"It's Carnival Time" at CWC

Hello, Hello My Friends...
It been a wonderful time going on here in my household and life lately. I truly feel the Blessings are flowing my way. I've been up to a lot and I will share as soon as I can and things become more concrete. I'll get right into the challenge going on today over at Cooking with Cricut. This week's theme is: Carnival and/or Birthday. I stepped out of my comfort zone again. I went with my first Side-Step Card. I really had fun with this and it was really easy to do. I can see me pre-making some base side-step cards for future use. This post is a little Bitter  Sweet for Me as it will be my last post for CWC Design Team. :-( I have so many things going on right now that I chose not to continue on for another term at this time. I will miss those wonderful designers, but will show up as often as I can to participate in the wonderful challenges or as a Guest Designer...hint, hint. :-). Ok onto my card...

 

Head on over to Cooking with Cricut and check out the rest of the Design Team's inspiration for you.
There is plenty more ahead for me and I will be sharing it with All of You Here. Please feel free to come back as often as you can. You never know when there might be some fabulous prizes in store or other goodies. Speaking of goodies, I will be having an upcoming give-away for my Be-lated Blogaversary; Who Does That?...Well ME, that's who. With everything going on I did not have to time to celebrate and plan a proper 1yr Blogaversary. So I'll be having a Be-lated Blogaversary! I'm always in the mood for a party so this one will be a lot of fun. Until next time...take care my friends I {Heart} All of YOU! Smooches...
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CWC Wednesday Challenge

Hey Everyone,
Guess Who??? I'm baaaack, sort of.. This week I am showing my DT Post for this weeks Cooking With Cricut Challenge - Theme: Birthday (a cake, cupcake or balloons). Did I mention that Cooking With Cricut is having a CWC Design Team Call 2012. Click the link to find out more about it. We'd Love for you to join us. This team is Fabulous and not to mention, Very Talented and well organized. My design this week comes from the Celebrations cart. I also tried for the first time creating a Center Step Card. I'm so glad I did. Wow, it was so easy. Now I have to try the other step cards I've seen. Head on over to CWC and see what the rest of my fellow Talented Chefs have cooked up for your eye food pleasure. Hope you like. Smooches...

Cart: Celebrations Cart
Paper: Recollections, MS 4x6 Party Pad & Scraps
Tools: EK Real Estate Punch, PKS Everyday Character Faces & Happy Lashes Assortment, Fiskars Edge Punch, Hampton Art Sentiment
Embellies: Stickles, Glossy Accents, Lace Trip, White Gel Pen, Bling
This project will also be entered in the following challenges:
Birthday Sundaes - Create a Step (Side, Center, Stair) Birthday Card
Wacky Wednesday - Create a project as long as it has circles on it.
Cricut Cardz Challenge - "A Stitch in Time" Make a card using real or faux stitching
Fantabulous Cricut - "Fancy Trims" Use Fabric Lace or Trims on your project.

Love Song Blog Hop

Welcome to PaperCraftingWorld.com & CookingWithCricut.com's Love Song Blog Hop! Love is in the air and the Design Team have come up with some great Valentine's Day projects inspired by our favorite Love Songs.
If you arrived here from visiting the lovely Heather @ The Hunny Pot you're in the right place. If you're joining us mid-hop and would like to start at the beginning click here to go to Paper Crafting World’s Cooking With Cricut blog and check out what Melin has made!

I was inspired by My Wedding Song, 

"At Last..." by the late Etta James. 

This is a Timeless classic to me and I can never get tired of hearing it. May she rest in peace. Such a wonderful, gifted voice. It takes me back to that one magical moment when I walked down the aisle to be with my Best Friend, Confidant and Partner for LIFE! We both have not look back since. We're 7yrs in and still smooching along...(lol).
Anyway, and this is what I created . . .

