Today I am especially thankful for my daughter! I am always thankful that God gave this remarkable creature to take care of but this morning she woke up early and surprised me by making breakfast for me! Pancakes! It was so thoughtful and there was no real reason except that she loves me! I am blessed.
Cricut Classes at Hobby Lobby and Cartridge Blog Candy
Well guys, I’ve been away far too long and I miss blogging. I’ve been busy getting ready for my new Cricut classes starting this month at Hobby Lobby. This is such an exciting opportunity and I can’t wait. I will do a preview on Saturday, November 13th from 1 – 3 pm. My first class will be on Thursday, November 18th at 6pm. The Hobby Lobby is located in Arlington, TX at 4628 South Cooper. If you, or someone you know, needs a little help getting to know their Cricut or wants to get a little more creative with their machine, please drop by the store to sign up or email me – angiespaperpassion AT gmail DOT com.
Now for some bad (and good) news. The winner of the Happy Hauntings cartridge never sent me her info! So I will be choosing another name. If you didn’t get a chance to leave a comment last time to win, here’s your chance. I know that Halloween is over but if you’re anything like me, you still have a ton of Trick or Treating photos to scrapbook! So leave me a comment and I will pick another winner on Monday! If you want more details on this give away just click HERE!
Until next time, Happy Crafting,
Thirty Days of Thankfulness–Day 6
Today I am thankful for my Cricut and the knowledge that I’ve gained to not only use it well but to share that knowledge with others - and the job that I now have because of this! Isn’t it amazing how this little hobby of ours can lead us to so much more? More than I could have ever imagined at least. Friendships, jobs, opportunities…. and more! For this I am truly thankful!
Thirty Days of Thankfulness
I just love the Cricut.com message board! These are best group of ladies ever. One of the members, Caitlynsmommy, started a thread the other day about the Thirty Days of Thankfulness. She is going to write a sentence or two each day about what she is thankful for and at the end of the month she’ll have a mini book of journaling and photos. What a wonderful idea! So I have borrowed her suggestion and I am starting (yes, late!) on one for myself. We are all grateful for the big things; family, friends, health, home, and of course, our Heavenly Father. But this is more about the little things, too. Those everyday blessings that we may overlook and, unless we document it, may forget. So join me as I journal my Thirty Days of Thankfulness.
Since I am starting late, I will just write 5 things I am thankful for at the moment:
- that God loves me – no matter what!
- I have a beautiful and healthy daughter
- I have a handsome and healthy son
- Very good friends that have stood by me through it all
- That I got up this morning (Friday) and had a very productive day!
I am so happy to be doing this. It will make me look at things a little differently – I will appreciate the little things more. I hope that we can all complete this journal – this slice of our lives – together!
Until tomorrow, Happy Crafting,
A Card for Support
Although this card wasn’t made with the Cricut, I wanted to share it because you could use something like this to show support to a good friend.
This could just be used as a simple show of friendship to a girlfriend or, since this is Breast Cancer Awareness month, sent to a friend going through this terrible disease and showing them that you will always be there for them and support them (just like a good bra!). You can also be creative with the inside and do something like this…
(I’ll always be behind you!)
After I cut out the bra and panties, I ran them through the Cuttlebug using the Houndstooth embossing folder. The bra straps are made out of ribbon and the ‘lace’ edging is just a border punch that I snipped with scissors between the design so that it would easily bend into curves. This is not my design and I don’t remember where I got it from – it was a long time ago. But here is a copy of the pattern.
Place the top pattern piece on the fold of your cardstock for the card base. Use the bottom of the pattern for the bra and panties and embellish as you please.
Make one to send and bring a smile to a friends face! Until next time, Happy Crafting,
100 Followers! Blog Candy Winner!
I had a busy weekend and these next couple of days will be the same but the highlight of my weekend was reaching 100 followers! Thanks to all of you for helping me get there, 
But for now, I’m announcing the new owner of the Happy Hauntings cartridge (minus a handbook, lol). I used Random.org to pick a number for me and the winner is…
#16 - Karen S.
Karen S. said...
