New Boy Scout and Cub Scout Cartridges From Cricut

(See below for some great deals & coupon codes for Cricut.com)

Holy cow – these are nice!   We have so many great memories from Scouts and it’s not always easy to find Scout related papers, stickers and embellishments.  These 2 cartridges will make it easy to decorate, make custom shirts, invitations, scrapbook layouts and more! 

Both of my Boys started as Tiger Cubs and crossed over into Boy Scouts.  My youngest decided Scouting wasn’t for him just a few weeks ago but my oldest is all in.  He just needs to pass his Scoutmaster Conference and Board of Review & he’ll have the rank of Life Scout.  The next rank after that is Eagle Scout!

Pinewood Derby, Blue & Gold, camping, hiking, Court of Honor, Eagle Scout and more are all covered!  The cartridge is also available digitally for use in Cricut Craftroom. 

Do Your Best…for Cub Scouts on Cricut.com

Be Prepared…for Boy Scouts on Cricut.com

While you’re at Cricut.com you might want to check out the October Mystery box. For only $39.99 you’ll receive product that is worth over $200!

What's inside Cricut's October Mystery Box? Cricut’s not telling. But they do give a few hints ...

• It's valued at a whopping $208, but you'll be able to purchase it for only $39.99!
• It includes 4 cartridges

And that's all they're sharing because they don't want to spoil the other surprises contained in this October Mystery Box! Purchase it for yourself and solve the mystery of what's inside! With Cricut, we know you won't be disappointed.

If you would like to know what’s actually in the box before ordering you can watch a video of Debbie ONeal showing what her Mystery Box contained.  These Mystery Boxes are supposed to all have the same items in them but if something sells out then Cricut will substitute another item of similar value.

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Great site with tons of free SVGs!!

I just discovered Kraftynook.blogspot.com!  Holy cow – there are some wonderful free SVG files over there!
There are many fantastic sets (for personal use only) available to download for free & the blog owner only asks for thanks so be sure to leave her some love in the comment section of the files you download!  
The files are hosted on Google Drive and are easy to download. 
Here’s a little tutorial on how to download these fantastic files!
Each image is it’s own file so you can easily select just those that you want. Here’s one of my favorite sets – I <3 Star Wars! 

Click “CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD” below the picture of the set & you’ll be taken to Google Drive. 

Click on the filename beneath the image to take you to the download page.

Click on the arrow pointing down to download the SVG file.

You can navigate to the other files in the folder by using the arrows on the side.

When you’re done, click on the X to return to Google Drive and use the back button to navigate easily back to Kraftynook.com  to find new treasures to download!
Just a few of my favorites from Kraftynook: 
 
 

Have fun & be sure to leave comments on the Krafty Nook blog if you enjoy the files!!

Looking for more free files?  Be sure to check out this post!

12 Days of Christmas at Cricut.com

 

The December Mystery Box is Here
The December Mystery Box only $29.99 and is now available! The contents are a mystery, but this winter mystery box includes 3 cartridges! This month's mystery box is over a $100 value. Supplies are limited, so get it before it's gone! All mystery box purchases are final.

Also, don't forget about Free Shipping in December with code FREESHIPDEC   - No minimum order required!

Shop Cricut's 12 Days of Christmas through 12/14
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Be sure to check out the New Markdowns and $9.99 Cartridge sections!

 $10 off All Explore Bundles with code: EXPLOREBFBLOG
Valid through 12/31/2014

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I’ll be perfectly honest with you - I am not familiar with the Cricut Explore, myself.  I  have (& LOVE) a Silhouette Cameo and although I invested lots of money in my Cricut Expressions & lots of cartridges & accessories I hardly ever use it.  I find it too limiting and much less precise than my Cameo.
It looks like the Cricut Explore has addressed some of those issues but, in my opinion, there is still one major issue.
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New Tiny Treasures Cricut Cartridge & a Digital option!!

 

I just received my new products for March and am having fun playing with them.  The embossed papers are beautiful!! 

