Cartridge Showcase: Princess Party

Welcome to CookingWithCricut.com and today's Cartridge Showcase! 

This is Chef Jen and I am "hijacking" the blog today to share with you some  projects that I created using the Cricut Events Princess Party cartridge.  This cartridge will allow you to create a party fit for your little princess. From castles to crowns to frog princes, the Princess Party cartridge has designs perfect for invitations, decorations, and party favors. 

One of our nieces just celebrated her first birthday and her parents decided they wanted a princess party and asked if I would help out -- knowing full well that I can't resist a good party or one of our sweet nieces.   Melin was kind enough to loan me her brand-new cartridge -- Cricut Events Princess Party!  And boy, have I given it a work out!

The first thing I created with this cartridge was the party invitation.

This cute gate-fold invitation has many layers, but is so worth the effort!  The glitter adds a nice princess-y sparkle.

Up next was a birthday banner and this cartridge has a great pennant shape.  I cut two different sizes and then added text from the George & Basic Shapes cartridge.  The crowns are also from the Princess Party cartridge.

This cartridge also has a cupcake wrapper and a cute little crown that can be used as a topper.

All of the birthday girls and boys receive onesies or shirts from their Aunt Jen (the girls also receive tutus)!  I used the tiara and the word "Princess" from this cart and made Kylie a sweet little onesie using the freezer paper technique.

Here is a picture of the birthday girl modeling her outfit.  Isn't she a cutie-pie!

I also used the crown from this cartridge to decorate some clothespins for a photo "time line."

I made other decorations for the party using the Disney Dreams Come True and Happily Ever After cartridges.  The princesses are about 11" tall.  Kylie's parents are going to frame them after the party and use them to decorate her room.

The Cake Guru at our house made the cutest "Smash Cake!" It has the crown cut from the Princess Party cartridge using the Cricut Cake machine.  The little placard at the bottom was cut out of paper using letters from Cake Basics, Cindy Loo and Calligraphy Collection cartridges.

The final piece of this perfectly pink princess party was the cake.  We used several elements from the Cake Basics (turret and castle toppers) and Tags, Bags, Boxes & More (doors and windows from the rounded top tag cut!) cartridges.  This is the second time we have used our Cricut Cake and I am still amazed at how easy it is to use.  The key is getting your fondant rolled to the correct thickness and then letting it sit for awhile to dry out and stiffen.  The little flags were cut using the Princess Party  pennants -- I welded two together so I could fold them in half around my"flag pole."

Another very successful birthday party for one sweet little girl!  And yes, we spoil our nieces and nephews . . . that's our job!!  I hope you have enjoyed today's showcase!  If you'd like more details, please stop by my blog (check out the party hat and "glass" slipper decorations made using this cartridge, too).

~ Chef Jen

P.S.  Thanks again, Melin, for loaning me your cartridge!  

Cartridge Showcase: Create-A-Critter

Welcome back to Cartridge Showcase!  Our Design Team members will be featuring their favorite cartridges on Mondays and Thursdays each week.  It is our hope that you'll be inspired to drag out an old cartridge and find a new way to use it -- or be compelled to purchase a new cartridge 'cause you just gotta have it!  (Disclaimer:  Cooking With Cricut accepts no responsibility nor is liable for any "unauthorized" or "compulsive" purchases.  So don't sic your significant other on us when the bank statement or credit card bill comes in!!!!)

Today, Chef Jen is featuring an oldie but goodie -- Create-A-Critter. 

There is just so much cuteness on this cartridge!  And a lot of versatility too.  Great critter images, habitats for those critters, sayings, and so many extras.  I have used this cartridge for t-shirts, cards, scrapbook layouts, and most recently my sister's zoo-themed Baby Shower.    Here are a few of the projects I created for the shower.

"It's A Boy" Banner

The pennants were created in Cricut Design Studio using the Plantin SchoolBook cartridge.  I welded a square and two triangles flipped on their side together -- they measure 8" tall and 5 3/4" wide.  The text was also cut from PSB at 5" tall.  My cute little animals were cut from Create-A-Critter (zebra, monkey and vine) and Everyday Paper Dolls (lion and elephant).  I used Everyday Paper Dolls critters because the elephant and lion on CAC were too wide.

