Something......Blog HOP

Good morning crafty friends!

Happy Saturday! Welcome to our first blog hop of 2012! We are super excited because this hop is over TWO DAYS....Today and Tomorrow AND Features TWO DIFFERENT SETS of DESIGNERS! So our theme was chosen by Yolie, one of our designers. She went with....

This means each designer was tasked with using: Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue. This was a FUN one to do. So here is what I am sharing today! It is this little Hot Cocoa-Coffee Mug I came up with....

My Something Old: The ribbon and flowers....The little flowers are from Prima and I don’t know if you all remember when the glass bottles of these little cuties were all the RAGE! I mean you wanted them in every style...LOL! Gosh, I am talking about a good 5+ years now.

My Something new: The mug cutting file I designed and the beautiful paper from Quick Quotes. 

My Something borrowed: See the bow, My sweet friend came over one day and showed me this little contraption called the “bow-easy” she let me “borrow” it so that I could figure out how to work it. It is a cool little thing that allows you to make bows really quick and easy. I have to give it back to her now, so it is quite literally....something borrowed :)

My Something Blue: Well I think this one is pretty easy to tell!

Here is one more project I wanted to share.

For this one. The something old is the background paper. The something new was the snowman pattern, the something “borrowed” was the idea to glitter the whole snowman and the touches of “something blue” are pretty easy to see.

Okay how about a little blog candy to warm your heart on this chilly Saturday!

I have TWO Download codes to give.... One for Saturday AND one for Sunday!

Just be sure to leave a comment and be a follower. I will pick a winner from Saturday’s comments for one and a winner on Sunday’s comments for the other!

Lastly, how about a free download for all you lovely crafters for coming by today! A cute little digital stamp that let’s you all know how all of us here at PCW and CWC feel about you! It is in a pre-colored and black and white format and in jpg. Be sure to grab it while you can. It is available TODAY ONLY!

Click the add to cart button to download. It will not cost anything to download today only.

Now on to the next blog: The super duper talented HEATHER

Here is today’s line up in case you get lost!

Melin – http://www.cookingwithcricut.com YOU’RE HERE!

Heather – http://www.heather-p.blogspot.com NEXT

Yolie – http://www.justyolie.com

Celeste – http://www.touchedbyabutterfly.com

Debbie – http://www.workinscrappinmomof4.blogspot.com

Charlotte – http://www.alittlebitofdetail.blogspot.com

Linda – http://www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com

Jill -- http://www.jaihartjustlovelydesigns.blogspot.com

Larelyn–http://www.handmadefromtheheart-esignsbylarelyn.blogspot.com

Jen – http://www.gator-4-life.blogspot.com

Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new project and a new line up of 10 different designers!!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

QQ -Sneak Peek Summer Samba & Spellbinders

Good morning crafty friends,

Today’s post is another wonderful Sneak peek from the fabulous Quick Quotes company. This is another one of their new lines debuting at CHA this month. It is called Summer Samba! It is so festive, bright and summery! Here is the project I came up with. It is a mini album using the Spellbinders Curved Rectangles die. This die set is the perfect size for creating a quick and cute mini album!

This is the "cover" of my mini album. This new line is GORGEOUS!!! The papers are a fantastic double-sided cardstock weight paper. Let me tell you...there isn't an "ugly-filler" side in the bunch. You will want to have at least two sheets of every one!

Page two of my mini album. The quotes are one of the super cute colored vellum quotes that coordinates with this line.

Page three. This page includes another great colored vellum quote and some more terrific dies from Spellbinders!

Page four. This page finishes up my mini album and includes some cardstock quotes from the super cute quote sheet that comes with the Summer Samba paper line. The dies are also some spellbinders dies.

DESIGN NOTE:  I love that you can leave your "cut shape" in the die-template and use it as a stencil to color the areas you want and then when you remove the die, you get a nice crisp outline. Perfect for those who can't seem to stay within the lines when coloring....like me....rofl!!!








Quick Quotes Products
Summer Samba Designer Papers
Here Comes The Sun Vellum Quote
You Are Oh So Vellum Quote
Summer Samba Cardstock Quotes
Maraschino Cherry, Mango Mai Tai and Blue Moon Chalk Inks.



Spellbinders Products
Curved Rectangles


Square Bracket Edge Box


Square Petal Top Box

Other Products
Yellow, Blue, Red, Orange and White Cardstock- All Bazzill Bling for some extra shimmer.
Orange and Red Stickles Glitter Glue
Various Adhesives
Crop-i-dile Hole Puncher
Miscellaneous Ribbon


Thanks so much for stopping by!

BE SURE TO COME BACK TOMORROW AND SUNDAY FOR OUR....

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

Winners Announced

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge

#67- Something New.  The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is...Cori- Created by Cori

Congratulations Cori:)

Cori designed and created this beautiful card using the Winter Woodland Cricut cartridge.  You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog.  As the winner Cori will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com. 

Cori, 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. 

