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First, you won’t want to miss out on the BIGGEST giveaway this year (so far…) over at Everyday Cricut ! Holidays with the Cricut has been renamed to Everyday Cricut - same great content with a bit more thrust on everyday Cricut cards and layouts. We still will have holiday items, too, but we wanted to broaden our base. Don’t worry if you are already subscribed or following - none of that changes! We also changed up our blog design to reflect this. We had a wonderful blog designer, Sherbet Blossom Designs , who worked closely with us and created the gorgeous new look. She not only does custom designs, but also has some beautiful premade designs. She is an amazing, hard working designer so if you are in the market for a new design, head over to Sherbet Blossom Designs ! In honor of the event, we are giving away a BLUE Cuttlebug machine, NINE cartridges, SEI, Core’dinations and Jillibean Soup paper packs and a Cuttlebug folder carrying case! To enter to win, click HERE to see the information and leave a comment over on Everyday Cricut! Now, onto the coupons! Michaels has a great one this week! I couldn’t get Hobby Lobby’s yet so if I find it, I will add it in here later! Michaels: Archivers: ACMoore (with a charity near and dear to me!): Joann’s: Subscribe to Obsessed with Scrapbooking to learn more about ways to use the Cricut in your scrapbooking!
First, you won’t want to miss out on the BIGGEST giveaway this year (so far…) over at Everyday Cricut ! Holidays with the Cricut has been renamed to Everyday Cricut - same great content with a bit more thrust on everyday Cricut cards and layouts. We still will have holiday items, too, but we wanted to broaden our base. Don’t worry if you are already subscribed or following - none of that changes! We also changed up our blog design to reflect this. We had a wonderful blog designer, Sherbet Blossom Designs , who worked closely with us and created the gorgeous new look. She not only does custom designs, but also has some beautiful premade designs. She is an amazing, hard working designer so if you are in the market for a new design, head over to Sherbet Blossom Designs ! In honor of the event, we are giving away a BLUE Cuttlebug machine, NINE cartridges, SEI, Core’dinations and Jillibean Soup paper packs and a Cuttlebug folder carrying case! To enter to win, click HERE to see the information and leave a comment over on Everyday Cricut! Now, onto the coupons! Michaels has a great one this week! I couldn’t get Hobby Lobby’s yet so if I find it, I will add it in here later! Michaels: Archivers: ACMoore (with a charity near and dear to me!): Joann’s: Subscribe to Obsessed with Scrapbooking to learn more about ways to use the Cricut in your scrapbooking!
Welcome to this week’s sketch challenge. I had SO MUCH FUN making this card! hmmmm… wonder how she would look blond…. Yep, still so cute! The stamp is “Pure Innocence” and it’s called “My Balloon”. I’m smitten. I going to share a couple of tips — Cut the Nestability first and then stamp, using the die as a mask. You can tell I did NOT do this. For this image, it’s really hard to line up the 1/2 balloon with the cut line. This would have made my grass look better too. Pick the papers and then color. I finally wised up and did this and I’m so much happier with how “cohesive” the final card looks. Here are the Copics that I used — OK, here’s the sketch: To play along this week, simply make a card and upload it to the Paper Craft Planet photo area with the tag ” sk022710 “. We will pick a “Shooting Star” from all the cards made between now and next Saturday and that person will be featured in the gallery and in the newsletter. I hope you play along — I love this one! Join the Sketch Challenge Group Check out our gallery for this week!
