I'm a bit behind on my Christmas decorations and card making so I've been playing with the Christmas Solutions Cartridge.

I'm making some headway on these projects and figure I'll be caught up in no time if I continue to use the many wonderful the ideas I get from all of my Cricut Cartridges. Now my main concern is getting away from my Cricut machines to tend to my daily responsibilities. If you are a true Cricuteer, I'm sure you'll know what I mean. The vacuuming and dishes can wait.

Happy Cricuting :-)

Today’s handy dandy tip comes from message board member NCScrapAddict. Thanks for sharing this tip.


"I made this card and put it in the cards forum, but someone had said they would like an angel on a cartridge, so I thought I'd post this here too.

Here's how I made my angel --

For the body -- I cut the shadow of one of the Christmas trees on Christmas Cheer at 3
For the wings -- I cut the flames from the fireplace on Christmas Cheer at 2 -- real dial size
For the head -- just a simple circle from George cut at 1
For the halo -- I cut the long slender oval from George at 1 1/2 and cut in silhouette

Hope this helps someone that wants to put an angel on a Christmas card or a LO!"

I know I am always remarking on how the time fly by so fast, but we only have five and half weeks left before Christmas. I have so much shopping to do to get ready for Christmas. Thank heavens I have sorted out what I am doing for my Christmas Cards. Wild Card has come in handy to help me get ready for Christmas. The card that I am making for my family for Christmas has a light bulb ornament card with a Christmas tree envelope. I can't wait to finish my cards.

I am going to continue examining this cartridge in this exploration. To review the creative features in this cartridge, there is: Frame, Phrase, Icon, Liner, Blackout, and Alphabet. Last week, I wrote about the cards and envelops that came in the cartridge, frames, and the alphabet feature. In this exploration I will focus on the Phrases and Icons.

The Phrase creative feature gives you a wide varity of phrases to use with your cards. There are phrases for wishing someone well, giving sympathy, and holidays. There are sayings to let others know that you are thinking about them, to give them invitation info, and to send baby congratulations. You even have a graduation saying, wedding nuptials, and general congratulations. My favorite saying is "this coupon entitles you to:"--this would make a great gift to give someone a little of your time. All of the sayings can fit each of the cards that come with this cartridge. I am so amazed at all the things you can do with this cartridge.

The Icon feature creates images. There is a single image, then when you press the shift button the same images multiplies. So there is the option to have a border that will fit on your envelops or scrapbook pages. Another difference is that when you press the shift button you will get a unique design. Some of the images are: fleur de lis, bird, triangle, congratulations spring, tree with leaves, swirls, flowers, a flower corner, leaves, origami dragon, smiley/frowny faces, some symbols, branches, Mexican hat, buttons, rick-rack, rose, thought bubbles, sunshine, telephone, rockets, square bubbles, cup cake, presents with bow, wedding couple, wedding car, duck, stethoscope, fishing, pond weeds, hearts, spider and bats, stars, purses, tree, diploma, door, baby rattle, Jewish dreidel, umbrella, and wedding rings.

Again, I am amazed at all the images that come with this cartridge. You can use any of the phrases or images in your scrapbook pages, titles, accents for projects or even vinyl projects. I think I am going to add this cartridge to one of my top 10 favorites. Check out next week as I finish exploring this cartridge.

Crafty Kimber

A: The following preferences and options are available with the special settings:
- Language (English, Spanish, German, French)
- Units (Inches - 1/4ths, Inches - 10ths, Inches - 100ths, cm, mm)
- Multiple Cut (2,3,4)
- Turn on/off display graphics