Recipe:
Cart = Sweethearts Cartridge
Paper = SU & Recollections
Tools = Musical Notes Embossing Folder, SU-Heart-to-Heart Punch, Inkadinkado Stamps, MCT Stitched Oval Die
Embellies = Stickles, MS Chalk Ink(Brights), Memento Ink(Black)
We don't want to have all the fun by ourselves so, we hope you’ll join us and link up your favorite love song inspired project at CookingWithCricut.com. One lucky entry will be chosen by random.org to win a $15.00 gift certificate provided by PaperCraftingWorld.com! And make sure you leave a comment, too! One lucky commenter will also receive a $15.00 PaperCraftingWorld.com gift certificate!
Now for some more Blog Candy, make sure you comment on each person's site for both Saturday & Sunday. I will have some Mystery Blog Candy to giveaway for this Blog Hop. It will be well worth it so don't pass this up. I will draw a winner on Tuesday, February 14th so you have plenty of time to leave your comments, but don't wait too long.
Thanks so much for hopping with us today. I know you haven't heard from me much lately, but I'm here. Just trying to get a New Balance on things. Now head on over to the Fabulous, Craft-Savvy Yolie @ Just Yolie and see what awesome creation she has made! In case you get lost along the way, here is the list again to assist you. Smooches...
Melin @ Cooking With Cricut
Heather @ The Hunny Pot
Felicia @ Scrapper in the Making  <== That's ME!!
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
I am also entering this project into the following challenges:
My Craft Spot - Valentines! (Make a Card or Treat Packaging)
Fantabulous Cricut - Love is in the Air (Include a Heart in your project)
Cardz TV - "Be My Valentine" (Make a Valentine's Card using any cartridge & colors you like)
Wacky Wednesday - Love is in the Air (Crete any Love Theme project)

CWC - Something...Old, New, Borrowed & Blue Blog Hop

Hello My Friends,
Welcome to Day-2 of PaperCraftingWorld.com and CookingWithCricut.com’s first Blog Hop of 2012! Thanks for coming back or welcome if your new here. We're doing a designers Blog Hop and Our theme is: “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue!”
If you have arrived here from Mindy’s blog, Scrappy and Piggy you’re in the right place! If you’re joining us mid-hop, head on over to see Melin at CookingWithCricut.com and start at the beginning so you don’t miss any of the wonderful projects the Designers have created!
The Designers had to use something old from their craft stash, something new (a recent purchase or new technique), something borrowed (an element from a Cricut cut or from a PaperCraftingWorld.com cutting file or digi stamp) and of course, something blue. Here is my project that I came up with...a Birthdat Party Favor

 

 

 

Something Old: Favor Tin from Joanns, Sheer Ribbon, Bling
Something New: Celebrations Paper Stack from DCWV, All Around Birthday Stamp Set
Something Borrowed: Left over Rickrack pieces from yesterday's post(trim of can), Balloon from a previous cut in my stash from the Celebrations Cart
Something Blue: Colors in the pattern paper, Blue Twine.
Now head on over to Madison’s blog, Funky Cards and see what she’s created!  Here's the rest of the Blog List in case you get lost along the way.
Melin – http://www.cookingwithcricut.com 
Court – http://www.courtscraftcorner.blogspot.com 
Evelyn – http://www.mylittlecraftblog.wordpress.com 
Michelle – http://www.michelles-crafty-creations.blogspot.com
Mindy – http://www.scrappyandpiggy.blogspot.com
Felicia – http://www.scrapperinthemaking.blogspot.com
Madison – http://www.funkycards.blogspot.com
Nita – http://www.niftynitanotes.blogspot.com
Angie – http://www.angie-scrappinmemories.blogspot.com
Jen – http://www.gator-4-life.blogspot.com
Thanks sooo much for stopping by. Enjoy the Hop....

With all the fun going on, I will also entering this into the following challenges:
Decorate to Celebrate - "Anything Goes, Any Theme Party"
CardzTV - "The 3 R's - Ribbon, Rhinestones, Rickrack; make a project using 1 or more of R's"
Celebrate the Occasion - "A Child's Birthday"