The zebra is cut at 5" wide.  The monkey is cut at 3 1/2" tall and his vine is cut at 5 1/2" wide.  The lion and elephant are both cut at 5" tall.  All of my card stock is from Recollections or Bazzill.

Diaper Cake

This diaper cake was made with 112 size one Pamper Swaddlers, 10 cloth bibs, a Monkey Rattle (on the back) , Elephant & Lion rattles, two pacifiers with paci clips, and an Elephant toy (topper).  It is sitting on a 16" Wilton cake base trimmed with a lime green and white 5/8" wide ribbon from Michaels.  The ribbon on each tier is also from Michaels and is 1 1/2" wide.  The monogrammed medallion and text on the front of the diaper cake was cut using the Cake Basics cartridge and measures 3 1/2" wide.

There are three Create-A-Critters on this cake.  An alligator measuring 8" wide; a lion cut at 7 1/2" wide; and the hippo cut at 6" wide.  I used Recollections and Bazzill card stocks.  They are stuck to the ribbon using the super sticky red line tape.

 

Door Sign

The door sign was my Cooking With Cricut challenge project on October 5th.  For more details on the cuts, please see my blog entry by clicking here.  The sign measures 12 x 12" and my sister has hung it on the baby's room door.

There are several other baby shower projects featured on my blog post that did not include the Create-A-Critter cartridge.  I hope you'll pop on over and check them out!

Here are some other projects I've created using the Create-A-Critter cartridge.

Have you ever seen so much cuteness in one spot in your life!?!  My daughter and her cousins are all wearing t-shirts or onesies, tutus and hair bows (just the girls, of course) that I made for them.  And, yes, we are all die-hard Gator fans -- win or lose, we love our team!  The girl's tops have a fabric gator cut on the Cricut using the Create-A-Critter cartridge.  The boy's shirts have "G" is for gator -- the "G" and the gator were also cut from fabric using the Cricut.

Here is a close-up of my daughter's shirt . . .

 I use "Heat 'n Bond" brand interfacing to attach the fabric to the t-shirt and Tulip fabric paints to seal the edges and do the writing.  The rhinestone eyes are adhered with a fabric glue.  We wash these inside out and hang them to dry and haven't had any problems with the design peeling. 

And here are a few cards and other projects - for details on these and lots of other projects, head over to my blog and search on "Create-A-Critter".



Thanks for checking out my critter-filled showcase today!  Make sure you check back on Wednesday to meet some more of our new Design Team members and see our latest challenge.  And don't forget to stop back by on Thursday to see what Debbie has whipped up using the Cricut Lite Handy Man cartridge!



~ Jen

Challenge #52: The Colors of Autumn

Happy Wednesday and welcome to challenge day at Cooking With Cricut!  The Design Team was challenged to use the colors of autumn in their projects this week -- red, orange, yellow, brown, and/or green.  With the offical start of autumn coming up on Thursday, I am certain that cooler weather and beautiful leaves are on their way for some of you out there!  However, here in sunny Florida it is still hot and muggy, with the occasional cool morning.  Happy Fall, y'all!

This is Stacey's last Design Team Project.  We wish her well ~

she will be missed!  Stacey used the Cricut Lite Bloom cartridge.

Make sure you check out her blog for the details on this lovely card.

Madison used Kate's ABCs cartridge for this super cute

birthday card.  Check out all the details on her blog.

Gaby used the Christmas and Pooh & Friends cartridges for her Fall sign.

Hop on over to her blog for the recipe!

Jen used the Create-A-Critter cartridge for her Fall wreath.

Check out her blog for the details!

Melin used the Elegant Edges and Cake Basics Cartridges to create this layout.

Here is a close up of the Cricut cuts. The border and Circles are from Elegant Edges.

The Butterfly, inner circles and leafy flourishes are from Cake Basics.

The Designer Paper is from Quick Quotes Khaki Collection

The Red Shimmery Sheer Ribbon is also from Quick Quotes as well as the quote below. The quote is from their Itty Bitty Quote Box: Babies, Kids and Family.

I inked the edges of most of the elements with either the Midnight Confessions or Amaretto Powder Puff Chalk Inks by QQ.

