New Die Cut & Stamp Challenge

Good afternoon crafty friends,

Welcome to another Terrific Tuesday Die Cut and Stamp Challenge here at PCW!

Today’s new bi-weekly challenge is being hosted by our resident cake artist and designer Angie of Angie’s Scrappin Memories Blog. This is also Angie's last challenge with us. We have enjoyed her beautiful artwork very much! We will miss Angie here at PCW and CWC, but wish her well in her business! 

Our beautiful hostess decided to challenge us with creating a Valentine’s Day themed project! So here is what the lovely PCW designer’s came up with!

Angie designed this adorable treat bag using the Puppy cutting file from PCW and a recycled box! Be sure to check out all the details on her blog!

Designer Celeste created this SUPER ADORABLE card using the aptly named Celeste Butterfly Fairy QT Patootie cutting file from PCW. Go check out her blog for all the details. 

Designer Evelyn created two fantastic projects! 1st, she created these SUPER ADORABLE Love Bandit Cards using the Love Bandit Cutting File from PCW.

Here is a close up of one of the little cuties! Just tell me he doesn’t steal your heart!

For Evelyn’s second project she created this adorable treat bag and topped it with the sweet little bear n’ cupcake cutting file from PCW.

Designer Mindy created this beautiful card using the Elephant Love digital stamp from PCW! This card surely would make any heart sing! Visit Mindy’s blog for all the musical details!

Designer Yolie created this fabulous card by mixing and matching elements from several different files. She used the Fab Four (Beatles), QT Patootie and The Raggedy Bunny cutting file sets. Be sure to visit Yolie’s blog for all the heart warming details!

Christel created this FABULOUS card using the new QT Patootie Franchesca Digital Stamp from PCW. Be sure to head over to Christel’s blog for all the great details!

Designer Bonnie created this adorable card using the Elephant Love Digital Stamp from PCW. Be sure to head over to Bonnie’s blog and get all the scrappylicious details!

This Challenge's Prize

One Random Winner From All Eligible Entries Could Win A $5 Gift Voucher

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN
To join the fun, just link up your “Valentine themed” project through the Inlinkz link below.
Here are just a few guidelines for this challenge:
* Must be a new project for this challenge.
* You may gladly combine challenges, we love to pile it on too!
* Must link your project to us through Inlinkz and not just your blog.
* Must use either one of the free files provided in some capacity or another PCW file you may already have....Free or one purchased.
* You can use any type of die cutting system-machine you have....Pazzles, Cameo, Silhouette, Gazelle, Cougar, etc. OR even your Spellbinders, Sizzix, Quickutz, etc. What ever you have!!!!
* Must HAVE FUN!!!
So this means.....EVERYONE can join in the fun!!!! 

FREE FILES FOR THIS CHALLENGE

Electronic Die Cutting File
Curly Heart Swirl Layered

This file is available in the following formats:

AI, DXF, EPS, GSD, KNK, MTC, SCAL2, SVG and WPC.

Please click the add to cart button. It will not cost anything to download.

DIGITAL STAMP

100% Loveable

This file is available in both jpg and png files. It comes in the three different formats of: Line Art, Black and Colored as well. Please click the add to cart button. It will not cost anything to download.

Design Team CALL!

For Details, CLICK HERE

Thank you so much for visiting with us today! Be sure to come back tomorrow for our New Wonderful Wednesday, Cooking With Cricut Challenge!


Have a wonderfully crafty day!

Cartridge Showcase: Art Philosophy

Happy Monday and welcome to Cooking With Cricut's Cartridge Showcase.  Today Chef Elizabeth is taking over the blog and sharing her favorite cartridge . . . Art Philosophy! 

