Cooking With Cricut Challenge - Birthday Theme (I Feel the Love Project)

Hi Everybody!
It's time for another Cooking With Cricut Challenge! This challenge is all about birthdays!  Here are the details for my project:

*Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge

*Square 1 Printable Adhesive Fabric - chevron background

*Pink By Design - Take the Cake stamp set

*Action Wobble

*Peachy Keen Stamps - Critter Faces

*Papertrey Ink - solid cardstock

*I put the action wobble behind just the head.

*Here's an action shot of this wild lion:

I hope you enjoyed my project. Now it’s your turn!!! Head on over to Cooking With Cricut to enter your project. TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :OD

Cooking With Cricut Challenge - Theme Challenge

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It's time for another Cooking With Cricut Challenge! This week the challenge was chosen by me and two of my CWC design team sisters.  We decided to make it a theme challenge: It must be birthday plus have a cake, cupcakes or balloons.  I had 3 birthdays in my family this month, so this was a perfect challenge for me!  Here's the card that I created:

*Art Philosophy cartridge

*Papercrafting World = Birthday Turtle digi stamp

*Jaded Blossom = Funny Mail, Snail Mail  

*Timeless Twine = Kraft Brown Bakers Twine

*Peachy Keen Stamps = The Cornies Assortment 

*I cut an oval around the digi stamp.  I decided it looked too plain, so I took my scissors and made a wavy oval!

*LOVE that this digi stamp comes with and without a face.  I decided to use some Peachy Keen Face stamps on this one.

*I embossed the card base, and inked the edges.

 I hope you enjoyed my card. Now it’s your turn!!! Head on over to Cooking With Cricut to enter your project. TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :OD

Cooking With Cricut- Photo Inspiration Challenge

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It's time for another Cooking With Cricut Challenge!  This week the challenge is a project inspired by this photo:

What a great picture!  I was inspired to make this sparkly snowflake tag.  Here are the details:

*Winter Woodland cartridge - snowflake tag

*Timeless Twine - Kraft Brown Bakers Twine

*Peachy Keen Stamps - PK-460 Happy Lashes Face Assortment

*Martha Stewart glitter

*Post-it Craft paper

*This is my absolute favorite way to get glitter on a project.  I layout my top layer of my tag on my Gypsy. 

*When laying out the base layer, I make sure to flip it.  This makes sure that I will have the adhesive side up on my base layer.

*I then just sprinkle the glitter onto the Post-it Craft paper.

*What project doesn't look happier with a Peachy Keen face???

That's it! It takes about 30 minutes from start to finish (including design and cutting time)So it's a quick project.   I hope you enjoyed my tag. Now it’s your turn!!! Head on over to Cooking With Cricut to enter your project. TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :OD

Cooking With Cricut - Favorite Project of 2011 Challenge

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This week we are looking back at the projects we made this past year and re-posting our favorite projects. We want to see your favorite projects too! So head back in time and re-post the project that you think was one of your favorites.

I chose to re-post this Nemo Frame the Happy Hauntings cartridge and Best of Pixar cartridge. If you didn't see it the first time around I am glad you get this chance to check it out. If you did see it, I hope you enjoy it the second time around too!

I love making home decor things with my Cricut, and this project is one of my favorite things to make! Using the frame on the Happy Hauntings cartridge (I know, I just love Halloween and can’t let it go, lol!), my kids and I made this frame for my husband for Father’s Day. While it was a Father’s Day present, we made it so it could be used for any occasion. Here are the details:

Supplies:

• Happy Hauntings cartridge
• Best of Pixar cartridge
• 3 pieces of thin chipboard (or cereal boxes)
• blue, orange, white and green cardstock
• green, and crystal Stickles
• Pink By Design set Animated Greetings

You’ll need to cut your supplies in the following sizes:

P. 68 in the Happy Hauntings handbook:

1. frame (frame + shift key) cut @ 7″
2. back of frame (layer 1 key) cut @ 7″
3. frame stand (layer 1 key + shift) cut @ 7″

P. 21 in the Best of Pixar handbook:

1. Nemo1 cut @ 2.25″
2. orange layer (Nemo1 + shift key) cut @ 2.25″
3. white layers (layer 1 key)
4. tounge (layer 1 + shift key)

P. 23 in the Best of Pixar handbook:

1. Marlin cut @ 2.33″
2. orange layer (marlin +shift key) cut @ 2.33″
3. white layer (layer 1 key) cut @ 2.33″

P. 29 in the Best of Pixar handbook:

1. seaweed (icon key) cut @ 5″
2. seaweed (icon + shift key) cut @ 5″

P. 33 in the Best of Pixar handbook:

1. orange fish (icon key-use hide contour to hide little fish) cut @ 4.5″

Now onto the project:

Before making your project, make sure the chipboard you are using is not too thick. To give you an idea, the chipboard on top is from cereal boxes. The one on the bottom is some packaging that came with photos.