Just got an email about these opportunities and thought I would pass it on - hope it works out for someone! Let me know if you are applying! Campaigners is actively recruiting Field Event Managers/Tour Managers that LOVE to scrapbook and are available to travel to different cities to showcase their special scrapbooking skills! Campaigners is a premiere field sales and marketing agency offering comprehensive marketing services for Tech Brands, CPG Brands, and Retailers. Campaigners is a division of Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC, one of the largest sales and marketing agencies in North America. Job Purpose: Do you love teaching other scrapbookers the latest techniques and how to use the newest tools? Becoming a Field Event Manager/Tour Manager might be the perfect part-time job for you! Field Event Manager/Tour Manager need to have some talent in scrapbooking and they must also posses the skills to explain and demonstrate how to scrapbook. To succeed as a Field Event Manager/Tour Manager, you need excellent communication skills and the ability to talk in front of others confidently You must also be able to sell, sell, sell our clients product as well as add-on peripherals (cartridges, scrapbooks, etc). Job Responsibilities: (including but not limited to): Acts as primary field authority Placement and set-up/teardown of assets Provide leadership to field team in order to reach program goals Motivate and support team to execute without incident every time at every event Document the event via reporting and pictures On-site event coordination including event assets Responsible for event assets and maintenance Responsible for ensuring event runs smoothly and acts as the eyes and ears of the company Storage of assets between events Communicate event updates as required to Campaigners Management Job Requirements: At least 5 years previous experience in managing events tours/retails events Previous experience scrapbooking (preferred) A thorough knowledge of principles of effective brand marketing, specifically mobile marketing. Proven experience in effective communications, consumer and client relations, and management Friendly and outgoing personality Experience managing a team of associates and delegating tasks in order to achieve goals Clean driving record Organization and writing skills Detail oriented Time management and multi-task approach Ability to travel out to events - as needed Able to stand for entire shift Able to lift at least 50 lbs Previous experience completing recaps, timecards, taking pictures, submitting expenses and troubleshooting on-site issues If you are interested in being considered for the Field Manager/Tour Manager or as a scrapbooking Brand Ambassador, please send your resume to recruit@campaigners.com. In the subject. please identify what position you’re qualified for and the city i.e. “Field Event Manager – Los Angeles, CA” LOCATIONS AVAILABLE: Ohio Avon Cleveland Michigan Madison Heights Bloomfield Hills Roseville Brighton Wisconsin Grafton Indiana Indianapolis Merrillville Illinois Bloomingdale Chicago Alaska Anchorage Anchorage Idaho Boise Oregon Bend Clackamas Wilsonville Portland Portland Washington Vancouver Spokane Spokane Kennewick Issaquah Woodinville Seattle Seattle Seattle Everett Puyallup Gig Harbor Tacoma Olympia Utah Ogden Orem Salt Lake City Arizona Avondale Gilbert Phoenix Prescott Phoenix Tucson Mesa Tempe Phoenix Chandler California El Centro San Diego La Mesa Chula Vista San Diego San Marcos Vista Chula Vista San Juan Capistrano San Diego Bakersfield Visalia Bakersfield Clovis Fresno Santa Rosa Rohnert Park Antioch Santa Clara Manteca Danville Chico Redding Folsom Sacramento Woodland Victorville Fontana Montclair La Habra Chino Hills Rancho Cucamonga Norwalk Hawthorne Signal Hill Lake Elsinore Irvine Yorba Linda Temecula Tustin Goleta Oxnard Canoga Park Nevada Reno Carson City Subscribe to Obsessed with Scrapbooking to learn more about ways to use the Cricut in your scrapbooking!
