Cartridge Showcase: Birthday Bash

Hey Crafty People,

I hope you are having a awesome week! Chef Jamie from Scrap Queen has cooked up some really fun projects I think that this will inspire you to get crafty and maybe it will teach you something new! Let's jump right into it! 

Hello!

My name is Jamie and I am here to show you an awesome cartridge called Birthday Bash! This cart is awesome and has so many features such as: card/tag feature, phrases, and fonts, not to mention the fabulous characters that are soo soo cute! Check out a few of the projects that I have made using this cricut cartridge!

First up is a simple birthday banner I made for a friend!

Next, a simple but fun birthday card!

The below card comes from one of the card features on the cartridge. I loved how the birthday presents looked with the fun pattern paper behind it.

This card, also comes from a card feature. The fox and the sentiment are also from this cartridge.

My daughter helped me make these cute valentines using the fun animal and bug images from the cartridge.

Well, I hope you enjoy the showcase and I hope you are inspired to create away!!

Blessings,

Jamie

What fantastic projects! You really did a beautiful job showcasing this cartridge! I love everything, but the banner is my absolute favorite! I am so glad that you are on the Cooking with Cricut design team with me! Be sure to head over to Jamie's Blog to leave her some bloggy love!

Be sure to come back tomorrow as Chef Madison announces the winners from our last challenge. Plus we will be headed into a weekend of some more great crafty inspiration.


Don't forget about our two current challenges: Our Die Cut and or Stamp Challenge and our Cricut Challenge! Just click the links at the top to join the fun!


Thank you for making us a part of your crafty time! We appreciate you all so much!

~Court and the rest of the CWC Design Team

Blogaversary Celebration Tuesday D-2

Good morning crafty friends,

Thank you once again for joining us on this Terrific Tuesday. We are thrilled to have you here again. In case you have missed the festivities thus far, you are welcome to check out the previous posts beginning with our blog hop posts this past weekend and yesterdays’ post too.

Saturday’s Post: CLICK HERE

Sunday’s Post: CLICK HERE

Monday’s Post: CLICK HERE

You can still enter for your chance to win the blog candy for the hop.

Each day of this week, the designer’s will be showcasing projects with a particular theme. Each of these themes are a reflection of different things that I (as well as many others) personally enjoy. So today’s theme was: PEARLS. Anything with Pearls or Pearl Paint or Pearlized paper, etc. So here is what the DT came up with.

Jen

Cake Basics, "Just Because" Cards Cartridges and 
PCW Hibiscus Flower and Butterfly 811

Larelyn

Vintage Graphic freebie, Art Philosophy Cartridge

Evelyn

PCW Files Used:  Scalloped Circle Card and Daisies

Court

Cartridge: Birthday Bash

Hattie

Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art and Storybook Cartridges

Jennie B.

Imagine-Vintage Paper and Art Philosophy Cartridges

Kimmi

Sweet Tooth Boxes Cartridge

Mindy

Forever Young Cartridge

Natt

Elegant Edges and Serenade Cartridges

Suzanne

Elegant Edges and Art Philosophy Cartridges

Janet

PCW File Used:  QT Patootie w/Flower

Linsey

Happy Hauntings Cartridge

Charlotte

Heritage Cartridge

Melin
Melin created this Eiffel Tower using the FREE Cutting File available today only. I used the raggedy edge rose from PCW and some Liquid pearls and pearl spray to decorate.

BLOG CANDY

First Up....The Enter To Win “STUFF”

Cricut Cartridge

** Slumber Party Cricut Lite Cartridge**

Project Kit
3d Tower and Pearl Embellishments
This kit comes with all the pre-cut elements as well as the pearl sprays as well as the bottle of Liquid Pearls

Layout Kits

Sunday’s Project Kits

There are two kits to give away. To see what they will create, just head over to Sunday’s Blog Hop post: HERE

Saturday’s Project Kit

To see what this kit creates, head over to Saturday’s Blog Hop post: HERE

Embossing Folder n’ More Set

This set includes the

Large Dots Embossing Folder from QuicKutz (Now Lifestyle Crafts)

2 Sets of Pretty Prima Flowers

Caribbean Twine from the Twinery

3 mini spools of yummy ribbon.

Nesting Label Die Set

This set includes:

The Cookie Cutter Nesting Labels Die Set from Quickutz (now Lifestyle Crafts)

2 Packages of Pretty Prima Flowers

Fine Crafter’s Glitter in a Flip Top Container

One Package of Making Memories Eyelets

Photo Corner Die Set

This set includes:

The Scalloped Photo Corner Die Set from Quickutz (now Lifestyle Crafts)

2 Packages of Pretty Prima Flowers

Fine Crafter’s Glitter in a Flip Top Container

Queen and Company Little Jewels

How do you win??? You MUST be a follower of our blog, sorry no exceptions. Then just leave a comment on this post or any of the posts for the next 7 days (During our celebration).

Like our page on Facebook and come back and leave another comment for an additional chance to win!

You can find our Facebook page HERE

NOW FOR TODAY’S FREE DOWNLOADS!

Vintage Flowers In Basket Graphics

*UPDATE* No longer available for Free

Click The Add To Cart Button and Check Out. It will not cost anything to check out during the free offer period.