 

 

Make sure you use a VERY sticky (or new) mat when cutting chipboard. If you don't, the chipboard may slip when being cut. Carefully peel back the chipboard.

This is what you should have once you have cut

all your pieces out for the frame itself. The wavy blue layer goes onto the wavy chipboard piece. The solid wavy piece goes behind the wavy chipboard piece. The last piece is the stand. This gets adhered to the back of the solid wavy piece.

I layed out all the cuts on my Gypsy. I group all the pieces by color. The pieces in the upper left are the black cuts, and the lower left are the orange cuts. The upper right are the white cuts, and the lower right are the pink cuts (Nemo's tounge).

Here's how the paper's match up with how I layed it out on my Gypsy.

Here's a tip for the Disney cuts. They all have the complete design cut on them, and the layers have a little black mat around them (not a shadow cut). This means they will not line up with the outside. Use the lines on the inside of the cuts as a guide.

Here are all the frame pieces put together.

Here's the back of the frame put together.

Since this is a paper frame, you need to give it a little extra support. Punch a hole towards the bottom of the stand, and in the frame back. Thread the ribbon through one hole and tie a knot. Do the same with the other hole. This ribbon will keep the frame from collapsing

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I used the Animated Greetings set. This was the perfect sentiment!!

Add some crystal Stickles for some 3D bubbles, pop dot some seaweed and you get........

......this super cute frame to give someone special!

There ya go! I hope you like it, and will try one yourself.  If you do, please post it on the Pink By Design messageboard so we can all check it out!! TFL, and be sure to check out all the challenges, swaps, and more going on in the community   

Please be sure to visit the Cooking With Cricut blog to see what the other design team members have cooked up for you this week. You have until next Tuesday to enter this week's challenge for a chance to win a fabulous prize from our sponsor, Papercraftingworld.com. Click HERE to enter.

CWC 25 Days of Christmas Crafting Fun - Turkey

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I hope you are enjoying the Cooking With Cricut Christmas Crafting Fun Showcase! Today's theme is all about turkey!

Everyday, be sure to stop by Cooking With Cricut to see all the wonderful inspiration form my design team sisters. In addition, Melinda is making available for FREE digi and cutting files.


We have some fabulous sponsors for this event. Be sure to leave some love on the Cooking With Cricut post each day for a chance to win one of the weekly prizes and the Grand Prizes. This week's prizes include: Spring Holiday Cricut Cartridge, $15 Quick Quotes gift certificate, Quickutz Embossing Folders & Dies, $20 download gift certificate from Paper Crafting World, *Pazzles Craft Room 1 year subscription, *The Twinery Ultimate Sampler Pack, *$25 Cutter's Creek gift certificate, and *a stamp, stamp pad, and block set. Be sure to carefully read the requirements listed on the Cooking With Cricut blog to be sure your are eligible to win the prizes.

* denotes that the prize will be awarded at the end of the 25 day event.

Here's my  cookbook project I have to share with you today:

*I love that with digital stamps, I can color them by hand, or using the computer.  This one was done with the computer!!

*I added some stitching for a little homemade feel :)

I hope you liked my cookbook, and will make one for your holiday recipes! Remember to head on over to Cooking With Cricut to check out the other designers projects, and to grab your freebie digi's for today (only available for 24 hours)! TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :O)

Cooking With Cricut Design Team Day - Last Minute Cards & Tags Challenge!

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It's time for another Cooking With Cricut Challenge!  With Christmas only 12 days away (that's scary!!), CWC is here to help you with some last minute cards and tags ideas!  This is the perfect challenge for all you procrastintors out there (including me!!).  Here is my project:

*Christmas Cricut cartridge

*Pink by Design = Old Time Christmas set

*tulle from my stash

*MAMBI = patterned paper

*green card base from my stash

*Just cut a regular A2 size card (4 1/14" x 5 1/2"), and a mat cut @ 4" x 5 1/4".

*Wrap a piece of tulle around the mat.  THEN adhere mat to the card base.

*Cut this simple 4 layer santa (flesh layer, red layer, white layer, and glasses).

*Put pop dots behind Santa.

*Tracing his beard in Stickles adds the perfect sparkle and texture, and is quick to do!  Make sure not to do this step until the card is fully assembled so that you can give the Stickles enough time to dry!!

*Stamp a sentiment on the front.

That's it!  It takes about 30 minutes from start to finish (including design and cutting time).   I hope you enjoyed my card. Now it’s your turn!!! Head on over to Cooking With Cricut to enter your project. TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :OD

CWC 25 Days of Christmas Crafting Fun - Love, Love, Love

Hi Everybody!

I hope you are enjoying the Cooking With Cricut Christmas Crafting Fun Showcase! Today's theme is all about love.

Everyday, be sure to stop by Cooking With Cricut to see all the wonderful inspiration form my design team sisters. In addition, Melinda is making available for FREE digi and cutting files.

