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A Beginner's Cricut Explore Take One!

Hi everyone, Sandy here with my new crafty item....Cricut Explore One!   This will be my 5th Cricut Machine and I was reluctant to "learn" something new. I figured if it is not broke, dont fix it and my Expressions 2/ Cricut Craft Room was just fine. BOY WAS I WRONG!!!!!  The main, ok, only reason I was interested in the newer machine is I heard you can cut digital images with it. Now that peaked my interested since I do a TON of digis and am so tired of fussy cutting them out.  Now, I did purchase this by accident, I thought I was getting the Cricut Explore with dual cartridges, but when I clicked purchase, I realized it was too good of a buy and the order went thru.  I did have a $50 credit and with this being on sale for $149.99 at Cricut.com, it was just at $100.  Here is my machine (these are stock images from the Cricut site). As you can see, there is only one carriage. However, it takes just seconds to swap out the blade with the score to...

Scallop Circle Dress tutorial

Hi friends!  Jennyfer here for ScrapBook Blessings Club to share with you Saturday's  Anything goes project. We will be doing a Scallop Circle Dress...in different ways!!!  First, I have my tip of the day for you.... If you don't have a scallop circle punch, use your die cuts dies or your cricut. Onto today's project. Just a note, I do apologise for some of the blurry pictures since I did not check my settings of my camera and that it's heavily loaded with pictures!! I have followed Mementoes in Time's video and have modified the instructions a bit. Here is what you need: Circle punch or cricut cardstock or designer paper embossing folder adhesive ink pad paper cutter bone folder brad Instructions Step 1:  You will need a scallop circle of at least 3". You can choose to do bigger. Step 2:  Find the center of the card. Measure from one end to the other both north and south way.  Step 3 : Then, start making lines fr...