Cricut, Cricut, Cricut Everywhere

I just realized that I got 9 new Cricut Cartridges, a Cricut Expression, and a Cricut Cake Mini since November. Between the Black Friday pre-sales, the Black Friday sales, the Christmas sales, the after-Christmas sales, and the New Year's sales, I went entirely crazy. To be fair, three cartridges came with the new machines I got. Still, way too much excess. Thus, my goal will be not to buy another cartridge for at least a month or two.

The list, in approximate order of purchase, appear below. My fingers are crossed that I don't like any of the Hello Thursday cartridges for this month.

Nifty Fifties - I'm sad to say that I haven't cut anything with this cartridge, although I have
many plans.


Sesame Street Seasons - I have big plans to make kid-themed stuff using the Sesame characters, but for now I've gotten tons of use out of a couple of snowflakes on this cartridge.


Cake Basis - This came with my Cake Mini, but has some really cute snowflakes that I used on my thanks you cards.


Plantin Schoolbook - This one came with my new Cricut Expression and has a nice font and some basis shapes.


Potpourri Basket - Along with Plantin Schoolbook, this came with my Cricut Expression.


Seasonal Cake Art - This was a favorite with my holiday card-making this year.


Winter Frolic - I waffled all fall whether I wanted to get this cartridge, but finally could not pass it up when the price fell under $20. I think I may have only paid $14.95 or $16.95 at Cricutmachine.com. While some of the cuts have many layers, for the most part, I'm loving this cartridge and am looking forward to scrapping my holiday pictures with it. I've already started a mini album. Good word art too.


Happy Hauntings - Unopened, but I still haven't finished my Halloween exploding envelopes house, so I am sure this will come in handy.


Straight From the Nest - Unopened, but this should be great for spring.


Best of Pixar - This arrived last week and is still awaiting pickup at my aunties. Monsters' Inc is my favorite, however, so I can't wait to play with this cartridge.


Pack Your Bags - Along with Best of Pixar, this one is at my auntie's waiting for me to go over and pick it up. I love the summery images on this cartridge, so hopefully the cuts will be simple.

Thanks Snow Much

Happy Friday! Here's the last of my Christmas cards. I only made one thank you card design, but it turned out really cute so I made 8-10 of them.



Materials Used:
Tim Holtz Alterations embossing folder, Sesame Street Seasons, My Pink Stamper Winter Punnies, Papertrey Ink ribbon, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, DCWV glitter cardstock

Holiday Cards 5

Material Used:
From My Kitchen, Scrappy Mom's "Winter Wishes" stamps, Peachy Keen Snow Critter faces, white gel pen, and unfortunately I can't remember the paper collection, possibly October Afternoon.

Holiday Cards 4

This was a last minute card that I threw together at the last minute for a friend. I turned to Doodlecharms as it has a little bit of everything.





Materials Used: Doodlecharms, Sesame Street Seasons, Martha Stewart Pine Needles Edge Punch, Stickles, Scrappy Mom's "Winter Wishes" stamps, Imaginiscce "Christmas Cottage", garland.

Holiday Cards 3

This card also features a popular image from Create a Critter. I found the jingle bells at a local floral supply store.



Materials Used: Create a Critter, Holiday Cakes, The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby's generic paper, I think), Cuttlebug embossing folder "Winter Trees," jingle bell.

Holiday Cards 2

This card was designed with my husband in mind, but he was too cute not to make multiples. This bear from Create a Critter is by far my favorite die cut of all my Cricut cartridges.





Materials Used: Create a Critter, Imaginisce "Cottage Christmas," Crafters' Companion Popcorn Bear stamps, Glossy Accents, ribbon from Michaels

Holiday Cards 1

As I mentioned yesterday, I made nearly all of my holiday cards in sets. In fact, the only "one of a kind" card was made out of scraps. Here's the first design that I gave you a sneak peek of back in November. It wound up being my "adult" card.





Materials Used: Holiday Cakes cartridge, Martha Stewart snowflake punch,EK Success Snowflake punch, My Pink Stamper Winter Punnies, Papertrey Ink cardstock, Cuttlebug embossing folder, stickles, ribbon from Michaels and Recollections paper (I think).

New Year's Cards

Happy 2011! I can't believe an entire year has gone by. A lot of changes for me this year, most of which occurred in the last couple months, so it's too soon to tell what the outcome will be, but suspect it will be fantastic.

About the cards. Much like my Christmas cards, this year I made multiples, rather than a bunch of different designs. I did not get a banner done, but maybe I'll get an early start for next year. I have a bunch of project ideas, some of which involve more cards. We'll just have to see what happens.

Here are the cards I made:







Materials Used:
Celebrate with Flourish
Papertrey Ink ribbon and cardstock
My Pink Stamper "Happiest Moments"
Seeing Spots Cuttlebug embossing folder
Apron Lace Fiskars Edge Punch
Bling from my stash