KricutKrazy Blog Candy Giveaway!!

Have you heard about KricutKrazy's Blog Giveaway? Click HERE to get the link to her blog. You just have to do a few very simple things to enter. Dont forget to email her!!

Bargain Bin!

A very handy website called cricutmachine.com has just introduced a $5 Bargain Bin!! There is even a cartridge in it! I'm getting some new mats since I can get two for only $4.95!

So click HERE to check it out.

First cards off the line..

This is my little flock of flower cards. I made 5 and gave them out at work today. Yes, everyone will be subjected to my new obsession!!

Turtle Card! It's even kinda messed up, but still super cute!! And that thing with the yellow grips? Only the coolest set of tweezers on the planet! They are called Tweezer Bees, I got these at Hobby Lobby. They are great for glueing and placing small pieces. You have to press down on them so they open, and when you let up, they stay closed, holding on to the piece of paper. That's not a great discription, but hopefully you get the idea.

These were just experiments on size and pressure of the machine. I really like the leaf cut out in the background.

What says Summer like a nice ice cream cone? The cherry is freaking adorable!!

This sunflower card is by far my most favorite creation so far. I think it's going to make it's way to Kansas soon, fairly fitting since the sunflower is the state flower of Kansas.

Welcome Home Cricut!

It's HERE!!!
Yesterday was just like Christmas!! My new favorite FedEx guy brought the lovely box right after I got home from work. It comes with a cartridge, Don Juan (the name makes me giggle). And after playing around for a little bit, I made a very remedial card, since I didn't have a card cartridge. And Rigel and I ran it to the mail box so my dear friend Lucy could have a handmade card in the mail. And what was in the mail box, YES! Another cartridge, Stretch your Imagination. So we ran back home and stuck it in the machine.
I spent most of yesterday afternoon playing around, just trying out new things, and experimenting with the sizes and cutting pressure. I would like to brag that I am just a quick study, but this machine is SO EASY to use! It doesn't have the best step by step instructions, but the dork that I am spent all weekend looking at Cricut videos on YouTube so I knew my way around the machine pretty well. There are some really creative bloggers out there too. I have listed a few of them on this blog. They have such great ideas! I'm going to practice making cards. But my main goal of the Cricut is to scrapbook more.

Since I have been married to a Soldier, we have had to move fairly frequently. I wanted to document our time by scrapbooking. And my mother has been a great help in this venture. I'm not the most creative person ever. She is far more visual. But we live fairly far away now and she isn't here to help me out. But the Cricut is!! That's why I got the 'Going Places" cartridge, lots of good travel images. And the others have great images and sayings for special occasions.

And today, that same lovely FedEx man brought me 3 more boxes. (Which I have a small complaint about. What's up with the separate packaging, Wal-Mart?? Aren't we trying to conserve stuff here? One small Cricut cartridge came in a HUGE box today!! More padding than actual product. That's not cool, Wal-Mart.)
So now I have
- Beyond Birthdays
- Stretch your Imagination
- Going Places
- Don Juan (giggle)
- Speaking of Fall

I'm playing with them all and pics will come very soon! I have some very cute cards and I cant wait to post them online!

Scrapbooking Blog!

Brand new blog!!

Joe has ordered me a Cricut for our upcoming anniversary. I've always tried to be crafty, but I just dont have the best eye for it. But with all of the images the Cricut can create, I think I will be much better!

I have a stack of five scrapbooks; three of which are finished: Rigel's baby book, our wedding book, and the Kansas book. And the on-going Army book depicting Joe's career. And the blue shell that will soon become the Colorado book. I havent even started that one yet.

I am so excited to get the Cricut and get started. I want to make homemade cards too. After watching some videos on YouTube, I am even more excited to get the machine and figure out how it works.

The only downside to all of this is that the cartridges are $70 each! So I will have to look for sales.

But I plan on posting all of my creations to this blog.

Enjoy!