Cricut Academy 103, 104, and all about Vinyls and the Easy Press Classes

Here are my next classes that you can sign up for at It's All About the Scrapbook in Dixon, California.  There are still some spots left.   I will have classes every month in 2020

Dec 27,28th 2019

Cricut Academy 103,  is all about Text.  In this class I will go over all that you can do with Text in Cricut Design Space.  You will bring in text, resize learn how to adjust your text to fit your project.  We will cover curving and spacing of your text. 

Cricut Academy 104, is all about upload your images.  We will go over bring in an image and cleaning it up in Cricut  Design Space.  We will also cover uploading patterns that you can use to fill your shapes with.

Cricut Vinyl and Easy Press Class we will go over all the different kinds of vinyl and how to use them.  I will cover how to us the Cricut Easy Press

January 10th, 11 2020

Cricut Academy 101, Get your Cricut out of the Box.  This is the place to start.  Did you get a Cricut for Christmas or have one and have not taken it out of the box?  This is the perfect class for you.  We will cover all the basics so you can start making some projects.

Cricut Academy 102, In this class you will learn how to Slice, weld, attach, flatten and Contour to create your project.

Junk Gypsies, Round Top, Texas

It has been 2 weeks since our Girls Road Trip 2019 to Texas.  What a great time we had.  I loved every minute of it.  We started out in San Antonio, then to Austin, Fredericksburg, Round Top, Galveston, Houston, Waco, then Dallas.  16 days of Hotels, shopping, restaurants and fun.

We got a Niesson Rouge from the rental place and off we went.  3 ladies and their luggage.  Hope the car is big enough for all of us, our luggage and our shopping bags.  We shall soon see.  Our flight didn't get in until 6:45 to San Antonio and by the time we got our rental car it was dark and we needed to first find our way out of the airport and then to our Hotel.  We stayed at the Best Western Riverwalk so I put that into my maps program and we were off.  Unfortunately they are doing a lot of road construction and every off ramp that we needed was closed at night so we had a hard time getting to our first hotel but we made it and our trip was fantastic.

The Alamo

The Riverwalk

My pick was Round Top and Waco for Junk Gypsy's and everything Magnolia.  Well we all picked Magnolia.  Earlier this summer in July my Husband, all 3 Grand-kids, and me went on a 2 week Family Road Trip 2019 and we drove from the Bay area to Corpus Christi and back.  This trip we flew to San Antonio rented a car from Costco (yes I said Costco).  Then flew home from Dallas.

Junk Gypsy's

Inside Junk Gypsy's

Waco, Clint's store

At the Silo's

Magnolia Table the restaurant 

The little shop on Bosque

The Silos Baking Co.

Jimmy Don's pop up store

This is one of my favorite purchases from Junk Gypsy's.  I have been enjoying my French Press since all the power outages that we have been having since all devastating fires that we have lived through.  I just love my mug  "Do no harm but take no Bull".  I even got a battery frother from our trip to Fredericksburg that is Red (not in the picture:().

Thanks for stopping by!
More to come on my trip.

Flash Sale

Don't miss out on this Flash Sale it won't be available for long


https://michelepryor.closetomyheart.com/ctmh/promotions/campaigns/1910-flash-sale.aspx

Slicing and Welding with your Cricut

Here is a video showing you how to use the Slice and Weld feature on Cricut Design Space.  I get asked how to slice and weld all the time.  My friend sent me a link to her project because she was having trouble figuring out how to slice.

I show you exactly what I did to help her out.  Now she has this video to refer back to.  LOL!  Its a 2 for 1 special.  That you can use too!.  Save it to your favorites so you have it too.

 
Hope this helps you too.

Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to Like, Subscribe and Share this video with someone you think might like it.

Cricut Academy Classes 101 and 102

Just wanted to let you know that I still have a couple of seats left in both my 101 and 102 Cricut Academy Classes at Its All About The Scrapbook Sept 13th and 14th in Dixon, California.  Go to their calendar page and click on the classes that you are interested in.  See the website for times available!

