Winter CHA photos!

CHA has been a blast and there has been so much to see and take in. Lots and lots of beautiful new embellies and paperlines and ideas for amazing home decor using just your basic scrapppin' stuff! The ribbons were so elegant, fun, filmy and gorgeous! Lots of beautiful choices for all of your favorite LSS's and online shops. I of course, wanted them all! Viva Decor dazzled as always and the big news from ProvoCraft is the next generation Cricut Expression 2 (E2). It is more streamlined than the original E and with the larger, colored LED screen, it eliminates the need for a keypad and overlay! And it should be WiFi capable a couple of months after it's official release April 26th on HSN. That's right, WiFi... no more cords or dragging your E to your computer and vice versa. Perhaps even more exciting is the Cricut Chat Room online. It's a Gypsy, Design Studio and more rolled into one but even better! It's online so it's available anywhere anytime that you log on and the applications that you can do with it are amazing. Being able to type your titles, phrases, etc is such a simple thing but something many of us have been begging for. And welding... it's never been easier. There are tons of youtube videos showing it in action and I encourage you to check them out. I didn't film any since there seemed to be an overload of videos out there but they are all good. The absolute best part... it will be FREE OF CHARGE! Yes, FREE. And for me, mac compatible, finally!! You'll be able to save all of your projects on there, share them via email, view every image on every cart PC makes from every feature key all on your own computer or laptop screen. For those who purchase an E2, when that goes wireless, you'll be able to cut without any cables hooked up.

Mary at CARDZ TV http://cardztv.blogspot.com/ challenged everyone to make a LO or card with a cupcake on it. I made this card with the cup cake and horn blower from the Celebrations cartridge. Inked the edges and stickled some sprinkles on top, then had some scraps leftover and made a few more cards. ProvoCraft is saying goodbye to the Celebrations cart so thought I would use cuts from this one. It's an oldie but goodie.

Stampscrapart Tour in Mesquite

Hi everyone! I took Olivia to the stamping convention in Mesquite about an hour away. She LOVES doing the make and takes and on her own picked out her hat to wear along with her Aggie (Texas A&M) shirt with full bling and her little backpack full of snacks. Almost everyone had to stop and tell her how cute she was so along with the 10 projects she made, she was constantly beaming and almost floated to the car when it ended :o)

Lots and lots of super cute and fun stamps and techniques there. Finally saw the Heartfelt Creations stamps for the Spellbinders up close and the lady demoing them did a really great job. Ended up with 2 of them for my Blossom Nesties. (It was also O's favorite make and take).

Not too crowded on Sunday so O and I were able to enjoy and browse and shop.

So hubby sends me a text asking if I will make a birthday card real quick (gotta love that) for a coworker with a soccer player wearing a white cowboy hat on it. Okayyyy... apparently it's an inside joke there but I threw one together for him. All who signed it were quite pleased so that made me happy:o) Soccer player from Sports Mania cut at 4.25 with a cowboy hat from Old West sized down on the Gypsy to 0.51. Lettering from Varsity (Cricut Lite from WalMart) and welded together. Although the cut has the soccer ball cut with it, I had these adorable soccer ball buttons so I just set that down over the paper ball.

Pez-A-Doodle

Everyone needs to hurry on to Marti's web store, everything and I mean everything is marked 33% off! She's clearing out her shelves so take advantage of these great prices. Here's the link:

http://www.pezadoodle.com/

Be sure to scroll down and check out her blog too. It's full of fun and creative energy!

New Cricut Lites at WalMart Black Friday Deals!

WalMart will be having the new Cricut Lites for only $20 on Black Friday! And they sure are super cute carts. Remember, these are not full size cartridges but they do have some spectacular themed images and the phrases are phenomenal on most of them. A few have some really great fonts on them too that will be sure to liven up any layout or card :o)

In addition to the 7 new Lites, ProvoCraft is also releasing a new full size cart called Cricut Classic Font. This looks to be an updated version of Plantin Schoolbook.

Everyone have fun making their Christmas wish lists!! My top 3 fave are Twinkle Toes, Playtime and Inspired Heart... though that cupcake one sure is calling my name... Which are your favorites?

Everydaycricut.com giveaway

Has everyone been over to www.cricutholiday.com (Everyday Cricut website) to see all of the gorgeous creations PLUS the big giveaway? If not, head over now... you're in for a real treat!