Who needs a new cartridge when you have a GYPSY!!!

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ROTFLOL!! I LOVE CRICUT!!!!
I designed the old version of the cricut head on my gypsy and that file is available. When Provocraft redesigned the cricut I LOVE the NEW CRICUT!! but I just wanted the new cricut not the cartridge.
What do you do? You get your gypsy and find the original cut and size it to what you want, put it on page one and then on page two you start designing. Laying your shapes on top of the original and sizing it to fit. When your design is complete move the eye balls and mouth to a different part of the mat and weld the parts of the head together then weld your eyeballs...PREVIEW and CUT!! For this cricut I used George and Basic Shapes for all the shapes except the mouth and antennas I used Simply Charmed (mouths).
The BIG cricut...LOL was too BIG! and the next one is PERFECT.  SORRY! I'm not going to make this file available.

Organization

SURELY! I didn't discover this myself!!!! LOL!!! I'd have a lot more time to create if I weren't so BUSY organizing my craft space....ROTFLOL!!!!
My cricut carts. were on a shelf...they were 2 rows deep and I was starting a third row....YUCK! when I knew this would NOT DO!!! I keep everything together and I like to look thru the handbooks and its a pain to get to the carts when they are 2 and 3 rows deep....I don't know what made me try this but I LOVE THIS!!! I went and got another 3dr jetmax cube just for my cricut carts!!!!! LOVE THIS ORGANIZATION!!! Now they are organized and alphabetized and theres room to GROW....LOL!!!
Each drawer will hold 12 (9 horizontal and 3 vertical) but you'd have to pull the drawer all the way out to get to the back ones. Nope don't like that, so I went and got another 3dr.(haven't put it together yet) Thats 6 drawers for just my carts!
I'm going to keep 8 carts to a drawer (6 horizontal and 2 verical), I'll put a syrofoam block behind the last horizontal cart to keep them up right. When I get the other cube put together and my carts ALL ALPHABETIZED/ORGANIZED I'll label the drawers too.

Birthday

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Heres my brothers Birthday card. LOL!!! I scraplifted this idea, I can't remember from where...SORRY!!
I used Lyrical Letters for the words and Plantin Schoolbook for the shapes. I used SU cardstock: Handsome Hunter, Night of Navy, Sage Shadow and White. I used SU demensionals on the inside Happy B-day so I could add a little $$ in it.

  

Santa Hat

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HO HO HO!!! I made a Santa hat!!!! Using the KNIFTY KNITTER long looms. I used the purple long loom with the clips. White and Red yarn and white fun fur. With two strands(as one) of white yarn casted on 50 pegs and ewrapped 8 rows (your working in the round since your using the clips). I then cut one of the white strands and added two strands of the fun fur in it's place. So with one strand of white yarn and two strands of fun fur ewrap around another 8 rows. Then form your brim. After the brim is done leave a 6" tail and add two strands(as one) of red yarn and ewrap around 30 rows, now you'll start decreasing one from each end on odd rows. So you'll decrease then ewrap to the other end and decrease and ewrap back to the beginning. Then on even rows you'll ewrap around. You'll do this for 74 rows, you should have 6 stitches left. Leaving about a 10" tail cut your yarn and add your needle, finish off like you would a beenie. I'm AWFUL with directions...SORRY! I hope you understand. To fluff up the fun fur carefully glide your pick back and forth over the fun fur stitches several times, then go up and down over the stitches...repeat until desired fluffiness.
The pom pom- I cut a piece of cardboard 2" wide and 5" long and wrapped the fun fur around the 2" part 100 times...CAREFULLY slide it off and with a 18" piece of white yarn carefully slide it under the fun fur about the center and tie a double knot TIGHT!! DO NOT CUT THE LOOPS!! carefully spread out your loops and with your pick carefully rake along the loops not to snag them and fluff your pompom. The fluffiness will hide the loops.

Treat Bag

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A co-worker has returned to work after having a baby and I made this for her.
I LOVE this BAG (SUPER EASY!!)!!!!! I used SU designer paper Garden Green for the bag and Brilliant Blue for the lettering. I cut the letters using Plantin Schoolbook
For the bag clic the link below (Chickenscratch (Angie) has a FANTASTIC video!!

http://www.chicnscratchlive.com/2011/03/greenhouse-gala-bag.html


for the handle I cut some brown yarn and braided it.
The booties I knitted on the Flower Loom.(no direction yet! I'm working on it)

one side of bag

other side of  bag

inside

Baby Boy Booties

Get Well

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A co-worker is going to have surgery and I made this card. For the outside of the card I used Beyond Birthdays for the cheerleader, Everyday paperdolls for the pom-poms and Lyrical Letters for the lettering. SU cardstock: Green Galore, Pixie Pink and Orchid Opulance. Purple 1/8" ribbon from LSS. 
Inside of card is Everyday Paperdolls for the patient and crutches and Lyrical letters for the lettering. SU cardstock Blush Blossom, Brocade Blue and Orchid Opulence. The crutches I used AC Metalic cardstock and the red socks is a red knitted scrap paper. Hair is a Brownish cardstock from LSS. The sentament was done on the computer.

St Patty Treats

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These are the little treats my co-workers will be getting. I got the pillow box from Wrap it Up cart, cut at 4.76w x 5.47h. The word Lucky is from Creat a Critter (2.41w x 1.05h) and the horseshoe is also from Creat a Critter(1.45w x 1.29h). I used my gypsy and welded the horseshoe to the Lucky. Then ran it face down thru the xyron and added glitter and glued it to the box. I used my cheapy cardstock for this project (trying to use up my crappy stuff LOL!) and made 50 boxes. Whats so Lucky? Theres a 100 Grand  inside each box-----chocolate bar that is !!! ROTFLOL!!!!!!