Christmas in July Day 4-Two FREEBIES

Welcome to Day 4 of our week-long Christmas in July celebration! We decided to share projects with you all week long to get you in the “holiday mood”! 

This week will definitely get you thinking about Christmas fun and give you just a “SMALL” taste of our Annual 25 Days of Christmas Crafting Showcase held each December.  Today our designers want to share a few “off the page” projects with you, so let’s get the ball rolling! 

Suzanne

Cartridge Used: Winter Lace

Evelyn

PCW File Used: Santa Topper Cutting File

Michelle

Cartridge Used: Plantin Schoolbook

Melin

Cartridge Used: Artiste

PCW FREEBIE FILES, Candy Cane Cutting File and Matching Word Art Printable

This bag was cut from the NEW Cricut Artiste Cartridge. This was the 3D object  (Bag) on pg. 63. I did a "Fit-To-Page". I then cut a piece of paper for the front panel, cut a couple of the free candy canes and then added them to the FREE word art with mat. I added the bow and the faux stitching. It came together very quickly. 

Close Up of the FREE Candy Cane Cutting File.

Don’t forget to check out our Blog Hop from this past weekend as well as Day 1 (Monday’s Post) and Day 2 (Tuesday's post) of Christmas in July for more great inspiration, FREE Files AND to enter to win some great blog candy!

Here is Saturday’s Blog Hop Post DIRECT LINK

Here is Sunday’s Blog Hop Post DIRECT LINK

Here is Christmas in July:  Day 1 DIRECT LINK

Here is Christmas in July:  Day 2 DIRECT LINK

Here is Christmas in July Day 3 DIRECT LINK

Here are today's FREE Files

Candy Cane Cutting File

Grab It HERE

Word Art Digital Printable Graphic

Grab It Here

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Be sure to come back tomorrow for more “Christmasy” projects.

~ Melin and the CWC Design Team

Christmas in July Day 4-Melin

Melin

Cartridge Used: Artiste

PCW FREEBIE FILES, Candy Cane Cutting File and Matching Word Art Printable

This bag was cut from the NEW Cricut Artiste Cartridge. This was the 3D object  (Bag) on pg. 63. I did a "Fit-To-Page". I then cut a piece of paper for the front panel, cut a couple of the free candy canes and then added them to the FREE word art with mat. I added the bow and the faux stitching. It came together very quickly. 

Close Up of the FREE Candy Cane Cutting File.

Christmas in July ~ Day 3

Happy Wednesday and welcome to our week-long Christmas in July celebration! We decided to share projects with you all week long to get you in the “holiday mood”!  Today is also our Cooking With Cricut Design Team's weekly Challenge so we decided to challenge everyone to . . . USE scrap paper and make a Christmas themed project.

This week will definitely get you thinking about Christmas fun and give you just a “SMALL” taste of our Annual 25 Days of Christmas Crafting Showcase held each December.  So let’s get the ball rolling!  Here is what our Designer’s came up with.  Don't forget to pull out your "scraps" and join us!

Olivia

Cricut cartridge used:  Create-A-Critter

Hattie

Cricut cartridge used:  Joys of the Season

Jennie B.

Cricut cartridges used:  Lyrical Letters and Jolly Holidays

Charlotte

Cricut cartridges used:  Going Places, Life's A Beach,

Christmas Cheer and Storybook

Suzanne

Cricut cartridge used:  Winter Frolic

Madison

Cricut cartridges used:  Kate's ABCs and Winter Wonderland

PaperCraftingWorld.com cutting file:  Snowman on Sled

Larelyn

Cricut cartridge used:  Scandinavian Christmas

Jenny J.

Cricut cartridges used:  Christmas and Art Philosophy

Court

Cricut cartridge used:  Joys of the Season

Melissa

Cricut cartridge used:  Create-A-Critter

Jen

Cricut cartridges used:  Doodlecharms, Joys of the Season

and Paper Doll Dress Up

Cricut cartridge used:  Joys of the Season

PaperCraftingWorld.com cutting file:  Santa & Rudolph Set

Now it's your turn!  Link up your Christmas-themed scrap paper project before midnight next Tuesday for your chance to 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!