CWC - Photo Inspiration

Hi My Friends,

Happy New Year to YOU ALL. Those that are New..."Welcome, WELCOME"!. For my long time bloggy Pals, "WELCOME BACK". I'm so glad to be back posting again. There are sooo many Wonderful and Exciting things going on that I have to try and find a NEW BALANCE! Not too worry, I'll get back to posting on a regular basis as soon as I can. I'm glad you decided to stop by today. It's a Cooking with Cricut (CWC) Designer's Choice Day. The DT at CWC were given the option of pairing up and choosing the next few challenge themes ourselves for each week. Today's challenge is coming from myself and Jill Lebbin of Jaihart - Just Lovely Designs. We decided to kick things off with a "Photo Inspiration" challenge:

What a Beautiful Photo for Inspiration. When I first saw this, I thought of Peace, Calm, Ice Skaters Coasting, Polar Bears Coasting over the water...etc. Then that's when my inspiration hit me... "COASTERS". I created some monogrammed coasters for us to use around the house. Mainly in our bedroom because DH always needs to have something to drink at his bedside. Putting it on the dresser or night shelf was driving me nuts because he would never use napkin or a coaster. Anyhew, this was my creative solution to that. I really like how these came out. The color is just perfect for us as it's contributing to some other Home Decor items I want to match with it later. 

Now allow me to share a story with you that I can laugh at now, but I wasn't so cheerful at the time. Anyhew, the picture you see was supposed to show a set of 6 coasters. Somehow, while I was out my little 2yr old got to them when daddy wasn't watching. The others were covered in orange (cat eye)ink and yellow highlighter...SMH(lol-but I wasn't laughing then). I salvaged what I could with these. I used Lacey Labels for the top layer and base(cut out 4x's and glued together). I then cut the top layer and welded the letters from Calligraphy Collection in the center. I inked around the edges with some MS chalk ink. I'm thinking I should go back and apply some modge podge on it just to make them more durable. These would make an excellent wedding gifts for some couple. I have a wedding coming up and I just may need to replicate this. Ok, enough of my rambling... Head on over to Cooking with Cricut to see what the rest of the DT has Inspirationally Created for you. Smooches...

P.S. Don't forget about CWC's Upcoming Blog Hop this Weekend (Jan 14th & 15th), The Theme is...

"Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue"

Day 22 - CWC Days of Christmas

Hello My Friends,

Welcome to: Cooking with Cricut's

2nd Annual 25 Days of Christmas & Crafting Fun Showcase.

It's Day 22 and we are still cooking it up over at Cooking with Cricut. There's been some Awesome inspiration from our Design Team. They have been knocking it out of the park again with these projects. You must go check it out. Not to mention all the Fantabulous PRIZES there are in store for you to win. You gotta check out Cooking with Cricut to see all of the Fantabulous Details!
We are SO SUPER EXCITED to bring you this wonderful event! The designers have been hard at work coming up with some deliciously creative ideas to share with you! This is HOW the event will work!

Today's theme will be "Christmas/Holiday Themed"

Here is the card that I created for this: 

The lovely tree is from the CTMH - Art Philosophy cart. I adorned my tree with Twine for the lovely garland and added stickles to it for the blinging lights. The sentiment is from Dorcerela Creations "Home for Christmas" I use the cuttlebug distressed stripes to create the look of a textured curtain. The presents are stickers from my stash. I think this came out sooo cute. I really love it.  I hope you do too. The pattern paper is from a DCWV Christmas paper stack.
Be sure to check out what the rest of the DT Chefs have created for your inspiration on CWC's 25 Days of Christmas.
YOU MUST LEAVE A COMMENT AND BE A FOLLOWER OF THIS BLOG. PLEASE CHECK YOUR FOLLOWING STATUS. YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE DISQUALIFIED :)

$20 Download from PaperCraftingWorld.com

* Pazzles Craft Room 1 Year Subscription

* The Twinery Ultimate Sampler Pack

* Stamp, Stamp Pad & Block Set

AND SOOOO MUCH MORE!!!!!

Simply enter by doing the following:

** Be a follower of this blog....sorry no exceptions.

** Leave a comment on at least one post during December 18th through December 25th (For this week’s prizes). Winners will be randomly selected from comments and checked for blog following compliance and announced on December 26th.

CWC 25 Days of Christmas - Day 17

Hi My Friends,

Welcome to: Cooking with Cricut's

2nd Annual 25 Days of Christmas & Crafting Fun Showcase.

