Posted by superjoy on April 27th, 2009 in Big Shot, Cricut, Cricut Cartridges, Cricut Celebrations, Cricut Lyrical Letters, Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Spots & Dots, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots, crafting
I wanted to make something cute for my nephew when he turned 13. I had seen some versions of this “rocks” idea and another hilarious one that uses suckers for things like “40 sucks”. Too hilarious. The others I’d seen just had a tiny sign on a toothpick or straw that was one dimensional. I [...]
Posted by superjoy on April 23rd, 2009 in Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots, Experiment, crafting
I love my pink and black Big Shot! It even has bling on it! Yes, I might have gone over to the crafting geek dark side.
Ok, I realized that the best way to see what works best for me is to try it out. I realized this after asking questions and researching quite a bit. [...]
Posted by superjoy on April 22nd, 2009 in Big Shot, Cricut, Cricut Cartridges, Cricut Walk in My Garden, Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots, crafting
Geeze, apparently I need to do some housework and take a shower. Don’t worry though, sweet Cricut, I’ll get to you soon.
Yesterday, DS#2 came home and said that this is “celebrate office workers week” at school. Their class chose the lady who works the check in desk at the downstairs entrance of the school…and [...]
Posted by superjoy on April 21st, 2009 in Cricut, Cricut Cartridges, Cricut Storybook, How to, glass etching, vinyl
That was super fun!
I glass etched an inexpensive vase that I had sitting around. I LOVE the way it turned out! It’s amazing to me that you can turn something so ordinary + ugly and boring, into something personalized and cool! This first project I made for my inlaws anniversary.
First, I used my Cricut Expression [...]
Posted by superjoy on April 20th, 2009 in Cricut, Cricut Cartridges, Cricut Mini Monograms, Cricut Plantin Schoolbook, crafting
I made this b’day banner. It’s very versatile. I’m able to slip the number circle off and put on a new one. So cool!
For you Cricut owners: I used Mini Monograms for the circles (pg 131) using the circle with slots and the shadow blackout.
I used Plantin Schoolbook for the numbers.
I had that [...]