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

Winners Announced:)

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge #29- 2 shades of pink and a cupcake!  The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is... Nikki- The Glamorous Side of Scrapping.  Congratulations Nikki:)

Nikki used the Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut cartridge to create this pretty card :)  You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog.  As the winner Nikki will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com. 

Nikki, 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. You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog. 

Lisa- A Mermaid's Crafts

Kimberly- Kimberly's Craft Spot

Nita- Nita Notes

Celebrate! Celebrate! Celebrate... This week at Cooking With Cricut we are asking you to create a project with a balloon die cut created from your Cricut cutting machine. Make sure it is a new project that has not been used before.  Once again you have until next Tuesday at midnight to post your projects.  One winner chosen at random will receive his or her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com.

Have a wonderful day!

~Madison - Prize Coordinator

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!

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.