Please bare with me as this post will be slight lengthy, but well worth the read. It's Day 17 and we are still cooking it up over at Cooking with Cricut. There's been some Awesome inspiration from our Design Team. They have been knocking it out of the park with these project. You must go check it out. Not to mention all the Super Duper Fantabulous PRIZES there are in store for you to win.

We are SO SUPER EXCITED to bring you this wonderful event! The designers have been hard at work coming up with some deliciously creative ideas to share with you! This is HOW the event will work!
Today's theme will be "Angels, Messenger of God"
Here is the card that I created for this:

This cute little digi-stamp is from none other than Paper Crafting World(PCW). I had so much fun with this Angel that I created a few more for my Christmas cards. The "Joyful" phrase is from the Cricut Lite "Inspired Heart". That lovely sentiment adorened with twine from "The Twinery" is from MCT's - All Around Christmas set. The pattern paper is from a DCWV Christmas paper stack.
Be sure to check out what the rest of the DT Chefs have created for your inspiration. Now back to the details of CWC's 25 Days of Christmas.
EACH DAY:
* Different Designers will be showcasing their projects for your creative inspiration.
* Will have a different theme and the themes will not ALL be Christmas or Holiday related. So be sure to visit everyday for creative inspiration you can use through out the whole year!
* We will be giving away FREE Digital Stamps, FREE Electronic Die Cutting Files and Other Printable graphics. There will be something for everyone. Please note: The freebies will expire at the end of their 24 hours and new ones will be available. You won’t want to miss them!
* We will showcase projects using your Cricut and Cricut tools.
* We will showcase projects using your OTHER electronic cutters too! Tools such as our Pazzles, Silhouettes, Gazelles and other electronic cutters. Along with all types of crafting tools and essentials.
* You will want to leave a comment for your chance to win one of our weekly prizes as well as one of our GRAND PRIZES!!!
* You HAVE to be a follower of this blog in order to win a prize, sorry no exceptions.
So Without Further Adieu...Here are the projects for DAY 17!
WEEK TWO GIVEAWAYS!

This week (Dec.9th through December 17th)

enter for a chance to win the following:
(Winners will be announced for this giveaway on December 18th.)
YOU MUST LEAVE A COMMENT AND BE A FOLLOWER OF THIS BLOG. PLEASE CHECK YOUR FOLLOWING STATUS. YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE DISQUALIFIED :) - New winners had to be selected because of this flaw.
Freshly Picked Cartridge

Quick Quotes

Quickutz Embossing Folder & Dies
Snowflake Embossing Folder, Snowflake Die and Candy Cane Die

These will work in “Other” machines too :)

$20 Download from PaperCraftingWorld.com

* The Twinery Ultimate Sampler Pack

* Stamp, Stamp Pad & Block Set

AND SOOOO MUCH MORE!!!!!

Simply enter by doing the following:

** Be a follower of this blog....sorry no exceptions.

** Leave a comment on at least one post during December 9th through December 17th (For this week’s prizes). Winners will be randomly selected from comments and checked for blog following compliance and announced on December 18th.

Inking It Up Crazy - "Fun Fold Card"

Hi There My Friends,
I'm still hanging in here, with this coughing, sniffling, sneezing, sinus aching, chest congested illness of mine, but I'm determined to keep it moving. I don't have that much energy so I end of stopping and starting a lot of things before it gets completed.
Today at Inking It Up Crazy, us girls had tons of fun with this challenge of creating a "Fun Fold" type of card. I've been wanting to try so many that I've seen out there. I was inspired by Creations with Christina when she showed how to do the "Diamond Fold" card. You can check her video out Here. I'm soo into the Holidays each year (both Thanksgiving & Christmas). No matter how I'm feeling, these holidays especially make me SMILE and just Warms My Heart. Here is my Fun Fold - Diamond Fold Card. It was so fun to make that I know I'll be doing a few more.

Head on over to Inking It Up Crazy to see what the rest of the Design Team has come up with. I'm sure you'll be inspired to create and venture into creating you own Fun Fold Card. For my first time I think this came out very pretty. At least I think so anyway. Of course I'm biased, but I love to hear your comments too. I will also be entering this project into Dilo En Espanol Challenge #4 - "Must use Twine" Smooches...

