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Here is a New Years Day coupon for Michaels.

Happy Holidays everyone, I hope you had a safe and happy Merry Christmas.  I was able to have a little bit of fun today with my cricut.  After I cut the bird house out on my cricut and glued it together I knew that it needed a bird but I was not sure what to use.  I don’t have any bird embellishments.  A few months ago I bought computer printable Shrinky Dinks with a 40% off coupon from Michaels.  I decided to go ahead and make my own bird embellishment.

I bought some bird clipart from Country Graphics.  Trina Clark has some amazing clipart (digital stamps too!)  I imported the clipart that I wanted to use into inkscape.  I set up the document for an 8×10 sheet.  I followed the instructions included in the Shrinky Dink kit.  I had to reduce the opacity 50% on the clipart before printing and then printed the clipart out on the dull side of the sheet.

I then cut out the bird image. I used my Cutter Bee scissors from Joanns and they worked perfect.  I just took my time around the beak and tail.

I pre-heated the oven for 300 degrees.  The instructions said to cut a rectangle out of a brown paper grocery bag and place that on the cookie sheet and then put the Shrinky Dink on the paper to bake.  I just used a piece of card stock since I did not have a brown paper bag.  I baked the bird for about 3 minutes.  I watched it the whole time just like a little kid.  I thought that it was ruined in the beginning because it was bent and distorted but as the last minute completed it began to lay flat.  It turned out very nice.  I am extremely happy with this and know that I will be using this more often.  This is what it looked like when I took it out of the oven.  Amazing right?

Here is the birdhouse with a scalloped edge roof.

Sorry the picture is a little fuzzy.  I have tried every which way and color back drop to try and get this clear but with my light and camera, unfortunately this is the best that I am going to get tonight.  The little bird is really cute, and a crisp image and turned out very cute.  I don’t have the acrylic glaze that it recommends that you coat it with to protect it but I will pick some up later.

Michaels has some new coupons for the New Year! 50% off. Enjoy.

Hi Everyone,

I thought that I would post these coupons for the coming week before I forget.  Happy holiday season and scrapbooking with your cricut.

I’m sorry, I just reliazed that I forgot to upload the new coupons for the week.  Time does fly, but I have not been to Michaels or Joanns in over a week.  I am having withdrawals.

Here are the new coupons for Michaels.  I am wondering what the new sales ad tomorrow will show.  I am wondering if either Joann’s or Michaela with have cricut cartridges on sale again before Christmas.

I hope that everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving and got everything you were seeking on Black Friday.  My friend scored the black cricut expression from Wal-Mart.  She is really excited and she is going to let me borrow her Serenade cartridge.  Having a friend that is into the cricut as much as I am is so nice.  Last March I talked her into buying the very last Black Friday cricut expression with the bonus cartridge that was still at Wal-Mart.  We each take turns buying cartridges and share them.  It works out well for us.    I am getting her Design Studio for Christmas so we can share files on our Gypsy and Cut files for cartridges we don’t have linked.  If any one knows of a good deal on the Cricut Design Studio please let me know.

Yeah!!!!  This was the ad that I was waiting for.  Thank you Michaels!!!!  The sale price for the cricut cartridges that they have in the black friday sales ad will be good on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.  Cricut cartridges that are normally  $69.99 will be $27.99 and $89.99 cartridges will be $35.99.

Michaels has there Black Friday ad online.  You can see it here.

Here are the coupons.

You can also check out my other post for Michaels and Joanns Black Friday here and here.
They show the cricut cartridge and cricut machine deals available at each store.

I just got back from Michaels for the second time today.  The first time I forgot my coupons and had to go back.  Here is the sales flyer that I received.  They will be open Thanksgiving day from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.  They have an unadvertised in store special on cricut cartridges for $59.99.  Last year someone said they offered them for $29.99 on Thanksgiving day last year… who knows if they will do it again this year.  Might be worth a quick trip there just to see.