Cartridge Showcase: Serenade

Good morning crafty friends,

I wanted to share a couple of layouts I created for a Cartridge Showcase that I wasn't able to get done in time last week. Had a pesky little thing like TAXES to take care of lol!
The Cartridge is the Serenade Lite Cartridge.

Natural Beauty

View of the entire layout. I created the cute little bears from cuts on the Serenade cartridge. 

The flowers and stems were also from the Serenade Cartridge. The Natural Beauty was from 

the Give A Hoot Cartridge as the Serenade cartridge doesn’t have any titles or fonts.

Close up view of the little bear topper.

close up of the cute little flowers with their dew drop gem centers.

Close up of the cute little bear sitting down and holding his vase of flowers.

Closer look at the flowers and foliage. I layered the flowers and used a pop dot so that 

the photos will slide under any overhang easily.

Close up of the natural beauty title. This title came from the Give A Hoot cartridge. 

Unfortunately the Serenade cartridge doesn’t have any titles or font on it.

Products Used

DCWV: Fresh Floral Stack for Patterned Paper

Bazzill: Lavender, Purple, White and Green Cardstock

Cricut Serenade and Give A Hoot Cartridge

Stickles, Dew Drops

Various Chalks, Inks and Pens

Sweet Spring

View of the entire layout. Again all the die cuts are from the Serenade cartridge 

with the exception of the title. That came from the Hello Kitty Font cartridge.

Here is a closer look at the cute little bear sitting and holding her flower.

Here is a closer look at the little bear standing up and holding her flower pot with flowers.

I always like to wrap one of the larger photo mats with a ribbon or extra embellishment. 

I think it adds a nice touch and makes one of the pictures a focal picture

Here is a closer look at some of the butterflies. I cut the base layer in plain white cardstock 

and then again in patterned paper. I glued the patterned paper to the base to give it more strength. 

Then I cut the corresponding decorative top piece in white and stickled that.

Here is a closer look at some of the pretty Prima flowers I added. 

I used an EK Punch for the little decorative flourishes.

Finally, a closer view of the little butterflies and the the lettering for the word “sweet” on the title.

Products Used For This Layout

Bazzill: Purple, Teal, Hot Pink and White Cardstock

KI Memories: KI Fancy Free Paper Pad Papers

Cartridges: Serenade and Hello Kitty Font(Title only)

Prima Flowers

Misc. Ribbon, Stardust and Yellow Stickles

Various Chalks, Inks and Pens

 Both of these are going to be for sale as either a

“Buy It Now” on Page-Kits.com or for

Bidding on EBay.

In true “Melin” fashion, I continue on my quest to “find” a cute little 

“Cartridge Critter” in each cartridge I work with.  

Now for some past design inspiration found here.

This is a layout I created a couple of years ago using this cartridge 

for the lovely birds and birdcages.

Beautiful card by Designer Charlotte

The Bird and Bird Cage and Branches are from the Serenade Cartridge.

Pretty Card by Past Designer Natt

The Butterfly and the flower are from the Serenade Cartridge.

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Scrapbook Page by Past Designer: Heather

The Clouds are from the Serenade Cartridge.

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And lastly a card I created. The sweet branch is from the Serenade cartridge.

Thank you once again for stopping by and making MyPaperCrafting.com a part of your crafty time. I sincerely appreciate it.

Be sure to come back by tomorrow for more projects and design team inspiration!

Happy Crafting,

-Melin

Some Layouts And Free STUFF

Good morning crafty friends,

I just wanted to share a few layouts I have been working on recently. Normally I make “sample” pages that have just photo mattes and no pictures. But these are for a friend of a friend who is currently putting together books for her three adult children. So there was a lot to scrapbook. 

My Sweet Girls Layout

This layout is pretty simple. Nothing too fancy. The little girls on this layout are so precious looking! There were 8 photos to get on here, so we didn’t want to take away from any of them.

Cartridge used: Hello Kitty Font

Large letters: 2.5” Shadowed

Small Letters: 1.5” Shadowed

Large Butterfly: 3.5”

Small Butterfly: 2.5”

Childhood Memories Layout

This layout showcased several photos of different special occasions. Because these boys are twins, I made two Indian Bears.

I created this layout using the following cartridges:

Indian Bears: Paper Doll Dress Up

Childhood Title: Robotz and Gypsy (To Weld)

If you don’t have the Gypsy, you can still cut out the letters from the Robotz Cartridge alone.  The letters are approximately 2.25” high.

The memories title block is one that I created. You can download the FREE jpg file below. You can also download the FREE Gypsy File for the “Childhood” Title. You will need a Gypsy and the Robotz Cartridge for it to work.

Giddy Up Layout

I honestly can’t remember if I shared this one before. So I am doing it again. This layout was pretty simple. I used the following cartridges:

Horse: Boys Will Be Boys

Giddy Up Title: Disney/Pixar Toy Story

I also used some buttons and some Cappuccino Twine from the The Twinery to make a “faux rope” to decorate the photo matte.

8th Grade Graduation Layout

Here is another simple layout. I used the following cartridges:

Number and Letter for title: 3 Birds-Life’s A Party

Graduation Cap: Everyday Pop-Up Cards

Gypsy To Weld Them Together.

I created the “Graduation” title block. I used some Twine from The Twinery to create the “tassel” on the grad cap. If you would like the title, you can download the Gypsy file below.

Well, I think that is it for today. I don’t want to overload you. I will share some more tomorrow

Now for the FREE DOWNLOADS

GYPSY FILES

These are files that will work with your Gypsy. They are the welded titles I created in the layouts above. You will need your Gypsy and the corresponding cartridges in order for these files to work.

Childhood GYPSY Welded Title

Click the add to cart button and check out. It will not cost anything to download during the free offer period.

8th Grade GYPSY Welded Title

Click the add to cart button and check out. It will not cost anything to download during the free offer period.

Digital Printable Downloads

These files are in .JPG format. They can be resized, printed and hand cut or if your electronic die cut machine has the ability, you can print n’ cut.

CLICK HERE
to go and download for free during free offer period. Free offer expires 6-14-12

Electronic Cutting File

Okay, I hate to leave anyone out. So I decided to “whip up” a title so that those of you who have “other cutters” can utilize them.

CLICK HERE
to go and download for free during free offer period. Free offer expires 6-14-12

Please be sure to come back tomorrow as I will share some more projects and who knows.....maybe another freebie or two!

Thank you so much for stopping by and making us a part of your crafty time!

-Melin

Day #26- Every Day in May Blog-Aversary

Welcome to Day #26 of Cooking With Cricut's 

Every Day in May Cele-"BEAR"ation!

This is Gaby with yet another opportunity to post on this wonderful blog during the one year Blog-Aversary Cele-"BEAR"ation!!   

Today I created a layout that I will give to one of my nieces that is graduating next week ... this is what I came up with. 

I had created the bear card with all Cricut cartridges! and had mentioned that I would create a layout so that they (one more to create) can recycle the card!

Cricut Cartridges Used: 

Gypsy Wandering for the "Congrats"

 Kate's ABC's for the "Grad"

Paper Dolls for Everyday, Geoarge and Basic Shapes and Hello Kitty Font for the "Bear/Card"

Thanks for stopping by today.  Come back tomorrow to see what Stacey has cooked up for you to celebrate a birthday:)

Gaby

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.




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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.