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Sunday, March 6, 2011
Hey Monday Lovers! (And the other 99% of you too, hehe.) I hope you all had a fantastic weekend! Last week sure was fun posting on Everyday Cricut. I'm amazed at how many new followers we have here on this blog! The designers and I have a game plan for going forward. It seems that you all love getting to see new projects AND learning how to make them. So we'll work on showing you some projects with "recipes" so you can make them yourself and we'll also continue to show you our kits as they're released.
This week's blog candy is.... the Paisley cartridge! This is a great cartridge - so fun and happy!! To enter, just follow this blog and leave a comment on today's post. Then come back each day this week to do the same. BONUS ALERT!! I will also give out one more prize this week, but you've gotta work for it (just barely). Go to the "Cricut Kits" tab at the top of this blog and check out the new page with pics of all of our available kits. Then include in your comment which one you would choose if you won your choice of any kit. You've gotta name a kit to be entered for it. That's it. Good luck choosing!
I get a lot of questions about how the kits work, so here's a short video to show you. Also, you can download a FREE full set of directions for the In Bloom layout shown in the video and pictures below by clicking HERE ($10 value). This will help you see first-hand that these are really quite do-able.
The nice thing about our kits is that it's still something you get to make yourself, but without all of the hassle of trying to find all of the patterned papers, cardstock and ribbon that coordinate perfectly, and without spending all the time figuring out sizes, layout, etc. That's stuff is all done for you, and you get to do the fun part. Plus all the while, you get to learn new things about your Cricut and some design principles.
Even for the many of you who are perfectly capable of designing your own beautiful projects, we get a lot of people who buy our kits simply because they're fabulous for taking to crops and Swarms. You can grab them and go rather than spending hours sorting through tons of paper and trying to figure out what in the world you're going to work on.
The little embellishments are all measured out and tucked safely into ziplock baggies.
We also do some of the basic stuff for you. For instance, we pre-cut the photo mats and border strips so you don't have to waste time on that or worry that you might cut them the wrong size.
The magic is really in our directions. We keep careful track of our cuts as we're designing. Then we go back and organize all of those details into a chart. So if the chart starts with light blue, you find the light blue cardstock in your kit, load it onto your mat and into your machine. You then go line by line and do each light blue cut according to the size and feature listed. And you can just keep going - you don't have to unload between cuts. Only unload to switch to your next piece of paper or cardstock. And it often helps to put a little checkmark by each line once you've cut it.
After you've worked through and done all of your Cricut cuts, there will also be directions on how to assemble the background, a list of the photo mat sizes for future reference, tips for assembling and attaching the Cricut cuts, where to use pop-dots, where to add white gel pen accents, etc, etc. Plus there's bunches of color photos too. It's like a self-contained class that anybody can do.
If you have ever done one of our kits, how did you like it? I'd love it if you could share a little review in your comment so that others can read it. And we're constantly working to improve things, so if you have some ideas for us, we'd love to hear that too. Thanks!!
I get a lot of questions about how the kits work, so here's a short video to show you. Also, you can download a FREE full set of directions for the In Bloom layout shown in the video and pictures below by clicking HERE ($10 value). This will help you see first-hand that these are really quite do-able.
The nice thing about our kits is that it's still something you get to make yourself, but without all of the hassle of trying to find all of the patterned papers, cardstock and ribbon that coordinate perfectly, and without spending all the time figuring out sizes, layout, etc. That's stuff is all done for you, and you get to do the fun part. Plus all the while, you get to learn new things about your Cricut and some design principles.
Even for the many of you who are perfectly capable of designing your own beautiful projects, we get a lot of people who buy our kits simply because they're fabulous for taking to crops and Swarms. You can grab them and go rather than spending hours sorting through tons of paper and trying to figure out what in the world you're going to work on.
The little embellishments are all measured out and tucked safely into ziplock baggies.
We also do some of the basic stuff for you. For instance, we pre-cut the photo mats and border strips so you don't have to waste time on that or worry that you might cut them the wrong size.
