Showing posts with label Kate's Kitchen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kate's Kitchen. Show all posts

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Cricut Imagine 'Toasty Clock'

Toasty Clock using Cricut Imagine Kate's Kitchen Cartridge
This little clock truly made me warm inside as I print and cut the artwork using my Imagine. I cut my first clock too large, and my 12 year old quickly confiscated it to adorn 'her space'! I think my favorite thing about the Kate's Kitchen cartridge is how vibrant the colors are!

Printable vinyl makes the perfect flexible sticker! 
It is extremely easy to pop the face off of a clock, which sounds slightly aggressive, but of course no harm came to any clocks used in this project! You can find an inexpensive clock and turn it into a masterpiece in no time at all! (slight pun intended this time!)

For more pictures of Cricut Imagine projects that were on our set at The Shopping Channel, please visit my Facebook page!

Project: “Toasty Clock”
Designed by: Heather Lancaster

Materials:
Cricut Imagine
Cricut cartridges: Kate’s Kitchen, Simply Sweet
White Cardstock
Cricut Printable Vinyl
Clock (appx 12 x12 overall size)
Yellow, Red & Teal Ink
Adhesive

Instructions
1      After disassembling clock so that you can place a new face under the glass, measure the inside diameter of the clock. (mine was 8.8”) Select a circle from the preloaded Imagine shapes and edit it to the size of your clock. Fill with Dark Green Teal background from Kate’s Kitchen, Print & Cut. Adhere in place after inking edges.
2      Select the Scallop Circle from the preprogrammed Cricut Imagine Shapes. Edit size to .5” smaller than your original circle, and fill with Red pattern from Kate’s Kitchen. Ink edges and glue in place.
3      Select toaster image, with layers feature. After deleting all but the toaster, edit to 4”. Print & Cut. Ink edges & glue in place.
4      Using the same Toaster image, delete all but the ‘Toast’ layers. Edit size to 1.5”, then print and cut 2 ‘toast’. Ink edges and adhere to clock arms.
5      Select numbers from Simply Sweet Cartridge. Edit size to 1.4” and fill color with Yellow patterned paper from Kate’s Kitchen. Print & Cut. Ink edges and glue in place.
6      Reassemble clock.
7      Select 2:3 ratio rectangle from preloaded Cricut Imagine Shapes. Edit fill color with same Teal background as you used for the clock face. Proceed to print screen and select ‘Fit to Page’ feature. Print & Cut onto a sheet of Cricut Printable Vinyl.
8      Repeat step 7, printing the other half of your vinyl with the Red pattern.
9      Using a slide cutter, cut thin strips of vinyl to decorate the sides of your clock with. As you peel back the paper and stick these into place, gently stretch the vinyl to fit the curved edge. 

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Cricut Imagine & Yudu Cardshop on The Shopping Channel!

Cricut Imagine
The excitement is building as I prepare to take both Cricut Imagine AND Yudu Cardshop to The Shopping Channel! We will be on air on February 14th at 2pm and 10pm EST with both products, and I PROMISE you don't want to miss this!

Tune in to see why everyone is so excited about Cricut Imagine... I know that I won't be able to show everything that Imagine can do, but I do promise to give you a really good feel for the product and tell you why I love it so much! The clock project (click here for complete instructions) below is one that I just finished using the Kate's Kitchen Imagine cartridge. It is SO yummy! You will see the clock helping to decorate our Cricut Imagine set... it makes me happy to work when I get to play with such inspiration products! 

Toasty Clock made with Cricut Imagine

Makes ME feel all warm and toasty, how about you? 

Or maybe you are a Yudu fan? The new Cardshop silkscreening system offers you the amazing results of Yudu in a SUPER fast and SUPER easy format!

Yudu Cardshop
Come visit me at my new Facebook Fan Page and 'like' so that you can stay tuned for more giveaways, contests and Cricut news!

Martha Stewart Cake
AND...if all of that isn't exciting enough, then be sure to stay tuned in and view our Martha Stewart Cake airing at The Shopping Channel . If you haven't seen it yet, Cricut Cake is the perfect way to take all of your scrapbooking skills and make them edible! This excellent Martha Stewart Cake value is set to air on February 15th at 3pm and 9pm EST.