Don’t forget to check out our Blog Hop from this past weekend as well as Day 1 (Monday’s Post) and Day 2 (Tuesday's post) of Christmas in July for more great inspiration, FREE Files AND to enter to win some great blog candy!

Here is Saturday’s Blog Hop Post DIRECT LINK

Here is Sunday’s Blog Hop Post DIRECT LINK

Here is Christmas in July:  Day 1 DIRECT LINK

Here is Christmas in July:  Day 2 DIRECT LINK

Here is today's FREE File

Grab It HERE

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Be sure to come back tomorrow for more “Christmasy” projects. 

~ CWC Design Team

Christmas In July Day 2

Good morning crafty friends,

Welcome to our week long Christmas In July celebration! We decided to share projects with you all week long to get you in the “Holiday Mood”!

Today is also our PCW DT's Terrific Tuesday Die Cut and or Stamp Challenge so we decided to challenge everyone to....

USE Scrap Paper and Make a Christmas Themed Project.

To give you just a “SMALL” taste of our 25 Days, this week will definitely get you thinking about all the fun! So let’s get the ball rolling! Here is what our designer’s came up with. Don't forget to pull out your "scraps" and join us!

EVELYN

Candy Cane Lane PCW File Set

Lynden

Bells w Flourish PCW Cutting File

Lynden

Gingerbread House 2010 and Reindeer PCW Cutting Files.

Bonnie

Boy as Elf Digital Stamp from PCW.

Janet

Gingerbread 2009 Digi from PCW 

Melin

Flourished Vintage Tree Set and Holiday Memories Title Freebie from PCW.

Today’s FREE FILE

Treasured Holiday Titles Set.

Available Formats: AI, DXF, EPS, GSD, KNK, MTC, SVG, SCAL2, STUDIO and WPC

CLICK HERE to go and grab it

Don’t Forget to Check Out Our Blog Hop From This Weekend And Day 1 (Yesterday’s Post) For more great inspiration, FREE Files AND enter for some great blog candy!

Here is Saturday’s BLOG HOP POST DIRECT LINK

Here is Sunday’s BLOG HOPE POST DIRECT LINK

Here is CHRISTMAS IN JULY DAY 1 DIRECT LINK

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Be sure to come back tomorrow when our CWC Designer’s treat you to some yummy “Christmasy” Cricut projects.

Christmas In July Day 1 Free Cutting File

Good morning crafty friends,

Welcome to our week long Christmas In July celebration! We decided to share projects with you all week long to get you in the “Holiday Mood”! This year we will be having our THIRD ANNUAL 25 Days of Christmas Celebration! 

Each year we do things bigger and better! For those of you who don’t know, our 25 Days of Christmas runs from December 1st through that special day the 25th. Each day we showcase wonderful projects and provide our readers-followers with FREE Graphic Files, Free Cutting Files and a chance to win some pretty terrific blog candy that we secure from generous sponsors! So you won’t want to miss this years festivities! We have some WONDERFUL things planned!

To give you just a “SMALL” taste of our 25 Days, this week will definitely get you thinking about all the fun!  So let’s get the ball rolling!

Today a few of our designer’s have decided to showcase some super cute Christmas cards! Be sure to click on each designer’s direct link to their blog posts and get all the details on their cards and leave them some love.

Evelyn

Used the French Horn and Oval Frame n’ 3D Bow Cutting Files From PCW

Jen

Used the Wrap It Up Cartridge.

JEN’S DIRECT LINK

Xochitl

Used the Create A Critter Cartridge.

XOCHITL’S DIRECT LINK

Melin

Used The Art Philosophy Cartridge for this first card.
Direct Link

For this second card,
I used the FREE Ornament Cut file. 

