Cartridge Showcase: Art Philosophy

Happy Monday and welcome to Cooking With Cricut's Cartridge Showcase.  Today Chef Elizabeth is taking over the blog and sharing her favorite cartridge . . . Art Philosophy! 

This cartridge contains a wealth of fun, versatile, fundamental shapes you'll use on dozens of different projects. Images include cards, tags, borders, font, 3D items, dimensional flowers and more. Many of the images perfectly coordinate with a selection of Close To My Heart My Acrylix® stamps to make stamped projects faster, simpler, and easier.   The cartridge is available only through Close To My Heart Independent Consultants and is sold as a collection that also includes three exclusive stamp sets and three Dimensional Elements chipboard sheets designed to coordinate with cartridge images.

 

So, without further ado . . . here's is Chef Elizabeth!

I'm so excited to be showcasing the Art Philosophy cartridge here on Cooking with Cricut today.  I am a HUGE fan of the Cricut machine (have been for over five years!) and love, love, love using it for my scrapbook layouts.  However, since I purchased the Art Philosophy cartridge back in August I have not taken it out of my machine (with over 700 images I have not had to)!    

In preparation for this showcase I made a gift tag and box both cut out with the Art Philosophy cartridge.

The cartridge comes with three coordinating stamp sets so I used one set on this gift tag.  The flower is also cut from the cartridge.  I love these rolled flowers (six different ones to choose from in this cartridge).  I've made a wreath and a flower ball with them and hope to use them for tons more projects!

Then I cut out a window card with the cartridge and a small tag to make this card.

Using the cartridge to cut out the letters (because along with all the boxes, cards, shapes and flowers there is also a font on this cartridge!) for my title, the triangle for the roof on the house, the flower that I used a coordinating stamp with, the tags and the journal shape to make this scrapbook layout.

 I found the poem for this layout at scrapbook.com but tweaked it a little to fit my home. 

I am so thrilled with this cartridge - making everything from home decor, to cards, to scrapbook pages, to ornaments to gift boxes to gift tags!  For my son's camping themed birthday party back in August I made these smores kits as party favors.

 And these food tags for our smores bar.

You can find more details about my camping party here and the smores bar post is here.

For a women's event at our church I cut out these shaped cards and the box to include them in as favors for each woman who attended.

And finally, here is another card I made using the cartridge and the stamp set that came with it.

I know that this cartridge has been featured on Cooking with Cricut before and many people share the same feelings I do about it - it is truly and amazing cartridge.

~ Elizabeth

Gorgeous projects, Elizabeth!  Thanks so much for sharing them with us today.  If you are interested in finding out where to purchase the Art Philosophy cartridge, check out Elizabeth's blog for more information -- and make sure to leave her a comment and let her know how much you enjoyed her showcase.

We have a fun-filled week for you -- Tuesday is a Paper Crafting World file reveal day, Wednesday is our Cooking With Cricut challenge day, on Thursday Chef Mindy will be showcasing one of her favorite cartridges, and on Friday the winners from the "Anything BUT a Card, Must Use Yellow & Polkadots" Challenge will be announced (you have until Tuesday night to link up your entry!).

Mark your calendars for our next blog hop scheduled for Saturday, February 11th and Sunday, February 12th -- two days . . . two sets of designers . . . two times the Valentine fun - 'cause "Love is in the Air!"

We also have a Design Team Call going on -- check out the link at the top of the page or click here if you are interested in joining our team.  We'd love to have you join the fun!

~ CWC Design Team

Design Team Call

UPDATE: Call Has Been Extended to the 19th. We are in need of Digital Stamp Artists and Cutting File Artists (SVG Type File USERS).

Good morning crafty friends,

Hard to believe but it is that time again!!!! Time to have another Design Team call!

We are expanding our call to include crafters who use Digital Stamps AND crafters who use other cutting machines, i.e.: Pazzles, Silhouette, Cameo, E-Craft, etc!

If this is something you may be interested in....PLEASE read on!!!!



