Good site for themed Fonts!

I found this site with fonts from Movies, Shows, Games & Music.
Lots of good fonts for use with SCAL too!

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Money Secrets of the Amish by Lorilee Craker

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My Advent Calendar

I made this adorable advent calendar for Christmas. I won't lie - it took quite some time but I am happy with the way it turned out.

I used a scal file for the matchboxes. The Martha Stewart punch around the page snowflake punche for the borders. Winter Woodland cartridge for the tree and snowman up top which are both glittered with white flock and Marth Stewart Tinsel glitter for a snowy look.

Christmas Ornaments

Super duper easy! My kids made some for their teachers for gifts - that's how easy they are! After the ornaments were glittered we cut out some Christmas images with vinyl and put them on. They are so cute and make great gifts!

Pictures don't do these ornaments justice. This is a technique I learned on the Christmas with the Cricut website found HERE.

My New Black Cricut Expression

When I saw the new colored Cricut Expressions I just knew I had to have one - of course depending on if I could sell my current Cricut Expression, which I did! I love the black - it's just so classy and shiny and the pictures just don't do it justice at all! Don't mind the dust - we have our coal stove going and unless I stand next to it every moment ready with a cloth it's going to get a little dusty not to mention fingerprints.

Coupons for the week of 6/19/2011

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The Waiting Place by Eileen Button

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My review of The Waiting Place: Learning to Appreciate Life's Little Delays by Eileen Button. The way that the author describes her moments of waiting is amazing, some moments only lasting minutes while others lasting months or years. This is a book that from the first page you'll laugh with her and then cry with her and then laugh with her again. Most of us spend our life waiting for something to happen rather than enjoying what's right in front of us here and now. All 22 stories are told with such openness, honesty and unbridle emotion. I couldn't stop reading and completed the book in three and a half hours! BookSneeze® has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book for my honest review.

First off I have to say that I randomly chose this book, I must say that because the surprising turn of evens that happened once I started to read it was almost unbelievable! As I began reading I was delighted with the humor that the author began with as she was describing herself. Eileen Button went on about revisiting her childhood home as an adult and I was thrilled to find it is very close to where I live. By chapter 4 I found that I was recognizing a lot of the people in the book and I had to pick up the phone and call my husband at work for verification and he did - the author is his 2nd cousin. Again I choose this book at random which made this completely crazy! I mean who choses a book without knowing anything about it and it ends up not only being written by their husbands 2nd cousin but is in some parts a detailed account of their extended family!

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Recessed Window Card & Tutorial

Someone on the Cricut mb posted this type of card they made after seeing it on the Splitcoaststampers website. I loved the card but didn't want to have to figure out the lines for the window everytime I wanted to make the card so I decided to make a .scut file for it. There is a page for scoring and for that I simply turned my cricut blade itself upside down in the housing and it scored the lines perfectly. I then used a .cut file from Okieladybug's blog for the Gusset Envelope so that the card would be protected. The card itself is a square 4.75 in. card and the envelope was cut at 5in. Below is a quick tutorial on how I put mine together. If you have any questions feel free to contact me.

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Recessed Window Card and Gusset Envelope

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After file is cut this is what it should look like
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Open to the inside and fold on score lines closest to the inside of window

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Fold triangle areas inward now so it looks like above (this is a view from the inside of the card)
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Card closed after scoring
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All my layers cut out
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Put Adhesive on triangle area where the front layer will go
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Front layers added inside of window frame
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Inside of card (back of recessed window)
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Layers added on top of inside piece to make it look nicer

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3 ovals punched out using SU! large oval punch

2 adhered together to form base of pumpkin
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Sprayed with Elmers spray adhesive and then sprinkled with Martha Stewarts Tinsel Glitter
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Pat down with your finger and then allow to dry completely then shake off the excess
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Ribbon for stem added

Green wire twisted for accents

Then used pop dots to adhere final layer of the pumpkin
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Pumpkin placed in recessed window along with wrapped hemp twine

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Front frame stamped with brown and green ink

Celebrate Fall sentiment embossed also

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Full inside of card
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Top inside of card

Stamped in brown with inked green edges

Edges of paper also inked in green

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Front of card

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Side view of card

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Side view of card

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Card and back of Gusset Envelope
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Card and Gusset Envelope

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Front of Gusset Envelope

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Card inside of the Gusset Envelope

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Butterfly Card

Used crackle paint on the butterfly. I love the way this card turned out!