Leaves of Green

I made one tree card yesterday and wanted to send it to more than one person. Luckily I have a way to fix that.

The birds denote the number of people in their families.

Stretch your Imagination... with new papers

I ordered a few packs of 6x12 inch paper from cricutmachine.com. Many were solids, but two packs were designs. I really like that present card. The paper just puts it over the top.

This card was especially made for a friend in Arkansas who has a birthday in August.

I love balloons, did you know that? When I would throw myself birthday parties in college (yeah, I was lame), I would blow up a whole package of balloons and just have them on my dorm or apartment floor for days. Cant do that anymore with the pup, don't want him to choke.

Turtle!!

The snowflake is for a friend. But I read on someone else's blog that they make holiday cards in the summer to beat the holiday rush. So I'm going to use that as an excuse to make Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas cards in July. :) It makes sense though. Think about how many Christmas cards you will need to send off all at once.

But I must point out that the snowflake on the Stretch your Imagination cart has 7 sides. Really folks?? This bothers me to no end. I will need to find a 6 pointed snowflake very soon.

I know I got 2 new followers yesterday. If anyone has any helpful hints or tips, please feel free to point them out to me! I've had the Cricut for only a few weeks. I'm still mostly just playing around and learning about the machine. But any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

cardmakerkitclub.com

I just signed up for a Carkmaker Kit-of-the-Month club! You can click on that to check it out. I am so excited about how cool this could turn out to be. Takes me back to my Babysitter Book Club of the month and Stickopotomus club (anyone remember that one??). I absolutely love mail. And pathetically, I will even by $15.95 a month so that I get something fun and happy beside all of those bills. Although, the 1st month is half off. And you get some pretty cool "free gifts". I would pay $7.95 for the stamp I'll be getting. I'll let y'all know if it's something I will be continuting when I get the first one. Says I can cancel any time.

I hope it's as cool as they make it seem online.

Bugs & Flowers

All of these cards were made with the "Walk in my Garden" cartridge.

I love to put a little surprise in the card too. Most of my cards have something inside of them. The bee is especially cute. There are two different bee images.

"Walk in my Garden"

The "Walk in my Garden" cartridge arrived yesterday. It's one of the ones Joe won on Ebay. And it's awesome!! The images are so cute. And the sizing makes perfect sense! :)

I had to make some tulips first. They are my favorite flower. So it's kinda like Joe bought me flowers. This card is mine. I'm not giving it away.

The flowers and front of the card is made with the Walk in my Garden cartridge. But the white card is make with the Stretch your Imagination cartridge. 5 1/4 inches.

MAIL!!

I got my square envelopes this weekend so 4 cards went into the mail this morning. Isnt it silly that I just love the way the extra postage looks? And for the record, square cards are unmachineable and require an extra 20 cents. And they must be at least 5 1/2 inches to mail.

Flowers!!

The flowers were made with the Beyond Birthdays cartridge and the cards were made with the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge.

I have a two small complaints about the Beyond Birthdays cartridge. I consider myself a relatively smart person. But I cannot figure out the sizing to save my life! If I make a card that is 5 1/2 inches I assume I can make a "framed" word image that is 5 1/2 inches to match, to fit in the stupid hole in the card. Nope, not how it works. It has annoyed the crap out of me and I am just done with the card feature on Beyond Birthdays. But there is another reason too. The cards for each individual image are just plain cards with holes in them! I think they should have the word image attached to them, like the pictures are in the Stretch your Imagination cartridge. So I will use the Beyond Birthdays cartridge for the word images and the cool cutouts, like the flowers and balloons and the gift boxes. But I wont make another card with it. It's not worth the hassle or waste of paper.

I have a small question too. Is there any way to make the cutting mat sticky again? Can I wash it? Is there a Cricut glue stick thing I can run over it? I plan on buying another pack of them, and I have heard that a less sticky mat is good for thinner scrapbooking papers, so I will keep the old one around for that task. I was just wondering.

In a Birthday mood

Just a picture of the cartridges I have.


Joe's birthday card, well, one of Joe's birthday cards. :)

One of Joe's anniversary cards.

Just a random birthday card I was messing around with.

Another card going to Kansas as soon as I get the square envelopes.

"Going Places"

I decided to pop in the Going Places cartridge last night. Joe thinks the people look like they belong on a bathroom door, what a boy!

All of these are currently on their way to Iraq. Joe and I have been looking for a nice globe for our house. When I saw that globe on the back of the cartridge, I knew I had to make it for Joe. They are just silly cards, but they will add a little color to Joe's room in Iraq.



I have a feeling that this dog card will be making the rounds. I just love it!! The inside is yellow!

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.

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!