Last Friday, during the Cricut Circle gathering in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, I reconnected with Cyndy and Fumiyo and a few other women I met the week before at CHA. Here's a picture of the three of us (Fumiyo is on the left, and Cyndy is on the right):
Shannon from Provo Craft gave away quite a number of items: cartridges, T-shirts, sweatshirts, and machines ("I don't want to take anything back with me!"). Cyndy won a Cricut Cake machine (a Cricut machine that will cut edible materials for cakes, cupcakes, cookies, etc...). The woman in front of us (I'm sorry - I don't remember your name!) had won a Cricut Expression (a Cricut cutter that will cut up to around 12" x 24" - the original machine that I have cuts up to around 6" x 12"). Cyndy already had a Cake, and the woman in front of us already had an Expression. They swapped machines. I won an "October 31st" cartridge, which is all Halloween stuff. Cyndy loves Halloween, so I gave it to her - I wouldn't use it very often.
Well..... Cyndy gave me her Expression! I protested, but she insisted. She said she already had one, and I didn't. I am completely baffled, but I'm thrilled! I did have to rearrange my craft room a little so I could leave the Expression set up away from my normal work area, but that gave me more room for another plastic 2-drawer cart.
Now that I know how to edit and upload videos, I recorded my "inaugural cut":
After I very carefully spatula-ed (yes, that's a technical term) the letters and shapes off of the mat, I finished my scrapbook layout on the hotel where Steve and I stayed during our trip to Chicago last October:
I think the page turned out quite well! I used Stone Script for the title and Heritage for the flourishes. Since I've been promoting hand-written journaling (see this blog post for my thoughts on this), Steve wrote out our thoughts on our hotel:
Okay, I added my own thought at the end there, and I used a Slick Writer to write on the front of one of the photos:
That's it for today. I'd like to thank Cyndy profusely for giving me such a generous gift! I can't wait until I have a chance to cut something really large.
Yes, I promised you a blooper reel. That will come tomorrow... I need some more time for editing.
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What a great gift, you are so lucky to have such a great friend!!!! enjoy your new toy, I LOVE my Expression,
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful post! The ladies who did the swapping/trading are the kind of people who are such a joy to be around. Cyndy is a very special lady and I admire her a lot. What a tremendously lovely gesture from one Cricuteer to another. Now get to cutting with that new E! BTW great scrapbook layout!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your new machine :D. I love how people were swapping! Kudos to everyone!
ReplyDeleteBTW I was wondering earlier today why people don't use stone script more lol. It looks great.
What a beautiful person you met. I'm so happy for you and know you are going to love your new E. Bless you both.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy you got the E! Your layout looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteBecky Medley
AKA jojomedley from the Circle1
That is so awesome! I was in front of you ladies and won the Imagine after two others had insisted someone else be picked. I was amazed by the generosity of those two women and of all of you and how you all worked together for what you wanted!
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