The magic is really in our directions. We keep careful track of our cuts as we're designing. Then we go back and organize all of those details into a chart. So if the chart starts with light blue, you find the light blue cardstock in your kit, load it onto your mat and into your machine. You then go line by line and do each light blue cut according to the size and feature listed. And you can just keep going - you don't have to unload between cuts. Only unload to switch to your next piece of paper or cardstock. And it often helps to put a little checkmark by each line once you've cut it.
After you've worked through and done all of your Cricut cuts, there will also be directions on how to assemble the background, a list of the photo mat sizes for future reference, tips for assembling and attaching the Cricut cuts, where to use pop-dots, where to add white gel pen accents, etc, etc. Plus there's bunches of color photos too. It's like a self-contained class that anybody can do.
If you have ever done one of our kits, how did you like it? I'd love it if you could share a little review in your comment so that others can read it. And we're constantly working to improve things, so if you have some ideas for us, we'd love to hear that too. Thanks!!
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- Monique Griffith
- Rocklin, CA, United States
- The Monique Griffith Design Team consists of 4 Cricut Designers: Monique, Wendy Lawrence, Susan Rees and Becca Rees. We specialize in making Cricut Project Kits that you can make on your own with your Cricut, learning more about your bug in the process. You just need your Cricut Expression, the required cartridge(s), and a few basic tools. The directions come with a Cricut Cut Chart that shows you line by line exactly what you'll need to cut on your machine, with all of the settings for each cut. There are also well-organized written instructions and color photographs. We pride ourselves on our detailed designs, and on teaching others how to most effectively design with the Cricut. Currently, we have have downloadable directions on sale for only $5, and there are over 50 projects to choose from.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 217 of 217 Newer› Newest»Thank you so much for providing all this information. Your kits make more sense to me now!
I absolutely love your Beautiful kit (and also REALLY like Party On). It's tough to choose!
Kate
smallbitsofpaper at hotmail dot com
Thanks so much for sharing the directions and the great tutorial. My favorite kit is the Catch a Wave layout. Will be great for those summer pics I have. TFS
thanks for the free directions. I can't wait to try them out. I would love to win the beautiful layout. It is so...beautiful.
marilyn2222 @ hotmail.com
Thanks for the tutorial - great inspiration.
~ Jacqueline
Made by Jacqueline
madebyjacqueline(at)yahoo(dot)ca
Thanks for the tutorial. I understand your kits much better now.
Monique and Wendy I really do like all your layout kits, but the splash layout is my favorite.
Thanks for the chance to win.
buddy23018@hotmail.com
I love all your kits but it came down to "party on" or "catch a wave"
I guess Part On is my favorite.
Thanks for the video. I just discovered your blog today. I will keep watching it. I like the Minnie Mouse kit.
~~Becca~~
This tutorial was WONDERFUL. Thanks for the gift of the set of instructions. I don't have this cartridge but now I may just have to go add it to my wishlist. TFS.
I love all the LO but I think my favorite is the "once upon a time" TFS
Thanks for the tutorial. Your kits/LO are amazing, I love being inspired by your talent.
Alyssa
alyssa at mayofamily dot com
I haven't had a chance to get a kit yet but I love them! I see a purchase in the near future. Your layouts always are inspiring! I love the Birthday Bash layout since it would be great for my little one's third animal birthday.
Thanks for showing us how it is done, your instructions are very clear to understand. If I were to choose a kit it would have to 'Catch A Wave' as I have a family of scuba divers and that kits seems to fit perfectly.
Kim xXx
Live Simply as I have that cart and I ordered the Tim Holtz inspired LO. Your LO are so georgous.
Decisions, decisions...all your kits are awesome. Since I have to choose, I guess it would be tuff girl. My daughter danced for the school team and I can soooo see her pics in it. LOL.
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Robin
rlj547 at comcast dot net
wow, very impressive, I did download the directions and they are very complete and easy to understand, thank you. I would love to win the Micky album, we had a trip to Disney with my dad and I owe him some pics, this would be a great little gift for him as a remembrance of the fun time we all had together...thanks for the chance to win a treat this week...smiles from Puyallup Wa, kkcfortney4@msn.com, Kim
I love the sweet treats party kit. I love making boxes with my cricut. I have tons of pics that need scrapbooking but I like boxes better :)