Some examples of the new Cheerful Seasons and Reminisce Cricut – CM Cartridges

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I had a little time to play work with the newest CM products and LOVE the new CM – Cricut cartridges!  Most of the cuts on these have just a few layers and only a couple have teeny weeny pieces!  I am so glad for that!  Here are a few cuts I made with CM cardstock and the Reminisce Cricut cartridge.

When Provo Craft updates their website I’ll be able to link these cartridges to my Gypsy or use Design Studio to weld multiples of the same border together to make a larger, continuous one (vs. putting separate identical cuts together to make a border.)

I did a quick layout with each of the new Power Palettes.  I’m a pretty simple scrapbooker and love using the Designer Print papers from the Power Palettes –I they are very nice on their own and most need very little (sometimes nothing at all) added to them. 

Layout below uses elements from the Reminisce Power Palette and “Cherish” cut with the Reminisce Cricut Cartridge.

Elements used on this page include Designer Print paper,  paper flowers, paper frame, paper ribbon, Medium Photo Corners and Foam Squares. 

 

Just a few cuts made with the Cheerful Seasons Cricut cartridge.  The little bluebird has a bit of detail added from the new limited edition CM Chalking Inks.

Thank goodness for the Precision Point Adhesive Pen and Pick Up Square…those things are perfect to use with the thin/tiny die cut pieces. 

Another simple layout below featuring the Cheerful Power Palette.  I used Cheerful Tone-on-Tone Paper, paper ribbon and a paper tag.  The page was laid out using the new Page Planner Templates.  “Snow”, the snowflake and “2004” were cut from CM cardstock using the Cheerful Seasons Cricut cartridge!

Want to learn more about Power Palettes?  Click here for a video explaining your options.  I ♥ Power Palettes!

I will be working more with the Cricut Cartridges but will have to wait a bit to work again with the new Power Palettes.    I packed them up & sent them with Michelle P.  who is having a “Party on the Go” – it’s like a catalog party but with lots of products to see, feel & try out instead of just  looking at the catalog!  Contact me if you’re interested in hosting an event & earn DOUBLE hostess rewards in August.

Layouts made with new Creative Memories Cricut cartridges, Power Palettes and other new products!

While I’m anxiously waiting for my order filled with new products to arrive I’ve been looking at the CM Project Center to see ideas featuring some of the new products.  Here are a few of my favorites:

        This one features the Cheerful Seasons Cricut cartridge and paper from the Cheerful Power Palette

Layout features cuts from the Reminisce Cricut Cartridge and Reminisce Power Palette as well as the new Wavy Tearing Tool and Chalking Inks.

Layout features the Cheerful Power Palette, Circle CCS pattern, Swirly ABC stickers, Foam Squares

Page features the Cheerful Power Palette, Jumbo Wavy Square CCS Pattern, Grip & Clip and Foam Squares

Featuring the Cheerful Autumn Addition, Circle CCS patterns,  Swirly Monogram Stickers and the Corner Maker

New CM Products & Info – sneak peeks from Showcase!

Products are available to order Sunday, August 1st!

You’ll find them on my CM Website! – much better pictures, too :)

Link to all new August products

Updates:

Nancy O’Dell’s new Hummingbird Series – available October 1st

New Power Palettes:

 

More stuff to come in the line designed by Nancy O’Dell – I think that is an organizer/cropping bag in the background – I also heard that there will be a hummingbird punch. Available beginning October 1st!

Cheerful Seasons Cricut Cartridge!

New Photo Solutions Party – learn how to take better photos w/the help of Nick Kelsh!  (Nick has a fantastic Facebook Page – How to Photograph Your Baby)

New Reminisce Cricut Cartridge!

Double Host credits in August – earn 30% credit when your party sales are $400 & over. 

New  cards from CM –

Designed online or with SBC+ – available to order one by one or in packs.  CM will print & ship them to address of your choice!

CM is partnering with Provo Craft – 2 exclusive cartridges will coordinate with the 2 new Power Palettes!  Cheerful Seasons and Reminisce Accents will be available in August and will retail for $55!

CM is partnering with Nancy O’Dell – book, products…etc.

From the CM FB page: 

2 new power palettes - rich, earthy tones in our new Reminisce Power Palette (replacing Jewel Power Palette) and bright primary colors in our Cheerful Power Palette (replacing Primary). Pics of the goodies to come soon! :)

Heard a great rumor – the Cricut Expressions will be demo’d at CM’s Showcase Convention this weekend – let’s see if CM is partnering with Provo Craft..that would be exciting!

