Challenge #47: Picnic!

Good morning, crafty friends and welcome to Cooking With Cricut!  We hope you'll pack a picnic lunch and join us in our salute to National Picnic Month!  The Design Team has whipped up some yummy treats for your viewing pleasure . . .

Madison created this cute little picnic favor box using the Stand & Salute,

Pooh Font, From My Kitchen and Sports Mania cartridges.

Check out her blog for all the details.

Jean used Simply Charmed, Doodlecharms, Paper Doll Dress Up, Paper Pups

and George & Basic Shapes cartridges for this cute layout.  (Her husband drew

and painted the ant!)  Make sure you check out the details at her blog.

Maria Elena used the Mickey Font cartridge for her picnic layout.

Make sure you visit her blog and check out the details.

Jen used the Pooh & Friends, Pooh Font and Everyday Paper Dolls cartridges for her

two page Family Reunion layout.  Check out her blog for details and more photos.

Check out this super cute picnic basket Roberta made using her Imagine and
the Best Friends cartridge.  Make sure you head over to her blog to see how she did it!

Now it’s your turn! Let’s see your picnic 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

Quick Quotes August Club Q

Good morning crafty friends,

Thank you for stopping by today. Today’s project was made using the wonderful, August Club Q kit from Quick Quotes. Every month Quick Quotes produces some wonderful page kits and project kits. They include a variety of their beautiful designer paper and some adorable custom made die cuts as well as some super cute embellishments.

Here are August’s Club Q Kits

The above are the two, double page layouts for the kit and below is a close up of the canvas kit. Absolutely adorable!

Here is my take on the top layout.

Here is a close up of the circular mattes. I used my Cricut my George and Basic Shapes to cut out the circle and corresponding shadow. The flower was from the club Q kit. I simply “cut it out” of the frame it was in. I used pop dots to give a little lift and a QQ gem for the center. You can also see in this close up shot that I machine stitched the cream background paper to the green background paper.

Here is a close up of the large photo matte. The ribbon and the loopy border are again from the club Q kit as well as the beautiful designer paper. I did use a Martha Stewart punch to create the borders in the background.

Here is a close up of one of the large flowers in a frame die cut that is included in the kit. I simply inked it with some Midnight Confessions Chalk Ink and added a QQ gem to the center of each one.

Here is a close up of the “Summer” title. Again, this is from the club Q kit. The die cuts are custom, laser cuts and they pop out of the page beautifully!

Here is a close up of the “DAYZ” alphas. These are from the new Vintage Alphabet Quote Sheets by QQ. These are the Cherry Truffle Vintage Alphabet Quote Sheet. They all have either quotes or journaling squares attached to them. I trimmed them all down and matted them here. I saved the beautiful quotes for another project :-)

TIP

To utilize my cardstock to the fullest. I will often times cut the “center” of the background piece out. This saves on bulk and cardstock. If you would like a step by step photo tutorial of how I do this: you can click this link: HERE. This will take you to a previous post where I explain this method in detail.

Here is a shot of the back of one of the pages to show you. When done correctly, I have a one inch “frame” and a separate 10x10 piece that I can utilize for mattes.

Here are the links to all the wonderful QQ products used:

August Club Q Kit

NEW PRODUCT! Cherry Truffle Vintage Alphabets

QQ Gems

Midnight Confessions, Green Tea and Mocha Mama Chalk Inks.

Make sure you head over to the Quick Quotes blog and check out what the other design team members have done with this beautiful kit!

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

-Melin

CWC #39 Watermelon Challenge

Good afternoon Cricutlicious friends!

It’s another Wonderful Wednesday here at CWC! Today’s challenge is in honor of Watermelon Seed Spitting Week which begins tomorrow.

Our challenge this week is to include a Watermelon in your projects.



Here is what the design team came up with for your inspiration!




CWC Chef Jean
Jean used her Cricut to create this adorable cartridge.


CWC Chef Jen
Jen used the Doodlecharms, Create-A-Critter, Pooh Font and Plantin Schoolbook


Chef Madison
Madison used her Summer Vacation cartridge to create this adorable layout.

Chef Stacey
Stacey used her Simply Sweet and Simply Charmed cartridges to create this super cute layout.


CWC Chef Gaby
Visit Gaby for details on this beautiful layout.


CWC Chef Roberta 
Roberta used her Just Because Cartridge to create this envelope.


CWC Chef Maria Elena
Maria used her Stretch Your Imagination for this cute card.


CWC Chef Melin
Melin used

I used the following Cartridges to complete this layout:
Just Because, Everyday Paper Dolls, Accent Essentials , George and Basic Shapes and Paper Doll Dress Up to create the Melon, basket, hot dog and ants.

Close up of  ants.

Okay, now it’s your turn…Get your Melon on and let’s see your projects!

Our few guidelines:
Must be a new project.
Must have a Cricut cut on your project.
You must link your project through our Inlinkz link below
Your post must include a link back here.
Must have FUN!

Thank you so much for joining us! Have a wonderful day!

The CookingWithCricut.com Design Team.

Day #26- Every Day in May Blog-Aversary

Welcome to Day #26 of Cooking With Cricut's 

Every Day in May Cele-"BEAR"ation!

This is Gaby with yet another opportunity to post on this wonderful blog during the one year Blog-Aversary Cele-"BEAR"ation!!   

Today I created a layout that I will give to one of my nieces that is graduating next week ... this is what I came up with. 

I had created the bear card with all Cricut cartridges! and had mentioned that I would create a layout so that they (one more to create) can recycle the card!

Cricut Cartridges Used: 

Gypsy Wandering for the "Congrats"

 Kate's ABC's for the "Grad"

Paper Dolls for Everyday, Geoarge and Basic Shapes and Hello Kitty Font for the "Bear/Card"

Thanks for stopping by today.  Come back tomorrow to see what Stacey has cooked up for you to celebrate a birthday:)

Gaby

CWC #31 We Remember Bear Layout

Good afternoon Crafty friends.

I hope you are having a fabulously wonderful Wednesday! It is a great day here at CWC…because it’s….A NEW CHALLENGE! Gotta love Wednesdays!  This week’s challenge is……

MEMORIAL DAY!

Yep…pretty easy. We want to see your Memorial Day projects!

Here is what the lovely Chefs here at CWC cooked up for your inspirational pleasure!

Visit Gaby’s Blog for more details.

Visit Stacey’s Blog for more details.

Visit Maria Elena’s Blog for more details.

Visit Madison’s Blog for more details.

Visit Jean’s Blog for more details.

Visit Jen’s Blog for more details.

Here’s a look at the entire layout.

I used the following Cricut cartridges to complete this layout:

Cricut Expression 

Stand and Salute 

Independence Day 

Seasonal Cake Art 

George and Basic Shapes 

Here is a close up of the little patriotic bear. 

I also used the following consumables to complete the look.

Quick Quotes  

Maraschino Cherry, 

Blue Moon and 

Amaretto Chalk Ink pads. 

Copic Markers 

Maroon Cat’s Eye Chalk Ink. 

Dry Decorator Chalks 

Black Fine Tip Pen 

White Signo Gel Pen

Okay…now it’s your turn to show us your Memorial Day Projects!

Here are just a few guidelines for our challenges.

Your project must be Memorial Day related. 

Use your Cricut and a Cricut Cut on your project. 

Must be a new post. No back dated posts please. 

Post must include a link back to CWC. 

HAVE FUN!!!! That’s what it’s all about in the end

DON’T FORGET…There is still time to enter your project for our Cele”bear”ation blog hop challenge. Just click HERE.

Thank you so much for making CWC a part of your crafting time! Have a wonderfully blessed day!