Winners Announced

Welcome to Cooking with Cricut

Today we would like to announce the winner of Challenge

#79- Make Me Laugh. The winner of the Top Chef prize was chosen by Random Organizer.

The winner is...Lisa-  A Mermaid's Crafts 

Congratulations Lisa:)

Lisa created this adorable bag using the Four-Legged Cricut Cartridge.  You can "pick up" your top chef button on the left column and proudly display it on your blog.  As the winner Lisa will receive her choice of digi stamp or cutting file from Papercraftingworld.com. 

Lisa, 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. 

Kris- Ink Something

 Cindy- Pink Lady's Paradise

Kris- Ink Something

Easter Theme:  Come celebrate Easter at Cooking With Cricut.  Design and create an Easter themed project.  Be sure to include a Cricut cut on your project.  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: Give A Hoot

Hey Everyone,

Today one of our many fabulous designers, Natt, Is going to showcase the Give a Hoot Cricut cartridge! She has really cooked up a bunch of cute cards for you! Sit Back and Enjoy!

Hello everyone. 

You are here with Natt Smith  for Give A Hoot Cartridge showcase.

This cartridge is filled with seriously cute critters and quotes that encourage you to save and love this planet.

Let's take a look at what I have created for this cartridge showcase.

This showcase is all about cards. Let's get started 

" Stuck on you "

On this card I cut <hdgrhog1> and layers at 2 " then use heart confetti punch for those cute little hearts .

" You are invited !" Love this cute little bunny ! It's perfect for an invitation to an Easter party. I cut <Rabbit2> and layers at 2.5"

"A bear hug ? " Because this bear is already so adorable and I wanna keep it that way as a card center with no distraction. I cut <bear> and layers.

That's it everyone. Thank you so much for stop by. I hope these cards will inspire you to make something with this terrific cartridge!

Don't forget to check out my blog here  for more inspiration

What that a fabulous showcase? I definitely think so! Please head over to her blog and leave her some love!

Craft On,

~The Cooking with Cricut Design Team

Challenge #80: Easter themed

Happy Wednesday and welcome to Cooking With Cricut's weekly challenge.  Our Design Team has whipped up a magnificent feast of Easter treats for your viewing pleasure.  With 23 of our team members participating this is one chock-full post . . . so grab your favorite beverage and perhaps a snack, and sit back and enjoy!  Make sure you click on the designer's name to visit their blogs for more details and to leave 'em some love and appreciation for all their hard work!!

Becky

Cartridges used:  Birthday Bash, Paper Doll Dress Up and Cricut Craft Room Basics

Olivia

Cartridge used:  Celebrate With Flourishes

Kemma

Cartridge used:  Art Philosophy

Jamie L.

Cartridges used:  Imagine-More Cards, Imagine-Best Friends,

Sugar & Spice, Give A Hoot and Gypsy Wanderings.

Natt

Cartridges used:  Give A Hoot and Elegant Edges

Jamie A.

Cartridges used:  New Testament and Inspired Heart

Xochitl

Cartridge used:  Easter 2010

Suzanne

Cartridges used:  Simply Charmed, Martha Stewart All Occasions, 

and Nursery Rhymes

Madison

Cartridges used:  ZooBalloo, Create-A-Critter and From My Kitchen

Jennie B.

Cartridge used:  Easter 2010

Jill

Cartridge used:  Create-A-Critter

Michelle

Cartridge used:  Every Day Paper Dolls

and PaperCraftingWorld.com "I Love Ewe" digi stamp set

Jessica

Cartridge used:  Easter 2010

Court

Cartridge used:  Simply Charmed

Larelyn

Cartridge used:  Easter 2010

Hattie

Cartridges used:  Imagine-Hopscotch, Imagine-Enjoy the Seasons,

Boys Will Be Boys and Doodlecharms

Nita

Cartridge used:  Doodlecharms

Kimmi

Cartridges used:  Create-A-Critter, Plantin SchoolBook

and From My Kitchen

Tiffany

Cartridges used:  Plantin SchoolBook and Doodlecharms

Charlotte

Cartridges used:  Doodlecharms, Easter 2010

and Gypsy Wanderings

Yvette

Cartridge used:  Doodlecharms

Linsey

Cartridge used:  Sweet Treats

Jen

Cartridges used:  Easter 2010 and Cindy Loo

And now it is your turn!  Link up your favorite Easter-themed project (cards, baskets, bunnies, chicks, lilies, etc.) and you just might be selected as one of this week's Top Chefs!  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!

Thank you once again for stopping by and making us a part of your crafty time! We appreciate each of you so much!  Make sure to stop back by tomorrow for our Thursday Cartridge Showcase featuring Chef Natt and the Give A Hoot cartridge.


~ CWC Design Team

PCW Easter Themed Challenge

Good morning crafty friends,

Thank you for stopping by and joining our new Terrific Tuesday Die Cut and or Stamp Challenge! Spring is in full swing and with it comes all the inspiration of Bunnies, Eggs, Jelly Beans and other springtime treats like Peeps and CHOCOLATE! So today’s challenge is all about Easter!