This cartridge contains a wealth of fun, versatile, fundamental shapes you'll use on dozens of different projects. Images include cards, tags, borders, font, 3D items, dimensional flowers and more. Many of the images perfectly coordinate with a selection of Close To My Heart My Acrylix® stamps to make stamped projects faster, simpler, and easier.   The cartridge is available only through Close To My Heart Independent Consultants and is sold as a collection that also includes three exclusive stamp sets and three Dimensional Elements chipboard sheets designed to coordinate with cartridge images.

 

So, without further ado . . . here's is Chef Elizabeth!

I'm so excited to be showcasing the Art Philosophy cartridge here on Cooking with Cricut today.  I am a HUGE fan of the Cricut machine (have been for over five years!) and love, love, love using it for my scrapbook layouts.  However, since I purchased the Art Philosophy cartridge back in August I have not taken it out of my machine (with over 700 images I have not had to)!    

In preparation for this showcase I made a gift tag and box both cut out with the Art Philosophy cartridge.

The cartridge comes with three coordinating stamp sets so I used one set on this gift tag.  The flower is also cut from the cartridge.  I love these rolled flowers (six different ones to choose from in this cartridge).  I've made a wreath and a flower ball with them and hope to use them for tons more projects!

Then I cut out a window card with the cartridge and a small tag to make this card.

Using the cartridge to cut out the letters (because along with all the boxes, cards, shapes and flowers there is also a font on this cartridge!) for my title, the triangle for the roof on the house, the flower that I used a coordinating stamp with, the tags and the journal shape to make this scrapbook layout.

 I found the poem for this layout at scrapbook.com but tweaked it a little to fit my home. 

I am so thrilled with this cartridge - making everything from home decor, to cards, to scrapbook pages, to ornaments to gift boxes to gift tags!  For my son's camping themed birthday party back in August I made these smores kits as party favors.

 And these food tags for our smores bar.

You can find more details about my camping party here and the smores bar post is here.

For a women's event at our church I cut out these shaped cards and the box to include them in as favors for each woman who attended.

And finally, here is another card I made using the cartridge and the stamp set that came with it.

I know that this cartridge has been featured on Cooking with Cricut before and many people share the same feelings I do about it - it is truly and amazing cartridge.

~ Elizabeth

Gorgeous projects, Elizabeth!  Thanks so much for sharing them with us today.  If you are interested in finding out where to purchase the Art Philosophy cartridge, check out Elizabeth's blog for more information -- and make sure to leave her a comment and let her know how much you enjoyed her showcase.

We have a fun-filled week for you -- Tuesday is a Paper Crafting World file reveal day, Wednesday is our Cooking With Cricut challenge day, on Thursday Chef Mindy will be showcasing one of her favorite cartridges, and on Friday the winners from the "Anything BUT a Card, Must Use Yellow & Polkadots" Challenge will be announced (you have until Tuesday night to link up your entry!).

Mark your calendars for our next blog hop scheduled for Saturday, February 11th and Sunday, February 12th -- two days . . . two sets of designers . . . two times the Valentine fun - 'cause "Love is in the Air!"

We also have a Design Team Call going on -- check out the link at the top of the page or click here if you are interested in joining our team.  We'd love to have you join the fun!

~ CWC Design Team

Design Team Call

UPDATE: Call Has Been Extended to the 19th. We are in need of Digital Stamp Artists and Cutting File Artists (SVG Type File USERS).

Good morning crafty friends,

Hard to believe but it is that time again!!!! Time to have another Design Team call!

We are expanding our call to include crafters who use Digital Stamps AND crafters who use other cutting machines, i.e.: Pazzles, Silhouette, Cameo, E-Craft, etc!

If this is something you may be interested in....PLEASE read on!!!!



PaperCraftingWorld.com Design Team Call


Call Open January 28^th – February 19, 2012
Would you like to join a super friendly and fun Design Team! Do you enjoy crafting and creating with your Cricut and Cricut related products or other die cutting machines and software? Then the PaperCraftingWorld.com Design Team may just be what you’re looking for! If you’re interested….please read on!
There are three ways to play on our team!
1. Use your Cricut machines and cartridges only.
2. Use our Cutting Files and Digital Stamps for Non-Cricut die-cut machines.
(Pazzles, Cameo, Silhouette, Wishblade, Gazelle, Lynx, Cougar, etc.)
3. Use them all -- Cricut, non-Cricut machines, cutting files and digital stamps.



