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Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #37

Good morning everyone,
Hope you had a wonderfully crafty weekend. Today’s post is for the Cricut Blog.  Our challenge this week was to make a project around something we are thankful for. Here is my layout.

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Cartridges Used
Thanksgiving Cartridge
Cake Basics
Stretch Your Imagination 

I also used a Martha Stewart punch for the border and some 
Cinnamon Stickles to glitz it up just a bit :-). 
Thanks so much for stopping by. 
Have a wonderful day!
-Melin

Blog Hop Winners Coming-FREE File

Good morning Everyone,

I hope you have had a wonderful week! Yeah for Fridays!  I wanted to update you that I am working on getting all the winners together for all the wonderful prizes from our blog hop last week.

Please be sure to stop back by on Sunday. I will be announcing everyone then! So sorry for the delay....But there is still time to enter our challenge for the Cricut Cartridge!

You can do so at the bottom of this post. The challenge is open until Saturday night at Midnight!

ALSO! The Design Team decided to extend the baking challenge until Next Tuesday, so please feel free to play along.  I put that link at the bottom of this post as well!

FREE FILE ALERT: Here is a FREE cutting file I whipped up to "hold you over" until Sunday :-)
Be sure to download it asap. It will expire on midnight, Saturday the 20th.


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Visit PaperCraftingWorld.com for our great cut files and digi's!




Here is the link for the baking challenge.


Here is the link for the blog hop challenge.

Holiday Blog Hop Day 2

Good morning everyone!
Thank you for stopping by for Day2 of our First (Hopefully Annual) Holiday Blog Hop. We appreciate all of you who stopped by yesterday to join in the fun!  Please be sure to hop back through all the DT Members blogs. Many of them have posted new projects for today!
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT YESTERDAY’S POST AND LEAVE A COMMENT THERE, AS WELL AS TODAY’S POST TO BE ENTERED TO WIN SOME OF OUR GREAT PRIZES!  See all the great prizes on yesterday's post too :-)

To be eligible to win the prizes (except the Cricut Cartridge)….
  1. You MUST be a follower of this blog…sorry no exceptions
  2. You must leave a comment on this post and or yesterday’s post.
  3. We strongly encourage you to leave comments on the other blogs post, but it won’t be necessary to win. Unfortunately we had some technical difficulties yesterday that precluded some of the hoppers from leaving messages at all the stops, so we are removing this criteria.
Additionally: To Win The Cricut Cartridge, You must be a follower of the blog and enter a Holiday Project in the Holiday challenge. You can do this by linking your project at the bottom of yesterday’s post. If you do not have a blog or online gallery, please send me a photo of your project and I will be sure to enter it for you.  My email addy is:  melin(@)ScrapbookEden.com (remove parenthesis and spaces).
Here is the blog Line Up
  1. CookingWithCricut.com – http://www.cookingwithcricut.com/ YOU’RE HERE
  2. Abby – http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/
  3. Gaby – http://www.gabycreates.com/
  4. Adrea – http://www.adreatravis2008.blogspot.com/
  5. Cathie – http://www.creativecutter.org/
  6. Christel – http://www.onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/
  7. Kristal – http://www.kandrewdesigns.blogspot.com/
  8. Madison – http://www.funkycards.blogspot.com/
  9. Kassidy – http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/
  10. Jenna – http://jennasfavoritethings.blogspot.com/
  11. Valine – http://www.maddstercreations.blogspot.com/
  12. Dalis – http://www.stampergirl.com/
  13. Brandilynn – http://www.createdbybrandilynn.blogspot.com/
  14. Becky - http://www.bouncyflouncyfunfunfun.blogspot.com/
  15. Michelle - http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/cooking-with-cricut-blog-hop.html
  16. Melinda – http://www.scrapbookeden.blogspot.com/
  17. Back to CWC

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Especially For You – Christmas Bunny Card. I used the Christmas Bunny Digital Stamp and colored it in with my Copics. I used a little Stickles to glitter the whites of her coat and hat.  The middle circle has a sentiment that reads…Especially for You.
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Joy To The World – Angel Card. I used the Angel1 Digital Stamp and colored it in with my Copics. I used a little Stickles glitter on her wings and the bottom of her dress. The Joy to the World sentiment is part of the FREE pdf Digital Sentiment set below.
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Merry Christmas To You – Bear as Christmas Elf I used the Bear as Christmas Elf Digital Stamp and colored it in with my Copics. I used a little Stickles glitter on hhis hat and the pompoms of his hat and shoes. I also dotted the ends of his collar with Red Stickles.  The Merry Christmas to You sentiment is part of the FREE pdf Digital Sentiment set below.
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Happy Holidays - Cardinal Card
I used the Cardinal on Branch Digital Stamp and colored it in with my Copics. I used a little Stickles glitter on the holly and leaves as well as the snowflakes.

