First of all, I just want to thank all of you for the overwhelming support that I got last week for my jewelry giveaway. I am humbled and thrilled by your kind feedback and enthusiasm for my work! I have been pretty stalled on my jewelry making since Little Miss Jade was born, and fairly burnt out, but all of your kind (gushing!) words have gotten me totally reinvigorated about making jewelry and my creative juices are flowing. Hopefully I can find the time to get some new creations up in my shop soon! And don’t forget, I always take custom orders, so send your man my way with that CRAFTQUICKIES20 coupon code if you are dreaming of something in particular for Valentine’s Day!
The winner, Amy, has been contacted and will be receiving her Multi-metal Crystal Bling Signature Necklace in the mail soon. Thank you again for all of your entries! Now on to this week’s exciting giveaway…..
This week I am giving away a CRICUT MINI! Isn’t that amazing?! If you do not have a die cutting machine and you are getting serious about crafts then you need one, my friends! I adore my Cricut Expression with all of my heart. I have used it to make countless cards, holiday decorations, kid t-shirts, and to decorate my son’s room with an alien theme. The possibilities are endless, really. Having a great die cutting machine makes your projects fast and easy, but super professional looking!
Here are the three most popular projects that Courtney and I have made for this website using our beloved Cricut Expressions:
Quick & Easy Mod Podge Pumpkin Face Blocks
(Featured on the blog Mod Podge Rocks!)
Quick & Spooky Die Cut T-Shirts
And here are a few fabulous projects that I found on the Cricut website’s Project Center. There are loads of great ideas to help you get ready for Valentine’s Day. Here are a few that caught my eye.
Modern Simple Valentines
(I adore these. I totally need the cartridges to make these. Simple but darling!)
Stud Muffin
This cracks me up! I totally want to do this for my husband. He works such weird hours that I didn’t even see him last Valentine’s Day. But I could leave a box of muffins for him in his car and I know it would totally make his day!
The other thing that stood out to me was the fabulous vinyl wall decals that can be made with one of their machines. I am getting ready to redecorate my kiddos’ rooms, so I am loving both of these ideas.
Once Upon a Time Vinyl Wall Decor
Owl Always Love You Wall Decor
Don’t they have the most amazing projects and ideas?! Go browse and get inspired!
Thank you to Cricut for sponsoring this awesome giveaway to cap off our Beat the Winter Blues Giveaway Series. I have loved sharing all of these fabulous prizes with you this dreary January and I look forward to doing it again next year. Use the Rafflecopter widget below to enter to win your very own Cricut Mini, and get those Valentine’s Day projects ready, because the Valentine’s Day Holiday Craft-Off is coming soon!
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Love the K-Cup valentine boxes. Cute for my teen coffee lovers!
What a great giveaway. I have a cuttlebug. That is as technical as I have gotten. I make lots of greeting cards but would love to be able to make some things for my little grandsons (like to put on their tee shirts etc)
thanks for the opportunity.
tonilea
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So many cute ideas – I have wanted a Cricut for forever!! Thanks for the chance to win. I would love to make that cute Valentine’s mailbox, but anything for Halloween would be amazing…like the 3D skull or pumpkin, some of the trick or treat bags, mini albums….so much to make! 🙂
Oh. em. gee. I especially love the Owl one!!!
I would love to win this so I can make the teacup cupcake holder! I love tea, I love cupcakes.
That’s a hard one! There are so many amazing projects that they have listed. I really like the conversation heart treat boxes for Valentine’s Day. I am the Homeroom Mother for my daughters class and last year I found the perfect Halloween image to go with their class theme and I sat there and cut all those tiny pieces out by hand to make 17 Halloween bears. It took me all day and boy was my hand sore! It would have been so much easier with a Cricut. I can think of so many ways I could use it for classroom projects 🙂
Oh man, you NEED one of these!!!!!!
Thanks so much for offering your fellow craft buddies the chance to win a Cricut Mini!
Would love this!
I’d try out Paper Lanterns first, so lovely!!
I agree. They are breathtaking.
I love the all of the Valentine Cricut projects!
I would love to win the Cricut Mini!
I would probably use it to make cards but would also love to make wall art and especially try your Halloween t-shirt idea. Really liked the t-shirts and never can have too many for Halloween. I’m so sorry I missed last weeks jewelry giveaway but would love to win a circuit machine.
