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Challenge #55 & Our BIG Announcement!

Happy Wednesday and welcome to Cooking With Cricut! Our challenge this week was to incorporate a cake, cupcake and/or teddy bear into our projects this week. Yep, it's a three-fer -- today is "Bring-Teddy-Bear-to-Work-Day," October 17th is National Cake Decorating Day and October 18th is Chocolate Cupcake Day!

And now for our BIG announcement! Drum roll, please ....................................

Cooking With Cricut is thrilled to announce the addition of NINETEEN new Design Team members! And we are also thrilled to welcome back SEVEN of our Senior Design Team!

We want to take a moment to thank all of you who applied for the Design Team. It was a hard choice with so many talented designers. Please don't be discouraged if you weren't selected this time around. We look forward to hearing from you again when the next call comes around.

Now: joining the CWC Design Team ranks are . . .

Adrian of By Adrian 4 U

Celeste of Touched By A Butterfly
Charlotte of A Little Bit of Detail

Court of Court's Craft Corner

Debbie of Workin' Scrappin' Mom of 4

Elizabeth of Broken Treasures

Felicia of Scrapper in the Making

Heather of The Hunny Pot

Holly of Ribbons and Glue

Jazmin of Jazzy's Cards

Jenny R. of Jenny's Scrapbooking Haven

Jill of Jaihart: Just Lovely Designs

Kemma of Kemma's Cards

Larelyn of Handmade from My Heart

Linda of Lindascreativity

Michelle of Michelle's Crafty Creations

Mindy of Scrappy and Piggy

Nita of Nita Notes

Yolie of Just Yolie, Just Create

And our returning Senior Designers are . . .

Our faithful leader, Melin of Cooking With Cricut and Paper Crafting World

Design Team Coordinator Jen of Musings of a Crafty Mom

Prize Coordinator Madison of Funky Cards
Dalis of Stamper Girl
Maria Elena of Maria Elena's Happy World

Roberta of TX Scrapper Mom
Jenny J. of Crazy About Cricut

Welcome to our new team members and welcome back to our returning team! We're gearing up for a great fall and holiday season --- make sure you mark your calendar for our "Adopt a Shelter Pet" Blog Hop on Saturday, October 22.

So, without further ado . . . take it away, ladies! (Psst! Make sure you click on the designer's name and leave 'em some "love" over on their blog!)

Adrian used the Elegant Edges cartridge and a digi stamp

from Paper Crafting World for this super sweet birthday card.

Charlotte used the Sweet Treats and Heritage

cartridges for this yummy card.

Debbie used the Art Philosophy cartridge to create

her take-out box and sweet topper.

Felicia used the Wild Card cartridge to create this Fall-themed

birthday card! (Check out her blog to see how it opens!)

Holly used the Doodlecharms cartridge for this cuddly teddy bear card.

Jen used Cake Basics, Create-A-Critter, Animal Kingdom, New Arrival

and Cupcake Wrappers cartridges for this yummy Baby Shower cake and cupcakes.

Jill created a cake gift box and card using the Sweet Tooth,

Jubilee and Imagine More Cards cartridges.

Kemma created her sweet cupcake card using the

Gypsy Wanderings and Best of 2006 cartridges.

Larelyn used the American Alphabet cartridge for this delicious card.

Linda created this adorable card using the Sesame Street

and Storybook cartridges.

Madison used the Stand & Salute, Create-A-Critter and Everyday Paper Dolls cartridges to create this special birthday card for her brother serving in the Navy.

Nita used a Paper Crafting World digi stamp and the Sweet Treats

cartridge for this precious easel card.

Melin used some SVG files from PaperCraftingWorld.com and her Cricut

to create this adorable two page layout.

And now it's your turn! Share your sweet project featuring a cake, cupcake and/or a teddy bear! Here are a few guidelines --

* Must follow the challenge topic.
* Must be a NEW project for this challenge, No back dated posts please.

* 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!
* You may gladly combine challenges...We Love to Pile It On TOO!

To help celebrate the kick off of our new Team, the prize for entering our challenge this week is:

That's right! $10 worth of downloads from PaperCraftingWorld.com!

Thank you SO MUCH for joining us once again! We appreciate it! Have a wonderfully crafty day.

BE SURE TO COME BACK TOMORROW AS WE GIVE OUR DESIGNERS A PROPER WELCOME AND OFFER YOU A NICE LIL' SOMETHING TOO!!!!!

~ The CWC Design Team

Shhhh . . . Do you hear that sound?

Do you hear it -- the impatient stamping, the rustling of paper, the chirp of Cricuts cutting, the occasional nervous giggle or two?