More info posted as I get it!!

Here are some new products that should be available in August:
Grip & clip - latest addition to the Custom Cutting System.
Tightly holds up two 4 items (photos or paper) in a perfectly spaced square for cropping, mounting or displaying.
(use with the Custom Cutting System to hold 4 photos in the center then cut the edges with the large patterns)

It’s magnetic so you can use it with your Everyday Display! 


Page planners: set of 4 plastic templates (with measurements -can be rotated for additional layouts) and idea book

Wavy Tearing Tool:
2 edges - designed to recreate the edges from the 12" Deco Trimmer


Chalking Inks – designed to get in those tiny spaces.


Leaf Pocket Punch – last in the LE series of 4 (snowflake, butterfly & dragonfly)

 

Creative Cuts Collection  – available in October.  Cut out your own letters, numbers & more.   

Cut freehand or using CM templates.
The tool has a distressing end.
and a new logo for CM!

Storybook Creator Plus will be available November 1st for Mac’s! It’ll be compatible with iPhoto!

Keep in Touch!

Change is so hard for me…and as the years pass by I have realized just how much I crave routine, familiar things.  After many discussions and sleepless nights we’ve decided to send the boys to a private school next year.  Aaacck!  I know it’s the right decision for our family but it’s such a big change!  The boys are both very excited and a bit unsure at the same time.  They have great friends at our current school and we want to be sure to keep in touch with them.  I made up “business cards” for the boys with their phone number on them.  They brought them to school today to give to their friends.  Jamie just got off the phone with one of his classmates.  He is grinning from ear to ear.  Doesn’t matter that they just saw each other less than an hour ago, or that they’ll see each other tonight for the Kindergarten Circus – they talked about nothing, were goofy and it was hilarious!  Wanted to share this idea just in case you'd like to do something similar.  These came together really quick in Storybook Creator Plus (on sale for under $39 right now!)  I used mostly elements from the Primary Elementary School Additions  kit. 
 

Kung Zhu Madness!

I've moved this post to my new blog - Frugal Folk.  That's where you'll find all future posts about money, rewards programs and word of mouth marketing. Hope to see you there!

Sneak Peek of New Products available July 1st!

Great new products are on their way – including LOTS of new Disney items including Fairies, Toy Story, Mickey and Friends, Crusin’ Cars and Princess Tales!  Here’s just a few – LOVE that new 12x12 coverset!!

Close-up of the coverset:

A new paper album – would make a great autograph book!

There is also new non-Disney stuff, too!

Simply Beautiful Summer Additions

New Classic Water Sports Stickers and a Small Wavy Rotary Blade

You can see all the new July products in the new Mini Catalog – which you can download here.

Frappuccino Bottle Cocoa Set

I love cute marshmallows!  I saw these heart shaped ones at The Dollar Tree and picked up a few bags –knowing I wanted to do something with them for Valentines Day.  Marshmallows go perfectly with hot cocoa so I decided to make a cute hot cocoa gift set for each of the boy’s teachers.

I bought  a couple of 4 packs of Kroger brand frappuccino – the ones that come in the little carriers.  (Note for future projects:  start earlier – those frapps (even the light ones) aren’t as good when you have to drink them by a deadline!) - and then removed the labels.  The Kroger brand labels are shrink wrapped so they were really easy to remove.  I traced the shape of the carton on the wrong side of the paper I wanted to use, cut it out and adhered it to the carrier.  I dressed it up with a bit of coordinating paper, paper flowers and clear quote stickers. 

For the bottle lids I cut a thin piece of paper with the CM Rotary Trimmer, then placed that around the edge of the cap.  I used circles punched with the CM Circle Maker and put them on the top of the lid, labeling each with the contents in the jar.

I kept this really simple because I liked to see the cute stuff in the bottles.  You could decorate the bottles, too if you wanted to dress it up more. 

Besides the heart marshmallows I’ve seen red (really pink) & green trees for Christmas and brown, orange & white ghosts for Halloween.  I just bought some really cute pastel colored bunny marshmallows - all of these were at Target :)

Marshmallows, Cocoa Mix, Pocky Sticks & candy hearts.

The Pocky sticks I found in the international aisle (asian foods, I think) of my local Kroger.  They are chocolate covered “biscuit” sticks – cookies I think – and the pink ones are strawberry flavored.  I thought they would be cute stirrers for hot cocoa.

The set above features paper from the retired Cherish kit.

This is the other set I did and it uses paper and paper flowers from the Delight Power Palette.

The teachers loved them!