CraftyMelinda.com: May 2013

Digi Desserts Fridaze

Welcome to another Digi Desserts Fridaze. It's such a busy time of the year. Memorial Day weekend kicked off the unofficial beginning of summer, last days of school, graduations, weddings, vacation planning. Wow - I hope you're finding time to craft! No matter how busy everyone is, our digi gals still find time to share their amazing talent with you.

Cindy’s Blog

PCW Files Used: QT Patootie Taylor

Lynden’s Blog

PCW File Used: Vintage Wreath

Sandy’s Blog

PCW File Used: Birthday Turtle

Suzanne’s Blog

PCW File Used: Owl Graduate

Larelyn's Blog

PCW File Used: You're Sun Thing Special

Details Post Coming Soon

PCW File Used: Carnation Frame DS

FREE DIGI DOWNLOAD

Here is this week’s free digi. Be sure to grab it while it’s free (this week only)

CLICK HERE

NOTE: the image will show a price of $1.00

but when you check out, it will be free during this link up.

Because we know what a busy time it is,
we are not going to have any link-ups for June.
We hope you continue to visit every Friday because the DDF gals
will continue to share projects using the fantastic
Digital Printable Images from Paper Crafting World
and of course have a FREE DIGI too!

-Larelyn and the MPC Digi Gals

My Paper Crafting Totally Tags n' ATC's Pearl Challenge

Good morning,

Suzanne of Cricut Crafting Grammy. We are back on Thursdays to explore different themes, elements, techniques or embellishments. This week we are using Pearls on our tags and ATC's. There is no restriction on what tools are used to create these tags or ATC's. It could be a die cut machine, punches, stamps, etc. The sky is the limit. However if the Design Team uses Digis or SVG's they will be from Paper Crafting World. As a side note, if you don't know what an ATC card is, we have a definition at the bottom of our post.

I hope you will join us each Thursday here at My Paper Crafting for

Totally Tags n' ATC's.

So let's see what all the designers have in store for you today

as we share our tags and ATC's.

I hope you are like me and look forward to this post each week.

Remember to click on the links to see more info about each project.

Lynden's Blog

Used a MS punch and Embossing border folder

Sheena's Blog

Used Cricut cartridges P Schoolbook- A Child's Year-Joys of the Season

-Hello Kitty Greetings-Potpourri Basket-Ashlyn's Alphabet

Suzanne's Blog

Used paper, ribbon and pearls from stash

Brenda's Blog

Used a die cut from my stash, Prima flower, and stickers

Lynn's Blog

Used Cricut cartridge Wild Card, pearlescent paper and Viva Decor pearl pen.

Sorry No Vintage Graphic This Week.
We will however have one next week.

We hope you were inspired to share your Tags and ATC'S!!!!

Below is a link up for you to show us your creations!

Guidelines are real simple....

* Must be a new tag or ATC...please no back dated projects

* Your Tag or ATC must include our theme (Pink).

* Please link directly to your post and not just your blog

* Your post must include a link back to us....let's share the love

* You may enter up to 2 times

* You may combine your project with any other challenges or link ups..we love to pile it on too!

* Have FUN!!

NEW May's Prize Pack NEW

All Link Ups and Challenges will be “monthly”

Read the details: HERE

Here is the Wikipedia definition of ATC's.

Artist trading cards (or ATCs) are miniature works of art about the same size as modern trading cards baseball cards, or 21⁄2 by 31⁄2 inches (63 mm × 89 mm),[small enough to fit inside standard card-collector pockets, sleeves or sheets.[The ATC movement developed out of the mail art movement and has its origins in Switzerland. Cards are produced in various media, including dry media (pencils, pens, markers, etc.), wet media (watercolor, acrylic paints, etc.), paper media (in the form of collage, paper cuts, found objects, etc.) or even metals or cloth. The cards are usually traded or exchanged.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for another

Digi Desserts Fridaze Link Up and another FREE Digi!

CWC #136: Pearls

Happy Wednesday and welcome to our weekly "Crafts With Cutters" Design Team challenge. This week the ladies have dusted off their pearls and "glammed" up their creations with that precious gift from the ever so humble oyster!

