Challenge #56: Purple, Green and Three Sketches

It's another fabulous Wednesday here at Cooking With Cricut ~ thanks for joining us for our weekly challenge!  Melin challenged the Design Team to use purple, green and/or one of three sketches this week.  Her note to the Team read, "October 23rd is Mother-in-Law day.  So if you could try to do something feminine, that would be great.  Please be nice here . . . no witches on brooms or anything like that for your MIL...LOL!  And if you decide to make something Halloween related, please try NOT to make anything spooky, creepy or gory or anything like that. No witches, warlocks, monsters or anything along those lines.  Candy and cute is a-okay :-)"  So, with that in mind we got busy! 

Here are the sketches Melin gave us to work with -- if you decide to link up with us this week, try your hand at one.

Card Sketch

Single 12" x 12" Layout

Double 12" x 12" Layout

Heather used the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge to create this super cute

layout of her nephews.  Make sure you click over to her blog to see the details.

Celeste used the Sentimentals and Girl's Make-Up Party

cartridges for her stylish card.  Check out the details on her blog!

This lovely butterfly thank you card was created by Court using the Paper Lace

cartridge.  Make sure you head over to her blog and leave her some "love!"

Madison created a card for Haley as part of her "I Feel the Love" Project.

She used the Everday Paper Dolls, Formal Occasions and Simply Sweet cartridges.

For more info on IFTL and this super cute card, head over to Madison's blog

The Cricut Essentials and "Just Because" Cards cartridges and

one cool cat digi from Paper Crafting World were used by Kemma

to create this cute card.  Check out the details on her blog.

Jazmin used the American Alphabet cartridge to create this beautiful card!

Make sure you head over to her blog to see how she created it.

Adrian used the Rock Princess and Elegant Edges cartridges for this

beautiful card!  Head over to her blog and check out the details.

This gorgeous card was made using the Storybook, Elegant Edges and

Kate's ABCs cartridges.  Head over to Charlotte's blog for all the details!

Jill used the Imagine More Cards and Everyday Pop-Up cartridges

for her card.  Stop by her blog for the details on this cute card!

Debbie used the Art Philosophy cartridge to create this sweet card.

Make sure you leave her some "love" over at her blog!

Michelle used the Accent Essentials cartridge to create her shaped

card!  Make sure to head over to her blog for all the details.

Felicia "rocked" the challenge using the Rock Princess cartridge for her card.
Check out all the details at her blog and leave her some "love!"

Elizabeth made this beautiful card and double layout for her Aunt
using the Art Philosophy cartridge.  Make sure you read the touching
story behind her layout at her blog.

Gaby used the Elegant Edges cartridge to create her beautiful card!

Don't forget to head over to her blog to check out all the details.

Maria Elena used the Happy Hauntings cartridge to create this yummy card!
Check out the details on her blog.  Welcome back, Maria ~ we've missed you!!

Yolie used the Sentimentals and Chic & Scary cartridges along with a cute digi
from Paper Crafting World.  Make sure you check out all the details on her blog.

Jen used the Paper Doll Dress Up, "Just Because" Cards, Create-A-Critter

and George & Basic Shapes cartridges for her bewitching double layout!

Check out her blog for all the details.

WOW!  Ladies, you have outdone yourselves! 

Now it's your turn!  Link up your purple and/or green project and maybe try your hand at one of Melin's sketches.  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!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  We appreciate it so much!

~ CWC Design Team

Cartridge Showcase: Create-A-Critter

Welcome back to Cartridge Showcase!  Our Design Team members will be featuring their favorite cartridges on Mondays and Thursdays each week.  It is our hope that you'll be inspired to drag out an old cartridge and find a new way to use it -- or be compelled to purchase a new cartridge 'cause you just gotta have it!  (Disclaimer:  Cooking With Cricut accepts no responsibility nor is liable for any "unauthorized" or "compulsive" purchases.  So don't sic your significant other on us when the bank statement or credit card bill comes in!!!!)

Today, Chef Jen is featuring an oldie but goodie -- Create-A-Critter. 

There is just so much cuteness on this cartridge!  And a lot of versatility too.  Great critter images, habitats for those critters, sayings, and so many extras.  I have used this cartridge for t-shirts, cards, scrapbook layouts, and most recently my sister's zoo-themed Baby Shower.    Here are a few of the projects I created for the shower.

"It's A Boy" Banner

The pennants were created in Cricut Design Studio using the Plantin SchoolBook cartridge.  I welded a square and two triangles flipped on their side together -- they measure 8" tall and 5 3/4" wide.  The text was also cut from PSB at 5" tall.  My cute little animals were cut from Create-A-Critter (zebra, monkey and vine) and Everyday Paper Dolls (lion and elephant).  I used Everyday Paper Dolls critters because the elephant and lion on CAC were too wide.

The zebra is cut at 5" wide.  The monkey is cut at 3 1/2" tall and his vine is cut at 5 1/2" wide.  The lion and elephant are both cut at 5" tall.  All of my card stock is from Recollections or Bazzill.

Diaper Cake

This diaper cake was made with 112 size one Pamper Swaddlers, 10 cloth bibs, a Monkey Rattle (on the back) , Elephant & Lion rattles, two pacifiers with paci clips, and an Elephant toy (topper).  It is sitting on a 16" Wilton cake base trimmed with a lime green and white 5/8" wide ribbon from Michaels.  The ribbon on each tier is also from Michaels and is 1 1/2" wide.  The monogrammed medallion and text on the front of the diaper cake was cut using the Cake Basics cartridge and measures 3 1/2" wide.

There are three Create-A-Critters on this cake.  An alligator measuring 8" wide; a lion cut at 7 1/2" wide; and the hippo cut at 6" wide.  I used Recollections and Bazzill card stocks.  They are stuck to the ribbon using the super sticky red line tape.

 

Door Sign

The door sign was my Cooking With Cricut challenge project on October 5th.  For more details on the cuts, please see my blog entry by clicking here.  The sign measures 12 x 12" and my sister has hung it on the baby's room door.

There are several other baby shower projects featured on my blog post that did not include the Create-A-Critter cartridge.  I hope you'll pop on over and check them out!

Here are some other projects I've created using the Create-A-Critter cartridge.

Have you ever seen so much cuteness in one spot in your life!?!  My daughter and her cousins are all wearing t-shirts or onesies, tutus and hair bows (just the girls, of course) that I made for them.  And, yes, we are all die-hard Gator fans -- win or lose, we love our team!  The girl's tops have a fabric gator cut on the Cricut using the Create-A-Critter cartridge.  The boy's shirts have "G" is for gator -- the "G" and the gator were also cut from fabric using the Cricut.

Here is a close-up of my daughter's shirt . . .

 I use "Heat 'n Bond" brand interfacing to attach the fabric to the t-shirt and Tulip fabric paints to seal the edges and do the writing.  The rhinestone eyes are adhered with a fabric glue.  We wash these inside out and hang them to dry and haven't had any problems with the design peeling. 

And here are a few cards and other projects - for details on these and lots of other projects, head over to my blog and search on "Create-A-Critter".



Thanks for checking out my critter-filled showcase today!  Make sure you check back on Wednesday to meet some more of our new Design Team members and see our latest challenge.  And don't forget to stop back by on Thursday to see what Debbie has whipped up using the Cricut Lite Handy Man cartridge!



~ Jen