DT Member Requirements:
· Cricut users must participate in a minimum of two Wednesday challenges per month. You will have to use your Cricut in some capacity to create your projects. (You are of course welcome to be in as many as you would like.)
· Non-Cricut users must work with either digital stamps and or with electronic die cutting files from  PCW  in conjunction with their machines. (i.e. Pazzles Inspiration, E-Craft, Cameio, KNK, Silhouette, etc. other than Cricut and Cricut-related products).
· Non-Cricut users must participate in the two to three monthly  PCW  file reveals on the first, third and fifth Tuesdays of each month in lieu of the weekly Cricut challenge. (Note: May and July have five Tuesdays.)
· Or you may combine any of our cutting or digital files with your Cricut cuts for our Wednesday challenges.
· All DT members must participate in at least two of the scheduled blog hops during the six month term.
· Cricut users must be willing to post in at least two DT Member Cartridge showcases (held on Mondays & Thursdays).
· All DT members must participate in at least one additional post in a month-long blog celebration – date to be determined.
· Challenge, File Reveal and Cartridge Showcase days that you participate in must be the only post on your blog/site for that day. Same is true for Blog Hops – no double posting is permitted.
· Competitor’s files may not be used on posts or projects for any PCW challenges/file reveal/cartridge showcases/blog hops.
· You must have a blog or website and be willing to post your projects on your blog. New bloggers are most certainly welcome.
· All DT members must visit the blogs of challenge participants and leave comments. This is required only for the challenges in which you participate.
· All DT members must be willing to choose the “Top 3” challenge participants for the challenge in which you participated and e-mail those choices to the Prize Coordinator.
· You must utilize Facebook to communicate with the team within our (private) closed group page.
· DT commitment will be for six months from March 1 – August 31,2012
Novices as well as seasoned crafters are encouraged to apply. We are looking for all levels of crafters.
ALL designers will have access to the cutting files and or digital stamps available at PaperCraftingWorld.com.



If this sounds like something you would like to participate in, please submit the following to Melin:

1. Your name, email address, web location: (blog, website or gallery link) and physical location (i.e., Florida).
2. List of any Design Teams that you are currently on. Not necessary to have been on one – we are looking for "New Faces" too.
3. A little bit about yourself and your crafting background.
4. 3-5 projects that best showcase your style and quality of work.
5. Please indicate if you will be using a Cricut machine only or cutting/digi stamp files only, or a combination of both.
6. Submit your information no later than Sunday, February 12, 2012
7. The new Design Team will be announced Monday, February 20, 2012 and added to our Facebook page so that you may begin signing up for challenges and Blog Hops.
8. Designer bios and photos will be due by Thursday, March 1, 2012
9. The first challenge day of your term will be Wednesday, March 7, 2012.

Please email your DT application to:  pcwdtcall @ gmail.com (remove spaces). In the subject line please put DT APPLICATION.


If you have ANY questions, please don't hesitate to ask. You can email your questions to:  pcwdtcall @ gmail.com as well (again, remove the spaces from the email address).
Thank you so much for your consideration. We would love for you to join us!

Winners Announced

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge

#69- Winter Warmies.  The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is...Sharon- In The Big Blue House

Congratulations Sharon:)

Sharon designed and created this fun winter layout using Gypsy Wanderings and the Jolly Holidays Cricut cartridge.  You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog.  As the winner Sharon will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com. 

Sharon, 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. 

Shelly- My Paper Love

Marcia- Marcia's Memories

Cindy- Cindy's Scraptastic Designs

Anything But a Card: For this week's challenge, we are asking you to create anything but a card and: use polka dots and the color yellow:)  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