These classes are just for the Explore family and the Maker only!  It is not a computer class so you must come with Cricut Design Space already installed and ready.

Cricut Academy 101 is the Get your Cricut out of the Box and get your machine set up. we will cover everything that you see on the landing and Canvas page.

Cricut Academy 102 will cover everything on the Layers panel.  You will learn how to slice, attach and weld, plus so much more.

On Sunday I am teaching a class on how to use the WeR memory keepers Foil Quill heat pens.

On Sunday I am also teaching a Cricut Vinyl and Easy Press Class.  I will cover all the different types of vinyl and there application including how to use the Iron-On or HTV vinyl.
In this class you get some hands on with how to us the Cricut Easy Press too!

Go to their website and sign up if you are interested in hands on learning with your Cricut.





Hope to see you there.  You can contact the store with any questions that you might have.

CTMH Spooktacular Promotion for Sept 2019

Getting ready for the upcoming holiday's is in full swing over on my Website.  This one is called Spooktacular and you won't want to miss out on it.  You can see and read all about it here.

Be sure to join in on my Online Gathering when you order and at the end of the month I will pick one lucky winner for a prize.

This is such a fun pack for Halloween or Fall projects too.  Here are the ways you can purchase them.


Here is the CC10198 Spooktacular Workshop Kit with Stamp Set + Thin Cuts.  You will get all of this at a great savings too!

You can just purchase the paper pack CC10194 Spooktacular Paper Pack + Sticker

You can just purchase the paper pack by itself  CC10192 Spooktacular Paper Pack

There is also a CC10193 Coordinating Cardstock Pack to go with it too.

Just want the CC10191 Spooktacular Stamp Set + Thin Cuts.  Well you can do that too.

Want just the CC10190 Spooktacular Stamp Set
As you can see, you can get just what you want.  You will love it.

Thanks for stopping by.
Leave me a comment if you have any question.
Show us a picture of what you have done.  I will share them over on my Facebook page

Big News!

I have some big news!  We have a new Cricut digital image set and it's call Complete Creativity.  Your going to love it.  Here is just a little sample of what you will get.
I now have an affiliate link so you can just click here and be able to purchase it for an immediate download.  No more waiting for a card with a code on it.  Woo Hoo!
You can also do all your Cricut shopping at the same time at no extra cost to you.  You can also sign up for Cricut Access on my link.

Here is a video showing you all about my affiliate link

Thanks for stopping by!

September is National Stamping Month

Here is our specials for September.  It is National Stamping Month and you can see it all over on my website.  I love this time of year when you can feel that fall is coming.  I love to decorate for fall too.  All the colors of Orange, Yellow, Green and Brown, they make you want to curl up with a good book and beverage of your choice.  LOL!

This is the Share the Seasons set.  You can see more about it here

Thanks for stopping by!

We have 2 new catalogs now
First is our new Core catalog which will run Sept 2019 - Aug 2020.  So everything in catalog will be available for the whole year.

You can see it online here!

Next we have our Seasonal Catalog which will run Sept 2019 - Dec 2019

You can see it here too!  Just scroll down.

Thanks for stopping by and if you have any questions just let me know.

Close To My Heart and National Stamping Month

Here is a quick video on our National Stamping Month promotion you can see more about it here

Thanks for stopping by!
#nationalstampingmonth, #michelesinkitstampit, #ctmh

Crafty Companion by Jen Of Eve Designs

I have wanted to make a crafty workstation for a long time, but I didn't know where to start.  Last week this pop-up on my YouTube Channel and I had to make one.
We were up at our cabin when I first saw it.  I went right away and ordered her template and workbook (what a clever idea).  I ordered the Collage 2 from Jenofevedesigns
The videos are long but she does a great job of explaining things.
I printed everything up that I needed and started by making the garbage bowl and Stamping station.  When I got home I created the Workbook.  That was a job but I really like how easy it is to use once you get it made.  Lots of laminating and cutting things out.  Totally worth it in the end.