Here's a fun twist on one new product - the CM exclusive Tiny Treasures Cricut cartridge - available for traditional Cricut users and now available digitally for SBC+ users! You're now able to use the same shapes, fonts & edges in your digital projects! The shapes even come with guides to help you with the placement of the layers (see the image next to the giraffe for an example.) I used papers from the Candy Shop Power Palette - both will be available March 1st! More examples coming soon!

Click here to get a 30 day FREE trial of Storybook Creator Plus!

Fabulous Fall!

Finally – it’s Fall!    Time for sweater weather, pumpkin flavored everything & fun fall inspired projects! 

At the Patch 12x12 layout

Rustic Fence Border Maker Cartridge
Hocus Pocus 6x6 Stack Pack
Cardstock:  Brown, Green Apple & Carrot
Cheerful Seasons Cricut Cartridge
Foam Squares

How to Create:
Use a sheet of Green Apple Cardstock as your layout base.

Add two sheets of beige argyle patterned paper from the Hocus Pocus 6x6 Stack Pack to the layout as shown.

Add some accents punched out from the stack pack as shown.

Punch a border from Brown Cardstock using the border maker system and the Limited Edition Rustic Fence Border Maker Cartridge and add it to the bottom of the layout.

Using a Cricut machine and the Cheerful Seasons Cartridge cut a pumpkin accent and title letters from brown, orange, green, and beige paper. Add them to the bottom right side of the layout layering some of the letters on the Hocus Pocus banner punch outs.

Back to School 12x12 layout

Ingredients:
Autumn Addition
White Cardstock
Circle Maker

How to Create:
Place orange and red Autumn Addition mats on background paper as shown, staggering the red mat so it is about 3/4” lower than the orange mats.

Crop photos to 3-1/4 x 3-3/4”. Place the right and left photos so they are even with the top of the red mat and touching the edges of the red mat. Center the middle photo.

Cut a strip of White Cardstock that is 1/2” wide. Trim 2” off and place under the left photo. Repeat for the right side. Cut a 2 ½” long piece and place vertically above the middle photo.

Punch a large circle with the Circle Maker and place a leaf sticker on it. Repeat with a second leaf sticker. Center the circles under the left and right photos.

Print the journaling on White Cardstock using brown ink. Trim the journaling block to 2x2”. Adhere the journaling to the brown leaf mat and randomly cut around it. Adhere under the middle photo. Place the apple sticker on the bottom right corner.

Place the Autumn Additions title sticker on White Cardstock. Trim and place above the middle photo.

Football Wall Print Poster

Ingredients:

• StoryBook Creator 4.0 Software
• Football Digital Additions

  How to Create:

  1. Create a new 16x24 Wall Print Poster project.
  2. Add Football Paper 3 to the top of the poster.
  3. Add Football Paper 4 to the bottom of the poster.
  4. Add a large photo across the center of the poster.
  5. Add the Super Star embellishment.  Under the Format tab, add the Cord surface.
  6. Add the MVP embellishment.
  7. Add the name, filling with Football Paper 1.  Add a light shadow.
  8. Add the Gold Star and Player 1 embellishments.  Add the Cord Surface to each.
  9. Add the Touchdown title.
  10. Add the school and mascot as desired.
  11. Order on the Creative Memories Digital Center.   Please use my  Consultant Id #96470395 when ordering from the digital center.

 

New Cricut Cartridge–Holiday Frames & Tags

Another CM exclusive Cricut Cartridge coming in November!

50 layered tags, 30 layered frames, 20 layered labels and 10 layered borders, 3 fonts. Plus 3D  rosettes & boxes and envelopes.

A cute make & take from Showcase.

Tools and Cricut Cartridges I Bring to Events

As scrapbookers we seem to have an ever-growing stash of products to help us capture our memories.  Most of us struggle with finding ways to store & organize our stash.  That’s hard enough at home but then when we’re packing up for a crop – yikes!  
I’m hoping that by listing the tools and Cricut Cartridges I always bring to my events you’ll be able to lighten your load and leave some of yours at home. 
Cricut Cartridges
(Please bring your own Cricut Mat if you’d like to use my Cricut Expressions)
CM Cricut Cartridges

• CM – Divine Wedding *NEW* detailed images
• CM – This & That *NEW* detailed images
• CM – Traveler  -  detailed images
• CM – Cheerful Seasons – PDF Handbook
• CM – Reminisce – PDF Handbook
• CM – Stork’s Delivery – PDF Handbook
  