Just got an email about these opportunities and thought I would pass it on - hope it works out for someone! Let me know if you are applying! Campaigners is actively recruiting Field Event Managers/Tour Managers that LOVE to scrapbook and are available to travel to different cities to showcase their special scrapbooking skills! Campaigners is a premiere field sales and marketing agency offering comprehensive marketing services for Tech Brands, CPG Brands, and Retailers. Campaigners is a division of Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC, one of the largest sales and marketing agencies in North America. Job Purpose: Do you love teaching other scrapbookers the latest techniques and how to use the newest tools? Becoming a Field Event Manager/Tour Manager might be the perfect part-time job for you! Field Event Manager/Tour Manager need to have some talent in scrapbooking and they must also posses the skills to explain and demonstrate how to scrapbook. To succeed as a Field Event Manager/Tour Manager, you need excellent communication skills and the ability to talk in front of others confidently You must also be able to sell, sell, sell our clients product as well as add-on peripherals (cartridges, scrapbooks, etc). Job Responsibilities: (including but not limited to): Acts as primary field authority Placement and set-up/teardown of assets Provide leadership to field team in order to reach program goals Motivate and support team to execute without incident every time at every event Document the event via reporting and pictures On-site event coordination including event assets Responsible for event assets and maintenance Responsible for ensuring event runs smoothly and acts as the eyes and ears of the company Storage of assets between events Communicate event updates as required to Campaigners Management Job Requirements: At least 5 years previous experience in managing events tours/retails events Previous experience scrapbooking (preferred) A thorough knowledge of principles of effective brand marketing, specifically mobile marketing. Proven experience in effective communications, consumer and client relations, and management Friendly and outgoing personality Experience managing a team of associates and delegating tasks in order to achieve goals Clean driving record Organization and writing skills Detail oriented Time management and multi-task approach Ability to travel out to events - as needed Able to stand for entire shift Able to lift at least 50 lbs Previous experience completing recaps, timecards, taking pictures, submitting expenses and troubleshooting on-site issues If you are interested in being considered for the Field Manager/Tour Manager or as a scrapbooking Brand Ambassador, please send your resume to recruit@campaigners.com. In the subject. please identify what position you’re qualified for and the city i.e. “Field Event Manager – Los Angeles, CA” LOCATIONS AVAILABLE: Ohio Avon Cleveland Michigan Madison Heights Bloomfield Hills Roseville Brighton Wisconsin Grafton Indiana Indianapolis Merrillville Illinois Bloomingdale Chicago Alaska Anchorage Anchorage Idaho Boise Oregon Bend Clackamas Wilsonville Portland Portland Washington Vancouver Spokane Spokane Kennewick Issaquah Woodinville Seattle Seattle Seattle Everett Puyallup Gig Harbor Tacoma Olympia Utah Ogden Orem Salt Lake City Arizona Avondale Gilbert Phoenix Prescott Phoenix Tucson Mesa Tempe Phoenix Chandler California El Centro San Diego La Mesa Chula Vista San Diego San Marcos Vista Chula Vista San Juan Capistrano San Diego Bakersfield Visalia Bakersfield Clovis Fresno Santa Rosa Rohnert Park Antioch Santa Clara Manteca Danville Chico Redding Folsom Sacramento Woodland Victorville Fontana Montclair La Habra Chino Hills Rancho Cucamonga Norwalk Hawthorne Signal Hill Lake Elsinore Irvine Yorba Linda Temecula Tustin Goleta Oxnard Canoga Park Nevada Reno Carson City Subscribe to Obsessed with Scrapbooking to learn more about ways to use the Cricut in your scrapbooking!
Now, don’t faint…but I stamped!! I actually stamped! It’s been 4 months since I’ve made a non-digital card. Wowee! I’ve been eyeing this flower stamp for a couple of days. So if I was interviewed by some of my past stamping club members, they might ask me these questions: Q: Did it feel weird to stamp after 4 months? A: Yes! Q: Did you remember where you put all of your supplies after unpacking them? A: No, it was hilarious because I didn’t know where some things were. I definitely need to get aquainted. Q: Do you still have a glitter obsession? A: Yes! Of course! Q: Did one of your kitties “help” you while making this card? A: Yes, actually Tigger was visiting me. He jumped from the table to the closet and then from the closet to the table onto my paper cutter. Stuff went flying as well as Tig. Surprisingly he didn’t even get a big tail after all of that. Q: Do you think you’ll stamp more in the early future? A: I hope so! We’ll see!
My friend Diana just called me and told me that my COTW BOB list was all wonky. It’s fixed now. Di, you’re flat out the BEST! Love you!!!! Anyway, the lists are fixed — go check them out!
