Whenever I have been going Shopping for crafts lately I always go look a the new cricut carts, seeing if they are on sale or discounted a great deal...looking for a bargain so I can have more options to create more neat stuff with my cricut.
I have had a Cricut for several years and for a while there I had 2 the original and the Expression. I recently sold my old original Cricut because I haven't had to haul one upstairs to use with my computer. 
The reason my Gypsy...I love it. I have been talking about how I do a LO (layout) and cut with my Gypsy and the last few days I have been working on a project I cant really show you for about 4 weeks.
Because of this ,I thought I would show you the process, or at least parts of it.
I have been working on a Recipe swap for a 6x6 cookbook. Here is a picture of a LO I did a few years ago. I am using the same recipe for this swap but I am changing it up a bit so it will look different. I am also doing 2 other recipies and a Biography page.
One great thing about using the Gypsy or Design Studio to create a project is that you can Lay it all out and move stuff around to make the best use of paper. For this project I used alot of scraps from the scrap box and you know how I love using the stash. Because you can know where each object is to be cut you can place the paper on the correct spot on the mat. Can you believe when I origianly set up this cut I had the blank spot except 2 squares filled with a light green color..I choose not to use it onthe final project so I deleted it from the cut before I cut the other 5 pages out.
I use several mats at a time and for this 5 copy project I used three mats...and after connecting the Gypsy to the Cricut Expression I loaded and cut 5 mats. for each of the 4 pages.
Because I use the Gypsy. I dont need to worry about changing cartridges and it just cuts until its finished.
Why the Cricut is cutting I can remove the pieces and prep them for using on my project. I love the pointed hook form the tool kit and the Spatula for removing pieces with out tearing the paper.I often use a glue pen like EK fine tip or Quikie because they work well with fine lines and small pieces.
I also reload the mat if neccessary to keep the rotation going.
All my projects created using the Gypsy(or Design Studio) can be saved on it or on my computer for easy access and can be reused in the futire if neccessary. You can even share files with a friends so they can use it. I hope you enjoy the pictures...I am hoping they are worth a thousand words! I am also hoping you find this helpful. Soon I hope to have a card to share..you may look for these Cookbook pages the first weekend of April.
Unitl Later... Happy Stamping!
This is oh-so-cool!! But I DO have a question ... doesn't it take as long to lay it out on the Gypsy, cut all the little pieces of paper to size and lay them on there as it would to just lay each piece on one at a time? I love the idea of cutting everything in one pass, just wondering how long it takes to set up ... (and this is how you can tell my Gypsy needs WAY more love than it is getting!)
ReplyDeleteIt really doesnt take to long to set up...and if you consider that I am making 6 copies of 4 designs. it really does save time. I also liek that I can use up my scraps more efficiently and waste less paper. And I love that ..If someone every joins are little group and wishes they had a copy I could open the cut file and make them a copy. I have made scrap books andsaved all the cuts also for DD and SIL so I can always replace an album for them if it gets destryed by water flood etc...HTH
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