Every Day in May Blog-Aversary ~ Day 22

Welcome to Day 22 of Cooking With Cricut's "Every Day in May" Blog-Aversary Cele"bear"ation!  First, a thank you to everyone who joined our party yesterday for the Cele"bear"ation Blog Hop ~ we're so glad you came to the party.  A second thank you to the wonderful Melin and the Design Team ~ ladies, you totally rocked the bear/celebration challenge.  Awesome projects!

For my project today I created a birthday card for one of my seven year-old daughter's friends.  I asked the all important question ... "So, which Disney Princess does she like best?"  The answer this time was "Jasmine." 

Now, I know what you're thinking -- all those little-bitty pieces and parts!  And you're right!! 

But, in spite of the struggle to get them to cut properly and then place them correctly, I think this card turned out pretty cute!  And so did twelve little girls at the party on Saturday.  It always fills my heart with joy to hear my daughter proudly say, "My Mom made that for you!"

Jasmine and the genie's lamp are from the Disney Dreams Come True cartridge.  "It's Your Day" is from George & Basic Shapes.

If you'd like paper information and cut details, please hop on over to my blog ~ Musings of a Crafty Mom.

~ Jen

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.

Day #20 Everyday In May By Karla

Welcome to Day 20 of Cooking With Cricut's Every Day in May Blog-Aversary!

Hi! . . . This is Karla from kalittlescrapcorner.blogspot.com !


As you may know by now, Cooking With Cricut is having a month long Blogoversary Cele"bear"ation with postings and every day during the month of May - and each and every day there will be some kind of celebration posted.

My celebration for this day is my wedding anniversary; today is my 6th anniversary and what better way to celebrate than with this double layout full of hearts. Is something very simple but very in tuned with the occasion don't you think? I love it!!!! For this project I used the George and Basic Shapes Cartridge to make the word Love and some hearts. And now I'm off to celebrate my anniversary and


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

Thanks for stopping by.
Karla U

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!

Every Day in May Blog-Aversary ~ Day 9

Welcome to Day 9 of Cooking With Cricut's Every Day in May Blog-Aversary!

This is Jen of Musings of a Crafty Mom and I am so honored to post here today.  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!

Today I am celebrating adoption!  I am the adoptive mother of four amazing children -- three are grown and on their own and my baby just turned seven.  Each and every year we celebrate the day their adoptions were finalized.  We call it their Adoption Anniversary -- I have a friend who is also an adoptive mother who calls it their "Gotcha Day."  It's a big deal -- there is almost always a gift involved and a special dinner -- kind of like a second birthday. 

Today is my youngest's anniversary and this is the gift I made for her.  It is called a "Star Book" and it is basically a 3D card.  It was pretty easy to make and features pictures of my little one from the time she joined our family at three months to present as well as a poem called "How Do We Love You."

 

The cartridges used are:  George & Basic Shapes, Accent Essentials, Just Because Cards, and Mother's Day 2010.  Please check out my blog for details and a link to the Star Book instructions.

  

Adoption is an amazing way to build a family.  On any given day in my home state of Florida, there are approximately 850 children waiting for forever families.  They are waiting for someone to love them, waiting for a place to call home.  They come from varied backgrounds, circumstances, races and ethnicities. While some have specific medical, physical or emotional issues requiring special care, many do not. Some are part of sibling groups that want very much to stay together as part of a new family.  Adoption isn't for everybody, but if you think it might be for you and your family, I encourage you to take a closer look.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!  Make sure you check back tomorrow and see the wonderful Graduation card Madison created!

~ Jen



Thanks so much!

Everyday in May Let's Celebrate Layout

Good morning crafty friends!
I hope you’re getting ready for another fun weekend of paper crafting! I am sure many of you have some fabulous plans for National Scrapbook Day! Be sure to include a stop here to CWC as we will be having another wonderful Everyday in May project and FREEBIE!

But for today, Jean, of www.jeanscraftycorner.blogspot.com, one of our wonderful Creative Designers has a simply sweet project for you!

I wanted to show how you can take dollar store items and decorate them for your party theme for less.  I started out with a yellow bag and pack of yellow plates and cups from the dollar store.

I then used the Birthday Cakes Cricut Cake cartridge to cut the Let's Party and the George and Basic Shapes cartridge for the flowers.  I used pink vinyl to cut all of the decorations for the cups, plates and bag.  I then used pink cardstock and cut the flowers to decorate the straws.  For the straws, you will need to enlarge the circle in the middle for the straws to fit through.

Be sure to head over to Jean’s Blog for complete details including cut sizes, etc!

Now for today’s Everyday in May Freebie #6 

In keeping with Jean’s wonderful project theme of Birthday Celebrating, I created this super easy scrapbook page.

Here is my layout. I used the following to complete this project:

The Blue, purple and numbered patterned papers are all from the AMAZING DCWV CELEBRATION STACK! Some of the numbers on the number paper are foiled! It really makes the layout dazzle!

ALSO the Birthday wish journaling block and the my little cupcake graphic are from this same stack! Just cut and paste!

DCWV Celebration Stack

Bazzill Red and White cardstock

Copic Markers

Diamond Stickles

Banner File from PCW.

Here is a close up of the banner and the word: Let’s. This is the Freebie File for today! It is a cutting file and comes in the following formats: AI, DXF, EPS, GSD, JPG, KNK, MTC, PDF, SCUT2, SVG and WPC.