Do you feel it -- it's thick in the air -- can you feel the anticipation?

What is it, you might ask . . . Oops! We're sorry, but you'll just have to wait until tomorrow (Wednesday) to find out -- tomorrow is the BIG DAY at Cooking With Cricut!

See you at 9:00 a.m. sharp (Eastern Standard Time)!

~ the CWC Design Team

Christel’s Birthday Hop Day 1

Good morning Crafty friends,

Today I am participating in Christel a.k.a. Scrappin’ Sista’s Birthday Swap Blog hop. We’re celebrating Christel’s birthday with her. Each month, she hosts swaps on her blog.
If you’ve arrived from Bonnie’s Blog you are in the right place. If you just dropped by my blog today, we don’t want you to miss out. Go ahead and go to Christel’s Blog to start from the beginning.

Before I share my project, let me just share a little about this amazing woman named Christel! I got to know Christel because she used to be one of our designers here at CookingWithCricut.com.

I have to tell all of you how truly blessed I have been to get to know her and call her friend and sister in Christ. She has no idea how many times her online presence and uplifting ways have blessed my heart! She even shared a “video” once of her singing a worship song!!!! She is a true song bird for the Lord Jesus Christ! Let me tell you that is one anointed voice!
Thank you for joining with us to celebrate her birthday :-)

So now for my project

Here is a shot of the entire layout.

Here is a close up of the left page.

Here is a close up of the right page.

Here is a close up of the little bear by the violin. The violin is actually some clipart that I edited with the roses. I covered the whole thing with some Glossy Accents to give it a shiny and dimensional covering. It just doesn’t show up in the photo too well.

Here is a close up of the title I created and again, I used some clipart covered with Glossy Accents and some Stickles.

The violin on the tag is a smaller version of the same violin by the bear. This one also has Glossy Accents to give it a more dimensional look. It just didn’t photograph too well.

Here is a close up of the full bodied bear. Her dress is made of fabric. Did you see the cute little cameo she is wearing? Plus all the photo mats are sewn.

Here is one more close up of the bear.

***HOP GRAND PRIZE CANDY ALERT***
We have some wonderful prizes up for grabs.
1. $30 gift certificate to HL, M, or J - sponsored by Anita
2. Beaded butterflies - sponsored by Celeste
3. Flowers - sponsored by Jani
4. CTMH products - sponsored by Shalana
5. Birthday stamp set - sponsored by Maria
6. Pink By Design Birthday Stamp set - sponsored by Jenny
7. $20 Dee's Bugaboo gift certificate - sponsored by Dee
8. $20 Paper Crafting World gift certificate - sponsored by Melin

Here are the rules.

Be a follower of Scrappin’ Sista’s blog.
Leave a comment on all the hop participants’ blogs.
Include an email address in an internet safe way.
Have a U.S. address. We love our international bloggers but we’re unable to cover postage at this time.

I am the last one in the line up so your next stop is back to Christel’s Blog!!

Thank you again for joining us and helping to celebrate our dear blogging buddies birthday!

Blessings,
Melin

Winners Announced:)

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge #53- Apples and Honey! The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is...Charlotte- A Little Bit of Detail

Congratulations Charlotte:)

Charlotte designed and created this pretty fall card using the Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge. Charlotte teaches Kindergarten and this card reminded her of all the great projects she did with her kids this week using apples:) You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog. As the winner Charlotte will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com.

Charlotte, 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.

Larelyn- Handmade from My Heart

Diana- DL.ART

Glenda- Glenda's Cards

Flashback Favorites... Do you have a favorite project that you designed and created from the past? Now's the chance to bring it back one more time!! This week we are highlighting our favorite 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

Challenge #54: Anything Goes!

Happy Wednesday and welcome to challenge day at Cooking With Cricut. We're stirring up some of our all time favorite projects to share with you today. Enjoy!

Gaby used the Pop Up Neighborhood and Locker Talk cartridges

for this amazing layout. Click here to check out all the details!

Jenny created this super cute card using the Create-A-Critter and

Mickey Font cartridges! Check out her blog for the details.

Madison created this awesome birthday card for her cousin using the ZooBalloo

and Teardrop cartridges. Hop on over to her blog for the specifics!

Jen created this door sign for her sister's zoo-themed baby shower this weekend.

She used Create-A-Critter, Cindy Loo, Mickey Font and

Everyday Paper Dolls cartridges. Check out all the details on her blog.

Now it's your turn! Share your all time favorite project or create a new one -- your choice! Here are a few guidelines --

* Must follow the challenge topic.