Archives for August 2015

Hi Everyone,
Welcome to the first video in the Cricut Explore Series. Sorry this took so long to post. I had a minor error that I need to correct in the video and post.

Today’s video features an overview of the Cricut Explore machine. There is a Cricut Explore One that is slightly different than the Explore Air. You can find out more info about that from the chart below.
Enjoy
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There are two different Explore Machines:

Here is a chart from the Cricut website that might help you more.

Cricut Explore One

Cricut Explore Air

Cricut Explore Wireless Bluetooth Adaptor

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Hi Everyone,
Today I have another Get Well card to share. I was planning on making some cards that do not have sentiments on the outside so I can set them aside and pull them out for emergencies. I would just have to stamp my sentiment on the inside and send it off. Little did I know I would need the first one I made right away.

Card details:
Standard A2 card base (4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″)
I stamped the flower images from the Clearly Besotted Delightful Day Stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Ink so I can copic color.
To add some layers to the card, I die cut with (yep you guessed it) my favorite die set from Simon Says Stamp in the 4 largest rectangle dies. I used a really bright copic quality white cardstock to do my coloring so I distressed the image panel with pumice stone ink after I die cut it.
The final touch was to add some twine around the piece and tie a bow.

Clearly Besotted DELIGHTFUL DAY Clear Stamp Set	X-press It Card stock 10 pack	X-press It Card stock 25 pack	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Mini Ink Blending Tool – Round	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965
Distress Ink Pads – Pumice Stone	Distress Ink Pads – Pumice Stone	Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full Size me-900	Tsukineko Full-Size Memento Fade Resistant Inkpad, Tuxedo Black	Distress Ink Pads – Mini – Pumice Stone
Distress Ink Pads – Mini – Pumice Stone	May Arts Ribbon, Natural Burlap String	*May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap	*Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB REAM Super Smooth Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets	Classic Crest Super Smooth Solar White 80# Cover 8.5
Copic Sketch MARKER G21 LIME GREEN	Copic Marker YG63	Copic Sketch Marker Y00 BARIUM YELLOW Light Soft Pastel Subtle	Copic Sketch MARKER Y11 PALE YELLOW	Copic Sketch Marker C1 COOL GRAY Grey
*Copic Sketch Marker B000 PALE PORCELAIN BLUE	Copic Sketch Marker B00 FROST BLUE	Authentique 6 x 6 CLASSIQUE BEAUTY Paper Pad BEA016	Simon Says Stamp STITCHED RECTANGLES Wafer Dies sssd111455 In Stitches

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Drum roll please 🙂 

It was a tie for which series to do next; Cricut Explore and Silhouette? I decided to do both 🙂
We’ll start with the Explore series this week and then move on to the Silhouette after that.

I’m in the process of filming the Explore series now and can tell you there are at least 8 videos…and that doesn’t include a few project videos either. Stay tuned later this week for the first video.

Just a note…
While working on the series, I will not be posting Stampin’ On Friday videos. This will give me time for editing videos, writing blog posts, and answering comments.

Videos will be posted 2x’s a week (maybe 3) during the series.

Thank you for all the well wishes on my dad. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to come home on Friday. Fingers crossed it’s today 🙂

Have a great day and see you back here soon 🙂
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Before we get started…Here are a few deals going on at Cricut:

Summer Blowout sale: 

Cricut Explore Bundle Sale:

Re-Released Retired Cartridges

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Hi Everyone,
There will not be a Stampin’ On Friday video this week. We had a little excitement in the family with my oldest nephew heading off to college and my dad in the hospital. It’s been a tough week but all is working out fine. Zach is getting settled at school and loves it. Dad unfortunately spent his birthday in the hospital, but the good news is he’s being released tomorrow.

Since I didn’t have a video for you today I thought I would post to let you know I’m finally done working on the categories and you can find all categories on the right hand side of the blog towards the bottom.

Cricut is back with an updated section above and video series are linked too. Click on Cricut in the upper right corner.
Thanks for being patience while I worked on them.

Now the question is what series do we work on next? Cricut Explore? a Cricut Catridge? or Silhouette? You name it, I want to know 🙂

Hugs and happy crafting.

Hi Everyone,
Welcome to the official page on my blog for all things Cricut.
You can find all videos and blog posts I’ve done on this page including all video series as well.

First here are some links to video series:
Just Because Cards Cartridge Series
Paisley Cartridge Series
Sweet Treat Cartridge Series
Wild Cards Cartridge Series
Country Life Cartridge Series
Life’s a Party Cartridge Series
Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cartridge Series

Mini Album with the Cricut Series

Cricut Expression 2 Series
Cricut Gypsy Series

Misc Videos:
Cricut; Cri-Kits (9)
Cricut; Deep Cut Blade (1) 
Cricut; Design Space (2)
Cricut; Explore (9) 

and here are all videos and posts done by cartridge:

