Everyday In May Blog-Aversary Day 1

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Good afternoon Cricutlicious friends.



Thank you for coming by to visit us! Today kicks off our Everyday in May Blog-Aversary Celebration.

I am so excited that CookingWithCricut.com had turned one! It has been quite an interesting journey to say the least.



I began this blog simply to force myself to begin to use the Cricut and all the different cartridges I had collected. In the course of learning how to blog, I discovered….CHALLENGES! I didn’t even know such a thing existed. After being invited on to Pile It On’s Design Team, I was TOTALLY HOOKED! As you know, this now has grown into one of the most fun blogs to be challenged to use your bug and create some buggylicious projects!



The Design Team and I want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for playing along with us each week and for encouraging us to use our bugs too!



So in honor of our blog turning one, we will be showcasing a new project and post EVERYDAY in MAY! Each day various Design Team members will bring you special projects and the theme will be Celebrations!  Anything in our lives we celebrate! So look for a WIDE range of super fun projects coming your way.



We will also be having DAILY Freebies. Compliments of PaperCraftingWorld.com!



Each day we will have either a Cutting File or a Digital Stamp up for grabs. But you will have to come back each day as the files will only be available for 24 hours! That’s it..only 24 hours!


So get ready to make us a daily part of your life in May as you don’t want to miss out on our freebies.



We will also have weekly give-a-ways from other wonderful Sponsors too! So keep your eyes peeled!

So here we go…Here are today’s projects for you!

Here is My Cricut Layout. This layout was completed using the following supplies:

My Cricut Expression,

George and Basic Shapes,

Simply Charmed Cartridge

Birthday Cakes Cartridge

DCWV Celebration Stack…BEAUTIFUL PAPER!

Bazzill Yellow, Orange, White, Brown and Cream Cardstock.

Colorbox Cat’s Eye Chalk Inks: Chestnut Roan, Creamy Brown, Rouge, French Blue, Warm Violet, Yellow and Tangerine.

American Crafts Fine Tip Black Pen

Signo White Gel Pen

Pebbles, Inc. Dry Decorator Chalks.

Diamond Stickles.

This little bear was one I had come up with back when it was the days of the Baby Bug and a couple of cartridges. That was the time when PC would release like only 4 cartridges a year!!! My we have come a long way!

Here is a close up of the little bear and cupcake.

Here is an angled close up. I was trying to capture the pretty paper I used from DCWV. This was from their Celebration Stack and several pieces have some of the elements on them with a shiny “foil” type finish. You can see the blue shiny my birthday element behind the bear. It really adds to the project, but doesn’t photograph the best.

Now here is the “My Version” for those that use their Cricuts and or other Cutters with other software.

Here is a view of the entire layout. I created the bear, cupcake and found the font on my computer and created the candle in the title.

Here is a close up of the little bear and cupcake.

Here is a close up of the title.

This is an angled view. Once again I was trying to capture how pretty the foil on the DCWV paper is. This paper also came from the Celebration Stack!

To complete my layout I used the following:

My Cutter

My Cutting Files

DCWV Celebration Stack for all the patterned paper

Bazzill Cardstock in Yellow, Orange, White, Brown and Cream.

Colorbox Cat’s Eye Chalk Inks in: Chestnut Roan, Creamy Brown, French Blue, Warm Violet, Blue Iris and Tangerine.

Dry Decorator Chalks

American Crafts Black Fine Tip Pen

Signo White Gel Pen

Diamond Stickles.

So to kick off our “FREEBIES” Today I am giving away the little bear and cupcake cutting files.

The file is available in: Ai, DXF, EPS, GSD, KNK, MTC, SVG, SCUT2 and WPC.

THE FOLDER ALSO CONTAINS A JPG AND PDF FILE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO HAND CUT THE PATTERN!!!

This way EVERYONE can use it!

To get the file please head over to our PaperCraftingWorld.Blogspot.Com blog and you will find it there.

While there, you can check out our new challenges there too!

Thank you again for coming by and for taking part in our celebration.

Be sure to come back tomorrow when Design Team Leader: Jen Hudson will be showcasing another “Cricutlicious Creation”!

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

Melin