QQ Blog Challenge - 10 Reasons-Cricut Puppy Piecing

Good morning Crafty friends,

Hope you’re having a wonderful Friday and getting ready for some super fun crafting this weekend! 

I wanted to share a project I made for the Quick Quotes Blog challenge starting today! Design Team member Michelle has issued our first challenge. Your challenge is to create a project with numbers on it. Please head over to the QQ Blog and enter your project! You could win some wonderful stuff!

So here is what I made:

10 Reasons To Love Sam Layout

Here is a view of the entire layout.

I used the beautiful Savvy Davvy Designer Paper From Quick Quotes as well as their new Vintage Alphabet – Savvy Davvy Set (SAM) and the adorable quotes are from the babies, kids & Families Itty Bitty Box Set. The top ten, the list and number border die cuts are from the Graphically Speaking Cricut Cartridge. 

Here is a close up of the Puppy (Bunny) I Paper Pieced. I used my Playtime Cricut Cartridge to make him.

The List die cut comes from the Graphically Speaking Cartridge. The Journaling Block is one that I made.

Here is a close up of one of the Quick Quotes Quotes that I used. I wanted to show here how I was able to stick the vellum quote onto the paper without showing any of the adhesive! I use a very common trick of “following the letters” in the back with my adhesive pen.

Top Ten die cut from the Graphically Speaking Cartridge.

Close up of the Vintage Alphabets from Quick Quotes that spell his name and have some great quotes & additional journaling blocks preprinted and ready to use!

Products and Supplies Used

I used the following Quick Quotes products:

Savvy Davvy Designer Paper:

Savvy Davvy 100 Designer Paper (Back Side)

Savvy Davvy 400 Designer Paper (Front & Back)

Vintage Alphabet Quote Sheet-Savvy Davvy

This was for the letters to spell S.A.M. my nephew’s name :-)

Bloody Mary, Amaretto, Green With Envy and Blue Moon QQ Powder Puff Chalk Inks.

Quick Quotes Black & White Stripe Ribbon

Quick Quotes: Itty Bitty Box: Babies & Families

Other Supplies:

Kisses (Red), Sour Apple (Green), White and

Pacific (Blue) Bazzill Cardstock.

PCW ( Coming Soon) 10 Reasons To Love You Journaling Tag Set.

Cricut Cartridges – Tools:

* Playtime Cartridge (Puppy – Bunny Paper Piecing)

* Graphically Speaking Cartridge 

      (Top Ten, The List and Number Border).

* Cricut Gypsy: To weld the Number border.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you were inspired! Be sure to head over and join the fun and enter the challenge!

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

-Melin

Winners Announced:)

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge #44- Bunny!  The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is...Judy- Judy's Handmade Creations

Congratulations Judy:)

Judy used the Gypsy Wanderings and Gypsy Font Cricut cartridges to create this pretty layout for the book she is creating for her daughter.  You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog.  As the winner Judy will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com. 

Judy, 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. 

Suzanne- Cricut craftin grammy

Marcia- Marcia's Memories

Karen- Kaleidoscopic Sparkles

Sailboat!... In honor of Columbus setting sail on August 3, 1492, we are asking you to incorporate a sailboat or sailboat inspired theme into your projects.  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

Quick Quotes August Club Q

Good morning crafty friends,

Thank you for stopping by today. Today’s project was made using the wonderful, August Club Q kit from Quick Quotes. Every month Quick Quotes produces some wonderful page kits and project kits. They include a variety of their beautiful designer paper and some adorable custom made die cuts as well as some super cute embellishments.

Here are August’s Club Q Kits

The above are the two, double page layouts for the kit and below is a close up of the canvas kit. Absolutely adorable!

Here is my take on the top layout.

Here is a close up of the circular mattes. I used my Cricut my George and Basic Shapes to cut out the circle and corresponding shadow. The flower was from the club Q kit. I simply “cut it out” of the frame it was in. I used pop dots to give a little lift and a QQ gem for the center. You can also see in this close up shot that I machine stitched the cream background paper to the green background paper.

Here is a close up of the large photo matte. The ribbon and the loopy border are again from the club Q kit as well as the beautiful designer paper. I did use a Martha Stewart punch to create the borders in the background.

Here is a close up of one of the large flowers in a frame die cut that is included in the kit. I simply inked it with some Midnight Confessions Chalk Ink and added a QQ gem to the center of each one.

Here is a close up of the “Summer” title. Again, this is from the club Q kit. The die cuts are custom, laser cuts and they pop out of the page beautifully!

Here is a close up of the “DAYZ” alphas. These are from the new Vintage Alphabet Quote Sheets by QQ. These are the Cherry Truffle Vintage Alphabet Quote Sheet. They all have either quotes or journaling squares attached to them. I trimmed them all down and matted them here. I saved the beautiful quotes for another project :-)

TIP

To utilize my cardstock to the fullest. I will often times cut the “center” of the background piece out. This saves on bulk and cardstock. If you would like a step by step photo tutorial of how I do this: you can click this link: HERE. This will take you to a previous post where I explain this method in detail.

Here is a shot of the back of one of the pages to show you. When done correctly, I have a one inch “frame” and a separate 10x10 piece that I can utilize for mattes.

