Valentine for the hubs

This is a clean and simple card you can make for your true love! I had a free cut file shared on facebook of a heart beat with a maple leaf in the center. I used my Design Space app to slice out the middle of the EKG. I then welded in my husband's name. I played with a few fonts to find one that looked right but decided on a plain non-cursive one. Easy peasy!

Cricut Access Subscription for Canadians

Scrappy Canadians on Facebook have been asking about the Cricut Access Subscription.

Is it worth it?
When I purchased my Cricut Explore it came with one free month of Access Subscription. I went crazy that 30 days, cutting out everything I wanted or thought I could use. There were so many great images as well as fonts that I could create with. (I loved having all the font options without having to download from questionable sharing sites.) I must have scrapped 40 layouts and 40 cards! It was a super catch up for my scrapbook albums. I realized in those 30 days that there were many Cricut cartridges that fit my style and needs that I did not already own. I felt that the Access Subscription would be much more economical in the long run than purchasing cartridges.

How does it work for Canadians?
It works the same for Canadians, just remember to always consider the exchange rate.

What does it comes to in Canadian dollars?
My subscription is renewed annually on my credit card. My renewal date was just last week and I can tell you my Visa was charged $131.60 canadian dollars. The exchange rate was 1.3725 (meh). Last year, the price was $149.05 because Cricut dropped the price in 2016. (Yay!)

Which is better - yearly? or monthly?
The monthly subscription comes to about $13 canadian. Therefore, The annual subscription is about $2 dollars cheaper per month or $25 per year.

If I missed anything, send me an email. I am more than happy to answer your questions. If you are still unsure, why not purchase a month of the Access Subscription and try it out? I love it!

Day twelve of Christmas Projects - A Christmas Story card

Okay, tell me the truth, can you tell that is a bar of soap? I am hoping you can tell it's a bar of Lifebuoy. It kind of looks like a red hot dog to me.

Thank you so much for stopping in today. I must admit I love making twelve Christmas projects every December and sharing them with all of you! Now that I am done and it's five days until Christmas I should wrap a gift or two...

Happy Holidays!

Day eleven of Christmas Projects - Get your Jingle on

Welcome to day eleven of Christmas projects!

Thanks for stopping in!

Day ten of Christmas Projects Waiting for Santa Claws

My sister and her husband have two sweet cats and I have always wanted to make them a cat Christmas card.

It is so easy to design cuts like this using the slice feature on the Cricut Explore. My best piece of advice when slicing is to do that action first before anything else on your Design Space and slice each item one at a time.

Day nine of Christmas Projects - vinyl pillow quote

I love this free svg that was shared on Facebook. I was excited to put it on a decorative pillow for the holidays. I even drove to IKEA to purchase the pillow and case (GURLI). As I was prepping, I thought to myself, maybe I should use regular 631 Oracal vinyl and then I can remove the quote after Christmas. **this was a dumb idea** I have used this type of vinyl on canvas before...

The vinyl would not adhere to the fabric. This beautiful pillow case will be a very temporary feature in my home.

Here is last year's vinyl project. I had no trouble with it.

I guess you win some, you lose some. Next time I will iron on HTV!

Day eight of Christmas projects - Clark Griswold's wagon as a gift tag

Maybe it's just me but when I saw this card, on my Design Space Access subscription, it really reminded me of the movie Christmas Vacation. I cut out all the layers, even added tires, but the card isn't very big. It's more of a tag. This awesome station wagon from the Cricut cartridge Crazy Cute Cards, would fit better in a business envelope than a card one.

"Is your house on fire Clark? No, Aunt Bethany, those are the Christmas lights."