PaperCraftingWorld.com Design Team Call


Call Open January 28^th – February 19, 2012
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 or other die cutting machines and software? Then the PaperCraftingWorld.com Design Team may just be what you’re looking for! If you’re interested….please read on!
There are three ways to play on our team!
1. Use your Cricut machines and cartridges only.
2. Use our Cutting Files and Digital Stamps for Non-Cricut die-cut machines.
(Pazzles, Cameo, Silhouette, Wishblade, Gazelle, Lynx, Cougar, etc.)
3. Use them all -- Cricut, non-Cricut machines, cutting files and digital stamps.



DT Member Requirements:
· Cricut users must participate in a minimum of two Wednesday challenges per month. You will have to use your Cricut in some capacity to create your projects. (You are of course welcome to be in as many as you would like.)
· Non-Cricut users must work with either digital stamps and or with electronic die cutting files from  PCW  in conjunction with their machines. (i.e. Pazzles Inspiration, E-Craft, Cameio, KNK, Silhouette, etc. other than Cricut and Cricut-related products).
· Non-Cricut users must participate in the two to three monthly  PCW  file reveals on the first, third and fifth Tuesdays of each month in lieu of the weekly Cricut challenge. (Note: May and July have five Tuesdays.)
· Or you may combine any of our cutting or digital files with your Cricut cuts for our Wednesday challenges.
· All DT members must participate in at least two of the scheduled blog hops during the six month term.
· Cricut users must be willing to post in at least two DT Member Cartridge showcases (held on Mondays & Thursdays).
· All DT members must participate in at least one additional post in a month-long blog celebration – date to be determined.
· Challenge, File Reveal and Cartridge Showcase days that you participate in must be the only post on your blog/site for that day. Same is true for Blog Hops – no double posting is permitted.
· Competitor’s files may not be used on posts or projects for any PCW challenges/file reveal/cartridge showcases/blog hops.
· You must have a blog or website and be willing to post your projects on your blog. New bloggers are most certainly welcome.
· All DT members must visit the blogs of challenge participants and leave comments. This is required only for the challenges in which you participate.
· All DT members must be willing to choose the “Top 3” challenge participants for the challenge in which you participated and e-mail those choices to the Prize Coordinator.
· You must utilize Facebook to communicate with the team within our (private) closed group page.
· DT commitment will be for six months from March 1 – August 31,2012
Novices as well as seasoned crafters are encouraged to apply. We are looking for all levels of crafters.
ALL designers will have access to the cutting files and or digital stamps available at PaperCraftingWorld.com.



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

1. Your name, email address, web location: (blog, website or gallery link) and physical location (i.e., Florida).
2. List of any Design Teams that you are currently on. Not necessary to have been on one – we are looking for "New Faces" too.
3. A little bit about yourself and your crafting background.
4. 3-5 projects that best showcase your style and quality of work.
5. Please indicate if you will be using a Cricut machine only or cutting/digi stamp files only, or a combination of both.
6. Submit your information no later than Sunday, February 12, 2012
7. The new Design Team will be announced Monday, February 20, 2012 and added to our Facebook page so that you may begin signing up for challenges and Blog Hops.
8. Designer bios and photos will be due by Thursday, March 1, 2012
9. The first challenge day of your term will be Wednesday, March 7, 2012.

Please email your DT application to:  pcwdtcall @ gmail.com (remove spaces). In the subject line please put DT APPLICATION.


If you have ANY questions, please don't hesitate to ask. You can email your questions to:  pcwdtcall @ gmail.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!

Winners Announced

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge

#69- Winter Warmies.  The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is...Sharon- In The Big Blue House

Congratulations Sharon:)

Sharon designed and created this fun winter layout using Gypsy Wanderings and the Jolly Holidays Cricut cartridge.  You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog.  As the winner Sharon will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com. 

Sharon, 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. 

Shelly- My Paper Love

Marcia- Marcia's Memories

Cindy- Cindy's Scraptastic Designs

Anything But a Card: For this week's challenge, we are asking you to create anything but a card and: use polka dots and the color yellow:)  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

Cartridge Showcase: Straight From the Nest

Welcome to Cooking With Cricut's Cartridge Showcase. Chef Jill has taken over the blog today is sharing with you some beautiful projects she has made with Cricut's Straight From the Nest cartridge.  You can create projects that celebrate the naturally beautiful things in life with this cartridge.  It is filled with images of birds, butterflies, flowers, cupcakes, branches, swirls, and more.  Straight From the Nest includes: Layer/Shadow, Corner, Slider, Border, Phrase, and Phrase Shadow creative features.