Bethie- BethieJ's Blog

Rae Ann- Joy In Art

Amy- Amy's Crafting Space

Photo Inspiration: For this week's challenge, we are asking you to create a project based on the photo below:

How does this photo inspire you?  Show us by creating a card, layout, altered project or other project of your choice.  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

Cartridge Showcase: Kate's ABCs

Welcome to CookingWithCricut.com and today's Cartridge Showcase!  Chef Court is taking over the reigns and sharing projects she has created using the Kate's ABCs cartridge.  Sugar, spice and everything nice — that’s what you’ll find on this girl-themed cartridge.  It is filled adorable scenes every girl will love. Plus two special fonts designed to add charm to your cards, scrapbook layouts, home décor, gifts, and other projects.  This cartridge includes: Layer 1, Layer 2, Phrase, Baby Girl Font 1, Baby Girl Font 2, and Baby Girl Font 2 Shadow creative features.

So without further ado, here's Court . . .

I just got the Kate’s ABC cartridge for Christmas this year and I am in love with it! I have made so many cards with it all ready and have a lot more ideas floating around in my brain!

The first card is a quick and simple birthday card! I just love how it came out!

 

This next one is one of my favorites! There were so many little pieces to cut out and it took a while, but it was well worth it!

This card I made especially for my mom-mom who LOVES tea!

As soon as I saw this purse I knew I wanted to make a shaped card out of it. So I did!  And I love it!

I hope you like what I made and that I showed you how awesome this cartridge really is!

Wonderful cards, Court!  You have been a busy girl since Christmas!  

Please make sure you visit Court's blog and let her know how much you enjoyed her showcase.  And don't forget . . . our first blog hop of 2012 starts this Saturday, January 14 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.  There will be two days of fun and two sets of designers creating projects to share on the theme "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue."

~ CWC Design Team

#68 Photo Inspiration

Happy Wednesday and welcome to another....

Wonderful Wednesday Cooking With Cricut Challenge!

Our Designers have teamed up and are choosing the challenges for the next two months. Today's "hostesses" are:

Felicia and Jill

They chose a photo for the team to draw inspiration from. Here is what Jill and Felicia said to the team: “So for the challenge this is our photo inspiration, use the colors or a tree, whatever this photo inspires you to make!”

This photo is entitled "Relax" and was taken in Charlotte, North Carolina’s Freedom Park by photographer Chris Summerville. When Jen contacted the photographer to obtain permission to use the photograph, she was informed that this photo was shot with an infrared lens -- so in actuality, those trees are green! Please take a moment to check out Chris Summerville’s other work. Truly breathtaking. Thank you Mr. Summerville for the permission to use such a striking piece of photography.

And here is what those crafty ladies on the Design Team came up with . . .

Jill created this beautiful etched glass using the Storybook cartridge.

Check out her blog for all the details.

Felicia used the Lacey Labels and Calligraphy Collection cartridges to create

these stylish monogrammed coasters. Visit her blog for more details.

Elizabeth used the Art Philosophy cartridge to create this lovely thank you card. Check out the details on her blog.

Holly created this fantastic ice skate-shaped card using the

Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons cartridge. Visit her blog for all the details.

Madison made this sweet card using the Create-A-Critter and Jubilee

cartridges. Check out her blog for more details.

Nita used the Birthday Bash cartridge to create this fun and playful

shaped card. Visit her blog for more details.

Jenny R. created this adorable 12” x 12” scrapbook layout using the 3 Birds on Parade

and Paper Doll Dress Up cartridges. Check out her blog for more details.

Larelyn used the Phrases cartridge for this gorgeous thank you

note. For more details, visit her blog.

Jenny J. created this super cute tag using the Winter Woodland cartridge.

For more details, check out her blog.

Charlotte used the Winter Lace cartridge to create this adorable card.

(Doesn’t it look like her snowman is juggling?) Visit her blog for more details.

Dalis used the Cricut Lite Sugar & Spice cartridge to create this

“egg-stra” special card. Check the details on her blog.

Now it’s your turn! Link up your project inspired by Chris Summerville’s.“Relax” photograph. You could be our latest "Top Chef!" Here are the guidelines . . .
· Must follow the challenge topic.
· Must be a NEW project for this challenge.
· No back dated posts please.
· Must have a link back to this post on your blog.
· Must link your project post through Inlinkz and not just your blog.
· Must use your Cricut in some capacity.
· Must HAVE FUN!
· You may gladly combine challenges . . . we love to pile it on TOO!



Don’t Forget to make CWC your daily craft inspiration stop! Here is what’s coming up!



Tomorrow: Another Fabulous Cartridge Showcase by designer Court.
Friday: Winners announced and another Quick Quotes Sneaky Peek!
Saturday And Sunday....

Our first Blog Hop of 2012 -- Saturday and Sunday, January 14 & 15. Two days of fun with two different sets of designers! We hope you’ll join us!



Thank you so much for sharing your crafty time with us!
~ The CWC Design Team