Showing posts with label Once Upon A Princess. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Once Upon A Princess. Show all posts

12_04

Cartridge Showcase: Once Upon A Princess

We are thrilled to showcase Melissa of Crafty Gator.  Melissa is one of our newest designers and so very talented and creative.  



I am so excited to be doing my first cartridge showcase for cooking with cricut. I opted to do one of my favorite cartridges, Once Upon a Princess (only with a fun twist!).

Anyone who makes projects for little girls can see what a GREAT cartridge this is: fairies, butterflies, beautiful dresses, cupcakes etc; What isn't to love?? Well, if you ask my son there is a lot not to love about it! He's 4 and always complains that I don't have a cricut cartridge for a prince too. So, this showcase I opted to use the princess cartridge to make projects for my little prince!

First is a castle. The minute he saw it his jaw dropped and he said "way cool mom!"


I used Coredinations paper and embossed it in stone with my big kick. After embossing it I sanded each piece to reveal the brown and gray colors below (seriously, this Coredinations paper is the coolest stuff ever, perfect for a project like this, for sure!) My son said "wow, how'd you do that??". 

I have made the castle before, and the last time I made it it was a lot bigger. I will say, the bigger you make it the easier it is to assemble, however this smaller castle is much more sturdy and he is able to use little lego guys to play in it and it is holding up pretty well even after a couple of weeks.

The next project I made was crowns: one for him and one for his teddy bear.

 The crown cuts in two pieces which connect together by slipping the front piece into the slots on the back piece (this way you can adjust for your child's head size). I made each piece 12 inches long for my son and 7 inches for the teddy bear.



My last project is to show one of my favorite cuts on Once Upon a Princess - you could use it for any party. It's a generic card that has "You're Invited" cut on the outer edge.


I made this invite for a Magic Show themed birthday party. I used my gypsy and added the oval cut out on the front of the card (each page of this cartridge has a "gem" feature and there are several cute shapes that would work as cutouts like this.)  The sentiment "Magical" is also from Once Upon a Princess (it had a fairy wand on the end of the word, which I simply cut off for use on this card to make it more boy-ish). 


The bunny and top hat are cut from Create a Critter (top hat is an accessory and I just flipped it over). I accordion folded some paper on the bottom of the card and used foam squares to affix "magical" to it.

I have used this cartridge for lots of other (more girly) things - see the links on the side of my blog and it should pull up everything else I have used this cartridge for! It has a very sweet font, tons of tags and lots of little girly images. I hope you enjoyed my projects and have inspired you to create for you little princes, too!

11_08

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!



11_05

Bear w Cake Digi Cricut Layout


Good WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY morning friends!
Welcome to another fun filled day of Cricutlicious FUN! We have another super fun challenge for you AND our Day #11 Everyday in May Freebie!


So let’s get right to it!  This week’s challenge is:

2 Shades of Pink AND either a Cupcake or a Cake die cut!

This week’s theme was easy to come up with….Pink happens to be my favorite color and the cupcake or cake is because we are celebrating our month long 1st anniversary of CookingWithCricut.com!

So let’s see what wonderful inspiration the design team came up with for you!

Chef Madison used the From My Kitchen Cartridge.
Head over to Madison's Blog for more details on this GORGEOUS CARD.


roberta
Chef Roberta Used her Imagine and the Better Together Cartridge for this SWEET card.
Head over to Roberta’s Blog for more details.
roberta-500



karla

Chef Karla used the Simply Charmed Cartridge for her masterpiece. 

Head over to Karla’s Blog for more details.
karla simply charmed

stacey
Chef Stacey used her Cricut and the Sweet Treats cartridge.
Head over to Stacey’s Blog for more details on this confectionary delight!.
stacey 500



dalis sc

Head over to Chef Dalis’s Blog for details on this Swirlylicious creation!
dalis


maria elena

Chef Maria Elena used her From My Kitchen Cartridge. 

Head over to Maria Elena’s Blog for details on how she “cooked up” this adorable creation!
maria e from my kitchen



gaby sc
Chef Gaby used her Everyday Pop Up Cards Cartridge.
Head over to Gaby’s Blog to see how she created this PRECIOUSLY DELIGHTFUL Layout!
gaby500



jennifer h sc
Chef Jen used her Create A Critter Cartridge.
Stop b Jen’s Blog for details on this Glittery SWEET Card!
jen h


jenny j
Head over to Chef Jenny’s Blog for details on this super sweet box!!!
jenny front of box
Front view of Jenny’s Box.
jenny side view
Side view of Jenny’s Box.


jean

Chef Jean used her Once Upon A Princess, Storybook and Rock Princess Cartridges. 

Head over to Jean’s Blog  for more details on this D-Lightfully SWEET Layout.

jeans cupcake cutie

melin sc

Chef Melin used her “E”, Gypsy and Cupcake Wrappers Cartridge. 
party time-500

Here is a view of the layout. I used my Gypsy to weld the “Party Time” Cupcake Wrapper to the scalloped oval creating the one piece party time matte.

FULL RECIPE 
Cricut Expression

Gypsy
Cupcake Wrappers Cartridge
MS Border Punch
Bear With Cake Digital Stamp From PCW
Bazzill Petaloo, Watermelon Sensation, White and Bouquet (Purple).
Patterned Paper: DCWV Glitter Stack
Miscellaneous Rhinestone Gems
Copic Markers, Dry Decorator Chalks, Star Dust Stickles.


bear with cake digi closeup-500
Here is a close up of the Bear With Cake Digital Stamp. I used my Copic Markers to color her in and some Star Dust Stickles to “Glitz Up” the Cake. You can purchase the Bear With Cupcake Digital Stamp from PCW.



FREEBIE #11 
I would like to give you the Party Time Matte I created for my project as today’s FREE File.

You need to have your Gypsy and the Cupcake Wrappers Cartridge to use the file :-)


FREEBIE #9 

Butterfly Oh Sweet Butterfly…..WHERE ARE YOU???!!! 
Won’t you PLEASE FLUTTER BY TO ALL Our Craft Friends?

For those who have been patiently waiting for the beloved little butterfly promised from TWO days ago….well…here it is!!!

adoption card 500

SORRY LINKS TO FREEBIES NOW EXPIRED
Here is the project I used the file on. If you’re interested in the Flourish Frame, you can get it: CLICK HERE


I apologize for the delay in getting this up….but it’s here now! 

To download the butterfly FREE: CLICK HEREIt will be free until Thursday, May 12th @ 11am est. std time (Detroit, USA).
Okay…Now It’s Your TURN to show us whatcha got!!! We want to see your precious and pretty projects!!!
HERE ARE THE FEW SMALL GUIDELINES WE HAVE TO JOIN IN THE FUN!
* You must use a die cut in your project…Cricut in some way
* You must use TWO shades of PINK
* Your must have a Cupcake or Cake on your project.
* Your project must be a new project for THIS challenge…Please NO BACK DATED POSTS.
* You must link to your project and not just your blog (See Inlinkz link below)
* Your post must include a link back to this challenge.
* You are more than welcome to enter more than one challenge….We love to “Pile It On
* Lastly…..HAVE FUN!!!!
Thank you for joining us! 
We appreciate your participation very much! 
The CookingWithCricut.com Design Team.