C-18 Swirls & Twirls Challenge

Good morning Friends,

It’s another Wonderful Wednesday! It’s challenge day here at CWC. I hope you are enjoying your week so far. Let’s get right to it shall we? Today’s challenge theme is:

SWIRLS AND TWIRLS!

That’s right you fabulously creative girls! We want to see your new projects with swirls, flourishes, twirly embellishments and such! Get those cartridges, embellishments, paints, inks, files and more out and lets get all swirly and twirly!

Here is some swirly-riffic inspiration from our twirly girly design team! Boy did they cook it up for you!

Visit Madison’s Blog for more details.

Visit Jennifer’s Blog for more details.

Visit Jenna’s Blog for more details.

Visit Jenny’s Blog for more details.

Visit Dalis’s Blog for more details.

Visit Karla’s Blog for more details.

Visit Jean's Blog for more details.

Visit Maria Elena’s Blog for more details.

Visit Christel’s Blog for more details.

Visit Kassidy’s Blog for more details.

Visit Raven’s Blog for more details.

Visit Sous Chef Gaby’s Blog for more details.

Visit PaperCraftingWorld.Blogspot.com for more details.

http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2011/02/c-18-swirls-twirls-challenge.html

This layout is also part of the Graphic 45 celebration happening at CCR. So please be sure to head over there and join the Challenge too!

Now let’s see what you got! Get your best swirly, twirly groove on and join the fun! Just enter your project below. Remember:

It must be a new project and it must be for this challenge.
You need to include a link back to this challenge so YOUR wonderful readers can join the fun too
You must TRY VERY HARD to use your Cricut or other cutter somehow :-)

Thank you so much for joining in our fun! We sincerely appreciate each and every one of your for your faithful participation!

Have a wonderfully blessed day!

Melin

T.T. Tuesday–G45–Free File

Good morning Crafting Friends,

I hope you’re having a wonderful day…Today is another Talk Time Tuesday at The Creative Cutter Room.
Our sponsor this week is Graphic 45. For those that aren’t familiar with Graphic 45, it is a wonderful company that creates some FABULOUS vintage paper.

Another little known fact: If I remember correctly, I read in a trade publication that the reason for the name Graphic 45 is that the person who started the company started it at the age of 45!  How cool is that!  So for those of us who are this age….the game is not over girls!  Look at this marvelous company and how it has flourished and grown! What an inspiration!

Be sure to head over to the CCR Blog to join in the challenge!

Here is my project for today!

http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2011/02/tt-tuesdayg45free-file.html

Here is a view of the entire layout.

I used the following Graphic 45 papers to complete this project:

Playtimes Past – Dollies Teaparty
Playtimes Past – Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Transatlantique – Souvenir Stripe
Domestic Goddess – Domestic Goddess

Here is a close up of the teapot. All I did was cut it out of the Mary Mary Quite Contrary paper. Just gorgeous! The background musical paper is on the other side of that sheet! I used pop dots to give a little lift.

Here is a close up of the little dollie dresses. I cut one of them out of the Mary Mary Quite Contrary piece of paper and the other two were from the Dollies Teaparty paper. I used pop dots to give them a little lift as well.

Here is a close up shot of the title. I cut it from the Heritage Cricut Cartridge. I purposely used a more tonal piece of paper for the title. I didn’t want it to over power everything else. I lightly inked the edges to give it a little more dimension.

Here is a close up of the larger mat. You can see the Souvenir Stripe paper in the background and the photo corners are from the other side of the dollies teaparty paper.

Last but not least, here is my vintage bear. I created her and cut her out using my MTC program and Cricut. Her dress is from the Domestic Goddess paper with Lilypond and White Bazzill Cardstock. She is made out of a Bazzill Smoothie cardstock.

GIVEAWAY – BLOG CANDY ALERT

I am giving the vintage bear cutting file and the dress form and swirl cutting file (on tag below) away to 4 lucky winners:

TO WIN

Just be a follower of this blog and leave a comment on this post. I will pick one random winner for the bear and one random winner for the dress form and swirl (on tag below)

THEN go to my new PaperCraftingWorld.blogspot.com blog and become a follower there and leave a comment on this post HERE and I will pick one random winner for each file there as well! So you can have up to four chances to win!

Be sure to head over to the Creative Cutter Room blog and join that challenge as well as check out what the rest of the Design Team made!

Creative Cutter Room

Creative Cutter Carri

Creative Cutter Gaby

Finally, to celebrate Graphic 45’s sponsorship, I created this tag.

You can download the tag file for FREE for the next 24 hours!
File formats: AI, DXF, EPS, GSD, KNK, MTC, SVG and WPC.

You still have time to join our challenge this week. Emboss It. So be sure to go HERE and enter your project!

Sneak Peek:
Tomorrow is a new challenge day here at CWC and I will have another Graphic 45 Treat for you!

I am working on putting this cute vintage bunny on another project :-) Be sure to plan on coming back by tomorrow for some fun and inspiration!

Have a wonderfully blessed day!

Melin

Talk Time Tuesday Tip Acrylic Stamp Give Away!

Good morning friends,
Here is a post I did for this past Tuesday’s “Talk Time Tuesday” at Creative Cutter Room .

Go HERE 

to the direct post at Creative Cutter Room  (CCR) and leave a comment for your chance to win this lovely stamp from Basic Grey.

Hope you all had a wonderful Valentine’s Day. I am sharing a project I made and a quick tip video on how to create the “Dahlia” Fan Fold Paper folding flower.

Please “bear” with me as I am new to videos and still trying to feel my way around things.

Here is the project I created

http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2011/02/talk-time-tuesday-tip-acrylic-stamp.html

I used the Ornamental Iron, Songbird and George and Basic Shapes Cartridges with my “E” and “G” to create this layout.

The title: Treasure was from Songbird and I used my “G” to weld it together.

The Iron gate and Iron sign hanger-element was from Ornamental Iron

The “Dahlia” paper fold is what the video is on. I used G&BS to create the 8 circles needed to create the flower. Lastly I used an MS punch for the black half circles and then some red jewels.

Here is a close up of the “Dahlia” fan folded flower.

Now be sure to head over to CCR and leave a comment on that blog

Winners Announced:)

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut.

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge #16- Hearts and Flowers!  The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is... Paula- Craft With Bee.  Congratulations Paula:)

Paula created this sweet card:)  You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog.  As the winner Paula will receive  her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com.

Paula, please contact Madison at FunkyCards @Charter .net (no spaces) within two weeks to claim your prize.

The Top Three Chefs were chosen by the Cooking With Cricut Design Team.   Thank you all for taking time out of your busy Valentine's Day celebrations to cook up these fabulous entries.  Here are the Top Three Chefs. You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog. 

Glenda- Glenda's Cards

Heidi- Live for Scrappin'

Carri- Doubleclick Connections- AKA AbusyBee

This week at Cooking With Cricut we are EMBOSSING IT! You must design and create projects with something embossed.  Please include something cut from one of your cutting machines such as the Cricut:)  Once again you have until next Tuesday at midnight to post your projects.  One winner chosen at random will receive this new File Set from PaperCraftingWorld.com. (Either the Cutting Files or Digital Stamps!)

The Set includes:

Bear with Rolling Tote, I Heart Scrapbooking Title, Bear with Tools.

Digital Stamps will be slightly different . Sample images coming soon.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER

Have a wonderful day!

~Madison - Prize Coordinator