute project featuring her hubby and fur baby.



Holly used the Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons cartridge
for this incredible wreath! 



Nita used the Simply Charmed cartridge for her long card.  Make sure you
check out her blog to find out just how you do mend a broken Jack-o-Lantern! 




Linda used a digi from PaperCraftingWorld.com and the Storybook cartridge.
Don't forget to give her blog a visit to learn all the details about this sweet 12" x 12" layout.



Kemma also used the Celebrate with Flourishes cartridge
to create this stunning Halloween decoration.  Make sure you give
her blog a visit to check out the details!



Michelle created two cards this week!  She made her first card using the
Simply Charmed cartridge and the second using Create-A-Critter,
Paper Doll Dress Up and a PaperCraftingWorld.com cut file.
Make sure to hop on over to her blog for all the details.




Debbie used the Create-A-Critter cartridge and a PaperCraftingWorld.com
digi stamp for this super cute card.  Check out her blog for the particulars!



Charlotte used the Simply Charmed, Heritage, Thanksgiving,
Damask Decor and Picturesque cartridges for this glitter-ific card!
 Make sure you check out her blog for all the special little details.



Jen used the Plantin SchoolBook, Doodlecharms and Cake Basics
cartridges to create her double layout.  Check out the details on her blog!



Yolie used the Celebrate with Flourishes and Pop Up Neighborhood
cartridges as well as the adorable crow from PaperCraftingWorld.com for her
double layout. 



Mindy created her single page layout using the Pop Up Neighborhood and
Simply Charmed cartridges.  



And now it's your turn!  Show us your best scarecrow, hay and/or crow projects -- try your hand at one of the sketches -- Although following the sketches are NOT a requirement to join us!  And link it up!  Here are a few things to remember . . .
  • Must follow the challenge topic.  
  • Must be a NEW project for this challenge.  No back dated posts please.
  • Must have a link back to this post on your blog. 
  • Must link your project post through Inlinkz and not just your blog.  
  • Must use your Cricut in some capacity. 
  • Must HAVE FUN!  
  • You may gladly combine challenges . . . we love to pile it on TOO!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  We appreciate it so very much!

~ The CWC Design Team