Cartridge Showcase: Life is a Beach

Hey Everyone! I hope you are all having a great summer so far! It is Thursday already! And that means 2 things: We have another cartridge showcase for you and the weekend is close! Today Chef Suzanne is going to show you a whole lot of projects using the Life's A Beach cartridge!

Hi this is Suzanne from Cricut Craftin Grammy with your Life's A Beach Showcase.  Being Summer has just begun I thought it was a great time to look at an older cartridge "Life's a Beach".  I love this cartridge and have gotten a lot of use out of it.  Not only because we live in California in a beach town, but for fun events, cards, layouts and gifts.   Life's a Beach includes layers, title words, borders, photo card, square cards and charms.  

For this card I used the square card  page 81 and the  charm feature page 64.

I colored the sandles with my Spectrum markers and stuck the charm to the card with a fish brad. 

Ribbon was from my stash and the simple moments was in a sticker set.  

Inside left blank to feel in later.  

This project is one of my pride and joys.  I made this for my daughter's bridal shower.  The palm tree branches were cut from Life's A Beach  page 40.  

Layout using border from page 67 welded together.  Then added some cuts from A Child' Year. 

This is my double page layout that was posted yesterday at CWC.

The cuts and letters are all from Life's A Beach.  

Pineapple cut welded to card shape from page 48

Layout Sanddollars from Lifes a Beach 

Sand dollar and shells Life's A Beach 

Gift pails buckets and shovel tags cut from 60

Palm leaves page 38 and letters from cart 

Folding gift boxes using cuts from LAB.  

Card using wave page 45 and flip flops page 64. 

I hope you have enjoyed this fun look at "Life's a Beach" and can see what a great cartridge this is.

I hope you have enjoyed the showcase and find it helpful. Remember to come again to CWC and watch for more Cricut cartridge showcases.   

Happy Craftin! 

~ Suzanne Y. Pipitone

Wow Thank you for all of that inspiration! This is a fabulous cartridge to whip out for these hot summer day projects! You are a joy to work with and I am so glad that you are on the CWC team with me!

If you think Chef Suzanne did an awesome job head over to her blog and leave her some love!

Be sure to come back tomorrow as Chef Madison announces the winners from our last challenge. 

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

Challenge #45: Sailboat

Good morning, crafty friends!

In honor of Columbus setting sail on this date in 1492, the Design Team was challenged to incorporate a sailboat or sailboat inspired theme into their projects. 

On the evening of August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, with three ships; one larger carrack, the Santa María, nicknamed Gallega (the Galician); and two smaller caravels, the Pinta (the Painted) and the Santa Clara, nicknamed Niña after her owner Juan Niño of Moguer.   During this first voyage, instead of reaching Japan as he had intended, Columbus landed in the Bahamas archipelago, at a locale he named San Salvador.

OK!  History lesson over . . . take it away, ladies!

Stacey created this sweet card with the "Just Because" Cards cartridge.

Make sure you hop over to her blog to check out all the precious details!

Jean's layout was created using the Once Upon a Princess, Wall Decor & More

and Storybook cartridges.  Don't forget to check out the details on her blog!

Maria Elena created her "Best Wishes" card using the Plantin SchoolBook cartridge.

Sail on over to her blog and check out the details!

Jen created a pirate party invitation using the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge.

Make sure you head on over to her blog or she just might make you walk the plank!

Roberta used "Just Because" Cards and Life's A Beach to create this cute card.

Make sure you stop in at her blog and check out the details!

Now it’s your turn, let’s see your creative, Cricut best! Remember our guidelines . . .

1. It must be a new project with a Cricut cut.

2. Post your project on your blog and include a link back to CookingWithCricut.com

3. And the best rule of all -- you MUST HAVE FUN!

An as always, thank you for joining us. We appreciate it so much!

Hibiscus Layouts and Card

Good morning all!

Hope everyone is having a good week so far! I am showcasing 3 projects I did with a summer/hibiscus flower theme.

It all started because I created a digi stamp for the card posted below for the Stampin' Sisters In Christ Challenge Blog.

PROJECT 1

This layout is made with Cricut flowers. The Hibiscus came from the Life's A Beach cartridge and the leaves came from Walk In My Garden. The butterfly was from Sentimentals cartridge.

Here is a view of the entire layout. I used an MS punch set to create the border around the outside. I used Bazzill, Bo Bunny and Basic Grey papers.

Here is a side shot of the butterfly and flowers to show the dimension.

Here is a close up of the butterfly. I started with a plain white butterfly and then inked the back and then inked the wing cutouts. I then covered the wing cut outs with Rock Candy Distress Stickles by Ranger.

PROJECT 2

Here is my Cricut with SVG file version. I created the Hibiscus and leaves and the Relax title on this one. I have a link to the relax title below. Please be sure to sign up for my newsletter. I will be sending it out tomorrow evening and I will inlude the FREE link for the Hibiscus flower cut file.

Here is a view of the entire layout. I used Bazzill, Bo Bunny and Basic Grey papers to complete this one as well. I also used an MS punch for the border strips.

Here is a closeup of the butterfly and flowers. The butterfly is from the Sentimentals cartridge. Sorry, I didn't have time to make one this time :-)

Here is a closeup of the title.

Here is another shot of the flowers and the butterfly.

PROJECT 3

This is what started all the summertime flower madness...lol! I created this card for the Stampin' Sisters In Christ Challenge Blog.

I created this digi stamp and colored it in with my Copics. I did hit the centers with just a touch of yellow stickles. So hard not to bling!

I used Bazzill and Bo Bunny papers to complete this. The finished size is 6 x 6.

Here is a side view to show the dimension. I popped the digi stamp from the rest of the layers to give the card some nice dimension.

WHEW, I think that covers it for today.
UPDATE: FREE Files no longer available. Please visit PCW for some reasonably priced cut file.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Please be sure to leave a comment and let me know your thoughts! I sincerely appreciate seeing the comments!

Blessings,

Melin

Penguin Cricut Two Page Layout

Good afternoon all,

Here is a layout I made for the a challenge. The challenge was to make something with a beach theme. So here it is. 

I used Life's A Beach for most of the elements. BUT The Penguins.

The Penguins are from the From My Kitchen Cartridge

THEY ARE A STRAIGHT CRICUT CUTS :-) I used my E and only the cartridges.

Here is a closeup of one of the penguins. Sipping his drink, CHILLAXIN'

Here are the other two. One getting ready to surf and one splashin' around!

Here is a closeup of the sun. He came from Life's A Beach too :-)

I just gave him a different face.

Have a wonderfully "Crafty" day!