When was the last time you had a bad cold? I’ve got one right now, and I can’t believe how bad it is kicking my butt! Usually I can load up on over the counter medicine, and I do pretty good, but not this time. I’ve taken a nap everyday for the last 6 days, I’ve been so exhausted. It’s crazy, I’m hoping that I get over it soon!
A couple of weeks ago, before I headed to SNAP, I was working on putting together some roommate gifts. I was planning to to cut everything out and glue it together, but I got into a time crunch, and decided it would be faster to try out the draw and cut feature on the new Cricut Explore machine. I was seriously AMAZED! I of course, forgot to take pictures of all of the personalized notebook gifts I put together, but I do have mine to show you.
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Since you have the ability to use your system fonts with the Cricut Explore, I recreated my logo, and my roommates logos in the Cricut Design Space. I marked the different layers with the color that I wanted them, and also marked that they were to be drawn rather than cut. When I was cutting, the program told me which pen/marker I needed to put into the slot. It was SO easy! I’m totally hooked now. Once I had everything drawn and cut out, I just used glue dots to attach them to the notebooks (I got the notebooks from Pick Your Plum).
I didn’t know if I would really use the draw and cut feature on this new machine, but now that I’ve tried it, I will be using it a lot more often!
Amy I just LOVED the one you gave me!! I think this is such a fun idea!
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Thank you Summer! I’m glad you like it. 🙂
I love my notebook! I am debating about whether to ask for a Cricut Explore for Mother’s Day/my birthday this month or a new camera lens. The Explore looks so fun!
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That would be a hard decision! So glad you like your notebook. 🙂
I tried to make a personalized notebook once… It was NOT this cute.
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This made me giggle. 🙂
Very cute!! Love the Cricut Explore!!
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It’s the best, isn’t it. 🙂
Super cute project
What a cute idea! I love the personalization. The cricut explore is so good at importing images and printing them/cutting them!
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It really is such a fun feature!
It turned out so cute! I love personalized items.
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My daughter would love to personalize all her school notebooks. This would be perfect! Darling.
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