The JPG and PDF file are for those who would like to hand cut them.

Remember the file is available for FREE until Saturday, May 7th @ 10am. If you would like this file simply: CLICK HERE.

Thank you for stopping by! Be sure to come back tomorrow
as we will have a special project, Freebie and ANNOUNCEMENT!

The CookingWithCricut.com Design Team!

Everyday In May Blog-Aversary Day 1

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT BLOG HOP, PLEASE CLICK HERE or SEE THE POST BELOW THIS ONE.

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

Cutie Pie Layout: Rudi Digi

Hello crafting friends,

Here is my project. I created it with a few challenges in mind. Our challenge: HERE, 

The following challenges at Simply Scrapping Crafts: Cricut , Copic Coloring and Sketch Challenges.

Here is a view of the entire layout.

http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2011/04/simply-scrapping-challenges.html

Here is a close up of the Rudie Cutie Patootie Digital Stamp.

Here is an angled view of the Rudie Cutie Patootie Digital Stamp.

Here is  a close up of the title.

Here is my recipe:

For the Copic challenge I used the following Copic colors: 

B00, B02, B12, B14, BG02, E00, E13, E15, E19, E25, E29, Y13, RV13, YG13, YR16

For the Cricut Challenge:
Cartridges Used
Forever Young
Holiday Cakes
George & Basic Shapes
Cupcakes Lite

I used the Forever Young Cartridge and used my Fit To Page 

function to create the scalloped yellow background piece.

I used the Holiday Cakes cartridge for the floral border 

George and Basic Shapes for the Patterned Paper Circle. 

Cupcakes Lite Cartridge for the “Cutie Pie” title.

For the Sketch Challenge: 

We had to follow this sketch.

And of course for our challenge here this week at CWC: We had to use stuff in our stash that we’ve had for at least a year. The patterned paper from Kaiser is almost two years old.

Each day of the week they have a new challenge at Simply Scrapping:

Again here are the links to the challenges: 

Cash In Your Stash Here at Cooking With Cricut.

Simply Scrapping Cricut Challenge

Simply Scrapping Copic Coloring Challenge

Simply Scrapping Sketch Challenge

If you’re interested in the Rudie Cutie Patootie 
Digital Stamp you can purchase it: HERE

Be sure to come back tomorrow for our new Cricutlicious challenge!

Have a wonderful day!

Melin

Day 11–25 Days of Cricut(Crafting) Holiday Fun, FREE Files

Good morning everyone and happy SATURDAY!  Boy we are in FULL Swing with the holidays!

Our little town is having it’s Christmas parade today, so we are going to head out and watch it….yes, I realize many of you live in an area where a parade is out of the question right now :-) Having been born and raised in a northern state, seeing Santa walking down the street, ringing his bell….and sweating profusely…lol...wasn’t part of my idea for Holiday fun….but you get used to your surroundings!

Okay, enough rambling, on to today’s projects.

Today Sheryl (Beanie) from our design team sent me a plethora of holiday stuff she has been working on….Talk about a little elf, bug-juiced on Cricky-roids….okay, my made up name for steroids….the Cricut version…lol…sorry starting to ramble again!

Anyway, here are some fabby projects to feast your eyes!

Some adorable cards featuring the print n’ cut technique from Make The Cut.

A super cute pull out tag.

And this scalloped – Poinsettia tag. You can visit Beanie’s Blog to see more of her wonderful creations.

Now for my project for today

I created these tags for a tag swap that I was a part of. I have never done anything like this before, 

so I was pretty excited. I can’t wait to see what tags I get back

Here is a close up of the tag. The cartridges I used:

• The Sentimentals Cartridge for the tag
• I did use my Gypsy to “hide” the holes in the tags
• The Lacey Labels Cartridge for the smaller snowflakes
• The Joys of The Season Cartridge for the large snowflake
• I used George and Basic Shapes Cartridge to cut the 2 circles at the top.
• I used some very old Basic Grey patterned paper for the top layer of the tag.
• I found the angel image on the net.
• The little frame around the image was just some cardstock that I punched at the top and bottom with an EK Success border punch.
• I inked all the pieces with my trusty Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink and the snowflakes were also lightly inked with Azurite Chalk Ink.
• I glued the circles down and then punched a hole at once and through all the layers with my Crop-I-Dile.
• Lastly I added ribbon at the top and used the Diamond and Champagne Stickles to glitz it up just a bit.

So now for today’s FREE files. I didn’t get a chance to make a sample tag from the files I created, but here is a picture of what the files look like.

Here is the link to the FREE cutting files. This includes the tag, the “picture frame” and the two types of snowflakes.

Here is the link to the rejoice pdf digi stamp

Here is the link to the picture. I think it is okay to share as I found it on the net. I wish I could give you the link, I downloaded a whole bunch of vintage clipart last year…oh gosh actually it was two Christmas's ago…man where is the time going! For some cards I had made. If anyone happens to know of the place, please let me know. I am all about giving credit where credit is due.  But I do know these images are really, really old, so I don’t even know if a copyright exists on them anymore.

As always, Thank you SO MUCH for taking your time to be a part of our blog. We appreciate you stopping by and sharing in our work. Hopefully you are inspired and blessed! Have a Cricutliciously Crafty Weekend!

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