Back 2 School Challenges…Last Call

Happy Tuesday morning crafty friends,

I just wanted to post really quickly this morning a reminder that the Quick Quotes School Blog Challenge is still running! You have through tomorrow to enter your school related project for a chance to win a…

$25 Dollar Gift Certificate to Shop at

ShopQuickQuotes.com!

Now for those of you that don’t necessarily have a traditional “school themed” project to enter…how about thinking just a bit outside the box…hmmm like the “school of Life”. I also wanted to incorporate this week’s Stampin’ Sisters in Christ Challenge (Scripture and Wings) into this AND of course, I wanted to try and include this week’s CWC challenge of Grandparents or Heritage (For me...my Heritage is strongly tied to the Lord and who He is to me and my family...both past and present) into the mix as well.


With those ideas and challenges in mind, I created this quick card to share with everyone.


Here is the first version. Really they are the same card, I just created two different versions of the Psalms 25:4 digital stamp scripture. I will be giving this pdf file away as just one of this week’s free files with the next newsletter. So be sure to sign up for it (top left box).



The designer paper is from the Quick Quotes Khaki Collection. More specifically the Khaki 600 double sided paper. I created the flourish lace panel and used an EK and MS punch for the butterflies. The roses are some Primas I have had in my stash for quite some time.

Here is the second version with the different font.

Here is a close up shot of the first version.

And here is a close up shot of the second version. You can also see that I used my Amaretto and Midnight Confessions Chalk Inks from QQ to gently ink the edges of the various mats and designer paper. 



Hopefully this will spur your creativity to think outside the “school bus” or “apple” and get your creative juices flowing and enter the QQ challenge as well as the CWC challenge and or the Stampin’ Sisters in Christ challenge.


Here are the direct links to each challenge”
Quick Quotes Fabulous Friday School Challenge
CookingWithCricut.com Grandparents of Heritage Challenge 
Stampin’ Sisters in Christ Use A Biblical Scripture or Quote and Wings on your Creation.

Quick Quotes and Peachy Keen Blog Hop

Welcome crafty friends!

Thank you for stopping by and joining me on day two of the Quick Quotes and Peachy Keen Stamps Blog Hop!

If you have come from Lorie’s Blog, then you’re in the right place. If you just happened to join us here, then please feel free to start at the beginning of the hop at Quick Quotes Blog. So without further adieu, here are my projects.

Here are the two cards I made.

This first card contains the Peachy Keen You’re A Star Stamp and I used the Everyday Faces Stamp on the digital stamp bear. The Designer (Savvy Davy) Paper and the Striped Ribbon are from Quick Quotes. I used my Copic Markers to color in the stamp.

This second card also features the Peachy Keen You’re A Star Stamp. Again, the Savvy Davvy designer paper and striped ribbon are from Quick Quotes. I colored in the You’re A Star Stamp with some shimmer chalks. I also used the Quick Quotes Powder Puff Chalk Inks to ink the edges of the designer paper on both cards and a couple of border punches and some faux stitching.

My last project is this cute little 3 Dimensional “Back Pack”

I used some Bazzill Cardstock to create the base and the pocket. I used some of the Merry Go Round Designer Paper to cut colorful panels for the front and back as well as the front of the pocket . I also used some Quick Quotes Lime Dot Ribbon for the “straps”. I finished off both flaps with twine laced buttons and added one more “You’re A Star” Peachy Keen Stamp to the front. I am going to fill this with some goodies and give it to my grandson when he comes over next weekend :-)

Now it’s time to head over to super talented Michelle’s Blog and check out what she has for you. In Case You Get Lost Along The Way, Here is the list of blogs participating for Day two.

Quick Quotes Blog

Kim 

Lisa

Lorie 

Melin You’re HERE :-)

Michelle 

Nikki

Rhonda

Ruthie 

Joanna

Theresa 

Vivienne

Peachy Keen Stamps Blog

Be sure to leave a little love (comment) at each blog for a chance to win some terrific prizes!

Pics of Prizes to be won!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Melin

Winners Announced:)

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge #50- School Days!  The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is...Chriss- Scrappin' with Chriss and Lou

Congratulations Chriss:)

Chriss designed and created this sweet card for a middle school child using several Cricut cartridges including A Child's Year 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 Chriss will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com. 

Chriss, 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. 

Maida- Loving Scrapper 101

Marlene- Scrappin Cookie

Annette- My Minds Dust Bunnies

Grandparents... In honor of National Grandparents Day, we are designing a project around this theme for 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

Design Team Call 2011 Fall-Winter

CookingWithCricut.com – PaperCraftingWorld.com Design Team Calls

Call Open Sept. 20th – October 5th

It’s that time of year again! The time when we open our doors and roll out the welcome mat for some new Design Team members!

Would you like to join a super friendly and fun Design Team! Do you enjoy crafting and creating with your Cricut and Cricut related products? Do you enjoy working with digital stamps and or electronic die cutting files? Then the CookingWithCricut.com - PaperCraftingWorld.com Design Teams May just be what you’re looking for! If you’re interested….please read on!



CookingWithCricut.com DT Member Requirements:
-Must participate in a minimum of two of our Wednesday challenges per month. You are of course welcome to participate in as many additional challenges as you would like.
-You will have to use your Cricut and Cricut related products (cartridges, gypsy, imagine, craft room, etc.) in some capacity to create your challenge projects. 