“That handbook is just too crazy! I would be freaking out too! LOL! I'm a follower! Thanks for the chance to win!
I don't have a blog but I'll post this on the Scrapbook.com message board to hopefully send more followers your way. (I don't know anyone else with a Cricut in my area.) :( “
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
16
Timestamp: 2010-10-26 06:40:45 UTC
Congratulations, Karen! You’ll be getting the Happy Hauntings cartridge! Email me with your information.
I want to thank everyone who viewed, commented, followed, and sent their friends to visit my blog. I feel so blessed! Please continue to visit. I hope to have projects and ideas that will inspire you to be your creative best. Until next time, Happy Crafting,
6 New Provo Craft Cartridges, Only 23 To Go & 1 Give-Away!
It’s Hello Thursday! –ok, I know, I know, it was yesterday!- If you are new to the whole Cricut World that means that this is the 3rd Thursday of the month when Provo Craft sends out their famous Hello Thursday newsletter and it usually contains the names of any cartridges that will be discontinued and, better yet, what new ones will be coming out! So today Provo Craft has just announced 6 new cartridges that will come out in November! That’s right – 6! The new ones are:
- Quarter Note – Musical notes, a font, band themes, etc
- Paper Lace – Beautiful for cards & layouts, has a font
- Ornamental Iron – Beautiful images too, also has 2 fonts
- Sesame Street Seasons – Includes 3-D images
- Car Decals – Outline figures that we all love
- Wrap It Up – My favorite! Includes cards, phrases, boxes, bags and tags!
Just click on any of the titles above to see a sample of each. To view the entire cartridge handbook, go to the Cricut Cartridge Library and just go to any of the titles and click the second ‘VIEW’ to see the handbook. I have at least two of these on my wish list!
Also there are updates for those of you that have the Gypsy and/or Design Studio. Click HERE for the Design Studio update and just plug your Gypsy into your computer and run Gypsy Sync to update it.
I just received an email from Walgreens with a code for a FREE 8x10 collage print – I like free! – so I wanted to pass along the savings to all of you! Just go to the Walgreens site here to get the code. It’s only good through this Saturday, so hurry!
Now, for my BIG NEWS – well, to me it is! I am only 23 people away before I reach 100 followers!!! I can’t believe it! I started my blog a little over a year ago for my Stampin’ Up! business but didn’t really post that much and eventually let it go after I stopped selling SU. I only picked it back up this summer when I became a Cricut Demonstrator. Reaching 100 followers was a future dream of mine and now I have followers in 15 different countries! Thinking back, I only wanted to share my love of crafting with my Cricut, paper crafting, and crafting in general. And you know what, that’s still my goal! But now I’m more passionate about it than ever. I want to share everything I have learned, especially about the Cricut, Gypsy, and Design Studio, with all of you, my followers, and everyone who visits My Paper Passion. I want to give a great big Thanks to all of you!
Now, this isn’t an official blog give-away – just remember that! When I really reach 100 followers I will have an official one then. But for now, this is just a little something-something. Here’s the story – I purchased a cartridge and when I opened it, the handbook was completely blank! Nothing, nada. So I call PC and they told me that they did not have anymore of those handbooks –yea, the wailing that you heard that day was me :-( But, he said that since they were out of them, they would just send me a whole NEW cartridge! - yea, that was also me you heard, shouting out in joy and doing my happy dance! :-) - I asked if they were also sending a shipping label or something to send the original back. He said, “No, just keep it or give it away.” WHAT? NO, WAY! I couldn’t believe my ears! Ok, folks, this is just the reason I {heart} PC! They have been so good to us. Thank you, PC! So followers, I am passing it forward! The only requirement is that you follow my blog, please leave a comment, and send at least one new person to my blog and have them follow me and leave a comment as well. Thanks. Oh, yea, the cartridge is Happy Hauntings! Just in time to scrapbook all of those Halloween photos! Just remember, there is no handbook (but you can download it HERE) but it does come with rewards – let me tell ya, it was hard not redeeming those 90 points though, lol!
Here is the proof, lol:
This will end this weekend so that I can get it in the mail asap! Until next time, Happy Crafting,
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