Sheena's Blog

Cricut cartridge used: Ashlynn's Alphabet

Janet's Blog

Cricut cartridges used: Songbird and Serenade

Larelyn's Blog

Cricut cartridge used: Flower Shoppe

Brenda's Blog

Cricut cartridge used: The First Few Years

Lynn's Blog

Cricut cartridge used: Art Nouveau

Wow! Great projects, ladies! Now it's your turn . . . link up your "Pearl" project for a chance at being this week's "Top Crafty Cutter." Here are some guidelines:

--> Must follow the challenge topic.

--> Must be a NEW project for this challenge; no backdated posts, please.

--> 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!

--> You have until the end of the month to link up your project.

We'd love it if you would join us! Don't forget to click on the Designer's name to travel to their blog for more details on their fantastic projects and to leave an encouraging word or two. And don't forget . . .

We have changed our Prize Offerings for all of our challenges.

Join this and any of our other link-ups and/or challenges during

the month of May and you could win ONE of TWO prize packs!

For Details: CLICK HERE

We hope you'll join us tomorrow for Totally Tags 'n ATCs Thursdaze and Friday for Digi Desserts Fridaze!

~ Jen & the CWC Designers

Cartridge Showcase: Children Around the World

Happy Memorial Day and welcome to our weekly Cricut Cartridge Showcase. This week Design Team member Jennifer R. is showcasing the Children Around the World cartridge. She has made some really cute cards for your viewing pleasure! Take it away, Jennifer . . .

Hi, I'm Jennifer from Scrappin', Expect the Unexpected. I have a made a few cards for you today using the Children Around the World cartridge. I love culture and so when this cartridge came out, I just knew I had to have it!

I made this first card intending to use it as a birthday card and I used these cute Toucan birds from this cartridge. I just cut two out and one in blue and one in pink. I flipped the pink one so that they were facing each other. I just think they are so cute and I love the sentiment and think it would be a great birthday party card. I also added some music note embellies from my stash.

I made this card for a graduation celebration. I love hot air balloons and this cartridge has one included in it and I cut that out and put it on a this yellow/clouds patterned paper. Before I put the banner on top of the balloon, I also ran the balloon part through my Cuttlebug using my Swiss dots embossing folder for a little more texture. Then in the sentiment I added the sentiment "Dream Big" and it says, "Congratulations" on the inside.

Everyone that knows me, knows how much I love anything Asian and so I had to make this next card using the Asian girl. Once I had her all cut out and put together, I laid down my floral patterned paper and then I took a strip of red card stock and used my doily border punch to punch both sides to get that lacy look and then my green strip I ran through the Cuttlebug using a leaves embossing folder. In the bottom, right corner is the sentiment, "Arigato!" which means "thank you" in Japanese. So this is a thank you card with some culture in it. :)

In the future, I intend to also use this cartridge in my classroom. I am a Music Teacher and I love incorporating cultural music into my classroom through different cultural songs/dances and also through the different instruments we play and where they originated from.

This is a very fun and cute cartridge and I hope you enjoyed the projects as much as I enjoyed making them! :D

Happy Craftin'

Jennifer Russell

Thanks so much for joining us today! We hope you will come back daily to see all the amazing projects created by our talented Design Team. Don't forget to drop by Jennifer R.'s blog and let her know how much you enjoyed her showcase. Have a great week!

~ the MPC Design Team

Love Tag Details Post

Good afternoon crafty friends,

Here is the details post for the tag I created for Thursday’s Tags n’ ATC’s Post.

Here is a view of my finished tag.

I used the Window Flourish Tag Cutting File From PCW (Coming Soon)

Here’s a view of the tag base and the heart. I cut the heart out of a lightweight

chipboard and then again out of patterned paper.

Here’s a close up view of the “circle”” frame-edge that I created.

Here is a close up view of the layers together.

Here is a close up of the butterflies. They started out as plain white cuts. I used a

CTMH Stamp and some Brown Bag ink to stamp the “pattern” on them. I inked
the edges with a combination of Orchid Pastel and chestnut Roan chalk inks.
I added some extra pizzazz with the Opal White Liquid Pearls for the
centers of the butterflies as well as on the flourish.