Hello 2013!!!

Hello my fellow crafters! It's been way too long. I'm happy to see that I have many faithful followers that did no leave me in my absence. A lot has been going on in my life. There have been so many changes. As I get back on my blog, YouTube and back into the crafting world... there's a lot that's changed with Cricut as well. I'm excited to see some of the new things that are happening with Cricut.... and I can't wait to dive right back in.

For starters... I wanted to update you on a few things in my personal life. I won't get too personal... but I will share with you that My Cricut Closet (the actual room) is moving.... YEAH!!! I am trading rooms with my daughter and I will have a much larger space to work from. I still will be limited on space... I just won't be in the closet anymore. LOL! I'd like to share that journey with you guys and will keep you posted of the progress. I found this sweet and adorable picture of what my room looked like when I started this blog two years ago. Here it is....

 James was sooooo cute. He looks so little. But this was what my little closet looked like when I started.
Just for the heck of it... Here's what James looks like now.... And yes... that's me as well. Just focus on him...he's the adorable one :)

 And here are a couple of pics from that first set up. It was crazy. And I remember feeling so lucky to have this space. To me... it was awesome.


And... If you look in the top photo... you'll see my old Cricut. This past fall I retired that Expression by passing it on to my good friend Sherry. Of course... I still have my Expression 2 and my Imagine. Can't part with those, they are my babies.



Well... that's enough for today. I'll be back soon... and this time it won't be 4-5 months. I look forward to sharing some videos and projects with you. First order of business..... the Expression 2 Series will coming SOON!

Happy Crafting :)

Stampin Up Extravaganza is going on now... 20-50% off select items!

Hey Ladies! I had to share this with you. I know it's not Cricut related but this is too good of a deal to pass up and most of you know that I love Stampin Up about as much as I love Cricut.

I'll make this short and sweet so you can get to the good part... Stampin Up's Extravaganza is AMAZING! They have all kinds of products on sale starting today, November 19-November 28th anywhere from 20% to - 50% off.
What could be better than that? Well.... MDS2 is one of the items listed for 50% off. I'm already a My Digital Studio owner. I've had the trial of the new MDS2 and it expired. Guess what I'm getting TONIGHT as soon as dinner is over? LOL... yep... MDS2! I can't wait!!! And the best part... it's ONLY $9.98.

So... here is the link to the PDF file.
 http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/Online_X_flyer_US.pdf

And as always... visit my website to order 24/7. www.angieoverton.stampinup.net.http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/angieoverton

Go directly to my Extravaganza page HERE!

There are also some amazing 24 Hours ONLY deals... right now the Big Shot, the Doctors Bag and the Diagonal plate are on sale. TODAY ONLY!!! Click on the pic below to see the awesome prices!

Cricut Craftroom Exculsive 3D Ornaments

So... On Wednesday I jumped on Cricut.com to see what new cartridge we could cut for FREE this week. I have to say I was disappointed to find it had not been  updated. Of course I waited till Thursday but still no change. Today I got on there and STILL no new cartridge.

That made me decide to just take a look and see what was on Craft Room. So I logged onto CCR and took a look at the CCR Exclusives. The 3D Bows are not available free any longer and and instead 3D Ornaments is free. Not sure where the glitch is. Maybe it's me... LOL! Here's what you get to do this week.

So maybe you aren't ready for Christmas decor yet. I know I'm not. So I went searching for some ideas. You can find everything you need at Cricut.com. I did a quick search in their projects library and found this. I thought it was more appropriate for the season.

     

These are all made with the 3D Ornaments Cartridge that you can use for FREE this week. And of course... I fear spiders....  (yes, even paper ones). SOOOOO.... he's out. I think the little pumpkin ornament is adorable. So I think I'll make him. Click on the pics and it will take you to Cricut.com for all the details you need to make each of them. 

Click below for the Digtial Handbook. This will help tell you how to put your ornaments together as well. Very useful.

So that lead me to another cool thing that I learned today. Many of you may already know, but for those of you who don't... they have full directions for each of these projects. They provide a PDF file with complete instructions that you can print out. They even take it a step further and include a CCR file for you. All you have to do is download the file and open it in your CCR. How easy is that!!!! Then all you have to do is get the paper ready. 

If you are ready for some Christmas decor... or just want to get some cut while the cartridge is free... I found some more cool projects online using this cartridge. Check these photos out. Just click on the pic and a window will open separately taking you to the authors page. 

Cricut The Official Blog. Author: Jana Eubank

Typecast Creative. Author: Curt Jensen

This one I thought was an interesting piece of home decor. I wouldn't have thought of this. I found this on the HSN website. Jinger Adams is the creator. 

Enjoy this weeks FREE Cartridge. 

Rent 10 Halloween Cartridges for One Low Price

Are you a fan of Halloween? Do you like to decorate with ghosts and gobblins? Then this is definitely a deal you are going to want to take. Cricut has TEN Cricut Cartridges that you can rent.... for $19.99! That's right! That's an awesome deal. $19.99 will get you 10 Halloween cartridges.

Look at all the great ideas below that you can cut with these titles!

I know what you are thinking... it's only a rental. Well... today we are already halfway to Halloween. Purchase it today and you still have time to get all the Halloween things you need cut. AND... you get access to these 10 cartridges for 60 days. Once Halloween is over, you are going to need to do those scrapbook pages. So you will have plenty of time to get things cut out. I'm totally going to use my 60 days to cut away. I love the idea of having some of these cuts on hand for when I need them.

