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Featured SCAL Blogger – Jamie Lane Designs

Canda — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:11:00 GMT

Jamie began scrapbooking when her daughter was born 10 years ago, but it wasn't until her first Disney vacation in 2006 that she became obsessed. She began card making just over a year ago, which is where she found my true passion. Jamie loves creating cards! She is currently designing for Scrap Within Reach, P K Glitz, Sharing Memories Scrapbooking as well as for the Practical Scrappers and Frosted Designs challenge blogs!

Jamie has shared an adorable project that can be adapted for any occasion or season. She is even so generous as to make the cut files available on her blog. Make sure to visit her blog and leave her a comment when you download the cut file.

April Crop & Cricut Class

Canda — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:27:00 GMT

I wanted to let everyone know the details of the April crop and Cricut class, but I also wanted to thank everyone that came out for the March crop. We had a great day and I think everyone got a lot accomplished. We had a mini silent auction to benefit the Franklin Square Foundation. We auctioned off a mini pink tote and two mini Vera Bradley purses filled with scrapbook goodies. Thanks again to everyone that participated! Here are a few pictures from last Friday.

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Our next crop will be held on Friday, April 23rd. The hours for this crop are 11am-8pm. Everything will be the same as the March crop: Door Prizes, Goody Bag, Lunch and Silent Auction. Table space is on a first come, first served basis. $20

A Cricut class will also be offered in the evening on April 23rd. The class will be held from 6-8pm. We’ll start off with a quick demo of the Sure Cuts A Lot software. You will learn basic welding to create your layout title. You do NOT need to bring your laptop or have the SCAL software to participate. We will then use the Cricut to create a winter themed layout to display all of your snowy pictures from the February blizzards. Please bring your Cricut (any Cricut machine) with a new blade installed. If you haven’t changed your blade yet, bring it along and I’ll show you how to replace it. You will also need: Paper Doll Dress Up and Everyday Paper Dolls cartridges, 2 cricut mats, paper trimmer, scissors, adhesive, pop dots, white stickles, blue and light brown ink. Fee: $22

You can sign up for the class and the crop HERE.

Featured SCAL Blogger – Cards by Kerri

Canda — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:29:00 GMT

This week’s featured blogger is Kerri from Cards by Kerri. Kerri is a stay at home mom to 3 children ages 7, 5, and 2. She designs for Your Next Stamp, Wild Flower Patch’s Perfect Presentation Templates, and Divine Diva Inspiration Challenges. Kerri also has an Etsy shop where you can purchase her coordinating gifts! Please check out her blog to see more of her creations.

Featured SCAL Blogger – Denise Levy

Canda — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:18:00 GMT

This weeks featured blogger is Denise Levy from Mothball Charlie and Lovely Cruise.

Denise Levy is the artist behind Mothball Charlie, an online shop selling original and custom paintings, paper products featuring prints of her work, and acrylic stamps. Mothball Charlie was the name of her first dog that her grandfather named because he looked like a little mothball, (he actually was a Maltese rescued from the pound). Denise has a BFA in Art History and has been painting with watercolors and acrylics for over 20 years. Denise’s style is whimsical with touches of realism. As her sister puts it, “Mothball Charlie specializes in whimsy.”

I first found the Lovely Cruise blog through this post where Denise took her drawings (which are also available as stamps) and created a SCAL file out of them! Here are two cards featuring her drawings which were converted into cutting files.

Denise has more recently shared a wonderful tutorial explaining the process of turning your drawings or doodles into die cuts. Here is a beautiful layered flower tag that she created from her drawings.

I hope that you will check out this awesome tutorial and create your own files. If you do, make sure to leave a link in the comments.

Stamp ‘til you Cramp!

Canda — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:26:00 GMT

Come join us for a day filled with stamping fun! Not into stamping? That’s ok too! Come and work your scrapbooks, cards, and whatever else you have going on. Bring your Cricut and get some one-on-one help! We’ll also have our Stamp Club in the evening for anyone interested. You can reserve your spot by registering on our store website HERE. If you are interested in attending both events, there is a lower combined price HERE. An auction to benefit the Franklin Square Foundation will be held on Friday evening during the Stamp Club. See the details for both events below.

Crop:

Date: Friday, March 26th

Time: 10am-8pm

Price: $20

Includes: Lunch, Goody Bag, 3’-4’ of cropping space, Cricut Help and Door Prizes

Place: Williams Estates Community Center, Middle River, MD

Stamp Club:

Date: Friday, March 26th

Time: 6pm-8pm

Price: $30

Includes: Supplies for 4 projects, Great Friend Stamp Set and Giveaway

Place: Williams Estates Community Center, Middle River, MD

Here are a few sneak peeks of two of the cards we’ll be making. In this class we’ll make one card using the Great Friend stamp set that you will take home with you. Then, we’ll make 3 cards using different stamps from the Occasions Mini Catalog. Feel free to email me if you have any questions.

Cricut & SCAL Featured on TLC’s Ultimate Cake Off

Canda — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:19:00 GMT

Did you see the Cricut and Sure Cuts A Lot software featured on the Ultimate Cake Off on Monday night? Well, don’t worry if you missed it because I have some pictures and videos to share with you! For weeks, Provo Craft has been promoting the fact that the “Cricut Cake” would be featured on the Ultimate Cake Off television show on TLC.However, the machine that was featured was NOT the Cricut Cake machine, but a Cricut Expression with a deep cut blade. Here is a picture of the Cricut Cake and the Cricut Expression. The differences are pretty obvious. Not only is the Cricut Cake a different color, it also has stainless steel carriage, cutting blade, dials, trim and roller. It has a totally different blade housing allowing for better cutting and protection from pieces of food entering the housing. All food contact surfaces are made of food safe material and there is a silicone keypad cover to protect the screen and buttons. It is possible that they were not able to get the Cricut Cake in time for the taping of the show and used the Expression and deep cut blade instead.

So, instead of seeing the Cricut Cake in action, we were excited to see the decorators using Sure Cuts A Lot to create characters for their cake! Here is a screen shot of their design using the Sure Cuts A Lot 2 software.

Watch the video clip below or HERE to see the Cricut in action and let me know what you think in the comments section.