Happy Birthday CX & Cricut fun....

I know. I know. I said I had some exciting news and then I disappear for a week. Well I didn't really disappear I've just been busy running around getting the kids ready for school. Someone needs to remind me next year that the day before school starts is not the day to begin looking for school shoes. I really dislike shopping and shopping with kids....hate it! Ok, enough about my lame excuses. My big news....

I made this years CreativeXpress Design Team!!!! I am so excited because I get to play with all those cool cricut cartridges. Love my cricut!!! Well I can't exactly post with out some eye candy, so how about a fun cricut project. As I mentioned a few posts ago, I had the pleasure of working with Grafix for a Scrapfriends review. Did you know that shrink plastic can be cut in the Cricut. Sure can! You just want to recut the plastic to be sure to cut all the way through it.

This pear is from the Home Accents cartridge. I cut the pear out of green, yellow, red and orange Grafix. I shrunk the pieces down in the oven. You can also use your heat gun. After they were cool, I sanded all the pieces, not only to give them a cool matte finish but also to compensate for any twisting and distortion when shrinking. Glue them all together, add a pin to the back and you have a cute pin.

For this next project I cut various circles out of the white Grafix using the Cricut. I shrunk them down and while they were still hot, stamped into the plastic leaving an impression. Fun technique! Be sure to check out the Scrapfriends site to check out all the Grafix reviews.

This weekend marks CreativeXpress's birthday! To celebrate they are having an awesome sale. Be sure to check it out. Lots of good stuff!