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Tuesday 26 February 2013

Alphalicious II

The Cricut 'Font' Cartridges come in orange boxes, 'Image' Cartridges come in blue boxes and 'Classmates' Cartridges come in green boxes. There are some exceptions to these colors, when the cartridge is exclusive to certain companies. Recently new cartridges have been released that have a variety of coloured covers. You'll need to check the front to see if they are marked "Art" cartridge. That means they are mainly "image" cartridges.  'Solutions' Cartridges only have about 50 images on them. 'Seasonal' Cartridges only have about 25 images on them. Neither Solutions, nor Seasonal Cartridges have handbooks with them.  Cricut 'Cake' Cartridges can be used with any Cricut machine, not just the Cricut Cake.

So here's the second of 'MY Cricut Cartridge Alphabet' -  'ALPHALICIOUS', this is a font cartridge and is designed by rob and bob studio.
 
Cricut® Alphalicious Cartridge  Cricut® Alphalicious Cartridge  Cricut® Alphalicious Cartridge  Cricut® Alphalicious Cartridge
 
The creative features are:- 'short stack', 'crown tag', 'matchbook', 'crest card', 'shadow' and 'short stack shadow'.  The font styles are great, very modern in design and the different creative features make this a pretty versilite cartridge.  The 'matchbook' feature is really good for something different, particularly if you like to put small gifts and/or sachets into your cards.  I also like that there is both a 'card' and a 'tag' feature.  As well as this, there are some phrases towards the back of the booklet, although I think it would have been nice to include some kind of 'love' phrase.
 
My View... as font cartridges go, this is a good one (it can be difficult to make a card using ONLY a font cartridge unless you are making something very simple), but I come back to this cartridge time and time again when I need an alphabet. 
 
My Verdict... if you get it, I have NO DOUBT that you'll use it!
 
 
 
 
This is cut using the 'card' feature button (p.121) with 'ALPHALICIOUS', I love the shape of it.  Here I have used it for a 'love' card but I think it would work particularly well for a 'halloween' card.  The dogs are cut using 'BOYS WILL BE BOYS' and the hearts are from 'ACCENT ESSENTIALS', the flowers are from my stash., with added sparkle (stickles) of course!
 
Challenges...
 
PAPER CRAFTING INSPIRATION - #122 - 'Love Your Pet'
 
A CARD A DAY Blogging - Tuesday
 
CRAFTY CATZ - 'Dies and Punches'
 
PIN AND TACK - #6 - 'Anything Goes' - "Spark Your Creativity Now!"
 
CARDS TV - #125 - 'Critter Cuties'
 
FAB 'N' FUNKY - #159 - 'Flower Power'
 
HECK OF A CHALLENGE - ' Love Is All Around Us...'
 
ALLSORTS CHALLENGE BLOG - #195 - 'Animals'
 
THE PINK ELEPHANT - TPE 188 - 'Anything Goes'
 
 
 
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10 comments:

  1. Super use of your Cricut Karen.

    Thanks so much for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge this week.

    B x

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  2. What a cute card! I love this shape and I love the puppies, your flowers and hearts are just perfect on this card. I have this cart, but have never used the card feature, will have to check it out! Thanks for joining us at My Paper Crafting Cricut challenge
    ;-)

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  3. Great creation, Karen. I love my Cricut too but don't use it as often as I'd like. This is wonderful inspiration. Your doggies are so cute.

    Thanks for linking up with us at Fab'n'Funky Challenges. Hope you'll join us again soon.

    Rachel x

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  4. Cute card feature! Adorable little dogs :) Thanks for joining us over at the Cricut challenge for My Paper Crafting.

    Hugs, Sheena
    Dew Drops & Glue Dots

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  5. How fun! I love this project! Thank you for joining us this week at the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge! I hope you join us again soon!

    Jackie, Fab 'n' Funky DT

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  6. What a fun art work.. the dogs are just so great! Thanks for joining us at HOA challenge!
    ;-) Alex H.

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  7. Great shaped card, Karen! (It would make a great Halloween card, too.) Your pups are so cute with their googly eyes! Thanks so much for linking up at MyPaperCrafting.com and joining the fun in our "Love Your Pet" challenge.

    ~ Jen, MPC Design Team
    www.gator-4-life.blogspot.com

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  8. Lovely card. Thanks for sharing it with us at crafty catz this week. Naomi x

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  9. Aww, this is adorable, love the shape and colours. Thank you so much for joining us at Allsorts for our Animals challenge x

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