MPS Winter Challenge

This card is my entry for the MPS Winter Challenge. I used Create a Critter for the tree, and (ironically enough) DCWV "Summer Dream" paper for the background.

The Truth about George

I know, this is probably old news, and I'm the last one to hear it, but I thought I'd pass it along all the same. You remember the George and Basic Shapes cartridge that came with most Cricuts?

It's a fake! The cartridge itself is empty- it just acts as an activator to tell the machine to access the George info that is pre-loaded on the machine.

Shame on you, ProvoCraft! Why would you make us think we need the cartridge, when George is pre-loaded? I found a pretty good You Tube tutorial that guides you through the process of making your own "activator" so you can access George on your machine without the fake cartridge. I tried my hand at making one, and lo and behold, it works! It is a little touchy- I think I need to make a 2.0 version with a slightly more precise placement of the foil, but it sure beats going out and buying Georege (my machine was given to me without the cart) to access content that is all ready there! I also printed a copy of the George overlay so I'm not cutting blind (this site offers a written guide to making the George cart for those who don't like video).

I love my Cricut,and I respect that ProvoCraft is in business to make a profit, but I am miffed that PC would be this greedy! Check out the tutorial, and make your own George today!


My homemade George in the Cricut. I have all ready used it to cut.

First Day of School Layout

I created this layout using my new Simply Charmed cricut cartridge.
This is my absolute FAVORITE cartridge EVER!
I also added embroidery stitching... another fave.
It's difficult to see, but the date is stamped in the top right corner.

~Shell~

A Couple of Cards

These are a couple of cards I made recently using Cricut cartridges. The Hello Kitty card was a thank you to a student who gave me a very cute Hello Kitty gift.The deer was a birthday card for my husband's grandma- he even helped me by typing up the sentiment inside! I used Hello Kitty Greetings for the first card, with a little American Crafts Metropolitan paper for the bow accent. The second card used Create a Critter with American Crafts Everyday paper as the background. Both were really simple, but I think both turned out nicely.

Nuts About U Layout

Okay... one last posting for today...
here is a past layout that I created...
using the Create A Critter cartridge.
It's one of my favorite carts! LOVE IT!!

~ Shell ~

Birthday Blessings

Here is a Birthday card I made for a dear friend...
using the Beyond Birthdays cartridge.

~ SHELL~

Paper Dolls

I have been MIA for awhile...
I've been busy working around the house and glad to
say that I am finally becoming much more organized! :)

I have introduced scrapbooking to another friend...
who may actually be more addicted than I am.
She and I have been doing quite a bit of scrapping these past few days.

I will post those things later.

Here are some puppets I made for the kiddos in my class last spring...
using the paper doll cartridges. They loved them... including the boys!!
I taped a popsicle stick to the back of each one and laminated
them b/c some of the kids can be a bit destructive at times.

~ SHELL ~
(okay... so I still don't know how to add the cool signature lines... maybe some day I will figure it out!)