PLUS! IN HONOR OF THE BLOG HOP
ALL DIGITAL AND CUTTING FILES
ARE 30% OFF TODAY ONLY AT PAGE-KITS.COM
click HERE to get yours today!

FREEBIE Files For Today:
We are sharing two files today :-)  A Digital Stamp and a Cutting File.
Be sure to download them a.s.a.p.. They expire at midnight est TONIGHT.
We are sharing the Merry Christmas Sentiments. These are all the sentiments I used on the three cards on this post. This is a PDF file.
Add to Cart
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The FREE Cutting file for today is: The Cardinal on Branch. Available formats: AI, DXF, GSD, SVG, KNK, MTC and WPC.





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Thank you once again for stopping by today and joining in our fun!

HOLIDAY BLOG HOP DAY#1

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Good morning everyone!
Thank you so much for joining us today! We are super excited to present to you our First (hopefully annual) CookingWithCricut.com Holiday Blog Hop!
We have been hard at work coming up with some fun holiday inspiration to kick-start your holiday gift giving, decorating and memory preserving!
Following is The Hop Line Up.
  1. CookingWithCricut.com – http://www.cookingwithcricut.com/
  2. Abby – http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/2010/11/cooking-with-cricut-holiday-blog-hop.html
  3. Gaby – http://www.gabycreates.com/
  4. Adrea – http://www.adreatravis2008.blogspot.com/
  5. Cathie – http://www.creativecutter.org/
  6. Christel – http://www.onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/
  7. Kristal – http://www.kandrewdesigns.blogspot.com/
  8. Madison – http://www.funkycards.blogspot.com/
  9. Kassidy – http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/
  10. Jenna – http://jennasfavoritethings.blogspot.com/
  11. Valine – http://www.maddstercreations.blogspot.com/
  12. Dalis – http://www.stampergirl.com/
  13. Brandilynn – http://www.createdbybrandilynn.blogspot.com/
  14. Becky - http://www.bouncyflouncyfunfunfun.blogspot.com/
  15. Michelle - http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/cooking-with-cricut-blog-hop.html
  16. Melinda – http://www.scrapbookeden.blogspot.com/
  17. Back to CWC
PRIZESPRIZESPRIZES
In Honor of our blog hop we are giving away the following prizes:
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50 SHEETS OF ASSORTED BAZZILL CARDSTOCK
This is such wonderful cardstock with their famous
textures and color selections…It is the best!


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PRESERVES CRICUT CARTRIDGE
Chock full of fabulous cuts


ASSORTED EMBELLISHMENTS 
Various Embellishments for all your crafting fun!
Several packages of Prima Flowers, Doodlebug Jewels and Stickers. A $20 Dollar Value
assorted embellies



TWO (2) $10 GIFT VOUCHERS FROM PAGE-KITS.COM
Winners will get $10 worth of Digital Stamps or Cutting Files.
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ONE COMPLETE SET OF FILES FROM THIS HOLIDAY
RELEASE FROM PAGE-KITS.COM
Winner will get choice of Digital Stamps or Cutting Files.
All 15 files!
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bear with blueberry pie-200bear w pumpkin pie boy-200
christmas bunny-500christmas geese-500
christmas joy title-500cwc mb pies-450
gingerbread house 2010-500gingerbread house 09-200h
gingerbread border-500
gingerbread cookies-200hcwc mb desserts-400
bear as Christmas elf-200puppy in present-200h
PLUS: EACH DT MEMBER IS GIVING AWAY ONE OF THESE LITTLE CUTIES TOO :-) But you have to hop over to their blogs and enter there to win.

To be eligible to win these prizes
Winner for the Cricut Cartridge will be randomly drawn from those who enter a holiday project on this post. See challenge details below.

ALL OTHERS WILL BE RANDOMLY DRAWN :-) TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN…WE ONLY ASK THE FOLLOWING:
  1. Leave a Comment on this post or tomorrow’s post here at CookingWithCricut.com (Holiday Blog Hop Posts)
  2. BE A FOLLOWER OF THIS BLOG….sorry no exceptions.
  3. Leave a comment on each DT members blog hop post.
  4. Please note: Shippable prizes are limited to Continental United States Contestants Only.

    Holiday Project Challenge
Enter Your Holiday Project through Inlinkz below. Your project must be a new original project for this challenge. You must try to include a Cricut cut or other cutter die cut on or in your project somewhere….That’s it :-) This challenge will expire next Friday, November 19th at Midnight, EST. So get to creating!!!


Okay, I couldn’t resist. I am in such a festive mood that I thought I would give you all a FREE File :-) You better snag this while you can…It will expire at Midnight tonight!  and we will have to give something new away tomorrow :-)
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These are the flourishes I used on the layout.