Hi everyone! This is Chef Jill and today, I'm going to try to do my favorite cartridge justice and showcase it! Straight From the Nest is a cartridge I won in a giveaway! This cartridge is my favorite because of the versatility of it. There are sayings, corners, images, borders, and layers! What a great cartridge!

Here are the projects I came up with:

This is a birthday card I made for my friend. The chickens are the border option on Straight From the Nest. You can check it out on my blog here.

Here is a topiary I made using the little flowers from Straight From the Nest.

This is a card I made for my husband, but the cool thing about this card is that instead of using paper as my card base, I used a transparency! The shape behind the eyeball is from Straight from the Nest.

The "Fall" is a corner feature in this cartridge but I enlarged it up and used it in this sign I made for my home. You can check it out on my blog here.

Here is a Christmas Card book I made. The green border is from Straight from the Nest. You can check it out on my blog here.

This is a gift I made for my friend. The owl is actually a corner option, but I cut off the sides so the owl would fit. You can check it out at my blog here.

Thanks so much for checking out my showcase! Like I said . . . this cartridge is amazing!

Smiles, Jill


Wow, Jill!  So many incredible projects!  Please make sure you stop over at Jill's blog and let her know how much you enjoyed her Cartridge Showcase!

~ CWC Design Team

Challenge #70: Anything BUT a Card with Yellow & Polka Dots

Happy Wednesday and welcome to challenge day at Cooking With Cricut!  Our hostesses with the mostess this week are Court, Holly and Nita. 

Holly and Nita

Court

They decided to change it up a bit and challenged the Design Team to come up with a project using the color yellow and polka dots -- and it could be anything EXCEPT a card.  And the DT outdid themselves!!  Check out all these amazing projects and make sure you visit their blogs and leave 'em some love!

Kemma created this flutterby bookmark using the

Walk In My Garden cartridge.  Check out the details on her blog.

Nita created these altered Tazo Tea tins to hold her Copic markers using the

Mickey & Friends cartridge.  For more details, visit her blog.

Michelle used the Accent Essentials cartridge to create the accents and clasp

on her fantastic paper purse.  Visit her blog for more details!

Holly made this sweet treats gift box using the Spring Holiday Cards

cartridge.  Check out her blog for more detail.

Heather created this super cute 12" x 12" scrapbook layout of her nephew using

the George & Basic Shapes and Doodletype cartridges.  Visit her blog for more details.

Madison created this cute sign for when she's in the "zone!"  She used Formal Occasions

and Wall Decor & More cartridges.  For more details, visit her blog.

Court's little recipe book is all about cupcakes!  She used the

Something to Celebrate cartridge -- check out the details on her blog.

Larelyn used the Tags, Bags, Boxes & More and A Child's Year cartridges

to make this shaped treat container.  Visit her blog for more details.

Jill created these "fishy" little treats for her son's preschool class using the

Life's A Beach cartridge.  Check out all the details on her blog.

Celeste used the Animal Kingdom cartridge to create this adorable journal for

a child battling cancer.  Visit her blog for more details.

Charlotte used the Sophie cartridge to create this neat little "basket."

 Visit her blog for all the details.

Debbie created this mini-bottle gift holder using the Art Philosophy cartridge.

Check out the details on her blog.

Dalis used the Graphically Speaking cartridge to create this great bookmark.

 Check out the details on her blog.

Yolie decorated her paint can using Cake Basics and Tags, Bags, Boxes & More

cartridges.  For more details, visit her blog.

Jenny jazzed up her note pad using the Give A Hoot cartridge. 

Check out all the cute details at her blog.

Fantastic projects, ladies!!  Now its your turn . . . link up your "anything BUT a card - must use yellow & polka dots" project and you just might be this week's Top Chef.  Here are the 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 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!

Make sure you stop by tomorrow, Thursday, January 26th and check out Chef Jill's Cartridge Showcase!  And as always, thank you so much for crafting with us!

~ CWC Design Team