Lastly I used some Green, Goldenrod White and Brown Bazzill Cardstock and some Cinnamon and Red Stickles.

Now it's your turn!  Link up your Autumn Colors project . . . Here are a few 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 post through Inlinkz and not just your blog.

* Must use your Cricut in some capacity.

* Must HAVE FUN!

 

Thank you SO MUCH for joining us once again! We appreciate it so much!  Have a wonderfully crafty day.

~ CWC Design Team

CWC Cele”Bear”Ation Blog Hop

Good morning Crafty Friends,



Welcome to our Cele”bear”ation Blog Hop!  We’ve been partying all month long in honor of CWC’s first blog-aversary.  This is the place to start our fun hop!


Our theme for today’s party is bears and/or celebrations. As many of you may know, I started this blog as a way to force myself to use my Cricut and PC products. Most of the time it sat there and collected dust. I am truly amazed at how it has grown in one year.



There are so many talented crafters and I have met some of the most wonderful people by having a blog. It has truly been a blessing for me!



So now onto a few projects that I have made with my Cricut, Cartridges and sometimes Gypsy. I selected projects that I have made through out the year that have our “Bear” theme to them :-)


A BOY’S BEST FRIEND


This layout was created for The Bug Magazine’s March/April 2011 edition. It features a bear and puppy. I used the DOODLECHARMS Cartridge and My GYPSY to create the bear and puppy. The Gypsy File was a give away for the magazine.


BEST FRIENDS



This layout was created for a challenge a while back. I created this layout using:
George and Basic Shapes
Everyday Paper Dolls
Animal Kingdom
Preserves
50 States
Walk In My Garden
Cake Basics
Hello Kitty Font
Picturesque
Gypsy to re-size and skew some of the shapes.


CELEBRATE

I Created this layout for our May – Month long celebration. I used the following Cricut Cartridges to create this layout.
George and Basic Shapes,
Simply Charmed Cartridge
Birthday Cakes Cartridge





NOW FOR THE BLOG CANDY!

There are FIVE Great Prizes for you to WIN!

The First 3 prizes you can win just by leaving a comment on this post AND you MUST be a follower of this blog.



If you go to our Facebook Page and “LIKE” us there, you can leave a comment on our FB page for an additional prize. CLICK HERE



One random winner will receive a DCWV 12x12 Paper Stack From our sponsor DCWV.




One Random Winner Will Receive the Mary’s Garden Paper and Accents Set From Our Quick Quotes Sponsor! That’s 6 sheets of gorgeous double sided paper, Jewels, Brads n’ Ribbon and Chipboard Accents!




One Random Winner Will Receive a Gift Voucher From PaperCraftingWorld.com for $10 Worth of Cutting File or Digital Stamp Downloads!


Now it's your turn!  Link up your cele”bear”ation-related project at CookingWithCricut.com.
Here are the guidelines for the challenge:
- Project must include a Cricut cut.
- Project must include a Bear.
- Project must be new for this blog hop challenge.
- You must link to your post and not just your blog.
- Your post must include a link back to CWC.

You will have one week to complete your project. The Design Team will pick their three favorites and one lucky person will be chosen randomly to win:
An additional Gift Voucher From PaperCraftingWorld.com for $10 Worth of Cutting File or Digital Stamp Downloads! 



Thank you for joining our cele"bear"ation!

Your next host in our party is Jean of Jean’s Crafty Corner.




Here’s the list of the party girls, just in case you lose your way:
Melin @ Cooking With Cricut YOU’RE HERE
Jean @ Jean’s Crafty Corner NEXT
Roberta @ TX Scrapper Mom
Dalis @ Stamper Girl
Stacey @ Stacey’s Creative Corner
Karla @ KA Little Scrap Corner
Madison @ Funky Cards
Maria Elena @ Maria Elena’s World
Gaby @ Gaby Creates
Jen @ Musings of A Crafty Mom
Back To CWC to enter YOUR “BEARY” terrific Project!

Please note: The shippable prizes are available to Residents of the USA only. If you are out of the country and win, we will gladly substitute the shippable prize with a downloadable gift voucher from PCW for $10. Thank you so much for your understanding and participation.