My Jukebox has Arrived!

It got here today and I'm dying to try it out! My Cricut Jukebox that I won on EBay! Yay!
I was super excited when I saw the box at the door.

My son couldn't figure out why I was so excited about a "jukebox" when we already have a stereo. I said it wasn't that kind of jukebox. "So you hook it up to your I-pod then?" he asks... Sigh... "No son. It's for my Cricut. It holds six cartridges at once." That's when he told me that I was officially the biggest geek he'd ever met. I can live with that. The way I see it, if a teenager thinks you're a goof - you're doing something right!

Can't wait to put this one to use! Actually I can't wait to put it to use in the new craft room! Off to mud some walls now...

Took the Plunge

I took the plunge and bought Sure Cuts A Lot. The things that you can do with this program seem to be ENDLESS! I haven't created a whole lot with it yet... but I have found some wonderful "freebies" that others have shared and I am anxious to work with some of those. I promise that if I do - I will give credit where credit is due. :)

I do have some pictures of the adorable card boxes that I made this weekend - but I want to finish all ten of them before I post. It was a very busy and productive weekend both for the card box projects and for hubby getting the drywall done on the new rooms in the basement. My craft room will be done soon!!! YAY!! I can hardly wait to post pics of that new room too! I don't think DH understood my desire to create things until he started working on those rooms downstairs. Something kicked in for him and he worked like a madman all weekend. Heap big proud of himself too! He should be - he did great work!

Look for those pics in a bit...

Still Going...

I DID do some housework today! Honest! But I was on such a roll after yesterday that I decided to make a few more things today. So after finishing the 10th lace card for my Stampin Up Club, I made these for the girls I visit teach...

I just loved the colors in these ones. Again, the designs are not mine but borrowed from Just for Sharing and Scrapped Lives. Hope that the girls like them!

Also - big news for the day! I won a Jukebox on Ebay! Can't hardly wait until it gets here! I know that this will make working with my Cricut and Design Studio so much easier! I'm so happyyyy!!

Got the Inspiration Back!

Woo Hoo! I've been blog hopping for a couple of days and found some unbelievably talented and generous people who have shared their .cut files. It took me a bit of time to get some of them open as I kept getting a date time validity error. Turns out that I simply had to switch my region settings to US, instead of Canada, and viola!! Design Studio files open and cutting! I'm so thrilled at the possibilities I can see with these.

Here's a picture of one that I actually tried today. This is a combination from two different cut files. The card came from Linda over at Just For Sharing. This woman is incredibly talented and I am both inspired and jealous! Beautiful work!!


The inside of the card came from Carla at Scrapped Lives. Also incredibly GORGEOUS files!!

But I didn't stop there! :) Monday's are my day with Riley - and what better way to spend the day than with a 4 year old that loves to "cut paper"? She uses up all the scraps! :) We made this one...





Now, I will tell you that the pop up here is not my design! I thought I had downloaded this one so as to give the designer credit - so I will update this entry with that information, as soon as I can find it.

(FOUND IT! Got this wonderful creation from Kay over at Clever Someday. Thank you Kay! You opened up a world of possibility for me with these designs.)

The last one we did was another download from Just For Sharing. I absolutely LOVE this one! I embossed the front of these cards and added some ribbon to kind of make them my own. Thank you again, Linda, for your incredible designs!

Lost The Mojo...

I need help getting creative! I spent the last two days working on a "Plan of Salvation" project for our ward missionaries - and it did turn out pretty cute, but I can't think of new things to create! I need some motivation, so I've been blog hopping and hope to have someone else's creations strike me.

Speaking of blog hopping... I have found so many wonderful blogs of people who want to share their creativity. Isn't there anyone who wants to follow my blog??