only to hear me say I am leaving my Cricut in the closet so I can spend more time with simple cards and paper stamps and ink... you might be disappointed. It's ok I get it. I was an all Cricut paper crafter. I thought using dies was not as good as what a Cricut could do. I didn't really get it. But once I gave it a try I saw what everyone was talking about. The dies made your images so much more dynamic with the rounded edges and more. But you may have noticed I have been here before and I always fall back on my tried and true SVG designing and Cricut.
Why? it was business decision not a love of crafting decision. As I explained my business was a treadmill of finding the new big idea and my Cricut classes and classroom was where I thought would help my business bottom line but I have come to realize it was time to do what I loved not what I thought my business plan said. Oh so so much happier! Yes it was time to make cards the way I wanted with paper, stamps and ink and COLORING!
So where do you start? Don't go out and buy a ton of products. Watch a few videos, follow along here where I share the behind the scene thoughts and see if you might want to give this a try with me. It is a lot like when I helped you get started with Design Space and Cricut. If you tried to Cricut with too thin paper and the wrong mat and svgs you found in a free Facebook group that have never been tested by a Cricut Paper Crafter (yup those make me crazy!) you would not have success either. Just a few tiny tweeks can make all the difference.
Ink and stamps from the Dollar Store are really really different than Stampin' Up! stamps, inks and papers. But you really don't need everything in the catalog (although that is a fun shopping experience!) Let's go slow and see what you like and what you will use. I heard some great advice "make sure you will use the stamp set for at least 3 projects" I love that!
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