A Couple of New Kits Coming To Page-Kits.com

Good morning Crafty friends,
I just wanted to share a couple of new kits coming to page-kits.com.


Spring Brown Bunnies: Features some adorable bunnies with some precious daisies. One bunny is wearing a “bonnet” and the other has a cute bow. Perfect for your spring time, Easter Sunday memories!




Cloudy With A Chance of Cuteness: Features a super cute bunny in rain gear paper piecing and a custom title. Super cute layout for your little rainy day memories.

They will both be released in a few days at Page-Kits.com. So be sure to grab yours. There will be a limited amount available.

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

Winners Announced

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge

#78- Spring Song. The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is...Barb-  BugBites

Congratulations Barb:)

Barb created this adorable get well card inspired by the song "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" using the 3 Birds on Parade Cricut Cartridge.  You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog.  As the winner Barb will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com. 

Barb, 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. 

Lisa- A Mermaid's Crafts

Georgia- Paper Possibilities...Toadily Handmade

Paula- Craft with Bee

April Fools:  Make us laugh.  Create a "Punny" project this week!!!  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: Sweet Treats

Hello to all of my crafty friends out there! I hope that you are all doing well and being creative! You are in for a very sweet treat here today! Michelle has hooked you up today with lots and lots of projects featuring the Sweet Treats cartridge!

 Here is Michelle:

Hello everyone!  I am Michelle and today I will be showcasing the Sweet Treats cartridge.  Boy, is there a lot to do with this cart.  It is not just for birthdays.  You can make the cuts fun, whimsy, elegant, or whatever your party needs!

Today, my projects are more centered around my niece's Sweet 16 party she will be having when her dad gets home from deployment.  In the mean time, I have been having a lot of fun with all of the different cuts.  This cart has 6 Creative Feature keys: Layer, Shadow/Blackout, Tags, Cards, Cupcake holders, and Party Favors.  They have a theme for each cut, but you can mix and match as I did.  Let your creativity flow! 

 Not only is it just suitable for any birthday, you can create fun shaped cards, an assortment of different kinds of party favors, cupcake holders, flourishes, phrases, and numbers.  I tried to use a variety of them in my showcase so you can see some examples.  The cuts are fun, but you can always dress them to be more elegant depending on your specific party/function.  Can you believe I only used paper from DCWV The Garden Party?!  I was amazed!

 

This is the centerpiece with the different projects next to it.   Everything was cut using Sweet Treats except the word "sweet" (ironic huh?!)

                             

 Close up of the flowers.  The cart has a lot to choose from.  They all have four layers, I used only three.  I didn't use the "highlight" one.  I layered them and inked the edges of the cream colored ones.  I popped up the third layer to make the words stand out and give the flower dimension.

The Happy birthday was the phrase I used with the cartridge. The phrases have layers too. I used the layered feature for it and blinged it with a skittle.This is a soup can I altered. I emptied the contents, washed it, and stuffed it with   goodies just for the birthday girl. I then added to bottom back to it.

This is the cupcake holder!  Isn't it cute??  It has a special feature, too, for decorating it up some.  I decided to use my Martha Stewart lace punch and do a decorative border.  I inked the edges with Ranger Distress Ink: Tea Dye.  SO easy to make!

With the flower I originally chose as my "theme",  the cupcake holder above, and this party favor go along with the particular flower. (p.53 in the book)  I did not use the accessory to this as well.  I thought the paper was pretty enough!  I just added ribbon to the pre-cut holes! :)

Here is an Album I made using Mostly Sweat Treats. ("Sweet" was from the cartridge Create A Critter)

  Mr original post can be found HERE

 Here is a card I made with the cupcake on p. 28. 

Original post can be found HERE

Thanks for stopping by and checking out these creations! 

Hugs and Happy Crafting!!

~Michelle

Didn't she do  fantablous job! Please go and leave her a comment on her blog!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed Michelle's projects as much as I did!

Craft On,

~The CWC Design Team

Challenge #79: Make Me Laugh!

Happy Wednesday and welcome to our Cooking With Cricut weekly challenge!  The Design Team is going to do their very best to make you laugh today and give you some fun ideas for April Fool's Day.  Take it away, ladies . . .

Kemma used the B is for Boy cartridge for this super cute card.

Visit her blog for more details.

Heather used the Life's A Beach for her "crabby" card.

Visit her blog for more details.

Natt used the Heritage and Elegant Edges cartridges

for her card.  Visit her blog for more info.

Becky used Just Because Cards cartridge for this card that is sure to
make you smile!  Visit her blog for more details.

Nita used the Campin' Critters cartridge for this side splitting card!
For more details, visit her blog.

Suzanne created this fun card using the Mickey & Friends cartridge.
Check out the details on her blog.

Hattie created this great shaped card using the Life's A Party cartridge.

