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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Make Me Laugh-Cooking With Cricut Challenge # 23

Good morning! It's time for another Cooking With Cricut challenge. Since Friday is April Fool's Day and is usually spent playing jokes of friends, coworkers and family members what better challenge could there be than to make people laugh. I hope you all find humor in the card I created. I have a little bit of a twisted sense of humor, so here goes.

I know, I know! Not exactly what you expected, right?! I was gonna go with the "then buy it" saying but this just popped into my head and I decided to go with it. I told you my humor was kind of twisted so don't say I didn't warn you. LOL

Anywho, details! It's time for the deets!

I pulled out my pink and black card stock and my Graphically Speaking cart to make the shoe. I trimmed most of the black shoe away, only using the portion that would be the sole. I sponged around the edges to give it some dimention and added the fun bow.

The sentiment was made using Print Shop.

I hope you get the chance to play along with us this week. Be sure to pop over to the CWC blog and check out the awesome projects from the team.

Until next time, have a great day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Cooking With Cricut #17 and winner announcements

Wow! We had a great weekend with the Cooking With Cricut Sweet Shop Blog Hop and you all left such nice comments. It's time to post the names of the winners of my blog candy and for this week's challenge.

First let's start off with the winners of the Spring Beauty cut or digi file. I used random generator to decide and picked two winners. One from Saturday's comments and one from Sundays, soooooo........drumroll please...dddddddddddddddddddddd:

The winner for Saturdays comment is:
mommahobbit and she said Cool idea! ty so much for sharing :)

The winner for Sundays comment is:
GrannyCharlotte who left this comment: The hot air balloon is precious. It is such a neat idea. Thanks for sharing.

I will get an email out to you so you can collect your prize. I'll need to know if you want a cut file or digi image. I want to thank everyone who played along! Y'all were awesome!

Now onto today's project. Today's challenge was to emboss on your project. I pulled out the designer paper and my graphically Speaking cart and away I went to make this scrapbook page.

I used quite a few images from Graphically Speaking. The titles, tropy, #1 and the play hard.

I embossed the turquoise panel of the "play hard" using my dots folder.

The papers are lime green, red and several different designer papers from American Crafts Celebration. I hand cut the stars from a sheet of AC dp and glued them along the top.

Now it's your turn. We would love for you to join us at Cooking With Cricut for this week's challenge. Can't wait to see your creations!!!

Until next time, thanks for stopping by and have a great day! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Cooking With Cricut Sweet Shop Blog Hop Up, up and away with our second day

Welcome to Bouncyflouncyfunfunfun and the CookingWithCricut 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 Anita, 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!

For today's project I thought it would be cute and kind of fun to make a Hot Air Balloon Box. It's perfect for those yummy chocolatey treats. I also included this adorable card.

Details on the card:
I used Mini Monogram cartridges for the scalloped square and rounded squares. I embossed the red panel using my hearts folder and cuttlebug. Those adorable images are Love Bandits and they're from PageKits.com. I colored them using copic markers. The banner was created using Shout Out from Shannon's Sentiments and the sentiment circle is from Stampin Up's Love Ya set. To add some texture I used white liquid applique and the heat gun on the raccoons hair. Their noses and the key were made shiny by using glossy accents. The papers I used were black and red card stock from Recollections, and white card stock.

Details on the Hot Air Balloon Box:
I cut out hearts each of black, red and white card stock using my George cart. The black hearts are 5. Red hearts are 4 1/2 with the shadow setting and the white hearts are 4 1/2. I scored each of the hearts down the center and folded them and glued them together in layers. I then glued each layer of hearts back to back making a circle stopping before I had glued the last hearts together. It was time to make my box. The box is 3 7/8 inches squared. Before gluing the box together I made an insert to fit into the bottom by cutting a piece of card stock 3 7/8 inches by 5 7/8 inches. I folded this piece in half and then added a score line inch on either side so when it was folded it had a peak. I punched a hole in the center to thread my cording through. I attached this piece to the inside bottom of the box. I then pulled the cording through the center of the unfinished "balloon" and glued the last of the hearts together. This wasn't enough to stabilize the basket so I punched holes in each corner of the basket and two of the balloons on the side and ran cording through them and made my adjustments until the basket hung level. To accomplish this I used two holed buttons on each of the corners. All I had to do was sinch it like you would do a belt. All that was left to do now was decorate and fill with candy. This one's filled with my favorite chocolate, Lindors. Yum, yum!

