CARTRIDGE EXPLORATION
I just finished wrapping my last gift! I love wrapping presents, and I can't wait till my dogs open their gifts. They love tearing up the paper on the gift more than the actual present, but I love to buy them clothes. I hope all of you got your gifts wrapped and ready for the big day. In today's exploration I will delve into Jolly Holidays, Sesame Street® Seasons, Inspired Heart cartridges.
  Inspired Heart is a Lite cartridge that is all about religion. Images on this cartridge include: dreidel, Torah, menorah, Star of David, crown, blessing, Temple, church, Mary, minister, Pope, Islam, tablets, wiseman, Christ, nativity, palm, angel, oil lamp, preach, star, baptism, and cross. Phrases is the creative feature on this cartridge. Some examples are: "Hope," "Love," "Church," "Humble," "Grace," "Savior," "Mission," "He is Risen," "Patience," "Merciful," "Charity," "Trinity," and more. I can think of so many projects these images could be used in, from church functions, to scrapbook pages, signs, and special activities. I really love the "Wiseman" and "Nativity" images; they would be great on a quick card. Stephanie Cricutmini from the messageboard created this adorable Christmas card (see pic or click here).
 Jolly Holidays is another Christmas cartridge, and the artwork is completely different then the style of Inspired Heart. The creative feature for this cartridge is Layer, so there are layers to each of the fun images on this cartridge. You receive fifty themed images that include Santa, elves doing a variety of things, a snowman, a gingerbread man, Christmas presents, ornaments, a fox, and a penguin. There are also stockings, gloves, wreath, trees, a bird house, a Christmas tag, a banner, five villages, and "Winter Wishes" and "Happy Holidays" word art. It's too late to make Christmas cards, but you could use this cartridge to cut out images for your scrapbook pages. Justme from the messageboard created this Christmas layout using the Jolly Holidays cartridge (see pic or click here).
 Sesame Street® Seasons is full of those fun characters from Sesame Street. Every time I see this cartridge, I think of my favorite character (which is Cookie Monster). The creative features on cartridge are Layer 1, Layer 2, Word, Prop, Prop Layer, and Shadow. Some of the characters that turn up are: Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Bert and Ernie, plus a few others. Each character is doing fun summer, spring, autumn, or winter activities. For example, Cookie Monster is in a water inner tube, Elmo is flying a kite, and Ernie is wrapped up in gloves, scarf, and boots getting ready to play in the snow. Prop images include: flowers, seashells, trees, a sandcastle, snowmen, snowflakes, numbers 1 through 0, a pumpkin, bugs, and a kite. A few examples of the word art on this cartridge are: "Flower," "Sunglasses," "Bird," "Snowball," "Hot," "Spring," "Cold," "Read," and "Rain." When you use the Shift button and the Prop creative feature, you can cut all of the words above, but in Spanish. This cartridge also has a 3-D box. HappyHappyJoyJoy created the most adorable Christmas Box! She use said 3-D box and then add her own person touches. If I got this box for Christmas, I would have to save the box and use it in my crafty room somewhere--it's so cute (see pic or click here)!
Well, that wraps up this exploration. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas weekend. Happy Crafting!
Crafty Kimber |