Hello 2021!

Every year, at the end of December, I look back at my scrapbooking goals for the year and make new ones for the year ahead. Last year, my scrapbooking resolution was to go to more in person crops to catch up on my scrapbooking. *insert sad face* Well, I did enjoy the many virtual crops of 2020! So, I will make an effort to do more online to spark my creativity and connect with others! So far, it's been a nice winter but I think I will need to scrap more to overcome any potential winter/pandemic blues that may pop up in the freezing months ahead. (Our province remains in lockdown)

Here's to a better year 2021 with less cutting out of physical-distancing indicators!

Day Five of Christmas Projects - Holly Jolly

I love the clean lines of this style of a card. A local scrapbooking store posted a card sketch this fall for a challenge and I designed similar shapes on Design Space.

Day Four of Christmas Projects - Santa in 2020

I knew I needed to make a Santa card with him wearing a mask. I mean, how strange has this year been???

Day Three of Christmas Projects - Tea Towels

I love using heat transfer vinyl on flour sack tea towels. I think it's a great little gift. My sister-in-law is a talented baker who loves to bake and decorate Christmas cookies every year so these are for her.

Both designs are available in Design Space.

Day Two of Christmas Projects - leg lamp

My husband and I decided to buy a second Christmas tree this year and make it A Christmas Story theme tree. We have quite a few ornaments but I wanted garland that fit the theme. Therefore, my garland is leg lamps! I purchased the cut file from Etsy.

Once I had this great cut file, of course I needed to use it on cards.

Must be Italian!

Day One of Christmas Projects - Card Designs from Cricut

I don't know about you, but 2020 has been hard for many. Why not make one thing easy, your holiday cards? There are some fantastic ready-to-cut designs in Design Space. Here are just a few examples. How fun are these?

Cricut in 2020

It's been tough this year trying to be creative. Though, I have enjoyed many virtual crops, classes and challenges. Thank you to everyone who has hosted and participated in this type of event! They have been inspiring.

I would never have imagined a year ago, that I would use my Cricut to decorate for my daughter's drive thru graduation or to decorate the outside of my neighbours' windows to mark their quarantine birthdays. I'm grateful that I can easily do projects like this in 2020.

I have also spent much time this fall, using my Cricut to label all types of social distancing measures in schools. I have cut hundreds of vinyl floor arrows, hundreds of cohort identifiers, thousands of paper tangrams and thousands of vinyl chair place markers. My Cricut has been so busy that I borrowed one from a friend and had two going at once. (To do this, you need separate devices with design space running.) I guess what I may have lacked in creativity, I made up for in health and safety of students and school staff. I typically cut large quantities of diecuts on my machine but not like this fall. My Cricut Explore (first edition) owes me nothing and I will eventually upgrade to a Maker.

It has been a strange nine months.

Stay home, stay safe and craft.