I hope my directions were clear enough but if they weren't I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.

Here is a close up:

In addition to the chance to win prizes from Cooking With Cricut, Melin at Pagekits.com has so sweetly offered this wonderful prize for me to give to one of my lucky viewers. All you need to do is leave me a comment by Sunday, 12:00 PM CST and you could win this fabulous cut file or digi image, it's your choice.

Remember, this prize is seperate from the other prize package being offered. To be eligible for that you need to collect your letters along the way.

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

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... Cathie! 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
2. Abby
3. Anita
4. Me
5. Cathie
6. Christel
7. Dalis
8. Deb
9. Erika
10. Gaby
11. Jean
12. Jenna
13. Jennifer
14. Jenny
15. Karla
16. Madison
17. Maria Elena
18. Melissa
19. Michelle
20. Nicole
21. Raven
22. Roberta
23. Ronnie

Until next time, have a great day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Cooking With Cricut Sweet Shop Blog Hop....Let's make Key Chains

I made these key chains using my George cart and Shrink plastic. After a little experimentation, I decided the best cut size was 3 1/2 inches. You'll need the blade that cuts through chip board for this project.

Key chain number one I free handed the art on it using copic markers and a black sharpie.

For key chains two and three I used the following:

After cutting out the heart, I cut a 3 inch heart from scratch paper and placed it on top of the shrink plastic, centering it. I then colored around the exposed edge with a copic marker. (It's best to use lighter colors as the color will intensify when it shrinks) I used a black sharpie marker to trace the outside of my heart template and I free handed the lines. I also used my George cart on a 1 inch setting to cut out the word "love". After rmoving the heart template I then used the letter cut outs to trace the word "love" on the heart.

Once I had punched a hole in the top using my standard everyday hole punch, it was time to get the heat gun out and heat the plastic. I just followed the instructions on the shrink plastic packaging.

All there was left to do now was to add the key chain and I was finished.

In addition to the chance to win prizes from Cooking With Cricut, Melin at Pagekits.com has so sweetly offered this wonderful prize for me to give to one of my lucky viewers. All you need to do is leave me a comment by Sunday, 12:00 PM CST and you could win this fabulous cut file or digi image, it's your choice.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Cooking With Cricut challenge #15

Good morning and welcome to this weeks Cooking With Cricut challenge. The theme this week is Groundhogs Day so we will be using shadows on our projects. Now according to Puxatwnee Phil, who did not see his shadow this morning, we're in for an early spring. I sure do hope so. I'm ready for the cold weather to end and for spring to arrive. It's fourteen degrees here in Dallas, Texas. Yes, you heard me right. Fourteen degrees and that doesn't even include the wind chill!!!!! BRRRRRR!!!!!! I'm sitting here all bundled up while I type this post but enough about that. Here is my card for the challenge.

I used the Mouse Couple Kissing Topper from Page Kits and watercolored the image. I decided to let it perch on top of the scalloped box which contains the shadowing on my project. I added four shadowed hearts made by layering the red heart on top of the black heart, slightly off setting them. They were cut using my George cart and so were the letters. I also used my Mini Mono cart for the scalloped box. Since I was using the Mouse Couple Kissing Topper I chose to make Valentine card.

Be sure to check out all the other fabulous projects from the team and we would love for you to play along.

