Winners Announced

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge

#74- Birthday: Cake, Cupcakes, and/or Balloons.  The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is...Julie- ScrapHappy Paper Crafter

Congratulations Julie:)

Julie created this adorable birthday card for her soon to be 2 year old niece using the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge.  You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog.  As the winner Julie will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com. 

Julie, 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. 

Tiffany- Tiffany's Creative Ideas

Michelle- Purple Monkey Moments

Stacey- Stacey's Creative Corner

This week the theme for our challenge is CARNIVAL:)  Be sure to include a Cricut cut on your project.  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: Holiday Cakes

Hey Crafty Friends,

Welcome to this week's Thursday Cartridge Showcase! I hope you have all had a good and crafty week so far! Today I have a bunch of cards made with the Holiday Cakes Cricut Cartridge! They are all very simple cards, because I am a simple girl! I had a lot of fun making them. So, lets jump right into it!

The Holiday Cakes cartridge has a really cute font,  awesome boarders, and the perfect image for every occasion!

I think it is important to know that the Cake Cartridges can be used in ALL of the Cricut machines! The images are all just two layers and so super easy to put together!

The first card I made is for my cousin who is expecting and just found out that she is having a baby girl! I used the stork image to create this all pink card!

This next card is a thank you I made for one of the birthday gifts I received. I used the elephant image and three different pattern papers!

For this card I used the supper cute font included on this cart and one of the many many borders!

For this simple note card, I used the spring wreath shadow!

This is a card that I made for Madison's I Feel The Love Project using the star border!

This last card is my favorite! I love the colors pink and green together! I used a floral design, but 

Provo Craft calls it a paisley! 

Check back in, Tuesday March 6th for a PaperCraftingWorld.com Design Team challenge 

and Wednesday, March 7th for a CookingWithCricut.com Design Team challenge!

~Court

Thank you Court for such a wonderful showcase. Thank you for letting us know that the Cake Cartridge can be used on all Cricut machines. These cards are all so different and amazing! All this from ONE Cartridge!

Challenge #75: Carnival

Welcome to Cooking With Cricut!  Today is both wonderful and a bit sad.  Wonderful in that we have an awesome project challenge chosen by Chefs Yolie and Celeste.  They chose the theme Carnival or Carnival Birthday. And sad because this Design Team term has come to an end and we must bid a fond farewell to:  Dalis Acevedo, Adrian Allen, Yolie Burke, Debbie Butcher, Holly Gagnon, Celeste Lombas, Felicia McRae, Elizabeth Mindemann, Jenny Richards and Linda Therrien. We wish them all the best in their crafty endeavors. Thank you ladies for helping to make CWC such a fun and inspirational place.

Here is what the ladies created for today's challenge . . .

Yolie created her card using the Carousel cartridge.

 Please visit her blog for more details.

Celeste created this easel card using the Carousel and Birthday Cakes

cartridges.  Check out the details on her blog.

Jen created this 12 x 12 scrapbook layout using the Plantin SchoolBook and

Mickey Font cartridges along with elements from the PaperCraftingWorld.com's

soon-to-be released "Carnival of Fun" cutting set.  Check out all the details on her blog.

Adrian created a framed piece using the Birthday Cakes

cartridge.  Visit her blog for more details.

Heather created this 12 x 12 birthday layout using Create-A-Critter and

Makin' the Grade cartridges.  Check out all the details on her blog.

Charlotte made this birthday card using the Birthday Bash, Beyond Birthdays

and George & Basic Shapes cartridges.  Visit her blog for all the details.

Felicia created her very first side step card using the

Carousel cartridge.  For more details, visit her blog.

Evelyn from the PCW Design Team joined our carnival fun and created these

party decorations using the soon-to-be released "Carnival of Fun" cutting set

from PaperCraftingWorld.com.  Visit her blog for all the details.

Designer Melin created this cute layout using the soon to be released Clown Digi from PCW. She also used the Art Philosophy cartridge for the banner and font.

Here is a close up of the clown. I printed out the "pre-colored" digi and then added the dimension and shading with my Copic Markers.

Now, it's your turn!  Link up your favorite carnival and/or carnival birthday themed project -- you could be our next Top Chef!  Here are the guidelines . . .

• Must follow the challenge topic.
• Must be a NEW project for this challenge, please no back dated posts.
• Must have a link back to this post on your blog.
• Must link your project 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!

Next Wednesday, March 7th, sixteen new designers join our remaining 13 Chefs -- so hold on to your hats . . . it's going to a blast!  Join us tomorrow as Chef Court shares one of her favorite cartridges in our Thursday Showcase.  And as always, thank you so much for stopping by and crafting with us!

~ CWC Design Team

PCW Stamp-Die Challenge Purple

Good afternoon crafty friends,

Today’s Terrific Tuesday post is not a challenge. It is our last post with some of our designers. Today we say good-bye and farewell to a few more from our design team. We wish them well in all their crafty endeavors and know they will continue to spread sunshine and happiness in crafty blogland. Thank you Yolie and Celeste for all the wonderful projects and time you have spent with us. Today Celeste challenged the team to use Purple flowers in their projects so here they are.

Designer Bonnie created this beautiful card using the Rose in Vase Digital Stamp from PCW. For all the purplicious details, visit Bonnie.

Designer Celeste created this gorgeous card using the Rolled Scallop Rose and the Cake from the Celebrate Sophisticate set from PCW. For complete details, visit Celeste.

Designer Christel created this gorgeous card using the BG Rose digital stamp set. For all the beautiful details, please visit Christel.

Designer Evelyn created this super sweet Mini album. She used the 6pt flower spray cutting file from PCW for her pretty purple flowers. For complete details, visit Evelyn.

Designer Mindy created this adorable card using the Cat’s Meow Digi Set from PaperCraftingWorld.com. Be sure to visit Mindy for all the details. Mindy’s Blog

Designer Yolie created this gorgeous card using the Raggedy Edge Rose Cutting File as well as the Oval Frame. For details, visit Yolie

Designer Melin created this adorable layout featuring the bear n’ cake slice flowers and the Sweet Roses cutting file sets from PCW. I realize the flower look more pink in the photos, but they really are more of a lavendar.

Thank you once again for stopping by. Next week Tuesday we will be unveiling our new designers and our new challenge.

Be sure to come back by tomorrow for another Wonderful Wednesday Challenge!