OK, I messed around with the categories — I removed all the Valentine’s Day stuff and promoted Easter and added St. Patrick’s Day. I think I have you covered… smirk. Best of the Blogosphere lists. Remember these lovely little boxes don’t show up in Google Reader, so if you can’t see them, click on over to my site and they will magically appear. (When you see the boxes, there is a small “read more” in the bottom, right hand corner… click it and you can see the list with pictures as a web page!) The Shout Out List (my favorite CARDS OF THE WEEK): The cards and projects that earned some extra love and attention this week. The best of the best. You people ROCK MY WORLD 
Shout (all categories, just awesome): Easter: St. Patty’s Day: Spring: Flowers: Teacher: Card Sets: Wedding: Invitations: Friendship: Wrap it Up: Favors (Party favors…): Thank You: Birthday: Gift Ideas: Baby: Boxes: The Best of the Blogosphere : In my travels through Blogland, I discover a lot of projects, cards, scrapbook pages, tips, templates and tutorials that are all worth sharing. I want my friends to see the things out there that are special, inspirational, worth some extra notice. This list is everything I think is worth sharing… better read it… you could be on the list!
Today, I have a guest author from the Cricut Message Board! It’s Pam (Bug Bytes) and she is an authority on all things Gypsy ! Her blog, The Bug Bytes , is a veritable resource for the Gypsy user. There are loads of free files, information and videos. Pam always shares her knowledge and love of the Gypsy on the Cricut message board and on her blog. She is so kind and friendly - always willing to go that extra step to help others, share and inspire. She is also part owner of another fabulous blog called Tuesday Treats , where weekly, there are projects shown made with the Gypsy that include tutorials. Be sure and check that out also! Thank you so much, Pam, for writing this up for Obessed with Scrapbooking! Here’s Pam with a write up on Gypsy pros and cons: Hello everyone, My name is Pam and some of you may know me from the Gypsy Message Boards by my MB name, thebugbytes. I do have a blog by the same name - The Bug Bytes . When Joy invited me to write a little something about the Gypsy and include the link to my articles in my blog I was ….. Thrilled… Well that seems such a mild word to describe what I felt. Those who know me – do know how I regard these calender girls –they are Superstars in my book. Thanks Joy for this “20 mins of fame”. So here I go…grab a coffee and some munchies – to keep you awake and hmmm – just in case wear a seatbelt so that you do not hurt yourself if you do nod off. I got my Gypsy during the launch. Well… suffice it to say – I was not thrilled then. I also, without knowing better at that time, linked my cartridges which made it returning it back not an option. It did not come with a manual at that time and the electronic version in the G was useless too. It did not have all the features it was supposed to have and had tons of bugs (what a pun). You can just imagine the frustration all we initial buyers would have felt. It was then when one of my friends asked me should I buy the Gypsy that I wrote my first article – pros and cons of gypsy – you can find the original link here - Pros and Cons of the Gypsy . Down the line I did update it and you can find that link here: More Pros and Cons after Update 0158 I used to spend a lot of time at the MB. Initially we learnt from each other. I started keeping my blog as a log of the G J (gypsy Journey). So if you are interested in the progression, you can read my early posts. It may in a jiffy help you to while away your time in case you have forgotten to check your books out from your library ;). Or maybe it can answer some of your questions on Gypsy as these are topics that touch on some of the questions commonly asked in the MB. A little while later when the topic came up to compare Gypsy vs Cricut Design Studio I wrote another article in my blog and the MB. Here’s that link - Design Studio versus Gypsy Instead of rewriting all these again here I thought it would be better if I just answered in a nutshell a Question –Why should I buy a Gypsy? Note the word used here is I. So please do make your own informed decision after sufficient research. Never hurry and impulsively buy (Gosh, I hope my hubby doesn’t read this as he knows I am impulsive. But in my defense I do some research before buying! ) Biggest advantage in having a Gypsy is of course that now Mac users (providing they have the right compatible OS) have the power of