Thanks and have a great day! Stay warm! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Cooking With Cricut Challenge #13

So are you sick of the cold weather yet and long for the sweet smell of spring? I thought so! That brings us to this weeks challenge at Cooking With Cricut. Flowers!!! Soon the cold days of winter will pass and the ground will warm and we'll begin to see the promise of spring in the form of flowers.

This weeks challenge was to use flowers on our projects. There had to be at least three of them.

I still had one of those cool trio frames left over so I decided to showcase my flower project in one of them.

I used the the rose digi image from scrapbookeden.com. I printed it on designer paper and green card stock. I paper pieced the leaves onto the flowers and did a little bit of watercoloring on the flower petals. I pulled out my Graphically Speaking cart to make the delicate border. All I had left to do was add some dainty lace and I was finished. This was a very quick and easy project and the results speak for themselves.

Be sure to hop on over to the Cooking With Cricut blog to see all the other lovely creations the design team has for you.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Cooking With Cricut # 11 Snow Fun

Hello and welcome to today's Cooking With Cricut challenge. We have a snowy challenge for you today. Make anything that has to do with winter time outdoor activity. Snowmen, sledding, snowball fights, etc. It's your choice! I chose to do a scrapbook layout using two cute images from scrapbookeden.com. Check out that sledding snowman and polar bear! Too cute for words!

I printed them on white card stock and colored them using copics and also reinkers and a watercolor brush. I then pulled out my Graphically Speaking cart and cut out the BRRR and cold sentiment on white card stock and gray card stock. I also cut out snowflakes using the same cart. Instead of tossing the left over card stock, I chose to use it to add a little bit of layering along the side. To make the hill of snow for the sledding snowman, I tore pieces of white card stock, inked the torn edges and layered them up. The paper used on this project are designer paper from K& I, white, gray and eggplant card stock.

I hope you like that pages. It's been a while since I've scrapbooked and I'm a little rusty but I sure had fun and plan on doing more scrapbooking this year.

Be sure to pop on over to the Cooking With Cricut blog to see what the rest of the team has cooked up for you today. Have a fabulous day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly

Fa la la la la.....la la.....la....la! Or you can deck the halls using your Cricut. This week's challenge on Cooking With Cricut is to use your Cricut to make holiday decor.

For me the choice was simple. I wanted to make a framed sentiment that I would be proud to give to a friend or display in my own home.

From time to time, I stop in the local Dollar store to see if they have anything that would look great altered. I picked up these really cool black frames a while back and have had them sitting on my shelf waiting for a project. They're long and have a trio of frame inserts so they were perfect.

For me, the colors of Christmas have always been the traditional colors of red and green so that was my starting point.

I cut the snowflake using my Graphically Speaking cart and the letters using my Storybook cart. I added a green scalloped circle behind the snowflake to make it "pop" and layered them all on a piece of red striped card stock. The letters are popped up with dimentional dots. The buttons were a last minute touch.

That's it! Super simple and inexpensive holiday decor item that's sure to please.

So what are you creating for the Holidays? We would love to see your holiday Cricut projects, so stop on by the Cooking With Cricut blog and show us what you come up with!

Have a fabulously crafty day! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Monday, November 15, 2010

And the winner is.........

Don't you just hate suspense?!!! You probably just want to know who won the drawing of the cute image from Cooking With Cricut, right? I could just keep on typing and typing, but I won't. The winner of this drawing is commnet #17. Kathy B. This is what Kathy had to say:

"love this stair step idea! I am going to have to try this!!! I just became a follower and signed up for email updates! Love your site! Thanks for the great opportunity to win the cute cute cute file!"

Kathy B you are the winner of the cute bear file! All I need to know is if you would like a cut file or digi file. I will send you and email and wait for your response.

Congratulations!

Hugs, Becky

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Welcome to Bouncyflouncyfunfunfun and the CookingWithCricut.com Holiday Blog Hop!