Cricut: Sweater Weather (1) 
Cricut; A Child’s Year (4) 
Cricut; Animal Kingdom (1) 
Cricut; April Showers (1) 
Cricut; Art Philosophy (6) 
Cricut; Beyond Birthdays (1) 
Cricut; Bloom (1) 
Cricut; Cherry Limeade (1) 
Cricut; Christmas Cheer (2) 
Cricut; Christmas Solution (1) 
Cricut; Cindy Loo (1) 
Cricut; Country Life (7) 
Cricut; Create a Critter (1) 
Cricut; Creative Memories Traveler (1) 
Cricut; Designer Calendar (2)
Cricut; Doodlecharms (5) 
Cricut; Elegant Edges (3)
Cricut; Fabulous Finds (1) 
Cricut; Flower Shoppe (1) 
Cricut; Freshly Picked (1) 
Cricut; George & Basic Shapes (1) 
Cricut; Graphically Speaking (1)
Cricut; Gypsy Fonts (1)
Cricut; Gypsy Wanderings (1) 
Cricut; Happy Haunting (2) 
Cricut; Heritage (1) 
Cricut; Home Decor(2) 
Cricut; Joys of the Season (4) 
Cricut; Jubilee (1) 
Cricut; Just a note (1) 
Cricut; Just Because Cards (8) 
Cricut; Kate’s ABCs (1)
Cricut; Life’s A Beach (1) 
Cricut; Life’s a Party (4)
Cricut; Live Simply (1) 
Cricut; Lyrical Letters (1)
Cricut; Mickey and Friends (3) 
Cricut; Mickey Fonts (5) 
Cricut; Mini Monsters (2) 
Cricut; Nate’s ABCs (1) 
Cricut; New Arrival (2) 
Cricut; Paisley (6)
Cricut; Paper Dolls Dress Up (3) 
Cricut; Paper Pups (1) Cricut; Photo Booth (1) 
Cricut; Preserves (2)
Cricut; Ribbons and Rosettes; (1) 
Cricut; Robtz (1)
Cricut; Savory Lite (1) 
Cricut; Sentimentals (2) 
Cricut; Simply Sweet (1) 
Cricut; Small Talk Frames and Tags(1) 
Cricut; Smiley (1) 
Cricut; Something to Celebrate(1) 
Cricut; Songbird (1) 
Cricut; Storybook (7)
Cricut; Sweet Treats (3) 
Cricut; sweethearts (2)
Cricut; Tags Bags Boxes and More (9) 
Cricut; Tie the Know (1) 
Cricut; Very Merry Tags (2) 
Cricut; Warm Winter Wishes (1) 
Cricut; Wedding (2)
Cricut; Wild Card (30) 
Cricut; Winter frolic (2)
Cricut; Winter Woodland (9) 

Hi Everyone,
Just a quick post today as it’s been a very crazy week and today is also my dad’s birthday.
So here is his card I made using the Minc Machine, Silver Foil, and a Laser Printer.

The card base is a 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ standard card.
I used Adobe Photoshop and a basic font to create the birthday sentiment and printed it on Neenah Cardstock with my Laser Printer. I ended up getting a Laser Printer and love how much it’s added to the fun of my minc machine.
I used some pattern paper to matte the card base and then die cut the sentiment with a stitched die. For the balloons I die cut pattern paper and then used glossy accents to add the shine.

*Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB REAM Super Smooth Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets	Classic Crest Super Smooth Solar White 80# Cover 8.5	Minc Foil Applicator & Starter Kit-	Heidi Swapp – MINC Collection – Starter Kit – 12 Inch Foil Applicator With Transfer Folder, Foil and	Heidi Swapp – MINC Collection – Starter Kit – 6 inch Mini Foil Applicator Complete Project Kit
Heidi Swapp MINI MINC 6 INCH FOIL APPLICATOR Machine 370671	American Crafts Heidi Swapp Minc Reactive Foil, 10', Silver	Heidi Swapp – MINC Collection – Reactive Foil – Silver	Heidi Swapp – MINC Collection – Reactive Foil – 6 Inch – Silver	Heidi Swapp SILVER MINC 6 Inch Reactive Foil Roll 312103
HP LaserJet Pro P1102w Wireless Monochrome Printer (CE658A#BGJ)	Simon Says Stamp CELEBRATION TIME Wafer Dies sssd111417	Simon Says Stamp BUNDLE OF STITCHES Wafer Dies sssd111412 Cold Hands Warm Heart	Glossy Accents

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We R Memory Keepers – Heatwave Stencils – Script	We R Memory Keepers HEATWAVE SCRIPT STENCIL 662663	We R Memory Keepers HEATWAVE FOIL SHEETS MULTICOLOR 662579	We R Memory Keepers – Heatwave Foil – 4 x 6 – Multicolor	We R Memory Keepers HEATWAVE PEN Tool Starter Kit 662586
We R Memory Keepers – Heatwave Pen – Starter Kit

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Today’s video is a card for my sister. She loves pigs so I thought she would get a chuckle out if this card. How can you not smile at those cute little animal balloons.

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Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White 660425	Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full Size me-900	Tsukineko Full-Size Memento Fade Resistant Inkpad, Tuxedo Black	*Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB REAM Super Smooth Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets
Classic Crest Super Smooth Solar White 80# Cover 8.5	RESERVE Lawn Fawn TANGERINE Single Cord Lawn Trimmings LF786	Lawn Fawn Trimmings-Tangerine	Mama Elephant BASIC SET Dies MEBasicSet	Mama Elephant Basic Set Creative Cuts
Simple Stories – So Rad Collection – Enamel Dots	Simple Stories – So Rad Collection – Enamel Dots	3M Scotch 1/2-Inch by 36-Yard Double-Sided Foam Tape	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent	Clearly Besotted BEST BIRTHDAY Clear Stamp Set
Memento TUXEDO BLACK Dual Tip MARKER	Uni-Ball Pen Signo Gel WHITE Two Pack	Post-it Products – Post-it – Removable Cover-Up Tape, Non-Refillable, 1	Simon Says Stamp BUNDLE OF STITCHES Wafer Dies sssd111412 Cold Hands Warm Heart	Copic Sketch Marker R12
Copic Sketch Marker R11 PALE CHERRY PINK

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