Eiffel Tower 3D Cutting File

Available in the following formats: AI, DXF, EPS, GSD, KNK, MTC, SCAL2, STUDIO, SVG, WPC and PDF for hand cutting.

*UPDATE* No longer available for Free

Click The Add To Cart Button and Check Out. It will not cost anything to check out during the free offer period(24hrs).

Find the Cut File: HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by. Be sure to leave a comment on this post to be entered to win our blog candy. Also don’t forget to stop by each designer’s blog and give them some love for all their hard work and inspiration!

Melin & Jen Are Monkeying Around!

It's just another Monkey Monday . . . no Cartridge Showcase today . . . just Melin and Jen monkeying around!  We decided to collaborate and bring you some fun projects with a "monkey" twist.  One of Jen's nephews just turned one and his mommy always calls him her" little monkey."  So a monkey party was an obvious choice!

Did you know that there are monkeys on 17 different Cricut cartridges?  So many to choose from . . .

• Animal Kingdom, pg. 45 and 49
• Birthday Bash, pg. 36
• Birthday Cakes, pg. 45
• Create-A-Critter, pg. 46
• Creative Memories - Storks Delivery, pg. 64
• Disney's Dreams Come True, pg. 66
• Everyday Paper Dolls, pg. 75
• Imagine - Buccaneer, pg. 10
• Life's A Party, pg. 36, 46 and 56
• Lite - B is for Boy
• Lite - Carousel
• Lite - Sugar & Spice
• Nate's ABCs, pg. 57
• New Arrival, pg. 56
• Paisley, pg. 30, 31 and 32
• Sweethearts, pg. 43
• ZooBalloo, pg. 37

Jen used monkeys from Create-A-Critter, New Arrival and ZooBalloo for her banner, party decorations and cake.

The pennant and pennant mat were cut using the Girl's Make-Up Party cartridge
the text is from Cake Basics, the monkey on the left is from ZooBalloo
and the monkey on the right is from New Arrival.

These little monkeys and vines are from the Create-A-Critter cartridge.

Jen used her Cricut Cake to cut the fondant decorations for the cake.
The monkey on the left and the  palm tree are from Create-A-Critter.
The monkey on the right, grass, vines and party hats are from ZooBalloo.
The text was cut using the Mickey Font cartridge.

Isn't this little monkey "smash" cake the cutest thing ever!!!
The text was cut using the Mickey Font cartridge
and the stars are from Plantin SchoolBook.

For more details on sizes and the papers Jen used visit her blog.

Melin created this layout using the sweet little monkeys from the Sweethearts cartridge. She used the "flip" feature on her Expression to create the mirror images.  

Here is a close up of the cute little title.

Melin created this adorable birthday card using the Birthday Bash Cartridge. She also used her Gypsy to "weld" the face pieces together.  The smaller the "Cricut" faces, the less appealing they are to Melin, so she will use her Gypsy to "hide contours" and add her own eyes and nose. Just find an oval or circle on the same cartridge you are using and re-size it make your eyes and nose fit your face....easy peasy!

Last but not least, Melin created this card using the Paisley Cartridge. She also used her Gypsy to "Hide Contours" for all the monkey's body pieces and face. She used a couple of EK Scallop punches and a circle punch to add the sentiment.

Thank you so much for taking some of you crafty time to join us today! Be sure to do a little "Monkeying Around" yourself and create, create, create!  Join us tomorrow as we have another great post with more inspiration from our PCW girls!!!

Jen and Melin

Guest Designer Tuesday

Good morning Crafty friends,
Welcome to our Guest Designer Tuesday post. Today we have another one of our fabulous friends showcasing her talents. If you follow our blog at all and see some of the entries, you will have undoubtedly come across the wonderful Paula Bee’s wonderful designs! Here is Paula’s post:

"I am so honored to be a guest designer at Cooking with Cricut!  They have
such great challenges and an amazing design team.  I can't say how much it
means to me to have been asked to join them for a day.

I started scrapbooking when I was in high school.  However, I really got
into it when I got my first Cricut, the baby bug, back when they first came
out.  I upgraded to the Expression when it came out and I now have an E2.  I
also have a Gypsy, which I love to use....who can resist being able to weld
and manipulate images?!

I currently live in the St. Cloud area in Minnesota.  I moved here from
Alaska, where I lived for two years.  My husband and I spent a lot of time
traveling around Alaska, so a lot of my scrapbook pages feature my Alaskan
vacations.

For my project I used Campin' Critters...one of my new favorite cartridges.
I just love the images on this cartridge.  I created this 12"x12" double
layout, which shows some pictures of a trip to Valdez.  The moon and sun are
both cut at 3," the bear at 3 1/2" and the wolf at 4," and all are from
Campin' Critters.  I used Camp Out to cut the picnic table and Pooh Font Set
to cut the title.

My second project is a birthday card, actually two, for my cousins. They
are both turning 30 on the 30th of the months they were born in, so it will
be their golden birthdays.  My mom requested a fun golden birthday card for
them.  I used the bigfoot cut, which is one of my favorites on this
cartridge.  I then used Birthday Bash for the letters and used some gold
Stickles on them."




Please head over to Paula’s Bees fabulous blog for some more great inspiration!

Thank you Paula for being a part of Cooking With Cricut! We appreciate you so much!

Make sure to come back tomorrow when we reveal our new challenge!

The CookingWithCricut.com team!