If you've come from visiting Brandylynn's blog, created by brandylynn 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 the holidays fast approaching we are sharing some wonderful ideas and inspiration for your viewing and crafting pleasure!

Each Design Team member will be featuring an original project made especially for this hop. Make sure to check out each DT member's blog. 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!

For my Holiday project, I've created a stair step card. These are fun and three dimentional so you can add as little or as much detail as you would like.

Start off with a piece of card stock 5 1/2 inches by 10 1/2 inches. Next we're gonna make score lines parallel to the 5 1/2 inch side. Score at 1 1/4", 2 1/2", 4 1/4", 6" and 8 1/4". Fold accordian style along score lines. Now it's time to decorate your layers.

I printed the Cooking With Cricut Gingerbread House on Confetti White card stock and colored it with Copics. To add some sparkle I used red stickles on the candy canes and gum drops. The icy snow was made by sprinkling dazzling damonds over glossy accents.

I wanted some fun trees so I printed a couple more of the Gingerbread House images on designer paper and then cut them out and added stickles.

The Gingerbread man is a stamp from Stampabilities.

The snow was cut free hand from Confetti.

The sentiment was made using Mini Monogram and George carts.

This is my very first stair step card but I had so much fun making it won't be my last.

Now it's your turn! Let’s see your wonderful holiday projects. Be sure to try and include a Cricut or other die cut machine on your project and link it up at CookingWithCricut.com.

In addition to all the wonderful prizes to be given away on the Cooking With Cricut blog, Melin has been so sweet to offer a free digital image or cutting file to one lucky person who leaves a comment on this blog post. I will be drawing a random winner on Monday at 10:00 AM CST so be sure to leave your comment. This is the fabulous image you can win.

Next stop..Michelle's blog, mumoftwo . Go see what she has in store for you today... And when you're done, make sure to head back to CookingWithCricut.com and get entered to win one of the fabulous prizes to given away there!

Happy Holiday Hopping! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Cooking With Cricut meets The Cutting Cafe for a Halloween good time

Imagine my excitement this week when I found out who was sponsoring our challenge over at Cooking With Cricut!!! It's The Cutting Cafe!!! Regina has very generously allowed us to work with her images and cutting files. I know you're used to seeing her images here on my blog because I've been on her design team for quite a while, but how cool is it for me that I get to combine both teams this week for the Cooking With Cricut challenge?!!! Pretty awesome I must say!!!

Since we're fast approaching Halloween, we're doing a Halloween themed challenge. Perfect!!!

To get things started I chose to work with Halloween All Around and the Halloween Banner set.

I started by printing the pumpkin image on green and orange card stock. I then cut out the orange pumpkin and paper pieced it onto the green. I did enhance the color of the pumpkin by coloring it with my Copics.

I also printed the banner on two different pieces of designer paper and paper pieced every other triangle.

For the Cricut in this challenge, I pulled out my Mini Monograms cart and cut out the scalloped circle and scalloped square. I layered it up with some polka dotted designer paper. I just love the pops of color on this card, don't you?!! It's spooktacular!!!

We'd be thrilled if you had a little time this week and played along with us! Also, be sure to check out all the amazing creations from the other team members. You won't be dissappointed!

Have an awesomely good day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Some Exciting News!!!

I've known this for a little while but had to wait til now to share it with you all! I'm part of the amazing Cooking With Cricut design team.

We'll be sharing cards and projects that contain cutting files and digital images as well. The team is off to a fabulous start with some awesome designs so be sure to check them out.

This weeks challenge is love-sweetest day for the upcoming Sweetest Day on the 16th.

I chose to start off with this cute digital image and a card.

I printed the image on watercolor paper and colored it with reinkers and a watercolor brush. There is glossy accents on their eyes, noses and her bow. I pulled out some of my scrap paper for the background and added lots of layers that include, a glossed heart, ribbon, primas, a big ole button and a sentiment oval cut using my Cricut and George cart. Card measures 5 1/2 x 5 1/2.