 Here are the great titles that are included....

 • Happy Hauntings
 • Mini Monsters
 • Teresa Collins - Chic & Scary
 • Teresa Collins - October 31st
 • Teresa Collins - Pumpkin Carving
 • Trick or Treat

 Cricut Craft Room Exclusives:

 • Moveable Monsters
 • Haunted House
 • Spiderweb
 • Frankenstein’s Face

They even give you ideas to get you started. 

For any questions you may have or to see the rental agreement, visit cricut.com.
All of these photos are directly from their website. Just click on the photo to visit Cricut.com and get started renting these great titles today!

(Note: I am in no way associated with Cricut or Provo Craft. I'm passing this info along only because I think it's a great deal:)

One More Day to cut 3D Bows for FREE

So are you loving that Cricut gives us a week to cut from different Craft Room Exclusives for FREE? I am. Today is the last day to cut using 3D Bows for free. Don't miss out! Of course tomorrow is going to be a new Digital Exclusive to cut Free from... but while you can.... enjoy 3D Bows.

 Check back tomorrow to see what Cricut has for us for the next week :)

Cricut Craftroom Exclusives - Cut free for a week!

How are you guys loving what Cricut is doing with giving us images to cut FREE for a week? I think it's great! I'm loving it. You get the opportunity to try out new cartridges without having to buy it. There's just something about getting to cut stuff out that changes your view on a cartridge. Here is what you get to cut out FREE this week.

This is Cricut Craftroom Exclusive Bookmark - Classics.

 

To check out all 6 of the images on this digital exclusive click on the image abover or HERE. You can make some great bookmarks with these. This is available FREE through September 19th.

 

So... are you new to Cricut Craftroom? Or has it been a while since you have been on there? Things are changing fast. I have the software downloaded on both my iMac and my PC. Usually I just log on there. But recently my husband got me a new laptop. I was kinda in a hurry because I had a friend over and I just wanted to show her what CCR does. You used to be able to work online and "create only" without the ability to "cut" unless you were using the downloaded software. When I tried to enter the CCR I couldn't find the button. I looked and looked. I swore I was overlooking it. But... after searching later I found that this button no longer exists. Instead you just need to download the software and you can move right along. I miss this feature. But... I will survive.

 

But... if you don't have the program installed you can't go and check out the above FREE images. So lets go through the steps.

 

1) First you will need to go to the Cricut site. Click HERE or visit www.cricut.com.

This will give you the opportunity to do many things. You will be able to shop for Cricut products, join the Cricut Community, search samples, find "how-to" videos, see great projects with instructions and of course, you'll find Cricut Craft Room.

 

2) Secondly, you have two options. You can click on the "Craft Room" tab on the top right hand corner. This will take you to the CCR page and give you more information on it. This is also where you will find the download button for the software. If you don't have a Cricut.com account you will be directed to create one.

OR... instead of clicking on the "Craft Room" tab you can scroll down the page. You'll find featured projects, featured cartridges and most importantly, a big red box that says "Cut it Free for a week". Here is where you will find the exclusive cartridges that are available to cut for FREE.

 

3) Third... once you have found the FREE images for the week... you can look at the digital handbook (I've given you a link above, just click on the image). This will show you all the different images available for the cartridge. You will also find a project along with instructions to make the project. So not only are they providing you with Free images to cut... they are giving you a project to make.

 

I don't know about you... but I think this is great. I totally plan on making some of these bookmarks. And each week I plan on coming back and checking out the new images. Check back here each Wednesday to keep up to date on the latest images. I'm hoping to be able to share with you a project each week. But let me get back on the swing of things. I still owe you guys a video on the Cricut Expression 2. Hope to get that up before next Wednesday.

 

Have a great weekend!

 

 

Cricut CraftRoom Exclusives

Hello Cricut Lovers!
I've been gone for a while and I'm excited about what I found out recently. While I've been on a hiatus I haven't been on my Cricut much. I've used it when I needed and mostly I didn't use CraftRoom.
While making some projects for VBS I did use CCR. While searching for some images I saw "Banners" highlighted. If you aren't very familiar with how CCR works, when you have a cartridge linked to your account or any cartridges that are available to use for free are highlighted. These are the ones you can actually design AND cut with. I moved on though and didn't really put much thought into it.
About a week later I received a question on one of my YouTube videos about how to use the "FREE" images of the week.

TOTALLY COOL!!! Cricut has started having "Free this week". So every week they offer images that are free to use for the week. Here is this weeks images.

How cool is that! These are great. It makes me excited to see what they come up with each week. And I can't wait to get on CCR and make some cuts. These will be great for cards, scrapbooks and other paper crafts... like home decor. It's great! This is going to be great motivation to get on CCR and use my Cricut on a weekly basis. 

Ok.... So I had this post all ready and then I wanted to check something out. See the FOUR images above? Those aren't all the images. So go check it out. Get on Cricut CraftRoom and look in "My Cartridges". You will find these images under "Classroom - October & November". Also... here's a link. Check it out.

And... just to make it easier... here's a pic. May be a little hard to see so follow the link for better view. 

What about you? What do you think? I'd love for you to share what you decide to make with these free images!