Scrappin Suzy: November 2011

Well, I have been in a funk, a craft funk and a LIFE funk. I can't seem to get control of anything - eating, weight, house cleaning, job, and parents! I never mentioned kids - they are the least of my worries right now. (thank god) Plus I am working part time - which really isn't helping me gain control of anything.

Any way I am going to a scrapbook weekend and I haven't touched my scrapbooks in about 2 years. I came into my scrap room to try and gather things to work on for 2 days when I decided to try Cricut Craft Room. I needed to make a card for a friend of mine - we share the same birthday (I'm older) I figured i would try CCR with my 3rd Imagine to see if either would work. Just got my 3rd replacement I and really haven't had a chance to play with it and make sure it works. Well after watching a few youtube videos on how to use CCR I decided to give it a try with a simple birthday card. Designing in CCR was really nice. I did keep it simple no welding even though that looks really easy to do. I did take full advantage of the mat layers and was very surprised when I could print and cut all the layers on one mat. Here is what it looked like when I was ready to cut.

I was very excited when my CCR recognized my Imagine. It recognized all the cartridges I used. I had to stop and insert each cartridge into my Imagine. And then I waited (with my fingers crossed) And I waited... It thought for a long time. Then it said to follow the instructions on the Imagine - and my Imagine screen looked like the menu. It didn't work - I almost panicked but then I just canceled the cut and tried again. This time it worked.

I think I am really going to like CCR and I am keeping my fingers crossed my Imagine keeps working. Next time I will try to weld and use my own papers and mix it up a little. Here is the final product. Im not a big fan of the big blue background - I tried to jazz it up a little.