We have some fabulous sponsors for this event. Be sure to leave some love on the Cooking With Cricut post each day for a chance to win one of the weekly prizes and the Grand Prizes. This week's prizes include: Spring Holiday Cricut Cartridge, $15 Quick Quotes gift certificate, Quickutz Embossing Folders & Dies, $20 download gift certificate from Paper Crafting World, *Pazzles Craft Room 1 year subscription, *The Twinery Ultimate Sampler Pack, *$25 Cutter's Creek gift certificate, and *a stamp, stamp pad, and block set. Be sure to carefully read the requirements listed on the Cooking With Cricut blog to be sure your are eligible to win the prizes.

* denotes that the prize will be awarded at the end of the 25 day event.

Here's my project I have to share with you today:

*George and Basic Shapes cartridge

*Echo Park patterned paper = Be Mine

*Pink By Design = Tags and Treats set

*Cooking With Cricut = Digital stamp

 

Get your free digi by clicking HERE.

 

*You can also cut apart different parts of these digital stamps to create layers :)

I hope you liked my cupcake topper, and will make some for your holiday, and birthday celebrations!  Remember to head on over to Cooking With Cricut to check out the other designers projects, and to grab your freebie digi's for today (only available for 24 hours)!  TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :O)

Cooking With Cricut Design Team Day - Let's Talk Turkey Challenge!

Hi Everybody!

It's time for another Cooking With Cricut Challenge!  With Thanksgiving right around the corner, bird is the word today as the Design Team serves up some turkey!!!  So here's what I came up with for this challenge:

*Animal Kingdom cartridge

*Stickles in various colors

*brown vinyl

*I cut this turkey from the AK cartridge and personalized my little gravy cup.

*Then I added Stickles in various colors for that must-have sparkle and bling!

*I drew in the eyes with a white and black gel pen.

Taaaa daaaa!  Simple, but cute.  And I will be able to add these to all the dishes I use on my Thanksgiving table to create a unified theme.  I hope you enjoyed my project. Now it’s your turn!!! Head on over to Cooking With Cricut to enter your project. TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :OD

Cooking With Cricut Design Team Day - Cookies, Cookie Monster and/or Clocks Challenge!

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It's time for another Cooking With Cricut Challenge!  Today is Cookie Monster's birthday and what better way to celebrate than to include him and his favorite snack in our challenge! Clocks comes into play because of the time change this coming weekend and because it is always time for cookies!  I am always short on time it seems, so I whipped up this card so I'll have it on hand for the next last minute birthday.

*George and Basic Shapes cartridge

*Pink By Design = Timeless Pieces set

I hope you enjoyed my card.  Now it’s your turn!!! Head on over to Cooking With Cricut to enter your project. TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :OD

Cooking With Cricut Design Team Day - Flashback Favorite Challenge!

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Hi Everybody!

Welcome to the Flashback Favorite Cooking With Cricut challenge. This week we are looking at projects from the past! Do you have a favorite project?  The card I'm sharing with you today is still one of my favorite projects, and is using one of my favorite crafting supplies, clear craft plastic.  The video has all the details for this project.  Enjoy!

Now it’s your turn!!! Let’s see your favorite flashback project. Head on over to Cooking With Cricut to enter your project. TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :O)

Cooking With Cricut Design Team Day - Grandparents Day Challenge!

Hi Everybody!

Today is a great day!  Not only are we half way to the weekend (yaaaay!), but it's time for another Cooking With Cricut Challenge!  Today's challenge is:

Grandparents...Heritage Challenge

The 1st Sunday after Labor Day is Grandparents day (the 11th) so how about a project commemorating our Grandparents or a Heritage type project!

I seem to forget Grandparents Day every year (enter BIG sad face here).  My parents are really, really great to my kids and they deserve a HUGE thank you for everything they do.  I have one grandma who we're thankful for too.  Here's the card I made with my two little ones to give to my parents.  (My two older ones made things to, but gave them away before I could snap a picture!).

*George and Basic Shapes

*Pink by Design = Just a Note set,

The Life You Imagined - August 2011 Stamp of the Month set

*Colorbok chalk ink

*Stampin' Up! = ink, yellow cardstock

*DCWV = Crafty stack (blue)

*The inkpads were the kind shaped in a big flower with different colors for each petal.

*I just took each of my kids hands and layed them across the whole inkpad to get the rainbow effect.

*I used the individual letters from the PBD set Just a Note to create my card sentiment/title!

*I also used the letters to stamp each of my kids names.

*I used the The Life You Imagined  that had this perfect sentiment. 

*I think sometimes we can get so caught up in trying to get caught up (with laundry, cleaning, errands.....) that we can sometimes miss the little things our kids do.  This is saying is definitely becoming a motto for me!

Now it’s your turn!!!  Let’s see your grandparent or heritage project.  Head on over to Cooking With Cricut to enter your project.  TFL, and hope everyone has a chance to craft today :OD

BONUS: You can also enter use your grandparent project to enter the Thankful Thursday challenge here on my blog!  Click HERE to go to the current challenge post :)