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.

Freedom Cricut Layout

Good morning Crafty friends,

I hope everyone is doing well. I wanted to share a project I made today for the Memorial Day Blog Hop over at the Creative Cutter Room! Up for grabs at CCR is a cartridge! So you want to get your creative juices flowing and head over and join the challenge! Here are the details!

The Challenge: Create A new project using the theme Honoring our Vets

me·mo·ri·al dayNoun
1. A day, the last Monday in May, on which those who died in active military service are remembered. Lets show our appreciation!

Link your project over at the Creative Cutter Room to be entered to win a prize! And the prize is..Father's Day Cricut Cartridge!!  You have until June 1, 2011 to enter your project.

Here is the project I am sharing today.

Here is a view of the entire layout. I created this layout using my Independence Day Cartridge and my George and Basic Shapes Cartridge. The swirls I think are from Picturesque.

Here is a close up of the freedom title. It cuts out all in one piece from the Independence Day Cartridge.

Here is a close up of the large photo matte. The starts are from George and Basic Shapes and the Medallion in the middle is from Independence day as well.

http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2011/05/ccr-memorial-day-blog-hop.html

I hope you enjoyed the layout. It is pretty simple and not a lot too it. Now it just needs some family photos :-)

Be sure to head through each design team members blog to check out their inspiration and creative genius!

Here are the blogs: Be sure to check them out

Melin (you’re here)

Carri

Gaby

Jenny

And then head over to CCR to join in the challenge!

Have a wonderful day!

MTC and Cricut Settle

Here is a close up of the butterfly.

http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2011/03/mtc-and-cricut-settle.html

Here is a layout I created that was also published in the Bug Magazine.

I used the following cartridges to complete

Stamping, 

Quarter Note, 

Picturesque, 

CM Cheerful Seasons, 

Elegant Cakes

Plus I used my Gypsy.

So now on to another topic.

As many of you in the crafting – cutting community know, Provo Craft (PC) filed suit against The owners of Make The Cut Software (MTC) for copyright infringement.

That lawsuit has been settled. We are still waiting to get an official statement on the Direction of Make The Cut from its owners.

There is a LOT of buzz and this is an emotionally charged issue. At this point I just want to make it clear that Make The Cut works with several other electronic cutters aside from the Cricut. As such, I will continue to have my affiliate program in place at PaperCraftgingWorld.com.

I must also in good conscience make it clear that the continued and future use of MTC in conjunction with Cricut products is unclear. I personally do not warrant the software and its current or future capabilities. Please be informed and make your own decision based on this current information.

As I learn more information, I will be sure to share it with all of you.

Make The Cut Settles Cricut Software Lawsuit With Provo Craft

By Nancy Nally on March 11, 2011
Documents filed in US District court on Wednesday reveal that Make The Cut has reached a settlement with Provo Craft in the lawsuit over 3rd party Cricut software created by Make The Cut. Provo Craft had sued Make The Cut in April 2010 alleging that Make the Cut’s 3rd party software for Cricut machines illegally circumvented copyright protection on Provo Craft’s products and violated copyright on the company’s Cricut Design Studio software code.
Provo Craft had appeared particularly to be targeting in the suit the recently introduced “back-up” feature in the Make The Cut software, which allowed users to create back-ups of their Cricut cartridges. (The feature was only available to users for a two week period in March 2010 before being pulled from distribution as a result of the litigation.)
Terms of the settlement were stipulated to the court in joint documents filed by the companies Wednesday with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, which had been hearing the case. Under the settlement, Make The Cut is permanently and immediately disallowed from selling software that is compatible in any way with Cricut machines. The company is also required to destroy all copies of the software’s source code.
For the existing software, Make The Cut also is required to take measures within 30 days to disable the 600 copies that were sold of the software with the cartridge back-up feature. Make The Cut is ordered to render these copies of the software completely non-functional until these users update their software to a copy that eliminates the back-up function.
Provo Craft also recently filed suit against another 3rd party Cricut software creator, Craft Edge, in an attempt to stop distribution of their Sure Cuts A Lot product.

The above information was from ScrapbookUpdate.com

As I create my cutting files, I will continue to offer them in the .MTC file extension for those that will continue to use MTC in conjunction with their electronic cutters. I will of course also continue to have my files available in the SVG format among the other formats as well.

Have a wonderful day,

Melin

Challenge #20–Time To Spring Forward

Good morning crafting friends!

Hope you’re having a Wonderful Week! It’s another Wonderful Wednesday here at CWC and that means CHALLENGE TIME!

This week’s challenge theme is:

Time To Spring Forward!

Your project needs to include a time piece, clock or some reference to time.

Here is what the ever talented Design Team Came Up With!

Visit Karla's Blog for more details.

Melin Used The Following Cartridges:

Ornamental Iron 

Picturesque

Old West Cartridges

http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2011/03/challenge-20time-to-spring-forward.html

Visit Gaby’s Blog for more details.

Visit Jennifer’s Blog for more details.

Visit Madison’s Blog for more details.

Visit Jean’s Blog for more details.

Visit Maria Elena’s Blog for more details.

Visit Nicole’s Blog for more details.

Visit Ronnie’s Blog for more details.

Visit Stacey’s Blog for more details.

Visit Jenny’s Blog for more details.

Visit Raven’s Blog for more details.

Now it’s your turn to Spring Forward and make a project with a “Time” piece or representation of time.

Here are a few reminders:

• Project must be a new project
• Your post must include a link back to CookingWithCricut.com
• Your project needs to include a Cricut Cut or other Die Cut Machine Cut
• You can Pile On The Challenges!

Enter your project through the INLINKZ link below.
Thanks so much for stopping by!

The CookingWithCricut.com Design Team

Day 4–25 Days of Cricut–FREE File

Happy Saturday everyone!  We hope you are enjoying your weekend.  We hope you’re enjoying the ideas, inspiration and FREEBIES. Just a quick note about the free files. Please download them as soon as possible. Unfortunately, I found out there is a limit to how many downloads per day are allowed. So I am looking into increasing the amount. In the meantime, don’t wait, in order to be sure and get your download do it as soon as you can.

So here are today’s projects.

Here is a view of the entire layout

Here is a closeup of the cardinal I created.

Here is a closeup of the snowman.

Here is a closeup of the Decorate the Season Title Block. The images of the wreath and the ornament are printed on the bottom in case you don't have a way to cut them.

Now for those who have the Cricut and use Cartridges:

I created this card using the Cheerful Seasons and Picturesque Cartridges.

The finished size of the card is 5.5 x 5.5

The wreath was from Cheerful Seasons at 2.75”

The flourishes and corners were from Picturesque at 2.75”

The circle dot is from George and Basic Shapes.

The Season’s Greetings digital stamp was one I created. This is part of today’s giveaway!

So now to the FREE files for today:

In today’s download you will get the

• Decorate The Season Title, 
• The Wreath and the Ornament Cutting Files AND 
• the Season’s Greetings Digital Stamp.

To help with the downloads I am including everything in one folder. The digital stamp and title block are pdf files. The cutting files are in AI, DXF, GSD, KNK, MTC, SVG and WPC.

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving your comment. Please also take a moment to become a follower and sign up for the newsletter.

Have a wonderful day!

Melin and the CookingWithCricut.com Design Team