Challenge #48: Peach

Welcome to another wonderful Wednesday here at Cooking With Cricut!  August is National Peach Month and today just  happens to be National Peach PIE day (yum!).  Our Design Team Chefs have whipped up some yummy, peachy confections for you . . .

Stacey used the "Just Because" Cards cartridge. 

Click here to visit her blog for more details on this super cute card.

Jean used the Serenade cartridge for her peachy card.

Stop by her blog for more details!

Dalis and her four-year old daughter, Bianca created this precious card together

using the Preserves cartridge.  Check our her blog for the particulars!

Jen created this birthday card using the "Just Because" Cards cartridge.

Click over to her blog for more details and to see the inside of the card.

Jenny used the Preserves cartridge and Cuttlebug Companion Embossing folder.
Make sure you head over to her blog to check out the details.

Gaby created her first spinner card using the "Just Because" Cards
and Wild Card cartridges.  Make sure you check out her blog for the details!

Now it’s your turn! Let’s see your peachy projects!

Here are our few simple guidelines:
1. Must be a new project for this challenge. Please no back dated posts/projects.
2. Must include a “Cricut” cut somewhere – somehow.
3. Must post a link to your post and not just the blog.
4. Must HAVE FUN!!!

Thank you so much for participating with us! We are looking forward to seeing your wonderful creations!

~ The 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.

Memories To Preserve Layout using Preserves Cartridge

Hello Everyone,
Here is another quick post today!

This is a layout using the Preserves Cartridge. I also used the MS Deep Edge Punch and an EK Success Slim Line Border Punch.

The word Preserve comes from the Cartridge as well. I just cut off the "s" as it was plural in the cut out :-)

Here is a closeup of the pear and raspberries. I inked them with different chalk inks and then I used Fired Brick Distress Stickles on the Raspberries. It gave them some nice dimension and sparkle without being too "glitzy".

Here is a close up of the Raspberrry cluster. I used the VersaMarker Watermark pen to give the leaves their lines.

Here is a view of the other Pear and Raspberries.

Hope you are inspired to "Preserve" Your memories!

Don't forget to become a follower and leave a comment on this post or any of the other ones from this week. You will then be entered to win our random drawing for a FREE printable stamp set or cutting file from The Cutting Cafe'. Thanks so much! Get the details....HERE

YUM Cricut-Cut File Layout

Happy MONDAY everyone!

Sorry for the lack of posting this weekend. I had a class so I was CRAZY busy...But let's get the week rolling! This project was for the FCCB Challenge #18 :-) Cool Summer Treats was the theme. For me a cool, sweet piece of watermelon is an absolute icon of summer....YUM!

I used my Preserves cartridge to cut out the watermelon slices at the bottom of my layout and the Y and M letters are from the Learning Curve cartridge. The Large watermelon wedge, the bear and the melon piece she is holding were cuts I created. The flowers are from an EK punch. So was the border punch. The pink courderoy ribbon and the green ribbon are from May Arts. The glitter brads in the center of the flowers are from Making Memories.

Closeup view of the cute little bear holding her melon wedge...YUM!