My Favorite Things: February 2011

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Cooking with Cricut Challenge - Swirls & Twirls!

Seattle has been getting hit with nasty cold weather and snow this week and I just needed something cheerful for this weeks card! The paper is DCWV and the cartridge I used was Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art. I fit the twirly to length- 5" and put it on pop dots. Ribbon is from JoAnn's and a random scrap of orange ribbon left from another project.

Now let’s see what you got! Get your best swirly, twirly groove on and join the fun! Just enter your project at www.cookingwithcricut.com! Remember:

It must be a new project and it must be for this challenge.

You need to include a link back to this challenge so YOUR wonderful readers can join the fun too

You must TRY VERY HARD to use your Cricut or other cutter somehow!

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Sweetshop Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to Jenna's Favorite Things and the CookingWithCricut.com Sweetshop Blog Hop! If you’ve never enjoyed a blog hop before, it’s where you ‘hop’ between blogs following a chain of links, with each blog in the chain posting something exciting for the event! There will even be some great blog candy (giveaways) to win along the way! More on that in a moment!

If you've come from visiting Jean at Jean's Crafty Corner , you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to CookingWithCricut.com and start at the beginning. Go HERE.

With Valentine’s Day just a few days away we are sharing some wonderful ideas and inspiration for your viewing and crafting pleasure! Each Design Team member will be featuring an original project each day (Saturday & Sunday) made especially for this hop. Make sure to check out each DT member's blog and collect the special letter there. There will be prizes along the way at our DT members' blogs, AND there will be some nice PRIZES with a few different ways to win at CookingWithCricut.com!

This is made with one of Melin's newest releases from papercraftingworld.com! This is from the Bloom cut file. All paper was plain cardstock, and pink stickles were used on the roses.

Now, here's how you can win this same cut file!! All you have to do is be a follower and leave a comment! Super easy!

Here is the “secret” letter you need to collect to be eligible for a prize package at CookingWithCricut.com. "A"

Now it's your turn! Let’s see your sweet Valentine projects. Be sure to include a Cricut or other die cut machine cut on your project and link it up at CookingWithCricut.com. The Design Team will pick their three favorites and one lucky sweetheart will be chosen randomly to win one of the six prize packages being offered in this hop.

Next stop- go see Jennifer at Musings of a Crafty Mom! Go see what she has in store for you today.

And don’t forget, when you're done, make sure to head back to CookingWithCricut.com and get entered to win one of SIX prize packages! Here’s how:

1. Link your sweet Valentine project and be one of the top three chosen by our Chefs.

2. Link your project and be the randomly drawn winner.

3. Collect all the letters and unscramble our “secret” phrase correctly and leave it in the special comment section on CookingWithCricut.com.

4. Or just leave a comment at CookingWithCricut.com and let us know how you liked our Sweetshop Blog Hop.

Here is our Hop line-up:

1. CWC-Melin http://www.cookingwithcricut.blogspot.com/

2. Abby http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/

3. Anita http://www.scrappingwithglitter.blogspot.com

4. Becky http://www.bouncyflouncyfunfunfun.blogspot.com/

5. Cathie http://www.creativecutter.org/

6. Christel http://www.onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/

7. Dalis http://www.stampergirl.com/

8. Deb http://www.bugjuiced.blogspot.com/

9. Erika http://www.cricutlove1.blogspot.com

10. Gaby http://www.gabycreates.com/

11. Jean http://www.jeanscraftycorner.blogspot.com

12. Jenna http://www.jennasfavoritethings.blogspot.com/ <-- You are here!

13. Jennifer http://www.gator-4-life.blogspot.com/

14. Jenny http://www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/

15. Karla http://www.kalittlescrapcorner.blogspot.com/

16. Madison http://www.funkycards.blogspot.com/

17. Maria Elena http://www.mariaelenaworld.blogspot.com/

18. Melissa http://www.melissascrappenplace.blogspot.com/

19. Michelle http://www.mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/

20. Nicole http://www.croppinmommadesigns.blogspot.com

21. Raven http://www.love4stamps.blogspot.com

22. Roberta http://www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com/

23. Ronnie http://www.inkyantics.blogspot.com/

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Sweetshop Blog Hop Day 1

This is made with one of Melin's newest releases from pagekits.com! This is from the Bloom cut file. Papers I used were DCVW (pinks & green), Core'dinations (teal) and BoBunny (yellow). Its a little hard to tell in this picture, but the bouquet is on pop dots and then the center flower is also popped to give the whole thing some dimension. The teal paper has been stamped with a fiskars sentiment.

Now, here's how you can win this same cut file!! All you have to do is be a follower and leave a comment! Super easy!