welding and designing their creations rather than sticking to the basic cartridge images. Since I am a windows user, to me, the main advantage in having a Gypsy is portability. So easy to slide it in your purse and design anywhere. You will not believe the places I have taken this and designed… if you can call what I put on the virtual mat as that LOL. Whereas in design studio – you have to be tied to your computer and even if you have a laptop you cannot carry it as easily wherever you go. This feature alone has made a huge difference in the way I design (again that word). I have started using my cricut more now. Second thing is no more lugging cartridges (provided they are linked). Just take the Gypsy – for when cutting with the Gypsy you do not need the cartridge in the cricut (Note: The cartridge should be linked and secondly the cricut becomes a slave and it’s controls will not work – so no auto fill feature , fit to page etc) . You might have to make arrangements for referring to the creative feature keys (like which button is the shadow feature etc) as right now it is not in the Gypsy keypad overlay. To me the biggest plus in Gypsy – hands down this wins in my book – is the group feature . This allows us, as the name suggests, to group things together – like making a set and then do a single action on it. I can group everything and in one go, if I press cut and paste, everything will be pasted together. CDS (Cricut Design Studio) users will definitely see the benefit in this one. Although CDS pastes it in exactly the same spot, you have to select each and every single image and then paste it in. Of course, one more big thing in favor of the Gypsy are the 2 wonderful cartridges that come pre-loaded – Gypsy font and Gypsy wanderings - which will I don’t think will ever come out in cartridge form. You can share and use gypsy files (not cut files as they have to be converted with paid version of CDS) and many generous people do share their wonderful files which saves you time of recreating. Thank goodness this feature was added in later updates. But the downside to the Gypsy is that you have to link the cartridges to be able to cut from it and once linked the cartridge cannot be linked to another Gypsy (no it will not get erased when linking – you still can use it as a standalone) and legally cannot be sold unless you sell it with the Gypsy itself. If you do not want to link, there is a workaround for windows users (who also have paid CDS) and many do use it this way, in that you can design with the G and then convert the gypsy file to cut file (cds file) and cut with the Cricut Design Studio (Note: you have to plug the cartridge in and there is some bugs while converting like multipage dump and slanting and skewing reset which needs to be fixed a little before cutting). Also, the Gypsy does not have the hide contour feature still. Again, windows users (having CDS) can follow the same procedure as above for getting use of that too. Unfair advantage for windows users isn’t it? So, if I do not want to lug my computer and cartridges, I don’t mind linking cartridges and want to have ease of design, don’t want to use the hide contour feature much and want the two wonderful cartridges then I would choose Gypsy over CDS. If you are a Mac user then the point is moot and of course 
best of both worlds – have both. Cost wise if you find a good deal then you can get the Gypsy for lots lesser nowadays and when you add the price of the two cartridges to it then that factor (again in my view only) should not enter in (Not counting the rewards as it keeps varying). So these are the salient points. Many other points I could think of are covered in my original article. Before I take your leave - I know some of you will have a burning question in your mind to ask me curiosity and all that – So I’ll answer (really, really hope that hubby does not read this) – yes I do have the G, the CDS , SCAL and now Make the Cut. I do need one of the last 2 (not both but could have stuck to one – I know) to cut many of the images I need of my culture. So that’s it folks. Do take a look in my blog, The Bug Bytes for details and even there I might have forgotten some points and plain don’t know some more – so I try to add/edit when some stuff pops up in my brain and would welcome suggestions from you for the latter – so do drop in to my blog to say Hi. If you are still awake, here’s a huge Thanks and a virtual Hug from me for sticking on. …… Sincerely Pam Subscribe to Obsessed with Scrapbooking to learn more about ways to use the Cricut in your scrapbooking!