I have been drooling over one of these for weeks now but can’t fit it in budget as we are remodeling some things in the house but I WANT nae NEED one so much!
Perfect timing then! Good luck!!
I am most inspired to make classroom decor, and Valentines heart boxes!
I used to teach school too and wish I had owned one of these back then! It would be a perfect prize for a teacher! Good luck!
I would love to make the vinyl wall clings!! Have a few around my house, and love them!
I’ve always wanted one of these, since freehanding things is NOT an option for me.
You can always come over and use mine anytime if you don’t win!
I like the Sphere garland. I’m wondering if you could do something similar with a star shape!
Absolutely! It would be a cinch!
Would love this!
So cool!!
I am seeking the courage to start a new business and absolutely love the Tea Cup Cupcake Holders.
Oooh! Good luck! I am all about the small businesses!
What a great giveaway!
I keep hearing about the Cricut machines and am amazed at all the uses. I would love to win and expand my crafting 🙂
You have the BEST giveaways ♡
Thanks, Carrie!!
As a toddler mom with another one on the way, I need this cricut for everything from nursery decor to organization!! From the website, I really like the nursery decor of the nursery rhyme wall plaques! Hope I win!
Hey, I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE ALLL OF THE VALENTINES IDEAS. I CAN’T CHOSE JUST ONE! SO CUTE!!!
I love all the card projects, especially the ones with the little monkeys!
Love this! Cricuts are the best invention since sliced bread!!
Agreed.
I really like that XO thing. Hey, by the way, your twitter thing is tweeting about the RR giveaway from week 3 instead of this weeks. Just a heads up.
Thanks! I’m on it.
Love all these great ideas and projects.. would love to be able to do the same, especially the card projects… right now my cards are so “rustic”… this circuit would go a long way to improve that !!
I have been eyeing the Cricut!! There are a thousand things I would make, starting with the wall decals for lil mens rooms and the cards!! So much fun to be had!:)
I love the Stud Muffin Labels. I would make something like that.
I love all the ideas – especially the XO banner.
My daughter has a big cricut and its so useful!!! The mini would be just perfect!
I love all your projects you made. My sister has a cricut and we did Christmas projects this year but to have my own I. would busy even more.
Love all the Cricut products! Would love to add the mini to my collection.
So many cute things we could make for my daughter’s wedding.
This is so exciting! I just fell in love with the Love Bug Valentine! http://www.cricut.com/project/ViewProject/2483/Love-Bug-Valentine
Paper lanterns
Yes, pretty please!!!!!!
Valentines Day stuff!!!
I would make all kinds of bulletin boards for my elementary classroom and valentines!!!
I used to teach elementary school and I would have LOVED to have one of these back then! Good luck!!
Wicked cute!!
I’m totally thinking I need to do the Stud Muffin for my husband, too. It would make him laugh to find that.
Thank you for the chance to win my dream machine.
I like two of them: The K-cup valentines box and the Queen of Hearts T-Shirt.
I am new to scrapbooking and would LOVE to have one!
Love it!
I Love my Cricut expressions, but the mini seems to be more cropping friendly to me. The expressions is kind of big and bulky to being to an all day or weekend crop. I would love to have the mini for scrapbooking, card making and home decor.
I adore the XOXO banner (http://www.cricut.com/project/ViewProject/2694/XOXO-Banner)–I’m a sucker for banners and I love the simplicity of this teamed up with the drama of full on glitter! Thanks for the chance to win! 🙂
I love all the Valentine ideas and enjoy making homemade valentines with my kids, but I really want to make the stud muffin valentine for my hubby, too cute!
I am looking to do a seascape scene for my son’s bathroom.
Thanks for the chance to win! I need to add a Cricut to my crafty place!
I really adore the modern Valentines. I’d love to get a cricut mini! I don’t have anything right now and my projects just don’t ‘shine’ they way I want them too!!!
I love everything cricut! Im doing my daughters bday invitations out of cricut bugs (create a critter2)
I would love to do the Critter Valentine for either of my girls for Valentines Day.
Love the sweatshirt
Love the Boo sign on Pinterest!
I just love the K cup coffee gift box! Not just for Valentines Day, for any occasion!
