Every Day in May Blog-Aversary - Day 16

Welcome to Day 16 of Cooking With Cricut's Every Day in May Blog-Aversary! 

It's me again . . .  Jen of Musings of a Crafty Mom!  As you may know by now, Cooking With Cricut is having a month long Blogoversary Cele"bear"ation with postings and giveaways every day during the month of May - and each and every day there will be some kind of celebration posted.

And this Saturday, May 21st is our Cele"bear"ation Blog Hop, so mark your calendars and come hop with us!

Saturday was my baby brother's 29th birthday.  He is a bit of a comedian and is always giving me a hard time about being sooooo old -- I'm 17 years older than he.  So I decided it was time for a little sisterly pay-back!  I used the Create-A-Critter and Paper Pups cartridges.  Please stop by my blog for the cut sizes and other details.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment! Make sure you check back tomorrow and see the wonderful project Maria Elena created!

~ Jen

Winners Announced:)

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge #28- 3 Flowers and the Color Purple!  The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is... Jayne- Jayne's Designs.  Congratulations Jayne:)

Jayne was inspired to create this pretty card when she made snow angels:)  You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog.  As the winner Jayne will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com. 

Jayne, 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. 

Melissa- Crafty Gator

Sarah- Scrapping Sarah

Amy- Love To Crop

Two Shades of Pink and a Cake/Cupcake... This week at Cooking With Cricut we are asking you to create a project with at least 2 shades of pick and either a cake or cupcake 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

Bear w Cake Digi Cricut Layout

Good WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY morning friends!
Welcome to another fun filled day of Cricutlicious FUN! We have another super fun challenge for you AND our Day #11 Everyday in May Freebie!


So let’s get right to it!  This week’s challenge is:

2 Shades of Pink AND either a Cupcake or a Cake die cut!

This week’s theme was easy to come up with….Pink happens to be my favorite color and the cupcake or cake is because we are celebrating our month long 1st anniversary of CookingWithCricut.com!

So let’s see what wonderful inspiration the design team came up with for you!

Chef Madison used the From My Kitchen Cartridge.

Head over to Madison's Blog for more details on this GORGEOUS CARD.

Chef Roberta Used her Imagine and the Better Together Cartridge for this SWEET card.

Head over to Roberta’s Blog for more details.

Chef Karla used the Simply Charmed Cartridge for her masterpiece. 

Head over to Karla’s Blog for more details.

Chef Stacey used her Cricut and the Sweet Treats cartridge.

Head over to Stacey’s Blog for more details on this confectionary delight!.

Head over to Chef Dalis’s Blog for details on this Swirlylicious creation!

Chef Maria Elena used her From My Kitchen Cartridge. 

Head over to Maria Elena’s Blog for details on how she “cooked up” this adorable creation!

Chef Gaby used her Everyday Pop Up Cards Cartridge.

Head over to Gaby’s Blog to see how she created this PRECIOUSLY DELIGHTFUL Layout!

Chef Jen used her Create A Critter Cartridge.

Stop b Jen’s Blog for details on this Glittery SWEET Card!

Head over to Chef Jenny’s Blog for details on this super sweet box!!!

Front view of Jenny’s Box.

Side view of Jenny’s Box.

Chef Jean used her Once Upon A Princess, Storybook and Rock Princess Cartridges. 

Head over to Jean’s Blog  for more details on this D-Lightfully SWEET Layout.

Chef Melin used her “E”, Gypsy and Cupcake Wrappers Cartridge. 

Here is a view of the layout. I used my Gypsy to weld the “Party Time” Cupcake Wrapper to the scalloped oval creating the one piece party time matte.

FULL RECIPE 

Cricut Expression

Gypsy

Cupcake Wrappers Cartridge

MS Border Punch

Bear With Cake Digital Stamp From PCW

Bazzill Petaloo, Watermelon Sensation, White and Bouquet (Purple).

Patterned Paper: DCWV Glitter Stack

Miscellaneous Rhinestone Gems

Copic Markers, Dry Decorator Chalks, Star Dust Stickles.

Here is a close up of the Bear With Cake Digital Stamp. I used my Copic Markers to color her in and some Star Dust Stickles to “Glitz Up” the Cake. You can purchase the Bear With Cupcake Digital Stamp from PCW.

FREEBIE #11 

I would like to give you the Party Time Matte I created for my project as today’s FREE File.

