Friends Turtle Layout

Good morning Cricutlicious Friends,

Here is a project I created for the Simply Scrapping Crafts Cricut Challenge. Our challenge was to use some of the feature keys on our Cricut Machines.

Here is a view of the entire page. The DCWV background paper was perfect. It is from the DCWV Grade school stack. The little flies, frogs and stitching are all already on the paer and the little frogs are glittered.

Here is a close up of the little Turtle. I used the Create A Critter Cartridge to piece this turtle together. It is my own version of a turtle.

Here is a side shot of the turtle. You can see the glitter on the frog and on the shell of the turtle.

Here is a close up of the friends title cut. I used Crystal Stickles to “glitz” it up.

Recipe

Machine: Expression

Cartridge: Create A Critter

Features Used: Mix and Match, Quantity and Load Last

Patterned Paper: DCWV Grade School Stack-Background Paper

Patterned Paper: DCWV Cotton Blossoms Stack (Green, Glittery Turtle Shell & Mat Paper)

Cardstock: Bazzill White and Romance (Pink)

Lime Pastel Cat's Eye Chalk Ink: Head, tail and feet

Black Copic(eyes)

White Signo Gel Pen

Crystal Stickles

RV02 Copic (Nose)

Dry Decorator Chalks(pink circles and cheeks)

Black Fine Tip Pen

Margarita Lime Bic Mark It (lines on neck and legs).

Mics. Ribbon

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Don’t forget to check out our blog hop post from Saturday. There is still time to join the challenge and to enter for a chance to win some great prizes! CLICK HERE

Have a wonderful day!

-Melin

CWC #30

Good afternoon Crafty Friends,
Today is another Wonderful Wednesday. That means another fun challenge here at CWC.
Today’s theme is all about Celebrations! So the challenge is:
Create a Project with a BALLOON on it! We all love them and they bring such joy to any celebration. So let’s see you get your Cartridges out and create some Balloon Magic!
For your inspiration: Here is what the CWC Design Team “Cooked Up”

Chef Jean

Jean used her Tie The Knot, Simply Charmed and Sweet Treats Cartridges to create this super cute layout. Be sure to head over to Jean’s Blog for more details!

Chef Jen

Jen used her Create A Critter Cartridge for this adorable card! 

Be sure to “float” on over to Jen’s Blog for more details!

Chef Jenny  

Be sure to head over to Jenny’s Blog for more details. 

Chef Madison

Madison used her Zooballoo Cartridge to create this cute card. 

Head over to Madison’s Blog for more details!

Chef Roberta

Roberta used her Sweethearts Cartridge for this bundle of love. 

Head over to Roberta’s Blog for more details!

Chef Stacey  

Stacey used her Wrap It Up cartridge for this adorable set! 

Head over to Stacey’s Blog for more details!

Now it’s your turn! Let’s see your beautiful “Balloonified” projects!

Here are a few guidelines for entering our challenge.

* You must use a Cricut Cartridge die cut in your project… 

* You must have a balloon 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!!!!

PLEASE NOTE: If you use your Cricut and SVG files, you can join our Craft Challenge on PCW: HERE.

DON’T FORGET ABOUT OUR SUPER FUN BLOG HOP THIS SATURDAY!!!!

Thank you for joining us! 
We appreciate your participation very much! 
The CookingWithCricut.com Design Team.

CWC Challenge #30 Celebration Project with at least one balloon.

Every Day in May Blog-Aversary - Day 16

Welcome to Day 16 of Cooking With Cricut's Every Day in May Blog-Aversary! 

It's me again . . .  Jen of Musings of a Crafty Mom!  As you may know by now, Cooking With Cricut is having a month long Blogoversary Cele"bear"ation with postings and giveaways every day during the month of May - and each and every day there will be some kind of celebration posted.

And this Saturday, May 21st is our Cele"bear"ation Blog Hop, so mark your calendars and come hop with us!

Saturday was my baby brother's 29th birthday.  He is a bit of a comedian and is always giving me a hard time about being sooooo old -- I'm 17 years older than he.  So I decided it was time for a little sisterly pay-back!  I used the Create-A-Critter and Paper Pups cartridges.  Please stop by my blog for the cut sizes and other details.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment! Make sure you check back tomorrow and see the wonderful project Maria Elena created!