Hattie also created this punny card using the Boys Will Be Boys cartridge.
Check out her blog for more details.

Jessica used the Create-A-Critter cartridge to create this
udderly fantastic card!  Visit her blog for all the details.

Madison made this beary cute little bookmark using the

Create-A-Critter cartridge.  Visit her blog for more details.

Kimmi used the Nifty Fifties and Accent Essentials cartridges

to make her card.  Check out her blog for more details.

Court used the Simply Charmed cartridge for her tree-rific card.

Visit her blog for more details.

Charlotte used the Twinkle Toes and Country Life cartridges to make

this sweet card.  Visit her blog for all the details.

Linsey created this stair step card using the Give A Hoot and Sweet Treats

cartridges.  Check out her blog for more details.

Jamie A. used the Birthday Bash cartridge for her sweet sheep card.

 Visit her blog for more details.

Jenny J. used the George & Basic Shapes cartridge along with a PaperCraftingWorld.com digi stamp to create this nutty little treat holder.  Visit her blog for more information.

Larelyn usssed the Old Wessst cartridge for her card.

Visssit her blog for more detailsss.

Jennie B. used the Create-A-Critter for her creative birdday card.

Check out the details on her blog.

Now it's your turn to make us laugh!  Link up your April Fool's Day funny for a chance at being this week's Top Chef!  Here are the guidelines . . .

• Must follow the challenge topic.
• Must be a NEW project for this challenge, please no back dated posts.
• Must have a link back to this post on your blog.
• Must link your project 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!

Thank you stopping by and making us a part of your crafty time!  We appreciate each of you so much!  Don't forget to check back in tomorrow to see what Chef Michelle has cooked up for her Cartridge Showcase.

~ CWC Design Team

PCW Spring Song Challenge Reminder

Good morning crafty friends,

Today some of the PCW Designers are bringing you some fun projects to remind you of our Spring Song Die Cut and or Stamp Challenge! Here’s our inspiration!

Designer Evelyn created this super sweet layout using the soon to be released Bear Boy n’ Froggy friends Cutting File Set from PCW. Isn’t this adorable?! For complete details, please visit Evelyn’s Blog. DIRECT LINK

Designer Marji created this precious card! She used the Christel Bear Digital Stamp for this lovely and delicately beautiful work of (h)art! For all the fun details please visit Marji’s Blog. DIRECT LINK

Designer Melin created this super cute layout featuring the Bunny in Rain Gear Cutting File Set from PCW. This too will be released very soon!

Here’s a close up and angled view of this adorable Bunny in Rain Gear Piecing.

So now it’s your turn! Please join us in the fun! To enter your project and get all the details, please CLICK HERE and go to our Challenge post!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Be sure to come back tomorrow for our new Wonderful Wednesday Cricut Challenge!

Have a wonderfully crafty day friends!

Cricut Cartridge Showcase: SOPHISTOCATED

Hello everyone! Heather, here and I have a cartridge Showcase for you today! The Cartridge I chose to highlight is Sophisticated. For those of you who aren't familiar, this cartridge was designed by Teresa Collins. She has a very distinctive style that really comes through on her cartridge. There are 2 fonts, (both of which are AWESOME for monogram projects) as well as images, borders  and phrases. Although I didn't include one in this showcase, I think the phrases would be awesome for vinyl lettering projects. For my first project I have an altered notebook. I am a list person and cannot live without a notebook to jot ideas and lists down in! This notebook is a traditional composition book and cost about $1.

The "Dream" title is one of the phrases on Sophisticated. The banner flags are cut with the border function. I love the flourishes at the top. The key is one of several key images, as well as crowns, chandeliers, and different flourishes. I added some liquid pearls to the key and banner cuts for some extra decoration. These images look great with a little bling.

                                                                     

Here are some additional projects I have made with this cart:

The title is cut from one of the fonts on the cartridge. I love the flourishes that are part of the letters, so pretty and elegant. Original post about this layout HERE.

The title is a phrase from the cartridge. There are some AWESOME phrases on this cart that work great as layout titles, card sentiments or altered projects/wall art. Original post HERE.

All the cuts on this layout are from Sophisticated. The title is another phrase. The chandelier and Fleur de Lis armchair are image cuts. There are several different chandeliers and chairs on the cart. Original post HERE.

On this layout the title is cut with both fonts from Sophisticated. Backing the letters with a different colored cardstock makes those flourishes really pop. The second '1' in the title is the other font. Every letter has a fancy frame surrounding it. You can see how pretty this would be in a monogrammed project. Original post HERE.

I hope you have enjoyed my showcase today! Sophisticated is an elegant cartridge with so many uses for all kinds of different projects. I hope I have inspired you to check it out.

WOW Heather....amazing job! Thank you for the terrific inspiration!

Heather is our resident layout queen! She does the most amazing one page layouts! Please be sure to visit her blog and give her some great bloggy love!