Day 2 Love Song Blog Hop

Good morning crafty friends,

Welcome to Day 2 of our Love Is In The Air, Love Song Blog Hop. We are so happy that you have decided to join us.  Today’s hop features a wonderful array of designers with some super creative projects inspired by some of their favorite love songs.

Please be sure to go through and see what each designer has made. Along the way you will enjoy some wonderful projects and inspiration. Make sure to leave them some love along the way too!

If you missed yesterday, please be sure to CLICK HERE and go to yesterday’s post. Yesterday’s line up was full of some super amazing projects!

My project today was inspired by the Classic love song by the timeless band...”Chicago”  called “Your My Inspiration”

My project is as large as a scrapbook page, but it is actually part of a banner I am working on for my brother’s wedding. They are having a beach-tropical themed wedding with the “Tiffany Blue” color.

All of the die cuts were cut from files at PaperCraftingWorld.com. The Hibiscus can be found HERE.  The bamboo and tropical foliage are part of a set to be released very soon.

Here is today’s HOP line up

Melin @ Cooking With Cricut- YOU’RE HERE 

Court @ Court’s Craft Corner – NEXT STOP 

Charlotte @ A Little Bit of Detail 

Evelyn @ My Little Craft Blog 

Nita @ Nita’s Notes 

Jenny R. @ Jenny’s Scrapbooking Haven 

Jill @ Jaihart Just Lovely Designs 

Bonnie @ Scrapper’s Ranch 

Adrian @ By Adrian 4 U 

Jenny J. @ Crazy About Cricut 

Kemma @ Kemma’s Cards 

Madison @ Funky Cards

So what would a blog be without a little blog candy and a challenge along the way!

TWO

$15 dollar worth of downloads from PaperCraftingWorld.com.

One will be for a winner randomly selected from those who leave a comment and are blog followers.

The other download will be for one randomly drawn winner who enters our challenge!

So what is our challenge.....

CREATE YOUR OWN PROJECT BASED ON A FAVORITE LOVE SONG!

Here are the additional guidelines:

-Must be a new project for this challenge. Please no back dated posts.

-Please link your project directly to this post and not just your blog.

-Your post must have a link back to this blog.

-Must have FUN!

-You will have until Saturday, February 18th to enter your project.

-Please use the INLINKZ link below to add your project.

FREE FILE: Please come back after going through the hop. We should have a FREE FILE for you up by then. ALSO, if you visit yesterday’s post, you will find the link to that free file as well.

Now on to the next blog....the super sweet and talented CourtThank you SO VERY MUCH for joining us today!

Love Song Blog Hop Day 1

Good morning crafty friends,

Welcome to our Day 1 Love Song Blog Hop. We are so happy that you have decided to join us.  Today’s hop features a wonderful array of designers with some super creative projects inspired by some of their favorite love songs.

Please be sure to go through and see what each designer has made. Along the way you will enjoy some wonderful projects and inspiration. Make sure to leave them some love along the way too!

Also come back tomorrow for Day 2 where we will be featuring a whole different set of designers with some more great projects!

I created this two page layout. My project was inspired by the oldie moldie song...."Love Will Keep Us Together" by The Captain and Tennille. It just kept running through my head. Yes, it is a cheesy, but sweet song...lol! This layout will be a kit for Page-Kits.com. So if you’re interested,  please head over and pre-order yours.

For those who remember this song and want to “go back” for a moment, here is a You Tube video of it!

Here is the line up for today’s blog hop.

Melin @ Cooking With Cricut You’re HERE 

Heather @ The Hunny Pot- NEXT BLOG 

Felicia @ Scrapper in the Making 

Yolie @ Just Yolie 

Michelle @ Michelle’s Craft Creations 

Holly @ Ribbons and Glue 

Elizabeth @ Broken Treasures 

Celeste @ Touched by a Butterfly 

Larelyn @ Handmade from the Heart 

Linda @ Linda’s Creativity 

Debbie @ Workin’ Scrappin’ Mom of 4 

Jen @ Musings of a Crafty Mom

So what would a blog be without a little blog candy and a challenge along the way!

TWO

$15 dollar worth of downloads from PaperCraftingWorld.com.

One will be for a winner randomly selected from those who leave a comment and are blog followers.

The other download will be for one randomly drawn winner who enters our challenge!

So what is our challenge.....

CREATE YOUR OWN PROJECT BASED ON A FAVORITE LOVE SONG!

Here are the additional guidelines:

-Must be a new project for this challenge. Please no back dated posts.

-Please link your project directly to this post and not just your blog.

-Your post must have a link back to this blog.

-Must have FUN!

-You will have until Saturday, February 18th to enter your project.

Okay one last little thing to share......If you would like this FREE Love in Heart Title Cutting File Set, Just head over to PCW and get it while you can! It will be FREE TODAY ONLY!

Love in Heart Layered Title Cutting File. Available In:

AI, DXF, EPS, GSD, KNK, MTC, SVG, SCAL2 and WPC.

CLICK HERE

Now on to the next blog....the super talented Heather

Thank you SO VERY MUCH for joining us today!

Winners Announced

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge

#71- Red, White, and Pink Child's Valentine's Day Project.  The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is...Georgiana- Carson's Creations

Congratulations Georgiana:)

Georgiana created these adorable Valentine's Day cards for the girls in her class using a variety of Cricut cartridges including the Sweethearts and Walk in My Garden cartridges. You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog.  As the winner Georgiana will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com. 

Georgiana, 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. 