I could use this for some awesome projects!
I honestly didn’t know you could make vinyl stickers for the wall. When I think of Cricut, I think of cardmaking. Anyway, I loved the Wall scripture- Extreme Fonts Contest for inspiration. I would make my Dad messages in his native language so he can read them from his bed.
Love all the projects shown here!!! thanks for chance to win
I would like to make sayings for a walls.
I looove the XOXO banner! Thanks!
great giveaway! thanks for the chance to win
I really want to try the iron on for clothes or even applique!
I’m inspired to make the Conversations Hearts box.
Gone Fishing Birthday PopUp Card
Just got my very first e2! I love to bake so I can’t wait to make cupcake wrappers for my wedding this summer!
I love the DNA Birthday Card! Very cute! I have some showers coming up that it would be perfect for!
Thank you sooooo much for a great giveaway. I’m not a Mom, but, I have a lot of friends that are and I love love love the Once Upon Time wall!
I would love to make the Anna Griffin Seasons Frame as seen here. http://www.cricut.com/project/ViewProject/2649/Anna-Griffin-Seasons-Frame
I love the Cricut machine’s infinite possibilites. Even if you are not into scrapbooking, it makes great cupcake toppers and holiday cards. Pair it with the Cuttlebug and nobody is going to believe you made it yourself!
What cute ideas…would love to win the mini!!
Really cool ideas, especially love the pumpkin blocks, so doing that idea next year, maybe putting candies int the blocks.
I love the Tea Cup Cupcake holders! I would love to make these for my co workers.
with a little one just starting school this would be handy dandy indeed for all those little projects that will surely come our way!
I would love to do my own personal valentines!
thanks for the great ideas. It would be awesome to win a cricut mini.
I would make wall clings. This is an awesome giveaway!
Thanks for offering the mini giveaway!
I’d love to make the Rosette Christmas Trees!
Would love this
Ooohh I want one if these for my sis!
I want to try threw iron on to shirt or even appliqué
Thank You for the chance to win.
Love the Owl vinyl!
The first thing I would try to make would be the ABC Card for Valentine’s Day.
I love the dinner menu dry erase board!!!:)
I love making vinyls for my walls. The mini would be awesome!
I’d make some cards or wall art first. The possibilities are endless! I love it!
I would love to make anything cake decorating related!
Love the vinyl wall decor ideas, I never thought of that. Thanks for the chance to win.
What an awesome prize. I have an Expression and really like it, but would love the mini for traveling.
First, I will indulge my OCD desires to label everything!!! Well, maybe not everything, but I would love to get started in my pantry and may be even in my husband’s shop. 🙂 I would love to make wall vinyls for my grand daughters. They would LOVE that! And I think the cards would be way fun! I’ve hesitated to do a lot of craft projects, because I want them to look professional. A Cricut Mini would allow me to all the above and MORE. Thanks for the contest. Good luck to all.
I would SOOOO love to win this! So many craft ideas so little time! 🙂 As a mom and a teacher I would use this ALL the time!
Great give away
I want to create The Great Outdoors layout. My husband, 2yr old daughter and I have created many wonderful memories while out enjoying nature!
I would love to try the DOGGY TREAT CONTAINER. My son will be very delighted when he sees it. 🙂
Love the Valentines project!
Would love to have one of these babies!!
I just had my eye on that owl always love you wall art too. I want to make my grandkids the valentine mail box too. Thank you for the giveaway. I am a new friend referred here by Cricut. This mini would be great so my granddaughter could craft with me.
Love your sites by the way.
chris@iwooten.com
Thanks, Chris! Good luck!
I love using Cricuts for all my scrapbooking and crafts, but I have to borrow one from a friend. would love to have my own so I could craft anytime at home!
So happy to find you. What a great blog. I’d love to win your amazing prize. A mini would make my day. Thanks for the chance to own one.
Thank you, Rebecca! I hope you got a chance to browse around some here on the blog! Good luck!
I have to agree with Michelle about the K Cup Valentine as the project I most want to make. We just got a Keurig for our faculty room at school and this would make an excellent valentine to the staff.
Wow! Thank you for a chance to win. I didn’t even know they made a mini!
