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My Favorite 2010 Cricut Cartridges

joanscraftworld — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 02:07:49 +0000

I can’t believe that it is New Years Eve and this will be my last post for 2010. Yesterday I made a post of my favorite Cricut Card Ideas for 2010, which made me think of all of the cartridges that I have and if I had to pick just one, which one would that be.

So after looking though my library of Cricut cartridges, I Love them all, but picking just one favorite would have to be… 3 Birds on Parade. I purchased this cartridge when it was an exclusive on HSN, but now you can buy this cartridge everywhere cricut cartridges are sold.

This Cricut Cartridge has a bird for every occasion, really fun phrases, accessories for each bird. Look how cute they are ~ I love the football one ~ Are you ready for some football?

Then there is another cartridge that I received with my Gypsy update, and it has got to be my next favorite. It is the Smiley Card Gypsy download cartridge. This cartridge is not available as a cartridge it was only available as a download as a promotion. I do hope that if you didn’t get this download because you don’t have a Gypsy or the you missed the deadline to get this cute download, that one day real soon, Provo Craft will make this a cartridge that everyone can have. The images on this cartridge can really make you smile that is how cute they are.

This past year has been a little crazy, with my health being not so good and just normal life situations that we encountered. So, I can’t wait for the New Year. 2011 is going to be the best year yet. I plan on making more cards using my Cricut Expression Machine,also my Cricut Gypsy and Cuttlebug and then sharing all of my Cricut Card Ideas with all of you. I am looking forward to a fun, happy, healthy and creative year.

Wishing You and Your Family A Happy New Year ~ 2011

Make if a Great Year and don’t forget to leave time to Craft!

Another Great Cricut Idea ~ A Cricut Tree

joanscraftworld — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:23:00 +0000

My two favorite things are decorated Christmas trees and anything Cricut. So I had an idea. Why not make a Cricut Tree that I can have displayed all year round. That’s right an all year tree decorated with images that I have made using my Cricut Expression machine from various Cricut cartridges.

I found a perfect white tree (that even has little white lights) at Walmart for under $10 and that included the star that I bought for the top. When I got it home I wanted to give it a permanent place in my studio aka Joans Craft World. So what I did was took my white Making Memories carousel that I keep my extra Cricut blades and other supplies in and cleaned it all out. Then with crazy glue I glued the three legs of the tree stand onto the carousel so it will not fall down.

I then put all of the supplies back in there place and since I’m not going to have the lights on, the cord fits great in the compartments that are in this carousel. I placed my Cricut tree on top pf my 12×12 paper holder that is next to my Cricut workstation. I decorated my tree with some Cricut images and voila the perfect Cricut Tree. What is really cool is that since it is on the carousel, I will be able to turn it to see all of my Cricut images. I just love this cricut idea and hope that you like it too.

Make it a Great Day and don’t forget to leave time to Craft!

New Gypsy Promotion with 6 Free Cricut Cartridge Downloads

joanscraftworld — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:04:06 +0000

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share some big Gypsy news with you all ~ I received actually two emails from 2 “higher up” cricut gals telling me some fantastic news and I want to pass it along to my readers as well.

Buy and register a Gypsy by Cricut by October 31 and receive 6 (SIX!) free cartridges downloaded to you Gypsy – including the exclusive, all-new “Smile Cards” cartridge (and don’t forget about Gypsy Wanderings and Gypsy Font cartridges that come pre-loaded on the machine). It’s a $419 value!!

FREE CARTRIDGES INCLUDE:
~ Smiley Cards (new and exclusive to this promotion)b n
~ Tags, Bags, Boxes & More (not available in retail)
~ Christmas (not available in retail)
~ Blackletter (not available in retail)
~ Printing Press (not available in retail)
~ Indie Art (not available in retail)

All current Gypsy owners are INCLUDED!! Simply register your Gypsy by October 31, 2010 and get access to all downloads. Register at www.cricut.com/gypsy.

Downloads will be available through a special update to your Gypsy starting November 1st!!

New Gypsy cartridge downloads are easy! Just connect your Gypsy to your computer and you’ll automatically be prompted how to start. In just a few steps, you’ll be able to download all six cartridges containing thousands of images! And with the Gypsy, you’ll have all the cartridge artwork and keypad overlays on your Gypsy screen, so there’s no actual cartridge, handbook or packaging.