You need to have your Gypsy and the Cupcake Wrappers Cartridge to use the file :-)

CLICK HERE

FREEBIE #9 

Butterfly Oh Sweet Butterfly…..WHERE ARE YOU???!!! 

Won’t you PLEASE FLUTTER BY TO ALL Our Craft Friends?

For those who have been patiently waiting for the beloved little butterfly promised from TWO days ago….well…here it is!!!

SORRY LINKS TO FREEBIES NOW EXPIRED

Here is the project I used the file on. If you’re interested in the Flourish Frame, you can get it: CLICK HERE

I apologize for the delay in getting this up….but it’s here now! 

To download the butterfly FREE: CLICK HEREIt will be free until Thursday, May 12th @ 11am est. std time (Detroit, USA).

Okay…Now It’s Your TURN to show us whatcha got!!! We want to see your precious and pretty projects!!!

HERE ARE THE FEW SMALL GUIDELINES WE HAVE TO JOIN IN THE FUN!
* You must use a die cut in your project…Cricut in some way
* You must use TWO shades of PINK
* Your must have a Cupcake or Cake 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!!!!
Thank you for joining us! 
We appreciate your participation very much! 
The CookingWithCricut.com Design Team.

Day #10 Everyday in May Blog-Aversary Celebration

Good morning fellow crafters. This is Madison of Funky Cards. I am so pleased and honored to be a part of Cooking with Cricut's Blogoversary Celebration!

I was asked to design and create a special graduation card for my grammy to give to my cousin as he graduates from the University of the Pacific! Congratulations Kyle on a job well done!! You ROCK and we are all very proud of you. Kyle was a member of the swim team while he pursued his degree in Engineering at UOP.


I think it is always nice to personalize a card. I added Kyle's name and the year he graduated, as well as his university logo.

-Recipe-
Simply Sweet Cricut Cartridge- Letters
Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Martha Stewart Scalloped Dots Border Punch
Ribbon
Gel Pen
Stamp
Thanks for stopping by!
Madison

FREEBIE #10
In keeping with Madison’s post, I wanted to make a card for my nephew who is graduating at the end of this month.
I wanted to include the Aaronic blessing. but I wanted to truly convey the meaning of the blessing. We often read or say the words of this blessing without really knowing what they mean. The words "bless" and "keep" are abstract words which we are familiar with in English. But, the ancient Hebrews (what the original text was written in) were concrete thinkers who related all things to concrete ideas.
The Hebrew word for "bless" is "barak" which literally means "to kneel". A berakah is a "blessing" but more literally, the bringing of a gift to another on a bended "knee". When we bless God or others, we are in essence, bringing a gift on bended "knee". A true king is one who serves his people, one who will humble himself and come to his people on a bended knee.
The Hebrew word for "keep" is "shamar" which literally means "to guard". A related word is "shamiyr" which means "thorn". When the shepherd was out in the wilderness with his flock, he would construct a corral of thorn bushes to protect the sheep from predators, a guarding over of the sheep.
With this more Hebraic concept of Hebrew words we can now read the beginning of the Aaronic blessing as, "Yahweh will kneel before you presenting gifts and will guard you with a hedge of protection". The remaining portions of the Aaronic blessing can also be examined for its original Hebraic meaning revealing the following:

Yahweh will kneel before you presenting gifts and will guard you with a hedge of protection, Yahweh will illuminate the wholeness of his being toward you bringing order and he will beautify you, Yahweh will lift up his wholeness of being and look upon you and he will set in place all you need to be whole and complete.

So here is the card I made. I am so proud of him (my nephew) !!! I truly want to bless him with these words and the abundance of their meaning. The “thorny border around the text was also my interpretation of “keep” or “shamar”. It was purposefully constructed that way.

http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2011/05/day-10-everyday-in-may-blog-aversary.html

 

This is what the other version of the stamp looks like. It is a bit more feminine with the rose motif's on either side of the bottom. 

#10 Freebie 

I would like to share the Digital Stamp I created for this card. It comes as two jpg images and a pdf file. If you would like this set, you can: CLICK HERE.

#9 Freebie 

For those following along…..I am sorry, I am still working on File #9 

Yesterday DT Leader Jen shared a beautiful project for her little one. It had an adoption theme.

Here is the card I made to go with this theme. I will be giving the little butterfly cut file away as the #9 Freebie….BUT, it is not quite ready yet. It should be ready a little later today. Please do check back for the link. I do apologize for the inconvenience. I have had some slight “technical” issues.

Thank you so much again for stopping by!
Have a wonderful day!