Eight NEW cartridges released!!!

Sorry, I counted wrong .. there are actually EIGHT that were released today..WOW!!!

Seven NEW cartridges released today, AWESOME!!

To see the seven new cartridges and get in on a good giveaway you should visit Joy at www.obsessedwithscrapbooking.com

Good luck

Thanksgiving cards

Today I took the time to reorganize my scrap room and put some stuff away that I had ordered, sshhh don’t tell my hubby   By doing this it got me back in the mood to scrap, so I started working on my Thanksgiving cards   I know, it’s almost Thanksgiving but I only have a few to make and I’m thinking I can get them in the mail before the weekend and I’ll be ok. 

I am doing my cards out of paper from the Imaginisce Apple Cider line and it is soooo cute!!  Hopefully I’ll have some to post tomorrow, and I’ve got to get back into posting on my blog. 

Little behind…

Ok! OK!  I know I haven’t posted in a LONG time but I’ve had some things going on, crafty things that is  

First off – I went to my first scrapbooking retreat and had a TOTAL blast!!  I didn’t get as much accomplished as I had planned too when I left the house but I still had LOTS of fun.  I did 2 12 x 12 layouts and 4 completed Christmas Cards, 20 folded cards (Hey, the folding is hard too), and 1 birthday card.  I had fun and that’s really all that matters!!

Here are pictures of the Christmas cards I did. 

The snowflakes are from the Joys of the Season cartridge and were drawn with my cricut markers.  First you draw your outline with the markers then put your blade back in and cut the snowflake out.  It makes it look like there is a shadowed layer when there really isn’t.  The stamp is from the “My Pink Stamper” line. 

The snowman is from the Snow Friends cartridge and cut at 3 1/2 inches.  The stamped face is from Peachy Keen Stamps “Everyday Face Parts” and the sentiment is from the “My Pink Stamper” line. 

I know I said I made 4 completed Christmas cards, which I did, but I made 3 snowman cards

Smiley Card Cartridge …

I have been really anxious to get this cartridge when I saw the cricut designers making cards with it, the images were sooo cute. 

I spent a half hour trying to cut one image out for a card (fish) and gave up.  This fish had so many layers and pieces it was crazy and I cut them out and couldn’t figure out how they were suppose to go on – and then I wasn’t sure if I even had all the pieces cut.  I went to the Cricut website to see if they had posted a manual for it… nope! 

Ya know, I love a good challenge but it would be really helpful if you knew what the end result was suppose to look like – how am I suppose to know a fish is gonna have EYELASHES !!! 

Needless to say, I’m a little bummed out right now so I’ve decided to work on something else.

Gypsy finally updated ….

It wasn’t easy, and it would have really helped if PC would have put out some directions on their website.  Luckily, I found some direction on their facebook page so I was able to finally get it to start.  Once it started it seemed to go real smooth, till the end.  When it told me it was finished I was pretty excited, I ran in to my scrap room, plugged it in to my Cricut and immediately went to the Smiley Card Cartridge (which I’ve been waiting for).  Well, my images were there but they were still showing in red instead of black as they should when they’re linked.  Bummed out, I went back to the computer and plugged it in.  I ran the sync again and it said my Gypsy was up to date, NOT!!  I called PC (LOL), and sat on hold for 72 minutes – I can’t complain cause I could tell from the message boards I wasn’t the only person having problems.  During the 72 minutes of hold time, I fiddled with the sync program and ended up reinstalling all my cartridges.  Just as PC answered my call my sync was finishing.  I told them to stay on the line with me while I checked, and that I thought maybe I wouldn’t need them after all – the guy actually sounded relieved – LOL!!  My free cartridges were there and in BLACK … WOO HOO !!!  I thanked PC (for letting me sit on hold so long) and hung up. 

I sure hope the future updates for the Gypsy go better than this one.

Cookie Tags

The past few days I’ve been working on cookie tags for a friend who’s bringing cookies to a retreat we’re going too.  I had to make 90 tags and as usual I’m not finished yet cause I procrastinated.  Actually, I can’t take the blame for all the procrastination because my Gypsy ran outa juice while I was working so I had to recharge it. 

Here is what they look like -

I designed them on my Gypsy in three parts.  First page was the tag from Plantin Schoolbook.  Second page was the hearts from George.  Third page was the writing, which came from Printing Press.  The pink writing is done with a pink glitter gel pen in my Cricut.  First I did the writing with the pen, and then switched out my gel pen for the blade and cut the tag out. 

The other tags say – German Chocolate, Oatmeal Raisin, Snickerdoodles (which I had to break down to two words), and Peanut Butter.  Since I have two more sets to print out I better scoot and get em finished!! 

Finally posted … Halloween Cards

I just made a few of them since this was the first time ever doing them. hope you like  

 

Halloween Cards

I’ve been busy the past couple of days making Halloween cards, which I’ve never done so it was hard getting the inspiration but I muddled through it   I’ll post them as soon as I know everyone’s gotten theirs cause I don’t want to spoil the surprise. 

National Card Making Day

Well, it’s National Card Making Day and I haven’t made even one card.  I’ve been busy mowing the grass and going to a festival and then dinner, and now I feel like I’m not motivated to go in my scrap room. 

How about we make this National Card Making weekend, and I make something tomorrow :)  Actually, I’ve been making cards all week for people but mailed them out before I took pictures – I know, I couldn’t believe I did it either.  Oh well, off to watch some TV and veg :)