QQ Blog Back 2 School Challenge

Good morning crafty friends,

Today I am honored to host the Fabulous Friday challenges over at the Quick Quotes Blog!

Today’s challenge is all about your loved ones SCHOOL Time Memories. We want to see your wonderful school related projects.

CHALLENGE PRIZE:

$25 gift certificate to shop

on the Quick Quotes website - woohoo!!!

(Everyone who enters has an equal chance to win the prize!)

TOP 3:

The Top 3 projects chosen by the DT will get their projects displayed on the Quick Quotes blog and get an amazing "top 3" button to proudly display on their own blog.

(Winners will be posted on FRI 9/23)

To Enter And Win This Prize, You MUST enter your project at the Quick Quotes Blog
CLICK HERE to go to the direct link!

Here are my projects for a little Quick Quotes - School Time inspiration.




SOPHOMORE LAYOUT

Here is a photo of the entire layout. I see so many layouts out there for elementary aged school students. It seems a bit harder to find layouts and ideas for our “older” school-aged kids. So I purposely made this layout with my daughter who is a sophomore this year in mind.

Close up of the left page. You can see the Colored Vellum Quote “Dream On” that I used as well as the strip of “scatter joy” from the Miss Morgan 400 Designer Paper.


Here is a close up the right page.


Here is a close up of the vellum quote I used.

Close up of the quote cut from the Miss Morgan 400 designer paper.



Techniques & Tips
I used the Miss Morgan 400 paper to cut out the “Scatter Joy” strip and the “Spread Your Wings”.. quotes. I also cut out the Memories to place inside the book bag.


Here are the products I used for the Sophomore Layout:

Miss Morgan 200-Front


Miss Morgan 200—Back

QQ Dream On Colored Vellum Quote.



Very Berry, Midnight Confession, Purple Passion and Amaretto Powder Puff Chalk Inks.

School 2011-Teen Life (SVG, WPC, Etc.) Die Cutting Files From PaperCraftingWorld.com

Apple Box 3-D Project
Double sided and the perfect “apple-stuffed gift” for your teacher!



Techniques & Tips
I used the Midnight Confessions and Mocha Mama powder puff chalk inks to ink around the edges of the “green-aqua” side of the box. I also used a q-tip to “draw” the vein of the leaf in with the same chalk ink.

Here are the products that I used to create the Apple Box Project:

QQ Savvy Davvy 200

QQ Savvy Davvy 200


QQ 1.5 Olive Ribbon





QQ Mocha Mama Powder Puff Chalk Ink
QQ Midnight Confessions Powder Puff Chalk Ink.


Apple Box (SVG, WPC, etc.) Cutting File from PaperCraftingWorld.com



Now it’s your turn! Be sure to head over to the Quick Quotes Blog and enter the challenge! You have almost two weeks to get your creative masterpiece done and entered.

CHALLENGE PRIZE:

$25 gift certificate to shop

on the Quick Quotes website - woohoo!!!

(Everyone who enters has an equal chance to win the prize!)

TOP 3:

The Top 3 projects chosen by the DT will get their projects displayed on the Quick Quotes blog and get an amazing "top 3" button to proudly display on their own blog.

(Winners will be posted on FRI 9/23)

Winners Announced:)

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge #49- Family Fun!  The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is...Karen- Rocky Road, Paper, Scissors

Congratulations Karen:)

Karen designed and created this sweet layout of her son icing cookies using several Cricut cartridges including Celebrations and Everyday Paper Dolls.  You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog.  As the winner Karen will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com. 

Karen, 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. 

Diana- DL.ART

Maribel- I Love Scrapping

Lisa- A Mermaid's Crafts

School Days... It is that time of year again!! Design a project around this theme and enter this week's challenge.  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

CWC #50 School Days

Good afternoon crafty friends! Welcome to another Wonderful Wednesday Challenge here at CookingWithCricut.com. We are so happy you have decided to “surf” by and join us! This week’s challenge theme is:

School Dayz

With school back in full swing, we want to see your wonderful projects commemorating your loved ones “days of….Readin’, Writin’ and ‘Rithmatic…lol!



Before we get to our design team’s inspiration, I wanted to remind everyone that with the beginning of school comes….national SYATP!  For those that may not know, SYATP stands for….SEE YOU AT THE POLE! It is the last Wednesday this month and it is a day set aside for students to meet at their school’s flagpole and pray for their schools, communities and country!  This year’s theme:

Here is a video link from SYATP

I really just want to take a moment to encourage you to get involved and PRAY. Get your children involved and if you have grandchildren, get them involved too! If you don’t have any school aged-kids in your life, I am sure you know someone who does or a teacher, school worker, etc. Our schools and children need all the prayer they can get!

So now on to our Design Team’s Inspiration.



Chef Madison
Madison used her Everyday Paper Dolls Cartridge.


Chef Roberta
Be sure to check out Roberta’s blog for details on this cute project.


Chef Stacey
Stacey used her Life’s A Party Cartridge to create this cute treat bag.


