All in the Family

Lonna Joy Smoot- Editor, Cricut CHIRP!

ANNOUNCEMENTS -

Exciting new things are happening in our cricut.com store!

We're doing things a little differently in our store from now on. First, welcome Cuttlebug to cricut.com. With a wide assortment of cutting dies and embossing folders, bringing Cuttlebug to your craft room will add endless options for projects!

Next, we've updated prices for you. Nearly every item in the Cricut store will now be offered at new, every day low price to everyone! Click here for mor details!

Gypsy at Michaels!

Don't miss Cricut demostrations at Costco!

Costco #628 Grafton, WI: 950 Port Washington Road, Grafton, WI 53024
Dates of show: 10/23-11/1

Costco #370 Merrillville, IN: 1310 E. 79th Avenue, Merrillville, IN 46410
Dates of show: 10/23-11/1

Costco #371 Bloomingdale, IL: 505 W. Army Trail Road, Bloomingdale, IL 60108
Dates of show: 11/6-11/15

There will also be some great deals on cartridges, so be sure to pick some up while you're there!

PROJECT CORNER AND SPOTLIGHT

More Winners	Name:
	Lisa McIntyre
	About:
	A little about myself: I live on a farm with my family. I have a great husband and two wonderful kids. In my free time I enjoy scrapbooking, card making, and anything that has to do with my two favorite bugs....the Cricut and Cuttlebug. My latest obsession is shape books that I have tutorials on as well. Aside from crafting I like to cook, read suspense novels and spend time with my family.
Lisa's Project: Christmas Book
Picture:
Cartridges Used:
Christmas, Christmas Cheer, Doodlecharms, George and Basic Shapes, Joys of the Season, Keystone, Paper Doll Dress Up, A Child's Year
Instructions:
The Night Before Christmas Shape Book Finally...here is the Christmas Book I've been working on. To me there is nothing like an old fashioned Christmas. Back when times were much slower paced and life was simple or at least it seemed that way. For embellishments I used Stickles, liquid applique, rhinestones, glitter pen, embossing on the Cuttlebug. Click on pictures to enlarge. Enjoy!

CRICUT BOARD

This week's highlighted threads are:

• Rainy day with Hello Kitty
• Our Princess @ Disneyland
• Walking with Elmo-used Gypsy
• Boo crew album
• Halloween concertina pop up card
• craft for halloween

TIPS TREASURE CHEST - The Un-Tip

This week I spent time getting the yard ready for winter. You know, the usual stuff: planting blubs, putting hoses, yard chimes, and patio furniture away. I hear we have a big storm coming and so I rushed to put away all the summer items that I love in the yard away.

In this exploration I explored the From My Kitchen cartridge that you can find at your local craft stores or online.

This cartridge is full of a bunch of, yep, kitchen images for all your recipe projects or scrapbook pages that have to do with cooking. Some of the images that come on this cartridge are: cooking timer, plates, silverware, salt & pepper shakers, ice cream sundae, slice of cake, full birthday cake, bread, cookie man, eggs, pies, fish on a platter, blender, toaster, phone, oven, fridge, tea pot, coffee pot, frying pan, cooking pot, butcher knife, grill, whisk, spoon, cutting board, spatula, and a rolling pin.

The Creative features that are included with this cartridge are: Layers, Shadow/Blackout, Words, Ovals, Ovals Shadow (sold), and Tabs. The Layers feature is where you can cut parts of the image out in different colors, that's why it's called layering. The Shadow/Blackout feature is similar to other cartridges. When you look at your handbook, the picture on the left of the book is your Shadow, and the picture up in the right hand corner is the Blackout image. To cut these images, don't forget to press the Shift key first. The purpose of these features is so that you can create solid images or solid layers. This is a wonderful feature if you want to make your images pop or stand out on the page.

The Words feature has a bunch of kitchen words that will complement all sorts of projects as well as the images that come on this cartridge. Some examples are: "serves", "roll", "side dish", "measure", "spices", "strain", "mix thoroughly", "soup", "chef", "sweets", "muffins", "veal", "hot", "heat", "teaspoon", "tablespoon", "pint", "meal", "cup", "time", "preserve", "pound", "beverages", "lunch", "season", "dinner", "drinks", "dessert", "minutes", "slice", "hour", "cake", "bread", "cookies", "fish", "pasta", "beef", and "chill". There are still a bunch of words that I didn't include, but as you can see there is a nice variety to choose from. I think I have decided what I am going to make for my neighbors this Christmas (yes, I am already working on those ideas). I am going to make some recipe books and homemade rolls with the recipe included. I think I will add some of these images to the outside of the books just to give it the special, personal touch. Oh, I can't wait to finish these projects--hehe!

Well, check back next week as I continue to explore this cartridge and dive into the other creative features. Happy Halloween everyone, and happy Cricuting!

Crafty Kimber

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