~ Jen

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.

Chef Roberta Used her Imagine and the Better Together Cartridge for this SWEET card.

Head over to Roberta’s Blog for more details.

Chef Karla used the Simply Charmed Cartridge for her masterpiece. 

Head over to Karla’s Blog for more details.

Chef Stacey used her Cricut and the Sweet Treats cartridge.

Head over to Stacey’s Blog for more details on this confectionary delight!.

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

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!

Chef Gaby used her Everyday Pop Up Cards Cartridge.

Head over to Gaby’s Blog to see how she created this PRECIOUSLY DELIGHTFUL Layout!

Chef Jen used her Create A Critter Cartridge.

Stop b Jen’s Blog for details on this Glittery SWEET Card!

Head over to Chef Jenny’s Blog for details on this super sweet box!!!

Front view of Jenny’s Box.

Side view of Jenny’s Box.

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.

Chef Melin used her “E”, Gypsy and Cupcake Wrappers Cartridge. 

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.

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 :-)

CLICK HERE

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!!!

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.

Day #5 Everyday in May–CCR Fiesta Challenge

Good morning Crafty friends!


Hope you’re having a wonderful day! Happy Cinco De Mayo for those who celebrate!

Today our Design Team Member Nicole of Croppin Momma Designs is sharing a sweet card she made celebrating the expectancy of a baby!

Here is Nicole’s Cricutlicious creation!

Nicole created this card using the following cartridges:

New Arrival for Momma and Carriage

Create A Critter for Clouds

Doodlecharms for Sun

Please be sure to head over to Nicole’s Blog for more details on this simply sweet card!

Now for today’s Freebie #5. And My Creative Cutter Room Fiesta Challenge Project!

In honor of Cinco De Mayo, I came up with this cute digi stamp set that I hope you will enjoy!  Here is a picture of a card I made using some of the elements on the set.

I cut the elements out and colored them in with my Copic Markers. I edged the patterned paper as well as the cardstock and the Donkey elements with my Dark Brown Cat’s Eye Chalk Inks. I used the banner with the thick outline. The outline makes cutting it out by hand easier as you don’t have to be as precise :-)

I created the Fiesta Time Digital Stamp in 1.25” and 1” circles so if you have a 1.25” or 1.5” circle punch you can easily cut them out.

Also, here is a picture of the set. It is a pdf file that ANYONE can use.

Remember it will be FREE until tomorrow,
May 6th @ 10am est. time (Detroit USA).
UPDATE: File Available HERE

Be sure to head over to the Creative Cutter Room to join in the Fiesta Challenge AND be sure to check out what the rest of the wonderful CCR Design Team came up with! You will have until May 18th to enter your challenge submission. Here is what you can win!!!!

CreativeCutterRoom.org

Lastly, hop over to our PCW BLOG. A couple of our Design Team members made some super cute Cinco De Mayo Pages that you will just love to look at!

CLICK HERE

Sneek Peak…Head over to PCW’s Blog see the rest :-)

Thank you once again for making CWC a part of your crafting time. It is sincerely appreciated!

Have a wonderful day!

Bunny Express Layout

I wanted to share a layout I made with my Cricut Expression. I was super excited to find out it was going to get published. It was recently published in 

Bug Magazine March/April issue.

  

http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2011/03/bunny-express-layout.html

Create A Critter,
Easter 2010,
Everyday Paper Dolls,
My Community,
Ashlyn’s Alphabet,
Learning Curve,
Word Builders A Word Party 
Gypsy

Here is a view of the entire layout.

Here is a view of the left page.

Here is a view of the right page.

Here is a close up of the Bunny.

Here is a close up of the train.

I used the following cartridges to complete.
Create A Critter,
Easter 2010,
Everyday Paper Dolls,
My Community,
Ashlyn’s Alphabet,
Learning Curve,
Word Builders A Word Party 
Gypsy

If you would like complete instructions and a step by step cutting chart, you can get all the details in the March/April Issue of the Bug Magazine.
The link is HERE.

Have a wonderful day!

Melin