I have the personal size Cricut and my daughter borrowed? it to make do some glass etching for her wedding. To this day, I have not been able to get my Cricut returned to me. She told me that I can ‘visit’ my Cricut anytime I want to but it has to stay at her house. I would love to win this Cricut mini so that I can do my projects at my own home and not hers. I love making my own Christmas Cards every year and use the Christmas cartridges that I presently own. I plan on purchasing some of the new Christmas ones when I get the chance.
Oh man, I would be smuggling that thing out of her house, Valerie! The things mothers do for their children….. 😉
Talk about inspiration. I was so enamored by the Patterned Coasters it made me stop & wonder if I could take the technique used to make the coasters one step further & make a tile back splash for my kitchen wall to match the coasters?
Haha! That is so awesome, Kelli! If you do it be sure to send Cricut and I a picture! 😉
I love the modern valentine’s cards. I am just learning card making and the Mini would be an awesome thing to have!
I love the K-cup gift box! Thanks for the chance to win!
A really cool tool to use and share at crops
Fingers (and toes) crossed…
love all your valentines projects… <3
I love all of the valentine card ideas! I can’t pick just one and I’m glad I have a big family so I can make lots of them 🙂
The Super Bowl decorations are pretty awesome!
Owll always love you! That is super cute. Now if only I had a Cricut to make that:-)
I would love the to make the modern simple valentines.
Actually any of their valentines projects, I am in the LOVE mood. ha
Want want want…. I would die to have a cricut!! I can think of no fewer than a dozen projects I would begin IMMEDIATELY! Here’s hoping I’m the lucky winner… Woohoo!
I like the Chinese lanterns
I really would love to win this. My son wants a dragon birthday and I really would like to make some cute invitations!
What fabulous projects!!
All the projects are so amazingly cute it’s hard to choose! I guess my first project would be paper lanterns 🙂
I love the little Valentine mailbox. I would also love to do the vinyl wall art.
Love all that you have created. It would be fun to have a Cricut to try to do some of those.
That Valentine’s mailbox is pretty darn cute!
I have never had the chance to use a Cricut but I would definitely classify myself as a craftiholic! 🙂 The valentines would be my first project.
What a great giveaway!
I’m really loving all the word blocks lately. I would love to make these Love Blocks: http://www.cricut.com/project/ViewProject/246/Love-Blocks!
boylaneely at hotmail dot com
I like the Tissue Box Cover!
I can’t wait to make my own vinyl words for my home–everything that will sit still will have a cute saying on it, lol!
I’ll just like to learn how to do Vinyl Wall Décor. I want to make one for my future niece or nephew’s nursery.
Amazing giveaway. Good look everyone!
I love the K-cup boxes! Plus I think I’d monogram everything if I had one 🙂
Owls, valentines, omg the possibilities are endless!!
I would love to make some graphics for printing on fabric
I absolutely love my moms cricut! I’d love my own!
I love the Valentine Mailbox! That would be my first project with and for my kids!
A few of my family members have Cricuts, and I’ve fallen in love with them! Would definitely love to win one!!!
I would love to win the cricut mini!
I’m back into scrapbooking and a cricut would be quite handy.
The Valentine’s Mailbox is very inspiring! Thank you for the giveaway!
I wanna make valentines mailboxes for a v day party. Too cute!
I knew you would want this. 🙂
I really, reallly, reallllllly need this. OK- I want it, but I could do a lot with it:)
I really hope that I win!
I would love to learn to use the cricut mini.
It’s pretty much a guarantee that all of the scrapbook layouts will be making an appearance in my books. That’s totally what I would do with this machine first.
Love the the 3D Thanksgiving pumpkin!
I am loving the owl vinyl!!! I am totally lifting this!!!
I want to make my own holiday cards this year!
Love the size and love the kcup idea!!
First thing I would do is some vinyl labels for the kids toy room and my pantry.
Love the labels for the canister set… great idea with so many uses!
valentines mailboxes!!
The Valentine’s pop-up card looks so cool! Would love to surprise the people I love by making it 🙂
What a great giveaway! So generous. Those teacup cupcake holders are adorbs! I’d maybe try that and anything with cute pumpkin theme.
I’ve never used one of these but love doing crafts with my granddaughter and we could have sooo much fun with this!
Sheesh, there are so many great projects! I have been wanting to make a cute valentines garland, so that would be first on my list of projects!