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I stopped by Joann’s on the other side of town looking for some Tim Holtz Stickles and when I walked in the door, there staring me in the face saying BUY ME! were the holiday 2010 Sizzix releases (no Tim Holtz sad to say)

These are soooooo cute!!!!!!  I have not seen these online or in stock anywhere yet.  They also had a bunch of Bigz dies (Rudolph) and (Snowman) that come with free coordinating embossing folders.  I did not buy any of those, but they were selling those for $29.99.

Each set of folders comes with a fee coordinating sizzlits die .

They are selling for $15.99 a piece argh!!!!  If anyone knows me though, I rarely ever pay full price.  It just so happened that I was armed with COUPONS!

If you buy this magazine at Joann’s there are (2) 50% and (4) 40% off coupons on the back of it.  The coupons can all be used at the same time!!!!  The magazine is $2.99 and if magazines are not on sale that week, you can even use a 40% to buy the magazine!!!!  The store on the other side of town never carries this magazine, but the smaller Joann’s store near me does.  So when I see them, I usually buy six of them.  They don’t expire until January of 2011.  I have also used the 50% coupons at Michal’s when I bought my Xyron Creative Station and Prisma Colored Pencils.

I think most everyone knows that I got a pink cricut expression!!!  Well CGULL is selling a pink tool kit.  I got it from papercraftingpro.com for $12.50 plus $5.20 shipping.

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I think that the color is off, because it is EXACTLY the same color pink as the cricut. It almost matched the cricut expression rolling tote that I have and the cricut cartridge tote.

Today is the the start of my vacation!!!!  Yesterday my son turned 2 and we had a small birthday party for him.  His big party is going to be next weekend.  We are spending three nights in Wisconsin Dells this week.  The kids are going to have so much fun  at the waterpark.  They are so excited and keep running around asking if we are on vacation yet.  It is so cute!!

I will try and post a few more files before I go on vacation, if I don’t have a great week!!!!!

I have been spending a lot of time on Tim Holtz’s blog and watching his demo videos here. I don’t think that I ever had made something for myself until now.  I made a Journey book.

These are most of the supplies that I used.

I used Grungepaper, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Popsicle, Cranberry Zing, Black Magic), Distress Ink (Worn Lipstick), Distress Crackle Paint (Tattered Rose), Sizzix Tim Holtz Die Tattered Flowers, Tim Holtz Philospy Tag, and pearl for the flower.  I also used two stamps from The Journey Tim Holtz collection.

The book is 6×6. I just cut 2 pieces of grungepaper 6×6, inked them and then covered them (front and back) with the crackle paint.  I used my heat tool to speed up the crackle process and then stamped the cover.  What is a book with out a little bling?  I used my Jolee Rhinestone tool and adhered Swarovski Crystals to the cover.

I love this flower!!!! I cut the grunge paper flower on my Big Shot Express and then sprayed each of the flower layers with the tattered angels glimmer mist and then let them dry over night.  They sparkle and shine and are so cute!

The paper, is a 5.00 pack that they sell at Wal-Mart.  I bound my book using the Cinch!  I am no Tim Holtz by any stretch of the imagination, but I did use the tools that he created and made just a little something of my own.

Happy New Year!!!!  I can not believe that another year has come and gone.  I am thankful for my family, friends and all the blessings that I have received this past year.  I hope that 2010 finds you in good health with lots of happiness.  Today is the 1 year anniversary of mytimetocraft.com.  I am thankful for each of you for stopping by and spending a little time here.

I have decided to celebrate this past year by having a give away.  The give away is 2 parts.  1 winner will win the entire blog candy give away.

Part 1

Yesterday I was shopping at Michaels and I came across the Sizzix Texture Boutique.  I have the Sizzix Big Kick that I just love but decided since I had a 50% off coupon and the machine came with a bunch of new folders that I would get it.

I LOVE this little machine and so does my daughter.  We had so much fun doing this together.  I cut the paper and made the sandwich and she turns the crank.  My sister stopped by today to wish us a Happy New Year and my daughter had a blast showing her how to use it.

This machine is so cute!

Here are the folders it comes with.

and more

In case you are wondering…. cuttlebug folders do work in it.

Here is a 5×7 christmas folder

Here is an A2 folder

I have some older Sizzix embossing folders and they work great as well.

Part 1 of the blog candy is this, brand new in the box, Sizzix Texture Boutique with 10 Bonus embossing folders.  (The pictures above opened were of my machine, yours will be sent new in box, unopened.

Part 2

The second part of the blog candy give away is your choice *up to 800 point value* of 1 cartridge that is currently available on the www.cricutrewards.com site.   You can pick the cartridge as long as it is in stock, I will order it and once it is delivered, will mail it to you.  Due to the time that it takes to get the cartridge from the rewards program the Sizzix Boutique will be mailed first and once the cartridge is received it will be mailed in a second package.

Rules

Please share one of (leave 1 comment on this post) your favorite cricut projects, experiences or story from the past year.

One of my memories from the past year that is a favorite is on a Sunday, I was working on my computer creating a svg.  I finished it and wanted to test cut it.  My daughter and son were standing on the couch looking at me (my desk is in the living room behind the couch) I told my son that mommy was going to cricut.  He got a huge smile on his face and said cric-cut, and would giggle and laugh.  My daughter said she wanted to cric-cut too!  I put a cartridge in and loaded the mat for her and let her push the button.  She was so proud of the Hello Kitty head that she cut and ran to show daddy that she cric-cutted.

I will read through the comments and choose 1 winner on January 9th.  Due to excessive international shipping cost this blog candy is United States shipping only, sorry.

Here is a Happy New Year svg to cut on your cricut.

I had an amazing day yesterday.  We went to the baby store to buy a car seat for Riley.  I had some gift cards that I planned on using and a 15% off coupon.  I was expecting to pay 179 minus 15% for the coupon.  When I went to the register, the cashier asked me if I was a baby club member and I said no.  I paid for the car seat and took it out to the car.  It dawned on me when I go to the car that I only paid $127.00 for the car seat.  I checked the receipt and the cashier had given me a coupon discount of $30.00 off an item and 15% off the remaining balance.  Awesome.  Then I had some restaurant gift cards to use from my birthday so my friend watched this kids for us and I took my husband out for dinner.  We stopped at Michael’s and they had a lot of Sizzix stuff on clearance.  I got to 2 font die sets for $9.97 marked down from $149.97.  Then they still had the baseball solutions cartridge on clearance for $19.97 so I ended up getting that as well.  All and all, I say not a bad day.

Here is my son walking (he is 10 months now), he took his first 2 steps to me and then that was it, nothing more.  A few days later when I was at work my husband told me that he got Riley taking a step on the video camera.  Yeah right, my husband got the whole thing on camera.  I am glad that I did not miss it after all.   This is him, really walking on his own.