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Thank you for Lori for sharing the information about which cricut cartridges are in the bundle.  My guess that I posted here is correct and the 2 cartridges that are included in the bundle are Plantin Schoolbook and Serenade Solutions cricut cartridge.

Here is the details of the expression bundle for $188.00

I have the scoop on the cricut cartridges that are going to be $30.00 as well.  Here is the list.

1.  Jubilee

2.  Designer’s Calendar

3.  Everyday Paper Dolls

4.  Sweethearts

5.  From My Kitchen

6.  Winter Woodland

7.  A Child’s Year

8.  Ashlyn’s Alphabet

When do you know when you are seriously addicted to your cricut and scrapbooking?  When you tell your 2 year old that you are going shopping and she jumps up and down excitedly yelling that we are going to Micheal’s and Joann’s.  When I pull into the parking lot of Micheal’s I get a serious….momma.. I hold hand… I want to go to Micheal’s.  If someone were to hear her say it, it would sound like she wants to go see her friend Michael and Joann.  It is so funny and cute and the same time.  I guess I do have to admit I am an addicted.  Yesterday we went to Michaels and they had A Child’s Year cricut cartridge in stock.  They also had Ashlyn’s Alphabet.  It is the first time I have seen them there and they have all cartridges on sale this week $39.99.  I was only going to buy one but don’t you know… I ended up with both.

I love the A Child’s Year Cricut Cartridge.  It has the cutest little fairy.  Here is a picture of one of them.

I thought that font included in this cartridge was really cute as well.  So I played around a little bit in Design Studio tonight and came up with a school word book.  It made it intending to hide the contour on both of the O’s.  DS does not allow me to save the cut file that way so If you don’t want the center of the O’s cut out you will have to hide the contour before you cut the pages.  Also the A Child’s Year cartridge does not have a rectangle on it so I have to use the Plantin Schoolbooks cricut cartridge for the rectangle part.  If you don’t have the Plantin Schoolbooks cartridge and have another cartridge with a rectangle on it I can update the cut file for you.  Just let me know the cartridge that you have.  You can send me an e-mail using the “contact me” form on the right.

I recently made some boxes in inkscape to be cut in Sure Cuts A Lot.  I decided to try and create them in a cut file so I used the Plantin Schoolbook cricut cartridge only.  The large box is  6×6 and 2.50 inches deep. The smaller one is designed to hold A2 size cards and it is 4.75 by 5.75 and 1 inch deep.  The score guide is included in the zip file for download.

I wanted to make a birthday card for my son so I made this.  I was going to use some toys from the new arrival cricut cartridge for the center of the circles but I decided to use foam dimensional stickers from Jolee instead.  It is an a2 size card made from the plantin schoolbooks cricut cartridges.

I think the close up of the card was to close so I am uploading another picture.

I thought that I would upload the cut file if anyone would like it.  I made 2 versions.  One for plantin schoolbooks and the other using only the george cartridge.  Both are included in the same zip file.  Score the card at 4.25 inches.

I think that this card can be used for a lot of different things.  I have some cute Jolee dimensional baby stickers that would be awesome as well.  The little booties and stuff fit perfectly inside the center of the circles. 

I work nights and I was on my way home tonight a little after midnight and I had the hell scared out of me.  I was coming up to a T.  I saw a car turning left, coming in my direction and the idiot did not go completely around the divider to complete his left turn and came at me head-on on my side of the road.  It is a four lane road  2 lanes each direction.  I got over to the other lane to get out of the way.  I would have called the police but it startled me so bad that I could not even think of what kind of car it was, the color.   I probably would have sounded like a babbling idiot.  I am just thankful for home and family.  I woke up my husband to tell him and give him a kiss.  Checked on my babies.  That is what it is really about.

I have not had a chance to cut this file yet, but it is a believe wordbook with Don Juan and Plantin School book.  If anyone wants this in the 6×12 format or with a different square cartridge let me know and I will see what I can do for you.  I love this cartridge.  This is the first word book where I decided to leave the open spaces.  You could hide the contours on the inside of the letters but I figured with all the E’s in this book that it would look better how it is.  I can not wait to get my DS going again to cut it out.

I have been waiting patiently (not!) by the mailbox for my Hannah Montana cricut cartridge to arrive and it has not arrived yet.  I played around with Design Studio this morning and came up with a PARTY word book.  I can’t wait to cut it.

The file is good to go, You probably would want to highlight the middle of the PAR letters and hide the contour on each.  I  included a reminder text file in the zip file.  The rectangle of the book was created with the Plantin School cartridge.  If you don’t have that cartridge, you can change the rectangle out for another rectangle on a different cartridge.  Click on the word videos under tag section on the right for a demonstration on how to do this.

I love this cartridge and what is the Life Is A Beach cartridges with out a BEACH wordbook.  The rectangle is made with Plantin Schoolbook cricut cartridge.  I have a video under tutorials that shows how to change out the shape if you want to use another cartridge like Storybook or George.  The key to this cut file if you decide to do that make sure your cursor is up in the top left corner.  Add the rectangle from the cartridge of your choice.  Make sure it is still highlighted and press the arrow key down 1x and then size it in the shape properties box.  The letters here are a bit chunky and I have to move everything down 1 level to make the file be in bounds so it would cut properly.

I made this file with the E open.  I added an alternative E page where it is blacked out to give more room for embellishment.  The file is ready to go except the A page.  You will have to highlight the center of the A on the A page and right click to hide the contour for the page to cut properly.

Here is another DADDY word book.  I also have the DADDY word book here  using George and Basic Shapes and Base Camp.  A reader did not have those cartridges so I made this word book for her and I thought that I would share it here. 

I decided to try something a little different with this cut file.  I could hide the contour on the top space of the A but the bottom would be wide open.  I had one of those DUHHHHH moments when I realized that I could just use a rectangle and the weld feature to cover it up.  I did the same thing to the top of the Y.

I like how it turned out.  I still hid the contours on all of the D pages and the top of A on the A page.  If you are not sure how to use the hide contour feature in Design Studio you can see a little video here.

I decided to give this word book away.  I am also going to include the MOM word book that I posted a few days ago.  You can see a picture of it here.  Just leave a comment here on this post if you want to be entered into the random drawing.  The winner will be chosen on Wednesday May 20th.  I will post the winner here as well as e-mail you.

05/20/09*******The winner is Andrea*** I have sent you an e-mail.  Please respond with your address.

I received a request for a Sister word book using only Plantin Schoolbook cricut cartridge.   I have not used this cartridge a whole lot, but I think that it looks very nice.  If I was not already working on 3 other word books right now I would make this for my sister.  

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Download Sister Word Book Plantin Schoolbook Cut File Here