DON’T FORGET TO COME BACK  TOMORROW! Many of the DT members will be posting new projects and we will have some more file giveaways!
Happy Hopping!
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Winners–Card-Free File

Good morning everyone,
Hope you’re having a wonderful week so far! I need to catch up on the winners from the last couple of challenges. BUT….before I do… I just have to share this BEAUTIFUL work of ART with YOU! This was done by our DT member Dalis and her beautifully talented 4 year old daughter Bianca.
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How precious is that!  Dalis titled her post…This is what happens when you leave your card for 5 min!!!
When I saw this, I just laughed and laughed…HOW SWEET! I love that Dalis still posted it and that it can be cherished by you and me. It reminds me of an old song by Wayne Watson….Water Color Ponies….It is a tear jerker…especially if you are on this side of some of your “water color ponies”  I found a video of him singing it on You Tube. It is SO WORTH listening to. It really puts it all into perspective.



Okay, if you took the time to listen to the video, please grab a tissue and wipe up your keyboard…Take a deep breath and we will move on to the business at hand.
Challenge #3 – Halloween Not So Spooky
Top Chef Winner For Challenge #3 – Tammara Tammara entered her 2 kool katz layout. You can get details on it HERE
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Tammara won 3 sets of her choice from The Cutting Café’
Tammara, please email me at: melin(@)ScrapbookEden.com (remove parenthesis and spaces) so that I can assist you in claiming your prize. Also, be sure to grab the Top Chef Button on the left and proudly display it on your blog!

Thank you again to the Cutting Café for their generous prize. Be sure to visit them and check out their latest designs. They are really cranking them out for all your holiday needs!
In Fact: Check Out This Cute HOT COCOA HOLDER! You can get the cutting file and the sentiment from there. It went together super easy and super fast! Perfect for all those on your list that you want to give a little something to!  CHECK IT OUT HERE
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I made a belly band for mine and the sentiments I used are included.
Challenge #4 – The Colors of Fall
Top Chef Winner for Challenge #4 – Judy  Judy submitted this sweet Harvest Layout. You can get details and see more photos on her blog: HERE
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Judy won the cutting files or digital stamps that were released that week from Page-Kits.com. Judy: please email me at: Melin(@)ScrapbookEden.com (remove parenthesis and spaces) so you can claim your prize. Also, be sure to grab the Top Chef Button on the left and proudly display it on your blog!


Here are the entries for that challenge:


I wanted to include the link here, because I inadvertently deleted that post…UGH! Don’t ask!


This Weeks Challenge – Baking
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Don’t Forget to enter our challenge this week!  It’s all about Baking!
CLICK HERE to get some DT inspiration and enter!

Okay, now lastly. I wanted to give you a FREE file today. Snag it while you can. It will only be available for 24 hours!
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Reminder: Be sure and stop back by this SATURDAY and SUNDAY for our 1st BLOG HOP! PRIZES AND INSPIRATION!!!!

CookingWithCricut.com

CWC Challenge #5 Baking

Good morning everyone,
Welcome to another Wonderful Wednesday Challenge here at Cooking With Cricut. Let’s get right to it. This week’s challenge is…. BAKING
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We want to see your delightfully delicious baking projects! From recipe albums to layouts to cookie and cupcake packaging…Anything to do with the delectable creations we make in the kitchen during this time of year! Holiiday baking is preferred, but we won’t turn down the delight of seeing your everyday baking stuff either!

Up for grabs this week….one random winner will win the following cut files or digi stamps (winner’s choice) from this week’s release at
Page-Kits.com
bear w pumpkin pie boy-200bear with blueberry pie-200
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baking bear-200h
gingerbread cookies-200h
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Plus the desserts at the top of the post :-)

So let’s see what our wonderful chef’s dreamed up for your viewing and inspiration pleasure :-)
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Valine use the Baking Bear Cutting File Set From Page-Kits.com
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Abby used the Baking Bear Cutting File Set From Page-Kits.com
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Adrea Used The Baking Bear Digital Stamp From Page-Kits.com
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Beanie used the Baking Bear Cutting File Set From Page-Kits.com
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Cathie Used the Baking Bear Cutting File Set From Page-Kits.com
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Dalis Used The Pies Cutting File Set From Page-Kits.com
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Gaby Used The Gingerbread Border Cutting File Set From Page-Kits.com
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Kassidy Used Her Cricut
  

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Kristal Used Her Cricut, All Mixed Up & Smiley Cards Cartridge
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Michelle Used Her Cricut and Winter Frolic Cartridge

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Melin Used The Bear with Blueberry Pie & Pies Cutting Files
From Page-Kits.com
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Okay now it's your turn! Let's see those deliciously delectable works of art!Just add your project through the INLINKZ  button below. Remember if you don't have a blog and would like to participate, then please feel free to email me at: melin(@)ScrapbookEden.com (remove parenthesis and spaces) and I will be happy to include it for you :-)
PLEASE BE SURE TO STOP BACK BY TOMORROW. I WILL BE POSTING THE WINNERS FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF CHALLENGES, AND A FREE FILE!
REMINDER: OUR FIRST BLOG HOP IS THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY! BE SURE TO PLAN TO STOP BY AND JOIN THE PARTY!