So here is what the super creative ladies of the PCW Design Team Came Up With!

Designer Janet has created this spectacular card using the Cross in Medallion Cutting File from PCW! Just look at all the lovely “embossed like” and glittery details! GORGEOUS! Be sure to visit Janet and get all the creative details! DIRECT LINK

Designer Evelyn created this super fantastic “hinge” card. She used the Bear with Sundress Digital Stamp to dress up this super neat card! For complete details on how she designed this, please visit her blog: DIRECT LINK

Designer Sharon created this gorgeous basket and it features the super cute Chick in Egg with Basket Digi from PCW. Go check out her blog for all the super yummy details! DIRECT LINK

Designer Candice has created this adorable card featuring the QT Patootie TWEENZ Tori Holding Basket Digi from PCW. Head over to her blog for all the creative details! DIRECT LINK

Designer Letillia has wowed us with this gorgeous scalloped circle card! She used the Chick in Egg with Basket Digi from PCW. Be sure to head over and get all the details on her blog. Direct LINK.

Designer Bonnie created this ADORABLE gift box using the Bunny as Egg Artist Digital Stamp from PCW. Her coloring is so pretty! Head over to Bonnie’s Blog for all the creative details! DIRECT LINK

Designer Gail created this adorable 2 page 8.5 x 11 layout! She used the Bunny With Overalls Cutting File set and the Bunny in Cracked Egg Set from PCW.Just look at all the yummy details! Her pen work is amazing on her basket, flowers and leaves. Be sure to visit her blog for all the super details! DIRECT LINK

Now it’s your turn to show us your wonderful Easter themed projects! Be sure to add your project to the link below.

Here are the guidelines for this challenge: 
* Project must be new and for this challenge. Please no back dated posts.
* Project must follow the theme – challenge as described above.
* You may use one of the free files in your project. Or one you may already have from PaperCraftingWorld.com. This isn’t mandatory, but we would love to see what you do with them!
* Your project must include either a stamp rubber, clear OR digital and OR a digital craft cutting file or a die cut from a hand machine die cutter (Spellbinders, Big Shot, Sizzix, Lifestyle Crafts, etc.) Pretty much anything besides a Cricut. Punches would be fine too!
* You will have almost two weeks as this is a bi-weekly challenge.
* Add the link to your project post below. Please link your direct post and not just your blog.        
* HAVE FUN!!!!

Be sure to come back by tomorrow when we announce our new Wonderful Wednesday Cricut Challenge.... Plus our FREE digital stamp and cutting file will be available tomorrow as well!
Have a wonderfully crafty day!
The PCW Design Team!

Cartridge Showcase: Once Upon A Princess

We are thrilled to showcase Melissa of Crafty Gator.  Melissa is one of our newest designers and so very talented and creative.  

I am so excited to be doing my first cartridge showcase for cooking with cricut. I opted to do one of my favorite cartridges, Once Upon a Princess (only with a fun twist!).

Anyone who makes projects for little girls can see what a GREAT cartridge this is: fairies, butterflies, beautiful dresses, cupcakes etc; What isn't to love?? Well, if you ask my son there is a lot not to love about it! He's 4 and always complains that I don't have a cricut cartridge for a prince too. So, this showcase I opted to use the princess cartridge to make projects for my little prince!

First is a castle. The minute he saw it his jaw dropped and he said "way cool mom!"

I used Coredinations paper and embossed it in stone with my big kick. After embossing it I sanded each piece to reveal the brown and gray colors below (seriously, this Coredinations paper is the coolest stuff ever, perfect for a project like this, for sure!) My son said "wow, how'd you do that??". 

I have made the castle before, and the last time I made it it was a lot bigger. I will say, the bigger you make it the easier it is to assemble, however this smaller castle is much more sturdy and he is able to use little lego guys to play in it and it is holding up pretty well even after a couple of weeks.

The next project I made was crowns: one for him and one for his teddy bear.

 The crown cuts in two pieces which connect together by slipping the front piece into the slots on the back piece (this way you can adjust for your child's head size). I made each piece 12 inches long for my son and 7 inches for the teddy bear.

My last project is to show one of my favorite cuts on Once Upon a Princess - you could use it for any party. It's a generic card that has "You're Invited" cut on the outer edge.

I made this invite for a Magic Show themed birthday party. I used my gypsy and added the oval cut out on the front of the card (each page of this cartridge has a "gem" feature and there are several cute shapes that would work as cutouts like this.)  The sentiment "Magical" is also from Once Upon a Princess (it had a fairy wand on the end of the word, which I simply cut off for use on this card to make it more boy-ish). 

The bunny and top hat are cut from Create a Critter (top hat is an accessory and I just flipped it over). I accordion folded some paper on the bottom of the card and used foam squares to affix "magical" to it.

I have used this cartridge for lots of other (more girly) things - see the links on the side of my blog and it should pull up everything else I have used this cartridge for! It has a very sweet font, tons of tags and lots of little girly images. I hope you enjoyed my projects and have inspired you to create for you little princes, too!