Cooking with Cricut Wednesday - Let's Talk Turkey

Hi My Friends,
This is my All Time Favorite time of the year. I know you've heard me say that before, but it's soooo True. The colors, the meaning, the foods, the gatherings, family, friends, reflections of thanks and Thanksgiving. It definitely keeps me in a positive, good mood no matter what's going on around me. The challenge over at Cooking with Cricut was such a fun one. It's called "Let's Talk Turkey". You get to create projects of your favorite Fall bird. Of course the main one that comes to mind for everyone is indeed the Turkey. I'm no exception to this. I was dying to do a turkey cut from one of my carts. Here is my card.

Recipe:
Cart - Create A Critter
Papers - SEI, DCWV, Recollections
Tools - EK Label Punch, MS Maple Punch, iRock, White Gel Pen, MS Metallic Ink (distressing)
Embellies - Twine, Stickles, Bling
Head on over to CWC and see what the rest of the team has cooked up. Hopefully you feel inspired to join the challenge. It was so easy and super fun making this card that I will be making more to send to a few friends for the holidays. I will also be linking/entering this card into the following challenges:
Celebrate the Occasion - Thanksgiving Project (must use a Punch)
Fantabulous Cricut - Fall Project using colors Red, Orange, Brown
Whimsical Designs - Thanksgiving Themed Card/Project
Wacky Wednesday - Thanksgiving Theme
Crafty Sprouts - Anything Goes
My Sheri Crafts - Be Thankful

It's Harvest Time at Cooking w/Cricut

Hi My Friends,
I've missed you all. I'm back now from having a wonderful time with friends I haven't seen in years. It was my class reunion from my Alumni, Bethune-Cookman University. We had a blast and are sooo looking forward to the next one. It was sooo good to take some time off for ME! (No Hubby, No Child-this was my first time away from her...I called a lot, my mom almost stopped answering my calls (lol) )
Today at Cooking with Cricut the design team is cooking up a Harvest. We were asked to create projects to include: Fruits and/or Cornucopia in honor of Harvest Time. I love this time of the year. Fall is my FAVORITE Season by far, the colors, family time, baking, shopping...etc. I literally become a kid all over again. I created my project using the "Celebrate with Flourish" Lite Cart. It was a great fit for me because I know I wanted to use the Cornucopia right off the bat. I love how this came out. I'll be making a few to send out for Thanksgiving and this will surely be one of them.

Recipe:
Cart: Celebrate with Flourish
Paper: Recollections, DCWV
Tools: MS (Maple Leaf & Arches Punch), EK Success Label Punch, Inkadinkado (Sentiment)
Embellies: Stickles, Twine, PTI (Button)
On this cart there are not that many layer, but I wanted mine to be as colorful as a real cornucopia so I made several different cuts to show various colors. I drew in the grapes on the cut to give more dimension to them. Don't forget to head on over to Cooking with Cricut to see what the rest of the Chefs have cooked up for your inspiration. We'd love to have you join in on this challenge. Can't wait to see what you create. Smooches...

Cookies, Cookie Monster and Clocks...

It's Design Team day at Cooking with Cricut today. This weeks theme is to create a project with Cookies, Cookie Monster and/or Clocks. For my project I used the following carts: My Community, Stamping and Sesame Street Font. I focused on the "Clock" as my main design for this challenge.

I took two photos because I noticed the glitter pen I used on the letters didn't show up so well in the first one. This card looks so much more sparkly in person. I love how it turned out. Head on over to CWC and see what other inspiration the rest of Chefs have cooked up for you.  We'd love to see what you come up with.
On another note, I never heard from the previous winner for the "Adopt a Shelter Pet Blog Hop" so I had to draw another winner via random.org. The New Winner for the Adopt a Shelter Pet Blog Hop is...

lovemypaper said... 

Super cute card!

Congratulations! Please contact me within 48hr with your information so that I can get your prize to you. Feel free to use the "Contact Me" link at the top of the page. Hope to hear from you soon. Smooches...