-Must participate in at least two of the four scheduled blog hops during this term.
-Must be willing to post in at least one Monday DT Member Cartridge showcase.
-Must be willing to post a project for one day of the 25 Days of Christmas Cricut & Crafting showcase that we will be doing again in December. This is an addition to the weekly challenge posts for this month.
-You must have a blog or website and be willing to post your projects on your blog or site. New bloggers are most certainly welcome
-You must utilize Facebook to communicate with the team within our (private) closed group page.
-DT commitment will be from Mid October through end of February 2012



PaperCraftingWorld.com DT Member Requirements:

PLEASE NOTE: PaperCraftingWorld.com Designers work with either Digital Stamps and or with Electronic Die Cutting Files in conjunction with their machines. (i.e. Pazzles Inspiration, E-Craft, KNK, Silhouette, etc. Other than Cricut and Cricut related products).
-Must participate in a minimum of two challenges-reveals per month. Challenges and or Reveals are scheduled for Tuesdays.
You are of course welcome to be in as many as you would like 
-Must participate in at least two of the four scheduled blog hops during this term.
-Must be willing to post in at least one Thursday Designer spotlight showcase.
-Must be willing to post a project for one day of the 25 Days of Christmas Cricut & Crafting showcase that we will be doing again in December. This is an addition to the challenge-reveal posts for this month.
-You must have a blog or website and be willing to post your projects on your blog or site. New bloggers are most certainly welcome.
-You must utilize Facebook to communicate with the team within our (private) closed group page.
-DT commitment will be from Mid October through end of February 2012
Novice as well as seasoned crafters are encouraged to apply. We are looking for all levels of crafters.



ALL designers will have access to any of the cutting files and or digital stamps available at PaperCraftingWorld.com. For those on the Cricut team, you will have access to the digital stamps and any pdf files available at PaperCraftingWorld.com to use in conjunction with your projects if desired.




If this sounds like something you would like to participate in, please submit the following to Melin:

- Your name, email address and your web location: (Blog, Website or gallery link)

- List of any Design Teams that you are currently on. Not necessary to have been on one. I am looking for "New Faces" too :-)

- A little bit about yourself and your crafting background.

- 3-5 projects that best showcase your style and quality of work.

- Submit your information by no later than Wednesday, October 5th, 2011.

The new DT will be announced Sunday, October 9^th.

Your first project will be due starting in the second -third week of October (date depends on which group you are in).

Please email your DT application to: 
DTCALL @ ScrapbookEden.com (remove spaces). In the subject line please put DT APPLICATION. Due to the amount of email I get on a given day, I don't want to miss your application. Please also specify which group you would like to be in (Cricut, Digital Stamp or Cutting File, you can gladly apply for more than one group).
If you have ANY questions, please don't hesitate to ask. You can email your questions to:  DTCALL @ ScrapbookEden.com as well (again, remove the spaces from the email address).



Thank you so much for your consideration. We would love for you to join us!

Melin and all the wonderful  CWC  and  PCW Designers!

Challenge #51: Heritage/Grandparents

Happy Wednesday and welcome to Cooking With Cricut's weekly challenge!  In honor of Grandparent's Day (September 11), the Design Team was challenged to create a project about or for their grandparents or a heritage project.  Almost everyone has a fond memory of a grandparent or older adult who played that role in their lives.  Some are even lucky enough to have memories of or still have their great-grandparents in their lives.  They are our connection to our roots.  And if we ask the right questions, they will provide us with immeasurable wealth -- stories of their past -- of our past!

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children. ~Alex Haley

Stacey created a beautiful Grandparent's Day card using Plantin SchoolBook

and Lovely Floral cartridges.  Make sure you check out her blog for the details.

Jenny used the George & Basic Shapes cartridge for this super cute card.

Stop by her blog for the recipe!

Madison made these cute photo frames of her older brothers using

the Create-A-Critter cartridge.  Hop on over to her blog for the details!

Jen created a heritage layout of her great-grandparents using the Accent Essentials

and Plantin SchoolBook cartridges.  Check out all the details at her blog.

Melin used the Heritage Cartridge to create this layout.

Melin used her Cricut and the Vintage Bear cutting file from PCW to create this layout.
This file includes a PDF printable pattern for those who need to hand cut the pattern.
There is also a Vintage Bear Digital Stamp version for those who can not use the cutting file.

Now it’s your turn!!!

Let’s see your grandparent or heritage project.  Here are our few 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 post through Inlinkz and not just your blog.

* Must use your Cricut in some capacity.

* Must HAVE FUN!

Thank you SO MUCH for joining us once again! We appreciate it so much!

Have a wonderfully crafty day.

~ CWC Design Team



Guest Designer Tuesday!

Welcome to Guest Designer Tuesday

at Cooking With Cricut!

Our special Guest Designer this week is Carri from DoubleClick Connections blog. She is showcasing the April Showers cartridge.  Carri is the last of our special summer guest designers.  Thank you so much to all of the wonderfully crafty ladies that shared their creativity and talent with us!  Take it away, Carri . . .

Hello! I'm Carri, but most of you know me as "abusybee." I started my blog in May 2009, I enjoy being creative, spending time making cards and hopping around to see what my creative friends are doing. I am a Design Team member for the BBTB2 and I am the DT Coordinator for the Creative Cutter Room. Thanks to Cooking with Cricut for giving me this opportunity to showcase the April Showers cartridge!

Card Recipe:

• All cuts are from April showers
• All papers are from scraps
• Tim Holtz Wood Grain embossing folder
• Cuttlebug Divine swirls embossing folder
• Fiskars Scales embossing plate

Beautiful card, Carri! Thanks so much for sharing with us and 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 Carri'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