Here are the Garbage Bowl and Stamping Station that I made to keep up at our Cabin.  I didn't have any pattern paper with me but I did have an old Atlas that I got from a friend at their garage sale.  Sometimes you just have to use what you have!  So I did.  I love how they turned out. You can see the workbook too before I made the binding.

Here is the Workbook after I used my Bind-it-all.  It was my first time using it.  Not a great job but it is done.

So here is my completed (well almost completed) Crafty Companion.  I love it.  I decided to use more maps from the Atlas because they were 17" x 14" and I would be able to cover the sides and the back with one sheet.  Here it is holding all the leftover bits and pieces.  Love it!
I used maps that have places that I have traveled too.  It really makes me smile when I look at the different parts.

I wanted something to hold all my project parts and pieces and this fills the bill!  I can see using it all the time.

I don't have the drawer pulls yet.  They will be here on Monday.  Ugh!!!  Oops I just noticed in this picture that I didn't paint the inside of the garbage bowl so it is very white and bright.  I will have to take care of that ASAP!  It sure makes a big difference doesn't it?  I will add another photo of it after I get it painted.

I am by no means done with this project.  I will continually add things as I find them and that go with my theme.  I have lots of Tickets and such that I can use to decorate with.

I really was planning on make lots of Lg, Med, Small, and Filler drawers but when I was finished I had 4 Full trays.  Not quite sure how that happen but it is what it is.  I can also make the other drawers and switch them out as needed.  Yes, I will go with that!  LOL!  That is what I meant to do.
I will post a picture when I get my drawer pulls.

Thanks for stopping by and if you make one let me know and post a picture of it for all of us to see.

June 2019 Kard Klub Swap

I have not shared my cards from our Kard Klub Swap in a long time.  So here they are in a video so you can see them all.

Here is my project that we made.

Here is all of them together.

Prima Modeling Material

I have been having so much fun with the Prima Molds and Modeling Material.  I love being able to make the molds my self and then paint them to match my projects.  In this video I show you how I use the Modeling Material and also how I paint them.  I will be using they on my Mini Albums and other crafts that I make as well.  #michelesinkitstampit #itsallaboutthescrapbook

I bought all my supplies at It's All About The Scrapbook In Dixon, Ca.  They just got their new website up and going to be sure to check it out.
Here is just some of what we did.

This is my youngest grandchild after the video.  She decided that she wanted to paint too.  Love it when they join in.

My oldest granddaughter was journaling in her Mini Album at the table as well.

Business Sign for my Sister-In-Law

I was asked by my Sister-In-Law Lani to make a sign for her.  She will use it at her Craft Shows.  She makes bags and purses.  I asked her a few questions about how she wanted it to look.  She will be using an EZ-Up at her shows so it couldn't be made out of anything to heavy or to light.  After searching my drift wood pile I decided that I had nothing that would work or was the right size.  We went to dinner at my friend Bert's who has a bigger pile of drift wood and I found the perfect size of wood and it was also light weight.  It ended up being 7"x17"'s Perfect!

Now to design it.  I searched on Cricut Design Space for bag and it came up with some pictures of a lady holding some bags.  I showed them to Lani and she picked out the one she wanted.  Next we needed to pick a font.  I pick out a couple that I thought would work best on the sign and be legible from a distance and she choose the one she liked.

I made a rectangle in DS for the shapes and sized it to the board that I will be using.  After adding all my images and words to fit on the board (rectangle) I cut it out on some contact paper.

I then painted my board black because that is what I wanted the letters to be.  After letting the paint dry I then applied the Contact Paper to the board and made sure it was stuck down good.  Then I painted over the whole thing in black again.  This prevents bleeding.  After that dried I applied a thick coat of White Waverly paint from Walmart over the black

I forgot to take a picture of the 2 coats of black.  But here it is with the vinyl and White paint on top

Here is the finished piece after peeling off the vinyl to reveal the black underneath.  I think it turned out just fine.

Here are just a few of the bags that she is making

#michelesinkitstampit