Friday, November 12, 2010

Cooking with Cricut Blog Hop

If you are looking for the Mini Album Blog Hop, click HERE.

Welcome to Purple Monkey Moments, my little corner of the blogosphere, and the CookingWithCricut.com Holiday Blog Hop! If you've come from Becky's wonderful blog 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 Cooking With Cricut and start at the beginning.

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!

I decided to make a Christmas Tag box. I think it makes a really adorable gift, and who doesn't need gift tages at Christmas? Here it is:



The cute box was made following the tutorial HERE. It was pretty easy! I was pleased.



The paper is all Stampin Up. The acetate I picked up at Michael's. that's where I bought the ribbon too.



I cut out all my tags on my Cricut, and laid everything out on my Gypsy girl to save some paper. I was so easy! The great thing is that if you don't have a cricut, you can still make this project. There are lots of punches that you could use to make the tags.



The stamps are mostly Stampin Up, though I picked up the little Angel last week in a $1.50 bin at Michael's. Cute, isn't she? I colored them in with my SU markers.



This is a picture of how my gypsy looked with all the tags laid out on it. Easy-peasy!

This little tag box took me about an hour from start to finish, which is pretty quick! I am going to make some for teacher gifts and hostess gifts for Christmas.

So, on to my blog candy! I am giving away a great stamp from Close to my Heart, and a great cutting file that Melin over at Cooking With Cricut graciously gave me to give away. Isn't it cute? I love Gingerbread cookies :)






Winning these prizes is easy! All it takes is 2 easy steps...

1) Become a follower (if you aren't already)
2) Leave me a comment on this post by 6pm EST November 14th.

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.
Next stop...Melinda! 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!
Happy Holiday Hopping!

Here is a list of all the participants, just in case you get lost along the way :)

CookingWithCricut.com – http://www.cookingwithcricut.com/
Abby – http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/
Gaby – http://www.gabycreates.com/
Adrea – http://www.adreatravis2008.blogspot.com/
Cathie – http://www.creativecutter.org/
Christel – http://www.onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/
Kristal – http://www.kandrewdesigns.blogspot.com/
Madison – http://www.funkycards.blogspot.com/
Kassidy – http://www.inkingitupcrazy.blogspot.com/
Jenna – http://jennasfavoritethings.blogspot.com/
Valine – http://www.maddstercreations.blogspot.com/
Dalis – http://www.stampergirl.com/
Brandilynn – http://www.createdbybrandilynn.blogspot.com/
Becky - http://www.bouncyflouncyfunfunfun.blogspot.com/
Michelle - http://www.mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/
Melinda – http://www.scrapbookeden.blogspot.com/
Back to CWC


After you hop through all our wonderful Christmas ideas, I hope you come back and hop along with the Mini Album Hop. You can find it in the post right before this one. Have a great day!


A la prochaine...

Blog Hops Galore!!

I am so excited about tomorrow! I am usually a fairly organized person - I manage to keep all my balls is the air, most of the time. This weekend, I made a little slip up. I double booked myslef for Blog Hops. I wanted to participate in both, almost backed out of one, but decided the more the merrier! Why not do both? So I am. It has been a bit crazy, doing all that crafting this week, but I am really excited to show you guys the projects I came up with, and give you guys the chance to win some blog candy :) Who doesn't love blog candy??





So I hope you all swing by tomorrow to see what I have come up with, and hop along with both of our wonderful blog hops!

A la prochaine...

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Christmas Pudding

It is challenge day at Cooking With Cricut. Today's challenge is Holiday Baking. Here is what I came up with:



Kinda cute, isn't it? The Christmas pudding is from Winter Frolic. The paper is all Stampin Up, the jewelled brads are CTMH, the ribobn is from Michaels and the stamp is from Cornish Farms. Not exactly what I envisioned when I came up with this card, but on the whole, I am happy with how it turned out.

I hope you all come play with us over at CWC. I would love to see what you come up with :)

Some challenges:
ABC Challenges - H is for holiday
Pattie's Creations Designs - christmas creation
Delightful Sketches - stitching

A la prochaine...

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Cute Corn from Smiley Cards

I am going crazy with this cartridge! The cuts are SO cute!! I just love the corn on the cob. It makes me smile. I made this cute little Thank You card with Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge on my brain. I had every intention of using an older cartridge, but found this corn and could not resist! Obviously I won't be entering it into Throwback Thursday, I don't think I could find a newer cartridge if I tried! Here's the card:



Adorable, isn't it?? I used my new Scrappy Moms stamps for the saying, isn't it just perfect?? And I think it's wonderful for a Thank you card. The paper is all from Stampin Up, the ribbon I bought at Michaels, and the buttons were bought at my LSS. Super cute, isn't it?

Some challenges:
Cooking With Cricut - colors of fall/ harvest
Imagine Nation Monday - buttons (though not made with the imagine...)
Gingerloft Challenges - buttons
Stamps R Us - buttons and bows
Crafty Card Makers - stitching
City Crafter - thank you card

A la prochaine...

Recipe: Cachapas - Tasty Venezuelan corn pancakes






Cachapas are thick, tasty pancakes made from maize (sweetcorn) and served with a slab of white cheese at street stalls all over Venezuela.

The usual way to make them is to grind the maize kernels through a special machine, which gives the cachapa mixture just the right consistency, and then cook them on a flat griddle plate.

Anybody living outside Venezuela should try this easy to follow

Monday, November 8, 2010

More Smiley Cards!

I think Smiley Cards is just too cute!! I am in love with it - I wish it had a handbook, but hopefully that will come. I made this card yesterday for my Dad - it was his birthday. It is a 5x5 card, and I think it is adorable!!



I used my brand new Scrappy Moms stamps . I am loving them! I used my Spots and Dots cuttlebug embossing folder to add a little interest to the bottom of the card - I couldn't find a patterned paper I liked. I wanted this to be a good "male card" given that it was for my dad's 66th birthday, but used an image that my kids chose, because they wanted to be a part of the card too. I hope this struck that balance. I also love just how easy this card was to create. 20 minutes from loading the cricut to saying to my husband "honey, look how cute this card is!"

A few challenges:

Made by Momo - embossing
My Time to Craft - quick and cute
Papertake Weekly - cards for boys/ men
Party Time Tuesdays - birthday anything goes
Little Red Wagon - use the color red
wee memories - happy birthday
2 Sisters - birthday
Crazy 4 Challenges - square cards
Crafty Cardmakers - embossing

A la prochaine...

You Rock!!

I spent a good part of yesterday, playing with the new Smiley Cards Cartridge, which is exclusive to the Gypsy. I made 3 cards with it, and it is too cute!! I will beposting one of the other ones later today, so be sure to check back :)

Today is challenge day over at Paper Playtime. The challenge is "You Rock" which you can interpret however you want. I saw the guitar on my Smiley Cards, and thought it was perfect!



Isn't that adorable? I wanted to make it really girlie, hence all the pink. The "you rock" is cut with Don Juan, at 1 inch. The paper is mostly a mix of SU and Creative Memories. The jewels do not look nearly so crooked in real life, but what can you do? The perfectionist in me is having issues, but I don't want to destroy my card...

I hope you all come over to Paper Playtime, and rock it out with us :)


A la prochaine...