Sunday, July 31, 2011

Imagine Frustrations

Hello everyone! I sure hope your weekend has leant itself to crafting more so than mine!

It has been full of frustrations. My new toy, Cricut Imagine, arrived on Friday. The mat wasn't very sticky out of the box. Didn't want to hold the paper too well. I fought with it a few times trying to get the blade calibration right for the print and cut before finally giving up. We were out and about on Saturday with my in-laws and stopped and picked up a new pack of mats to see if that helped any. The mats were stickier and I found information on advanced calibration and thought this will be the end to my troubles. But nope, after fighting with calibration for nearly two hours, I just gave up. It cuts pretty close to perfect but not totally. I volunteered to create my niece's birthday invitations for my sister-in-law. She says you can't tell where the princess' hand is cut off a little on the edge but I sure can. Maybe it's because I know how it is exactly supposed to look and it doesn't look that way. :( She says she really likes them. They are not completely done but I hope to have a pic of a finished one tomorrow.

I also volunteered my card creating services to a friend from work. I hope she likes it.




I didn't get as much crafting done as I wanted this weekend. The Imagine frustrated me and I couldn't get past the frustration to design anything. I'm hoping that this week is better and I am able to work out the issues I am having. I am in class for a few hours tomorrow night and I have to finish my portfolio for my Wednesday morning site visit. So hopefully Wednesday night I can dedicate to crafting. (at least that is my goal)

Have a great night!
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1 comment:

  1. Your card is super cute and way to turn lemons into lemonade. ~Shen

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