Creations With Christina

Country Life Cartridge Series #3

Hi All,
Today is number three in the series. I always do a video with the Gypsy…so here’s your card for today…

This one was so much fun to make. I’m thinking this will be going to Ethan’s teacher for the end of the school year (can’t believe that’s coming up soon).

So, do you think it will come today? The Cricut 2? I don’t know, it shipped last night and said delivery is by 3pm today. I’m not convinced it’s coming today since at 5:30 this morning it had just departed Kentucky and it needs to come all the way here to Pa. It still says its coming today, but I don’t think so…

My plan was to film video #4 tonight. I want to use the banner cut, but I’m not sure what I want to do with it yet. If Cricut 2 comes though I might be distracted. So I may or may not have a video for tomorrow…

Have a great Wednesday.

Country Life Cartridge Series #2

Happy Tuesday,
I have to warn you before you even start reading…I was up until after 1:30 this morning and I had to get up for work this morning at 5:30. I get up early to get myself in gear, my post ready for the day and before you know it, its time to get Ethan up and get him going for the day…I just hope what I write below makes sense 🙂 I will be a walking zombie today…OK now on to the next video in the series….

Today I thought I would show you how to make a shaped card. We’re not using our Gypsy’s or Design Studio to make this card….

Lots of you asked about the sticky tool I used yesterday to pick up the small pieces. That is my scrapping best friend when it comes to those small Cricut pieces. It’s called a QuicStik by QuicKutz. Besides ordering right from QuicKutz, I know you can buy it at Hobby Lobby and you can also find it on Amazon. If you google search it you’ll find a few other online stores that carry it as well.

Oh and did I mention…I ordered my Cricut Expression 2 last night. It’s a great deal with easy pay and free shipping. I can’t wait…Some of you asked if I was keeping my regular Expression and yes I am…I want to keep it for doing the series videos…I will however be adding a video segment to the series using the Cricut 2…Maybe that will be video #5 this week since it should be here tomorrow (oh yes I paid the extra shipping…lol)

Well have a great day…I will be the girl at the library with the toothpicks holding her eyes open today 🙂
Have a great Tuesday and enjoy the day

Country Life Cricut Cartridge Series

Hi Everyone,
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend 🙂

Let’s get started with the Country Life Cartridge Series. I have planned four videos for this series, but if I have time during the week to make a 5th video I will.

Today we are going over the manual and then we’ll  hop right into making our first card….

So here we go…

See you back here tomorrow for Episode # 2
Hopefully I’ll be able to get up on time for work tomorrow, since I’ll be staying up till’ midnight to order my Cricut Expression 2. I am so excited about the CE2. I knew right off the bat that I had to have it..Can’t wait. I even already cleared a spot next to my Expression for my new machine…

Easter Treat Basket (Sweet Treats & Doodlecharms)

Happy Monday Everyone,
I hope you had a great weekend. Me…well when the Advil was kicked in to help my toothache it was good. I had to make a run to the dentist last Monday because I lost a filling in a wisdom tooth (long store on why I still have my bottom wisdom teeth) and ever since then the pain has been getting a little worse everyday…WAH!  Needless to say I’ll be calling the dentist office as soon as they open this morning….

To keep my mind off the pain…I made these cute little Easter treat baskets for my nieces and nephews.

and now for today’s feature film…
Supplies:
Cricut Expression, Cricut Gypsy, Sweet Treats, Doodlecharms, Core’dinations Cardstock, White Bazzill Cardstock, Modern Label punch (Stampin’ Up!), C3 Copic Sketch Marker, Chocolate Chip Ink Pad (Stampin’ Up!), Spun Sugar Distress Ink, Blender Pen (SU), Sharpie Extra Fine Tip Pen, Pop Dots,  Glue Dots, ATG Gun
Have a great day everyone 🙂 

Hugs,

Party Dress (Elegant Edges & Kate’s ABCs)

Woohooo It’s Friday,

I cannot wait for the weekend to officially begin. We might even have nice weather too. 70’s on Sunday…
Last week I posted how much I love Elegant edges and Kate’s ABCs and I couldn’t wait to play with them. I don’t know about you but when I get a new cartridge there is always one or two images that pop out at me and I just have to use them first. The dress and the shoes are what popped out first for me. I keep picturing this card done in Graphic 45 paper and some pretty lace…I may have to try that this weekend…

Here is our card/video for today…

Isn’t that the cutest dress…

I’ll be announcing the winners of the Cricut for Beginnners DVD this weekend…Click HERE to enter the giveaway 🙂

Hugs and happy,

Damask Decor Cricut Cartridge

Hi Everyone,
Lots of you who couldn’t get the Elegant Edges cartridge at AcMoore this week picked up this cartridge…

What do you all think? I haven’t decided yet….I do love that cut on the top right corner of the box, it looks very nestibilities don’t ya think?

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For all of you who are new to Cricut…Did you know you can view the full cartridge manuals before you buy them? Click HERE to go to the Cricut.com’s Cartridge Library. Here you will find a list of the cartridges and links to PDF files of the manuals. I saved the manuals to the cartridges I own on my computer.

DVD Update. I’m pretty much caught up with shipping orders. Don’t forget free shipping is available until Friday ($5 International). Click HERE to order.

Have a great Thursday…
Hugs and happy crafting,

Nate’s ABCs

Happy Wednesday Everyone,

I can’t wait to play with Elegant Edges this weekend…I think I’m going to use it for my April’s Scrapbook Challenge Project….I keep flipping through the manual and I can’t wait to play with it.

Nate’s ABC’s is such a cute cartridge. I got this a while back and I knew as soon as I got it I had to make something with those adorable rain boots. I can’t help it they make me smile.

Today’s card is a 4-1/4″x4-1/4″ card that will work in a standard A2 envelope. I love making this size card.

Supplies: Cricut Expression, Cricut Gypsy, Nate’s ABCs Cricut Cartridge, Cardstock, Fine Linen, Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado (Paper Trey Ink), Pattern Paper: Gertie 6×6 Paper Pad (My Minds Eve); Vintage Twine (My Craft Spot), Distress Ink: Vintage Photo, Adhesive, ATG Gun, Dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!) Stamp,  Paper Trey Ink

Hope you have a great day…

Hugs and happy crafting,

Birthday Card Video (Straight from the Nest)

Happy Monday Everyone 🙂
I hope you all had a wonderfully relaxing weekend.

Today’s video is a super simple card that I made and I love how it come out….

Here is the video. I listed the supplies below.

Supplies:
Die Cutting Machine: Cricut Expression, Gypsy, Cartridge: Straight from the nest.
Cardstock: Kraft, Ocean Tide, Dark Chocolate (Paper Trey Ink) Yellow (Bazzill), Pattern Paper: Hattie 6×6 Paper Pad (My Minds Eye); Ribbon: Ocean Tide Stitched Ribbon (Paper Trey Ink), Ink: Old Paper Distress Ink (Tim Holtz), Foam Applicator (Tim Holtz), Adhesive: Dimenstionals (Stampin’ Up!), Tombo Mono Adhesive, Two Way Glue (Stampin’ Up!), Stamp: Happy Birthday Stamp (Paper Trey Ink).

Hope you all have a great Monday.
Hugs and happy crafting,

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