You only have a few weeks. Don’t miss out!

Two Cricut Cartridges Makes For One Perfect Pear Cricut Card Idea

joanscraftworld — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:07:31 +0000

I just love these machines, that is my Cricut Expression and Gypsy. If you have the smallest Cricut Card Idea, you can make it into the best card idea ever.

If you are in the “crafty world” you have seen this pear before. But when you actually make it yourself it is sooo perfect, cute and also quick.

All I did was cut out two pears using the From My Kitchen Cricut Cartridge using the Cricut Expression machine. Then using my Gypsy and the Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge I typed the words and also welded them together so that they would cut out in one piece instead of individual letters (makes it so much better when adhering to the card).

I then used some Memento Dye Ink color New Sprout and Stampin Up Dye Ink colors Glorious Green and Forest Foliage. Using some blenders to add some color to the edges of the pear for the soft real look.

For the background I choose paper from DCWV and also just a scrap piece of brown paper that I had left over from the shadow pieces that I used for the pear, for the bottom border of the card.

Look how great this card looks. You will be able to send this to any perfect couple on your list for an Anniversary or just because they are a Perfect pear!

Make it a Great Day and don’t forget to leave time to Craft!

Another Cute Birthday Cricut Card Idea Made With The Celebrations And Designer Calendar Cricut Cartridges

joanscraftworld — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:23:26 +0000

Our niece Riley’s 11th birthday is next week and again I wanted to made a cute card using my cricut. What 11 year old girl doesn’t like cake and presents?

So I used those two things for the front of the card. I cut out the cake from the Designer’s Calendar Cricut cartridge and the present from the Celebrations Cricut cartridge, both using my Cricut Expression machine.

I cut the cake on plain white cardstock then colored in the image with Copic Sketch markers and then added some “bling” with stickles to the frosting of the cake and the flame of the candle.

The present I cut out on two different shades of purple but again added Stickles onto the bow to add a little sparkle to the present.

I then used my Cuttlebug and embossed a light green plaid piece of cardstock with a star embossing folder, layered that onto a solid piece of purple cardstock and finished with a polka dot bow, using American Craft ribbon.

I think this came out really cute and for the inside saying I printed on the computer: Happy Cake and Presents Day!

Wishing Riley a Very Happy Birthday!

Make it a Great Day and don’t forget to leave time to Craft!

I Posted a New Cricut Cartridge Review for the From My Kitchen Cricut Cartridge

joanscraftworld — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:02:11 +0000

Here you can read my review on the From My Kitchen Cricut Cartridge.

Another Fun Cricut Card Idea Using The Cricut From My Kitchen Cartridge

joanscraftworld — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:21:07 +0000

Some more birthday cards to share. This one is for my sister-in-law. She is a very crafty person, so I want it to be just right.

Before I tell you about the card, I just have to tell you how great it is to have the new Cricut Gypsy. I designed this entire card sitting on my sofa with my cat in my lap watching game 5 of the World Series. How cool is that. The only time I needed to go into my “craft world” is to put the paper on the cricut cutting mat, and cut the images out on my Cricut Expression cutting machine. Sorry I just had to tell you that.

So, I decided to use the Cricut From My Kitchen cartridge, to make this card.

What I did first was decide what image I was going to use. I picked the toaster. I think it looked so cool and retro.

I used two different shades of pink paper from Stampin Up, pink passion and pixie pink for the toaster and for the piece of toast I used chocolate chip and blush blossom. Then I used Basic Black for the wording and the base of the toaster and Whisper White for the accents.

The pink plaid paper is from DCWV – Nana’s Kitchen Premium Stacks. I just love this paper stack. It goes perfect with this Cricut cartridge.

For the inside message I used the phrase Happy Birthday from the Cricut cartridge Beyond Birthdays.

Then what I did was added some dots onto the wording using gerbera pink opaque marker from Martha Stewart for the finishing touch.

I put it all together using permanent adhesive tape runner and a dimensional square on the toast so it looked like it was really popping out of the toaster.

Wishing Fran a Great Birthday ~ Hope she likes her card, because I sure had a lot of fun making it.

Make it a Great Day and don’t forget to leave time to Craft!