Cricut Create $74.95!

At Cricut Machine. It doesn't come with any cartridges but their cartridges are all 29.95 right now. I've already used my blow money so no cartridges for me. I got the email this morning and it says it's extended until Wednesday (I guess that means tomorrow?)

The Cricut Create combines the Personal Cutter and the Expression. You get the feature keys and cutting incriments of the Expression in the size of the Personal Cutter. If you don't need to cut things 12x12 and don't mind cutting your paper to fit the mat this would be the Cricut to get. It does work with all cartridges and the Gypsy. Hopefully they'll extend it another couple weeks lol.

Star Spinner Card

I saw this Butterfly Spinner Card on YouTube and had to make one! This one I made for cousin because, like me, she loves pink! She also appreciates the work I put into something, besides, she asked that I make her a birthday card lol. The star is from the Gypsy Wanderings Cricut cartridge. I used my G to make the front base because I do not have a bar punch. Glitz Stickles (Ruby Slippers) in the center of the card. The patterned paper is from Blossoms and Butterflies stack. The light pink is a metallic paper I got from my not-so LSS. For those who are new to crafting the video shows how the card works.

Making this card I also discovered that ALL STAMPS ARE NOT CREATED THE SAME! The stamp is from My Pink Stampers new stamp line. This is from the Everyday Occasions set. My Pink Stamper stamps are exclusive to Custom Crops. Her stamps are made of high quality photopolymer. I like clear stamps and had no clue of the difference in material. When I used clear stamps with my Stampin' Up! inks it would bead up on the stamp so when I stamped my image I would get little circles where the beading took place because of the concentration of ink in those spots. I started sanding my stamps so that I got less beading. I also learned that if I used Stazon ink I didn't get the beading but I didn't want to switch inks because I had all of this SU inks. I also didn't want to switch back to rubber stamps because I liked the clear ones.

Enter My Pink Stamper stamps. She said they were photopolymer and I had (have) no clue what that was but I got some anyway (because Robyn is great!). The photopolymer stamps require no sanding and if you look at my image the ink is an SU ink. I stamped it straight from the package and got great results. I will now buy from companies that have clear photopolymer stamps.

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Valentine Card

I made a Valentine Card because I was thinking of my DH because he's such a great guy! Of course my DH being the great guy he is, loved the card but said it was a little to girly to give to a guy. He said it was something he would buy to give to me. I guess I'll give it to him to give to me for V-day lol. The card has NO Cricut in it (I can't believe it). I did use the swiss dots cuttlebug folder for the embossing. Cuttlebug is a Cricut sibling (both share the same parents: Provo Craft). The flower is a prima the middle of it is a "skittle" similar to a dew drop. I use a glue stamp pad and glitter for the sentiment. The frame are the Nestabilities dies. I used stickles to outline it.

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So Much Fun

Totally forgot to blog about the Silverdale Crop! Well.....I HAD A BLAST!! I didn't get much work done but I had fun anyway. I met some nice ladies who had brand new Gypsies! I enjoyed teaching them different things and answering questions. My sister (who's not a crafter) came and sat with us for a few hours. She even made some ATC (artists trading cards, pic below). This was her first "crafting" project. She used my Gypsy and used the Hannah Montana cartridge. It's a little hard to tell but she used Bazzill Bling paper for the two on the left. The last one on the right she used stickles but not sure which one it was. She's a music person, who's favorite color is purple so she loved these. I am so thankful for the people who showed up and for those who stopped by to say hi

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