Lisa- A Mermaid's Crafts

Marcia- Marcia's Memories

CLM- Cindylu's Scrapping Room

Black and a brad!  Those are the requirements you will be using this week to create a valentine project that you would give to an adult.  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: Go Canada

Welcome to Cooking With Cricut and our Thursday Cartridge Showcase.  Today Chef Jenny R. has hijacked the blog and is taking us north, across the border, to her home turf of Canada!  Jenny is showcasing the Cricut Go Canada! cartridge.  

This delightful cartridge is filled with Canada themed images and phrases. The whimsical font and French phrases are perfect for your cards, scrapbook layouts, home décor, and other creative projects.   It includes six creative features: Layer, Phrase, French Phrase, Font, Font Shadow, and Monogram.

So, without further ado . . . here's Chef Jenny R.!

I was so excited when I saw that Cricut was coming out with this cartridge. As soon as it was released back in October, the hunt was on....this was a must have! Yes......I am Canadian Eh! Today I am going to try and do my best to showcase this amazing cartridge called “Go Canada!"

Here are a few projects I came up with:

The first project is a Diagonal Double Pocket card which you can find the instruction for at Splitcoast Stampers. 

As soon as I saw the coffee and donut cut it reminded me of our famous Tim Horton's Coffee Shop which you can find all over Canada serving the best coffee and donuts and delicious little timbits, so I added a gift card to my project since everyone love Timmy’s!!!

The second project is a gift box which I added maple cookies to. Again instruction can be found at Splitcoast Stampers for the box, I used both the maple tree and syrup cuts of this cartridge.

Canada is well known for its maple syrup....... Once you taste the real Canadian Maple Syrup, you will be hooked for life!

Next I have a 12X12 layout using a few more of the great cuts from this cartridge. I have used the Canadian flag to make it into a hidden journal tag with my Gypsy. This is my nephew’s son waving the Canadian flag in front of Canada House in Banff, Alberta on Canada Day 2007. Canada is known for its vast forests and mountain ranges and the animals that reside within them, such as moose, beaver, grizzly, geese and the common Loon.

Last is another 12X12 layout, this time showing the province where I live, which is Alberta along with our Canadian Beaver which is our National Animal Symbol, toques and again my nephew’s son enjoying some real fine Canadian bacon.

Provo Craft did a wonderful job designing this cartridge . . . I just love it-- it is one that every Canadian should own!

~ Jenny

Jenny you did a wonderful job showcasing this cartridge and your country!!  Make sure you head over to Jenny's blog and leave her some love!

We hope you'll join us this weekend for two days of fun with two sets of designers for the . . .

We're also have a Design Team Call going on -- this Sunday, February 12 is the deadline to apply.  For more information on becoming a part of this amazing team of talented crafters click here.  We'd love to have you join us!

~ CWC Design Team

Challenge #72: Grown-Up Valentine - Must Use Black & Brads

Happy Wednesday and welcome to challenge day at Cooking With Cricut!  Our hostesses for today's challenge are Michelle, Kemma and Dalis.  They chose the theme "Grown-Up Valentine" with two requirements -- you must use the color black and a brad of some sort on your project.  Our Design Team has created some truly beautiful projects for you today!   Make sure you visit the Designer's blogs and leave them some love.

  

(L-R) Michelle, Kemma, Dalis

Heather used Sweethearts, Straight From the Nest and Sophisticated

cartridges for this playful and love-filled 12" x 12" scrapbook layout.

Kemma used George & Basic Shapes cartridge for this elegant card

featuring the Tea Bag Folding technique.

Larelyn created this cute card using the Phrases cartridge.

Michelle created this sweet framed Valentine using

Accent Essentials and Gypsy Font cartridges.

Elizabeth used the Art Philosophy cartridge to create her tree of love.

Dalis made this super cute banner using the Sugar & Spice cartridge.

Madison created this sweet card using the Sweethearts

and Plantin SchoolBook cartridges.

Charlotte used the Love Struck cartridge to create this beautiful card.

Debbie used the Lyrical Letters cartridge along with the Bear 'n Cupcake

digi stamp from PaperCraftingWorld.com.

Holly used the Sweethearts cartridge to create this beautiful card.

Now, it's your turn!  Link up your grown-up valentine and don't forget to add black and a brad -- you just might be our next Top Chef!  Here are some 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, February 9th and check out Chef Jenny R.'s Cartridge Showcase! And don't forget to mark your calendars -- our "Love Song" Blog Hop is this weekend -- Saturday and Sunday, February 11th and 12th.

Sunday, February 12th is the deadline for our Design Team Call -- if you'd like to be part of our awesome team, CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

And as always, thank you so much for crafting with us!

~ CWC Design Team

Challenge Reminder & FREE Files

Good morning crafty friends,

Hope you are have a TERRIFIC TUESDAY! Today’s post is just a quick reminder of our current Die Cut and Stamp challenge here at PCW-CWC!
Here are a few projects to spark your creativity!

Designer Evelyn is showcasing a lovely card she created using the free electronic die cutting file offered on our challenge post.


Melin created this card using the FREE 100% Loveable Digital Stamp also available on our challenge post. She also used a soon coming QT Patootie Heartbreaker digital stamp from PCW.


Lastly, Melin created this card using the FREE cutting file along with an adorable bear I love you A Latte Digital Stamp from PCW.




Be sure to head over to our challenge post HERE and grab the free files. You still have almost a week to link up your project and join us in the FUN!

Thanks so much for stopping by. Be sure to come back tomorrow as we will be unveiling our New Wonderful Wednesday Challenge!

Have a wonderfully crafty day!

Melin