Thanks for stopping by! I can't wait to see what project you create! Don't forget to link up over at Cooking with Cricut :)
I'm sorry I've been absent for a little while. I have a ton of card classes I'm preparing for in the month of March. I'll be posting cards for the next few days because of this. Thanks for your patience and continued reading of my blog - I appreciate you all so very much!!
WINNER POSTED - see bottom of this post - are you the winner?
Welcome to PaperCraftingWorld.com & CookingWithCricut.com's Love Song Blog Hop! Love is in the air and our Designers have come up with some great Valentine's Day projects inspired by their favorite love songs.
If you arrived here from visiting Holly at Ribbons & Glue 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 love "love songs" :) I really do. Music has a way of speaking to my heart like nothing else can! I hope you'll allow me a little bit of some history before I tell you the song I chose. I love country music so there are a ton of love songs there that I was thinking about. Then there is the song that my husband and I danced to at our wedding - Trust In the Lord by Sixpence Non The Richer. However, I kept going back to this one song because every since I was a little girl I have struggled with believing I am beautiful. I have learned over lots of time that who God says I am is what matters the most! Therefore, I was inspired by
True Things by J J Heller
and this is what I created . . .
A Love Jar (filled with all the things that God says about me in Scripture)
The idea is that I will continue to add to this jar as I read more about the "true things" that God says about me. For now the jar is filled with hearts cut out with the Art Philosophy Cartridge. Each one has a different verse written on it. For example . . .
"You are written on the palms of my hands" Isaiah 49:16
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 $10.00 gift certificate provided by PaperCraftingWorld.com! And make sure you leave a comment, too! One lucky commenter will also receive a $10.00 PaperCraftingWorld.com gift certificate!
Did you notice the marbled heart in the photo? Those were the hearts my kids made for our contribution to The Heart Project along with 69 other blogs! Jamie over at Hands On As We Grow put together a beautiful e-book off over 100 kid inspired and heart inspired projects to raise funds for the American Heart Association (It is American Heart Month after all). Jamie's story about Ellie was a real inspiration to me. My kids were so excited (and I was too) when our project was chosen to be in this book :) I'm offering a giveaway starting today in connection with the Heart Project and our Love Song Blog Hop!
I really didn't think anyone would want marble painted hearts so instead I'm giving away a heart themed package of products from Close To My Heart :)
Heartfelt Treasures Stamp Set (stamp set only)
Dimensional Hearts
TO ENTER: You may want to Donate to the American Heart Association. Our goal is to Donate at least a total of $2000 to the AHA.
You are not required to donate in order to enter the give away! THERE IS NO LIMIT TO How many give-aways you may enter…If you have already liked all of our social media in previous entries…then please just follow the other items required to ENTER. Thanks!
TO JUST ENTER today’s Give Away (leave your email with each comment to be contacted in case you win!):
Comment on today’s Post about what you love about the AHA (tell us about someone you know that benefits from it, or just that they're doing great and to keep up the work!)
Comment that you did these for extra entries:
Check out the AHA and (if the spirit moves you) donate!
Link up a project inspired by your favorite love song over at Cooking With Cricut(and comment below that you did)
**You will have 1 week to enter Each Giveaway!
I will post the winner here on this post next Saturday so be sure to come back
and check to see if you won! Donations for the e-book are still open - as well as purchasing the printed version & Donations without purchase are always welcome!
Or if you feel lead just donate any amount (no amount is too small - even $1 goes along way) to the AHA
Thanks so much for hopping with us today. Now head on over and visit Celeste at Touched By A Butterfly and see what she has created!
WINNER
Comment #35 Jadavis "I have worked fundraising with the American Heart Association before. They are great to work with!"
I am sending you an e-mail but please contact me at alwaysdeeper (at) hotmail (dot) com with your mailing address so I can get your stamp set and hearts to you!
Thank you all for playing along :) I hope you'll come back here often. Next month I have another great project in the works "Spontaneous Smilys" to benefit Operation Smile.
Welcome to another Cooking with Cricut challenge! Today's challenge - an adult valentine using the color black and a brad!
I made this card
It is hard to see in my photos but I used my art philosophy cartridge to cut out some hearts (darker red) and pop them up with 3D foam tape.
Did you know you can use the cricut to make a template for cards as well? I cut a larger heart and then traced it with pencil for my tree - using the outline I stamped and layered cut hearts inside the penciled image and then erased the pencil marks!
Melissa & Doug, one of the leaders in the educational toy industry, have generously donated two Trunki's to be given away in support of the American Heart Association! It is not required but maybe you'd want to stop by their facebook page and just tell them how much you appreciate their generosity! My kids love their puzzles and wooden blocks! I can only imagine their reaction to a piece of luggage that is meant to hold up to 100 pounds of pure child energy! That is right - you read that right - this luggage is made to be ridden!
Check out this video to see all the great features of a Trunki
Here's a fun one to watch - bloopers - those of us with kids know this will always happen!
With or without the "bloopers" the kids will have a ton of fun and these will make travel time that much less stressful! I so want to win one of these for myself :)
So here's what you need to do to win one . . .
One way to enter the giveaway is to support "The Heart Project" from now until Valentine's Day. Every $5 donation to AHA will receive a FREE eBook version of The Heart Book.
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Trunki video clips from youtube, Trunki photo from Melissa & Doug website
Welcome to Cooking with Cricut Challenge. Today's Challenge is Child's Valentine using the colors pink, white and/or red only.
I made these sweet valentine treat covers
I took a red patterned paper from the Elemental paper pack (cut to 2 1/2 inches x 5 1/2 inches) and then stamped hearts onto it using the technique I learned from Jeanette Lynton's blog
Then I cut a card 3x6 inches and a heart shape with the Art Philosophy Cartridge on the Cricut. I adhered the patterned paper to the cardstock and then I pasted the stamped heart shape to the front using 3D foam tape. The lollipop is then adhered to the inside of the card with a glue dot.
Finally the whole thing is tied shut with a piece of white lace :)
Thanks for stopping by! I can not wait to see what projects you cook up for this challenge. Don't forget to link up your project over at Cooking With Cricut this week!