Chef Melin’s Projects
Melin Used Locker Talk and Base Camp Cartridges to create this layout.



Melin used the Pooh Font Cartridge for this layout.


Melin used the tags, bags, boxes and more cartridge as well as some svg files for this layout.


Melin used her lacy labels, Cursive 101, Forever Young and Gypsy for this layout.


Melin used her Mini Monsters, Word Builders A Word Party and Create A Critter Cartridges.


Melin used her Pooh Font, Locker Talk and Create A Critter Cartridges for this layout.




Now it’s your turn. Let’s see your wonderful school projects. PLUS if you join our challenge this week, you will be able to enter it into the challenge coming up this Friday on the Quick Quotes Blog. We will give you more details on Friday.

Guest Designer Tuesday

Good morning Crafty friends,
Welcome to our Guest Designer Tuesday post. Today we have another one of our fabulous friends showcasing her talents. If you follow our blog at all and see some of the entries, you will have undoubtedly come across the wonderful Paula Bee’s wonderful designs! Here is Paula’s post:

"I am so honored to be a guest designer at Cooking with Cricut!  They have
such great challenges and an amazing design team.  I can't say how much it
means to me to have been asked to join them for a day.

I started scrapbooking when I was in high school.  However, I really got
into it when I got my first Cricut, the baby bug, back when they first came
out.  I upgraded to the Expression when it came out and I now have an E2.  I
also have a Gypsy, which I love to use....who can resist being able to weld
and manipulate images?!

I currently live in the St. Cloud area in Minnesota.  I moved here from
Alaska, where I lived for two years.  My husband and I spent a lot of time
traveling around Alaska, so a lot of my scrapbook pages feature my Alaskan
vacations.

For my project I used Campin' Critters...one of my new favorite cartridges.
I just love the images on this cartridge.  I created this 12"x12" double
layout, which shows some pictures of a trip to Valdez.  The moon and sun are
both cut at 3," the bear at 3 1/2" and the wolf at 4," and all are from
Campin' Critters.  I used Camp Out to cut the picnic table and Pooh Font Set
to cut the title.

My second project is a birthday card, actually two, for my cousins. They
are both turning 30 on the 30th of the months they were born in, so it will
be their golden birthdays.  My mom requested a fun golden birthday card for
them.  I used the bigfoot cut, which is one of my favorites on this
cartridge.  I then used Birthday Bash for the letters and used some gold
Stickles on them."




Please head over to Paula’s Bees fabulous blog for some more great inspiration!

Thank you Paula for being a part of Cooking With Cricut! We appreciate you so much!

Make sure to come back tomorrow when we reveal our new challenge!

The CookingWithCricut.com team!

Scrumptious Sweet Blog Hop

Good morning crafty friends,

I hope you are having a superlicious, holiday weekend!  Thank you so much for coming by and joining in this super fun hop! It’s all about the sweetness of life!

If you have arrived from Jani’s blog then you are in the right place! If you would like to start the hop from the beginning, then please head over to Angie’s blog and follow along! Many thanks to Yolie for coordinating another super sweet hop!  ALSO...be sure to send one of our bloggers some birthday hugs....It is Ms. Tammy's BIG SWEET DAY!  Happy, Happy Birthday Tammy!



So here are my projects for today!



Sweet Treats Layout

Here is a photo of the entire layout.

Here is close up of the little bear and his yummylicious sundae.

Here is a close up of the two ice cream cones.



This project is available as a kit for those that don’t have an electronic die cutting machine. CLICK HERE for details.





Cookie Monster Layout Pagekit




Here is a close up of my second kit. It is a cute little bear with her cookies. This project is available as a kit for those that don’t have an electronic die cutting machine. CLICK HERE for details.

Here is a close up of the little girl bear paper piecing.

Here is a close up of the little bear but with “boyish” features.

My Blog Candy!

I am giving away a $10 Download Gift Voucher to  PaperCraftingWorld.com

You can get some cute Digital Stamps or Cutting Files!
You just need to do two small things:
1. Be sure to become a follower of this blog.
2. Leave a comment on this post. Be sure we have a way to contact you. Either through your blog link or email addy
I will randomly select a winner and announce them next Friday with our weekly challenge winner announcement!

Next blog on the hop is the super talented Norma. Be sure to head over and check out all the sweetness she has for you!

Thank you so much for stopping by, please go through the hop and enjoy all the rest of the scrumptious sweet projects!

Winners Announced:)

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge #48- Peach!  The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is...Lisa- A Mermaid's Crafts

Congratulations Lisa:)

Lisa designed and created her sweet as pie card using the Wild Card Cricut cartridge.  You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog.  As the winner Lisa will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com. 

Lisa, 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. 

Cheryl- Cards by CG

Melissa- Created by Sunshine Honeybee

Karen- Kaleidoscopic Sparkles

Family Fun... What does family fun mean to you? Design a project around this theme and enter this week's challenge.  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