Perfect Layers is BACK!

Perfect Layers is a wonderful tool that helps you get your mat layers to exactly the right size.  Back in the day, Lisa Bearnson used to show these on QVC and they always sold out.  Now, they are available again!

The best thing about making these mats is that you do NOT have to measure anything.  You just start with your photo or your base mat and start adding on the additional mats using Perfect Layers.

I love matting things and I'm always scribbling down my starting size on a scrap piece of paper and then trying to figure out what to cut the next layers at.  Often, I make a mistake this way.  But now, it's loads easier with Perfect Layers because I just choose the correct border tool, slide it up to my mat and start cutting.  I like to use a rotary cutter to do this - very fast and always goes through the paper nicely.

Perfect Layers asked me to be a Brand Ambassador for them and due to that, I am so fortunate to be able to offer you a discount of 5% on these wonderful matting tools!  Head over HERE to see all about them.

Check out this video below to see how Perfect Layers works - click HERE if you can't see the video.


Have you used Perfect Layers before?  I am loving mine!

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Hello Kitty Car Vinyl

I've talked about my vinyl projects many times on this blog HERE and I have to tell you, they are probably the most enjoyable projects I make.  The Cricut and Expressions brand vinyls are incredibly resiliant, even outdoors and being run through the dishwasher on plastic cups.

I love Hello Kitty and I wanted to add something fun to my car to give it distinction.  My daughter loves it, but she actually confessed that it was because it made my husband roll his eyes.  I had to explain to him that I was doing it for the blog.  He just sighed.

Anyway, here is Hello Kitty with a black blackout background and her assorted layers.  I cut her at 5". It wasn't as hard to layer her as I thought it would be.  I have another car vinyl to show you next week so you won't want to miss out.

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Becky Higgins Project Life Core Kits Now available!

For those of you who love the Becky Higgins Project Life notion (a photo a day with weekly journaling), her Core kits are now available at amazon.com (links below to the different colored kits). These sell for $24.99 with free prime membership shipping.

They will sell out quickly and have been known to take a long time to get back in stock so don't hesitate if you are at all interested.

Here's a quick look:

Turquoise Core Kit

Click here to order the turquoise kit:  Project Life Core Kit - Turquoise Edition

Amber Core Kit

Click here to order the amber kit: Project Life Core Kit - Amber Edition

Cherry Core Kit

Click here to order the cherry kit: Project Life Core Kit - Cherry Edition

Cobalt Core Kit

Click here to order the cobalt kit: Project Life Core Kit - Cobalt Edition

I have not taken on Project Life but I wonder if any of you have.

This kit is highly recommended by those who do Project Life as it has all the components to put an album together quickly and easily in the divided page protectors (sold separately from the kits above).
Of course, you could start Project Life at any time of the year and do it for any duration you chose. I bet any album of any length of time would be interesting.  Ali Edwards used to have a class called "week in the life" where you took photos and collected memorabilia for the week (receipts, tickets, etc.) and it was a very cool concept to capture a time and place.

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Close to My Heart Artiste Cartridge with LARGE stamp set photos- Available August 1

Close to My Heart and Provo Craft have teamed up again to create another fabulous, "gotta have it" cartridge!  This one is called "Artiste" and will be available for purchase HERE.

Check it out below:

Below is a sample handbook page.  What is neat is that each page/key has all matching elements.  So, as below, it's all about clocks.  The next image down shows one of the handbook pages for Halloween.

To see the whole handbook, click HERE, where you can also download it.  What's nice also is that when you get the cartridge, it comes with two handbooks - the regular one AND one that shows how to assemble the 3-D objects (very handy!).

In the package from Close to My Heart, there are also three coordinating stamp sets
There are also coordinating pieces of chipboard that match the stamp shapes in the package.

So, the Artiste cartridge, three stamp sets and chipboard retails for $99 plus tax and shipping and can be purchased HERE.

I've made quite a few projects with this cartridge, which I will be showing here and on Everyday Cricut as the ordering date gets closer.  You are going to love it - I do!  I actually like it better than last year's Close to My Heart cartridge, which although also fabulous, didn't have the holidays spelled out like this one does.  I always love the holidays! Plus I love all the 3-D objects on this one!

Do you like it?  Are you planning to get it?  I'd love to know your thoughts!

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Two New Cricut Cartridges - A Frightful Affair and Fontopia

Two new fun Cricut cartridges are being released this month. But first, a giveaway! 

This month I am giving away the Cricut Garden Soup cartridge:

How can you win?

1) Leave a comment below letting me know what you think about the new cartridges. I am loving the funky A Frightful Affair - kind of like the Addams family meets Tim Burton (LOL!).
2) Subscribe or follow the blog.

Winner will be announced next Thursday, July 26, 2012.

Melanie, my BFF, is also having a cartridge giveaway - head over HERE to check it out!!

Now, onto the new cartridges:

1) Cricut A Frightful Affair - a full, fun cartridge.  It also has a great feature of silhouettes of the main images that would be great to use with vinyl on windows, etc.

2) Cricut Fontopia Cartridge - a full size font cartridge that also includes a nice card layer and a crest.

And guess what?  New Cuttlebug Folders are now available!!  Take a look below (click the links on the titles to purchase):

1) Cuttlebug Anchors Aweigh - this is sized A2 (4-1/4" x 5-1/2") and comes with a border

 2) Cuttlebug School of Fish - this is sized for 5" x 7" and comes with a border

 3) Cuttlebug Wood Grain - this is sized for 5" x 7" and comes with a border

 4) Cuttlebug Charles - this is sized A2 (4-1/4" x 5-1/2") and comes with a border

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Route 66 Layout with Nifty Fifties

I decided since I did name this blog "Obsessed with Scrapbooking" that I should show some scrapbooking layouts now and then (LOL!).  I made this fun retro masculine layout using the Close to My Heart Cruisin' Workshop on the Go.  I loved this paper the first time I saw it because it is so distinctive and fun!  Also, it is great to use for those boy/men layouts - it's so hard to find paper for boys over the age of 5.

I whipped out my Cricut Nifty Fifties cartridge for the main elements on the page.  I am particularly fond of gas pumps, as I used to be a construction manager for Mobil Oil and I did a lot of gasoline remodels where we put in new pumps and canopies.  This retro pump is so fun!  Wondering how I got it to cut those teeny tiny letters that say "gas"?  Here's a great trick: Set your blade at 4, pressure at 3, and speed at 1.  Then, multicut it two times.  Works like a charm!

What better than a Route 66 emblem?  I love the funky background shapes on the images on Nifty Fifties.  Above, you can also see the stamp "Every Mile a Memory" from the Close to My Heart Workshop on the Go kit.  I thought it was a fun addition to the journaling box.

These bottle caps are included in the Cruisin' Workshop on the Go Kit - there were a total of 8 included.  I smashed them down with a regular hammer since I couldn't find the rubber mallet (which is the real way to do it...).  I am impatient sometimes and rush to finish.

The layout was designed using a sketch from Alison Davis, from Scrapbook Generations.  She has a whole series of sketch books that I highly recommend.  You can find them HERE.

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Hobby Lobby Launches iPhone App

Hobby Lobby launches iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch App!

You can get the Hobby Lobby App HERE.  Best part is that it's Free!

Check out the screen shots below - everything you'd want to know!

 

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