Monday, June 21, 2010

Hoot 'n' Holler

I was out with my kids on saturday, looking at bikes at Walmart. The bike section happens to be accross the aisle from the cricut section. Much to my surprise my small town store had all 24 of the new Cricut Lite cartridges!

We all looked at them and thought about which ones we would use and talked about how cute/fun/cool the designs are. An excited scream filled the store, "MY OWLS! MOMMY! MY OWLS!" followed by cart kicking clatter as my 3 year old tried frantically to move the cart with her buckled into the seat over to the display.
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She'd spotted Hoot 'n' Holler and it was love at first sight.
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As soon as we got home we had to immediately make an owl. I can't think of anything much cuter than a girl and her owl fettish.
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Knowing there are a lot of new Cricut users, and layers are a little bit of an issue for most newbies, here is a simple picture how to for layering using owl5 on Hoot 'n' Holler.
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Tip: If you want to load the mat once, you can use (4) 6x6 papers, 1 for each layer color. If you have an Expression, put your bottom base layer color in the bottom left of the cutting mat. Navigate to the top right corner of the base color and hit the Set Paper Size key. You can now use the Fit To Page function key to make the owl as big as it will go on a 6x6 paper. This particular owl wound up being 5.5". After cutting the base layer (and paying attention to what size it told you it cut at) turn the Fit To Page off, and navigate to your next color. Make sure you set the dial size to what your base layer cut at!
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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's day to all the dads, grandads, husbands, brothers and uncles out there today. I really hope you are having a special day. Ours started out with Daddy sleeping late, getting showered with candy and treats from the kids. Hand made pictures and notes and sweets in honor of that special guy we can't live without. Daddy also got a special little album with a secret message inside! Can you find the message?

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The album is small enough to take to work and show off. Daddy is pretty proud of the fact that he has 6 kids and a SAHM wife. He loves shocking the guys at work with those little tidbits! We are proud to have such an awesome hardworking guy in our lives.Cover artwork is courtesy of Ellie (front) and Avram (back). The back just cracks me up. Avram left the message in magnets the other day and I couldn't help snapping a picture. Then while going through my 8x8 Cosmo Cricket Get Happy paper pad I found the "pop quiz" journaling card. A perfect match! Did you find the secret message yet?