Gypsy World Launch and our 100th Cartridge? We've been busy!

Lonna Joy Smoot- Editor, Cricut CHIRP!

ANNOUNCEMENTS -

A Date You Won't Want to Miss!

Gypsy has a date with HSN. Gypsy, the handheld design studio for Cricut, will be Premiering on the Home Shopping Network Sept 24th at 12 a.m. EST. Tune in to see what fabulous deals await you!

We've improved Cricut Rewards!

Based on feedback you've given us, we are improving the Cricut Rewards program. If you aren't already joined you'll want to today. Membership offers unique benefits, like limited time-special offers, new items, and more.

In fact, Cricut Rewards members can get bonus points for Gypsy when they register soon after they buy, but this will only be for a limited time. Get more details and see the updated program online now.

SWARM WINNER

Thank you Provo Craft. Our Ladies Night Out Group is so excited to have won the Swarm for August 2009. We started as a group of scrap bookers who would meet for the Mega Meet in Michigan yearly, for the scrap and then at our homes. We evolved to scrap booking monthly at Archivers "Scrap Mania" (our local scrapbook store). We scrap once a month and our group has grown to about 10-15 people. Last Christmas many of us received Cricuts for Christmas, and we started bringing our Cricuts to use during the Scrap Mania. Thank you Provo Craft, we're so excited!

PROJECT CORNER AND SPOTLIGHT

More Winners	Name:
	Mary Haenel
	About:
	Hi my name is Mary. I work fulltime I have been scrapbooking for about 3 years now. I am a mother of 2 children and a grandmother of 1 granddaughter. My scrapbooking really changed when I purchased the Cricut Expression. It has brought my creativity to levels to a place I never could of imagined. Happy Scrapbooking!
Mary's Project: Spooky Houses
Picture:
Cartridges Used:
Winter Woodland, Paper Doll Dress Up, A Child's Year
Instructions:
I had a lot of fun making these houses. Once you start it really doesn't take all that long to do. They are pretty easy to put together. Cricut Cartridges I used for my Spooky Town are: Winter Woodland, Paper Doll Dress Up, A Child's Year. I cut the houses at fit to page on 12 x 12 cardstock from Winter Woodland Cartridge. Spiders, Spider Webs, witches pot and bats were cut from Paper Doll Dress Up Cartridge. Witches were cut from A Child's Year Cartridge. Other embellishments I used were pattern paper, stickles, and cotton balls

CRICUT BOARD

This week's highlighted threads are:

• ~~Spooky Town House's~~
• reindeer wall art
• 3D Church
• Winter Woodland Pop Up Layout
• little red school house
• Holiday Card
• Cards made with Winter Woodland
• A Christmas card made with Winter Woodland
• Snowman "Warm Wishes" Card
• Mittens Card-cross post
• Ice Skating Altered Clock
• 3-D Pointsettia Wreath Winter Woodland

TIPS TREASURE CHEST -

I must apologize for missing an exploration last week. Every time I seem to think I have a handle on organizing my time to craft, I am mistaken. I love to play and explore with my Cricut and on the weeks where my time is absorbed into other things, I go through withdrawls of playing with my Cricut. There are so many new Cricut cartridges that I feel I need to write about two cartridges at once to get caught up on everything. Thanks for your patience while I wade through all the new cartridges and explore them one at a time. In today exploration I will explore the Stamping Solutions cartridge. Yes, this is one of the Solution cartridges and only has two creative features (Blackout and Shadow), but the cartridge is full of fun word phrases and images.

Have you always wanted that stamp look but not wanted to get ink all over your fingers? Well, now there is a Cricut cartridge that will give you that stamp look in words and phrases. Some examples of words on this cartridge are: "merci", "dream", "details", "xoxo", "you rock", "thinking of you", "chill out", "forever & ever", "a shower", "wish", "take note", "totally you", and "what's up". There are tons of other words and phrases but I didn't want to bore you with all the words. Some of the other images that come on this cartridge are: owl, flowers, presents, dragonfly, star, crown, heart, rattle, birthday cake, birds, swirls, tree, butterfly, leaves, and some decorative squares (perfect for frames). Some added images that are created in a border style are: circle, butterfly, hearts, and flowers.

I looked on the message board to see what had been created with this cartridge. Here are a few cards that I thought were adorable and very creative:

- StampinMeg from the website created this card using the phrase "what's up" and the owl. So cute! I used her owl for the top pic on this exploration, but to check her creation click on this link.

- Mariahannemann from the message board created a chill out card and used the coffee mug (see photo).

If you have any creations that are not on the message board, then you need to add them for all the world to see what you have done. Now if you are thinking, yes, you do have creations but you are not sure how to upload them to the website, send in a message to customer service and they will help explain how to use the message board, or you can click on FAQ once you have logged onto the site for help with a variety of questions.

As always, the creative features that come with cartridge compliment each of the phrases or images, and help to make your project pop. Check back next week and see which cartridge I explore. Happy Cricuting all my fellow Cricuteers!

Crafty Kimber

A. The voltage on the power adapter is 100 - 240V. But I do want to take this opportunity to inform you that all warranties on the Cricut Machines only apply with in the country or region in which you purchased the machine. If you purchased the machine here in the United States the machine would need to be returned to the U.S. in order for us to assist you with any Warranty processes. It is also very important for you to have your original receipt as proof of purchase in the event that you need to take advantage of your warranty. Please be sure to file it in a safe location.