Accent Essentials
Animal Kingdom
Basketball
Best of Pixar
Celebrate w/Flourish
Christmas Cheer
Christmas Cards
Disney Classics                                                                                                       Dude!
Everyday Paper Dolls
4 Legged Friends                                                                                               Freshly Picked                                                                                              Home Décor
Indie Art
Inspired Heart                                                                                                       Jubilee
Life is A Beach
Live Simply                                                                                                  Mickey Font                                                                                                              Mickey & Friends
My World
New Testament                                                                                                   Pagoda
Paisley
Paper Doll Dress Up
Plantin School Book
Quarter Note                                                                                                       Pooh & Friends
Robotz
Slumber Party
Stand & Salute
Stretch Your Imagination
Summer Vacation
Thanksgiving
Toy Story 
Varsity Letter
Walk in My Garden
Winter Lace
These are the CM tools that I always bring to events and you’re welcome to borrow:
Grip & Clip
Custom Cutting System:
{Please bring your own cutting mat & blades}
Circles, Ovals, Wavy Frames, Celestial, Gemstone, MKC Jazzy, MKC 8 1/2'” oval, triangle and hexagon. Jumbo Circle and Oval, Jumbo Wavy Square, Blooming Star, Jumbo Scallop Circle, *NEW* Jumbo Fancy Frame
Shape Makers:
Regular & Mini Shapes:
Square, Circle, Hexagon, Heart, Stars
Meadow, Friendship (flower & heart) Galaxy (splat & star),
MKC maker (swirl & sun)
Disney Magic, Bubble, Geometric, Snow, Tag, Sweetheart, Puzzle
Paisley, Leaf, Petal Multi
Scallop Circle
Hummingbird Maker
Awareness Ribbon Maker
Make A Wish Stardust Border Punch, Love Struck Heart Border Punch,
Pocket Punches: Snowflake,  Butterfly, Dragonfly, Leaf, 
Mini Pocket Punches: Loveable Mini  Hearts – regular & scalloped
Destinations – car and airplane,  *NEW* Starburst

Place ‘n’ Punch – Blossom and Postage Stamp
Border Maker System  – with the following cartridges:
 Picket Fence, You & Me, Frame Chain, Scallop Stitch, Gingerbread Chain, Evergreen, Double Heart Chain
Idea Books:
Idea Book Vol 1 - Inspire Me
Idea Book Vol 2 - The Power of 10
Page Planners and idea books – Regular and Hummingbird
Full of Love by Nancy O’Dell
Trimmers:
Rotary Trimmer with Regular, Wavy, Small Wavy, Scoring, Perforating and Deckle blades, Postage Stamp blade, *NEW* Pinking
Tearing Tool, Wavy Tearing Tool and Scalloped Tearing Tool *NEW*
Corner Makers
Regular
Fancy
MKC Scalloped
Templates:
Color Blocking
Doodling – Flowers & Swirls
Hope to see you at my next CM event!  Check my calendar here for upcoming events!

This & That CM Cartridge saves the day!

I am “Queen of the Last Minute Projects”.   I have accepted this and now embrace it!  Vinyl projects are so very quick and easy…perfect for procrastinators and planners alike!

Catholic School’s Week was a bit ago – resulting in lots of fun activities for my boys – penny wars (will put us in the poor house!!) crazy hat & tie day, no homework day (yahoo!) and the 4th graders had a day where they could dress like they were from the future.  Despite Richie’s pleas for a robot costume we decided to do something easier (for both of us – how would he sit?  He didn’t care!)

I suggested this shirt – it had a robot on it and mentioned the future (plus I found it on clearance!)  - what more could you want? 

Of course, that wasn’t going to work for him so we brainstormed and came up with this:

A future (space) Olympian!!

I used the This & That Creative Memories Cricut cartridge and cut the images and letters out of self adhesive vinyl. 

Good enough for one day’s wear – everything stayed stuck on throughout the school day and even at night for the spaghetti dinner!

He did wear the robot jersey under the hoodie for his music teacher