Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Have Cricut.....Now What?
My wonderful husband (with a little help from me) bought me a Cricut Expressions and some cartridges for Christmas. I played around with it a little over Christmas break and then it was put away until I had time to use it again. Teaching kindergarten, preparing for a graduation and party and life in general took up my time and the Cricut had to wait for Summer Break.
For the first time in years, I am not taking classes, working on my Master's, teaching summer school or running kids around. So, I have a lot of free time. As soon as I could, I got out ALL of the materials I had been purchasing to use with the Cricut. Paper, cartridges, vinyl, material, and any of the scrapbook materials that had been put away for a few years. I was all set to go. I walked to my table, sat in the chair, and ... had no idea what to do next. I turned to the manual (the manual is inadequate) and the DVD that came with it. Still, I was not getting any ideas or inspiration. After a couple days of procrastination, I decided to go to the internet.
I stumbled around the big wide web and googled everything I could think that would be related to the Cricut (cricut, cricut ideas, cricut in the classroom...). And, then, I remembered "You Tube!" and there I discovered LOTS of videos made by very creative fellow crafters. I watched some and the ideas began to form. I stumbled across videos by The Pink Stamper. Her videos have been the most helpful to get me started with the Cricut.
So, now I have the cricut, paper, supplies AND ideas! I now LOVE the cricut and have decided to document my journey so that others who are stuck and looking for ideas can learn along with me.
For the first time in years, I am not taking classes, working on my Master's, teaching summer school or running kids around. So, I have a lot of free time. As soon as I could, I got out ALL of the materials I had been purchasing to use with the Cricut. Paper, cartridges, vinyl, material, and any of the scrapbook materials that had been put away for a few years. I was all set to go. I walked to my table, sat in the chair, and ... had no idea what to do next. I turned to the manual (the manual is inadequate) and the DVD that came with it. Still, I was not getting any ideas or inspiration. After a couple days of procrastination, I decided to go to the internet.
I stumbled around the big wide web and googled everything I could think that would be related to the Cricut (cricut, cricut ideas, cricut in the classroom...). And, then, I remembered "You Tube!" and there I discovered LOTS of videos made by very creative fellow crafters. I watched some and the ideas began to form. I stumbled across videos by The Pink Stamper. Her videos have been the most helpful to get me started with the Cricut.
So, now I have the cricut, paper, supplies AND ideas! I now LOVE the cricut and have decided to document my journey so that others who are stuck and looking for ideas can learn along with me.
First Project
I decided that making cards would be the easiest way to learn how to use the Cricut. I picked out one cartridge and stuck with it so I could learn how all the features on that cartridge worked. I chose the Paper Pups cartridge and began the Cricut journey.
With this one project, I learned how to use the markers, the difference between blackout and shadow and how to emboss with a cuttlebug (which I decided I needed after watching videos and then went out and purchased one from JoAnn's). I am going to add a stamp in the bottom right hand corner, but not until I decided who I am giving it to and the occasion.
More Cards
I kept working with the Paper Pups cartridge and I went "to the dogs".
You can see close-ups of each card on the slide show on the bottom of the page.
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