Here is today’s FREE Files.
Be sure to snag them a.s.a.p. as they will
only be available for two days.

CLICK HERE to go and grab it

Available formats: AI, DXF, EPS, GSD, KNK, MTC, STUDIO, SCAL2, SVG and WPC.

For those of you who missed it, this weekend, we had a wonderful blog hop featuring projects our designers created to donate to the Crops Of Luv foundation. 

You can still head over and grab an additional freebie, do the hop and leave a comment to win some of our blog candy!

Here is Saturday’s BLOG HOP POST DIRECT LINK

Here is Sunday’s BLOG HOPE POST DIRECT LINK

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Be sure to come back tomorrow when our PCW Designer’s treat you to some more fabulous projects.
-Melin

Crops of Love Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to the CookingWithCricut.com,  Crops of Luv Day 2 Blog Hop. This month our designers chose to create layouts for the Crops of Luv Organization.

Crops of Luv works hand-in-hand with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and creates scrapbooks for families who have children facing life-threatening illnesses.  Our hop will focus on creating 12 x 12 Scrapbook double page layouts using these themes: Princesses, Pirates, Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Summer Fun (e.g. swimming), Christmas (yes, they have Christmas every Thursday at "Give Kids the World"), or general Disney themes.

They have some specific guidelines for the layouts. They need to include a journaling block or tag and mats for 3  4 x 6 pictures on each page. They also do not want the photo mats permanently adhered to the page.  That way they can flip them whichever way they need to.

We hope you will enjoy our creations! We would love for you to participate. 

You can make a two-page layout following the parameters outlined above and mail it directly to Crops of Luv c/o Roberta Baker, 11424 S. Pawnee Circle, Phoenix, AZ 85044. Since this blog hop is also a challenge, be sure to link your project to CWC/PCW.

If you would like more information about this organization, or would like to make a monetary or supply donation, please visit their web site, www.cropsofluv.com.

UPDATE 

These Links are the DIRECT BLOG POST LINKS for each designer's projects. You can click each one to visit them individually and go directly to their project(s) for this hop.

Melin - HERE

Lynden - NEXT

Xochitl

Evelyn

Natt

Jamie L.

Larelyn

Becky

Suzanne

Jen

In case you missed yesterday’s hop, please check out yesterday’s post and grab the line up there. Here is my project for today.

PRINCESS LAYOUT

Here is a “girly” layout. I created the “Bears as Cinderella” and the with my Pazzles Inspiration Software.

Here is a close up of the full bodied “Cindy Bear”

Here is a close up of the little “Cindy Bear Topper”

 Now what would a blog hop be without a little blog candy: Up to 3 Chances to Win!

Just be a follower of this blog (sorry, no exceptions) and leave a comment to win the following:

* Yesterday’s TWO KITS (See Yesterday’s Post) 

* Kit of Princess LAYOUT (Like Cinderella Layout)

(All Contents-Paper and Embellishments, Etc.To Recreate the Layout Like Above).

* $10 Gift Certificate to Page-Kits.com

* $20 Gift Download Voucher to PaperCraftingWorld.com

FOR TWO EXTRA CHANCES TO WIN: 

Head over to my Pinterest Boards and Follow ME there AND OR 

Head over to My FB Page And LIKE US. 

Just leave an additional comment for each (Pinterest and or Facebook).

Please take a moment to leave a little bloggy love (comment) at each of the designer's blog. They have all chosen to be a part of this and donate their time, talent and projects to such a worthy cause.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for our week long CHRISTMAS IN JULY CELEBRATION!

Lastly, How about a FREE File for today!

Cutting File Available Formats: AI, DXF, EPS, GSD, KNK, MTC, SVG, SCAL2, STUDIO and WPC.

CLICK HERE to go and grab it then be sure to come back and follow the HOP!!!

Now on to the next blog to see what wonderful inspiration awaits. Head over to the lovely Lynden’s Blog

Thank you so much for stopping by! See You Tomorrow For Our Christmas In July KICK OFF!!!