HBTY.....

Hello & Happy NEW YEAR! Are you ready

to start the New Year off right? I AM!!!

I haven't told you guys this yet... but I got a

Cricut Explore for Christmas! I Know... I Know...

some of you will be SHOCKED! Trust me, when I say

I'm shocked too! LOL I thought I was done with Cricut

stuff... I mean I still have ALL of my Cricut stuff but

never seem to use it....

They had a really great deal &

I got a bundle pack really cheap so I decided to get it...

Now.. I opened my gift and get it all set up only to find

that I feel like I've "Dummy downed" in technology...

I think they still have a ways to go....
 

Everyone knows I LOVE Print n Cut... and I thought... awesome!

I can use my 200+ cartridges again with PNC... nope..

I mean it will do it.... but only with 8 1/2 x 11 paper and

only a 6 x 6 section on that paper.... So I was like WHAT???

They do have some nice features and it is

most certainly QUIETER than my Cameo or other machines by far!

It does cut nice, but I haven't really gotten my feet wet yet!

I made 2 projects so far & plan to use it a bit more.... My Cameo

will still be my GO TO Machine! For sure, but I'm glad I can use

my cartridges again... I have some I haven't ever used... so we shall see!
 

I do want to add... that I did find a video from Provocraft

stating that the first part of 2015 they will add 12 x 12 & 13 x 19

paper size for print in cut... So let's see if they utilize the whole

sheet like my Cameo does! Also they are adding DIGI PAPER!

FINALLY!!! I was concerned about that too... You All know I owned the

IMAGINE... which I LOVED... but then they (Provocraft) Screwed us

royally without any updates or fixes.... And because I owned an

Imagine machine they gave me all the Imagine Content which I THOUGHT
included the PAPER! But it did not (which I was upset with too).....

But they said that will be here the first part of 2015 as well...

So I will let you know how it goes once those

updates are added!

In the mean time... I will stick with my Cameo!!! wink wink

 

SORRY for the Long winded Post! I just HAD to Share!

 

Here's a card I created using my new Explore Machine...

 

 

Like my New Watermark? I made it myself....

Can you believe that? Me neither! It wasn't as hard as I thought!

So this was one of the Pre-made Projects the Explore offered...

Except... it was actually a Layout! haha... so I changed it

down to an A2 card size along with adding a scallop border

(Ribbons & Rosettes) & an extra rectangle w/circles in blue

I removed a couple of items that were in the original design...

 Card Stock - Stampin' Up

Designer Paper - Pebbles (Family Tree)

Sentiment & Tag Die - My Craft Spot

Jute Twine - Papertrey Ink

Hooray Layout (altered) - Cricut Explore

 

I'm entering the following Challenges:

PDE Linky Party - Celebration

DL Art Linky Party - Anything Goes

 

Well, thanks again for reading my long post....

Have an AWESOME New Year DAY!!!

 

Theresa