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!

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/

Sweetshop Blog Hop Day 1

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 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!

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/

CWC- Hearts and Flowers

Cartridge: Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art
Paper: DCWV, BoBunny Double Dot, Coredinations

More details to come, I'm running a bit behind this week, sorry! Baby is getting teeth, we have have our house being worked on, and 4 doctors appts this week! I'll try and get them up by this afternoon though.

Beautiful Butterfly

Recipe:

Cartridges: Stamping (Butterfly), Accent Essentials (Circles), Wild Card (Scalloped Card)

Paper: Random Cardstock/Core'dinations

Ribbon: JoAnn's brand

D'vine Swirls Embossing Folder

Lots of stickles!

Challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut- Neglected Cartridge (It hasn't been 6 months, but its been 5 since I used Stamping last...)
BBTB2- Butterflies
Paper Cutz Challenge- Anything goes
Kaboodle Doodle- Bling it up!

Cooking with Cricut Challenge - Birthdays!

I was glad to see this challenge for this week because I have two birthdays so send card for this week!

Card Recipe:
Create A Critter, Smiley
PKS faces stamp
Fiskars Happy Birthday Stamp
Core'dnations Paper/random paper from my stash
Seeing Spots Cuttlebug Folder

Make sure and join us at CWC with your own birthday creations! And guess what?! The prize this week is from Peachy Keen Stamps!!

Distracted Crafting...

So, I sat down at my crafting table to make a few cards- I have a couple birthdays coming up- and I got distracted by a completely different UFO... Which isn't quite as unfinished anymore:

I still need to add the mitered border out of minky... Which Lily LOVES! If you're interested in making a puff quilt like this check out the tutorial at HoneyBear Lane! Or if you want one, but don't want to make it, you can check out her Etsy shop. ;) I'll post pictures when its finished!