Here are the links to all the wonderful QQ products used:

August Club Q Kit

NEW PRODUCT! Cherry Truffle Vintage Alphabets

QQ Gems

Midnight Confessions, Green Tea and Mocha Mama Chalk Inks.

Make sure you head over to the Quick Quotes blog and check out what the other design team members have done with this beautiful kit!

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

-Melin

Challenge #45: Sailboat

Good morning, crafty friends!

In honor of Columbus setting sail on this date in 1492, the Design Team was challenged to incorporate a sailboat or sailboat inspired theme into their projects. 

On the evening of August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, with three ships; one larger carrack, the Santa María, nicknamed Gallega (the Galician); and two smaller caravels, the Pinta (the Painted) and the Santa Clara, nicknamed Niña after her owner Juan Niño of Moguer.   During this first voyage, instead of reaching Japan as he had intended, Columbus landed in the Bahamas archipelago, at a locale he named San Salvador.

OK!  History lesson over . . . take it away, ladies!

Stacey created this sweet card with the "Just Because" Cards cartridge.

Make sure you hop over to her blog to check out all the precious details!

Jean's layout was created using the Once Upon a Princess, Wall Decor & More

and Storybook cartridges.  Don't forget to check out the details on her blog!

Maria Elena created her "Best Wishes" card using the Plantin SchoolBook cartridge.

Sail on over to her blog and check out the details!

Jen created a pirate party invitation using the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge.

Make sure you head on over to her blog or she just might make you walk the plank!

Roberta used "Just Because" Cards and Life's A Beach to create this cute card.

Make sure you stop in at her blog and check out the details!

Now it’s your turn, let’s see your creative, Cricut best! Remember our guidelines . . .

1. It must be a new project with a Cricut cut.

2. Post your project on your blog and include a link back to CookingWithCricut.com

3. And the best rule of all -- you MUST HAVE FUN!

An as always, thank you for joining us. We appreciate it so much!

Guest Designer Tuesday!

Welcome to Guest Designer Tuesday

at Cooking With Cricut!

Our special Guest Designer this week is none other than Charlotte from A Little Bit of Detail.  Charlotte is a talented crafter and an elementary school teacher.  She is showcasing the Cricut Quarter Note cartridge today.

I am so excited and honored to be the guest designer this week at Cooking With Cricut.  When I received the invitation, I was shocked and had to read it a second time.  WOW!  I could not believe this super talented group of designers wanted me to be their guest!! This is a great honor.  And to all great chefs at CWC I say, “Thank you, so very much”. 

One of my greatest loves is music.  I especially love opera and jazz.  I enjoy almost any kind of music and love to read about music history.  I have B.S. in music education and a M.A. in early childhood education.   I am a public school kindergarten teacher in a fabulous school district.  I serve on the Alabama Education Association Board of Directors, and I am a past member of the National Education Association Board of Directors.  I am an advocate for public education employees and the children we serve.  I am driven by a passion for the fine arts, and work hard for their place in our schools.  In my kindergarten class, I incorporate the fine arts in everything.

As one who is left handed, right brained, I have spent my life involved in making things.  Sewing, pottery, and paper crafts are my favorites.

When I first saw the Quarter Note cartridge, I fell in love with it.  It is gorgeous and can be used in so many ways.  The images are beautiful. It has a fabulous font, and wonderful phrases.  If you visit my blog, you will see several more projects from Quarter Note. 

The card I made is 5"x5".  All of the papers I used are from K&Co. with the exception of the gold paper.  It is from AC Specialty.  The flowers are fabric and are from Prima.  I just love the flourishes on the card.  And they were on the clearance rack at Michael's.  (Wish I had bought more.)  And lastly, the two ribbons are from my stash of long ago.  I just love the sweet romantic look of the card.

WOW . . . such amazing detail and what a beautiful card!  Thanks again, Charlotte, for your continued support of Cooking With Cricut -- we love seeing what you cook up each week.  

Please take the time to go over to Charlotte's blog and show her some crafting "love!" See you back here tomorrow for our weekly challenge. You won't want to miss it!

~ Jen

Monday Showcase: Simply Charmed

Good morning and welcome to Cooking With Cricut's Cartridge Showcase. Each Monday a member of our Design Team will feature a Cricut cartridge of their choice and projects they've made with that cartridge. We hope you'll be inspired to pull out your cartridges and find new ways to use them!

Hey, everyone!  This is Chef Jean here to share with you a project from the Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge. This cartridge has some adorable images for many seasons and holidays along with some really cute general images and sayings.

I created a little home decor project using this cartridge to share with you. 

To make this, I started with a small block that I purchased on clearance and some blue Rust-oleum paint to cover the block.

Once my paint was dry, I used my Gypsy to size the saying from the Simply Charmed Cartridge. This particular saying has a smiley face in the letter a, so I hid that and used the circle from the "g" to make the a cut how I wanted it. Once this was finished, I used white vinyl to cut the saying for the block.

Then I used the bird from the Simply Charmed Cartridge and cut him in different shades of blue. Once he was assembled, I added some white accent lines and a google eye to give him some detail and then hot glued him to the front of my block.

You could also use this same technique to make decor for the holidays, gifts, etc.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Don't forget to check back Tuesday morning to see what this week's Guest Designer has whipped up.