Tips and How-To’s

Cricut A to Z DVD IS BACK IN STOCK!!!

YAY!  It’s Friday and what better way to celebrate the weekend than to make sure you get your copy of Cricut A to Z!!?!?!
We FINALLY have them back in stock and we are going to be shipping all weekend and we have a crew coming to ship while we are out at CHA!    [...]


5 Top Color Combo/Color Coordination Help Sites

Want to know the biggest secret for scrapbooking or card making?
I seriously need to tell you that the number 1 secret to scrapbooking, card making or paper crafting in general is Paper Color Coordination!  It can literally make or break your projects.  Here is a little list of websites that will help you take some [...]

December 14th, 2009

5 Top Scrapbooking, Card Making Shops

Did you ever see the movie Confessions of a Shopaholic?  Put me in a scrapbooking store and my mind set and way of thinking QUICKLY turns into …  “The store always smells good, and the store can awaken a lust for things you didn’t even know you needed, and when your fingers grasp those shiny [...]

December 13th, 2009

5 (ok more like 16) Top Scrapbooking/Cardmaking Inspiration Blogs

I have been asked on more than one occasion where I get my inspiration from…well I usually answer, I get it just from things I see in everyday life…lego blocks for example was my latest inspiration for my Christmas Tree Cards.  I love pouring myself over my Cricut Handbooks to get ideas and think “outside [...]


5 Top Adhesives for Scrapbooking or Cardmaking

Adhesive, adhesive, adhesive!  Oh how I love the stickiness of you!
Adhesives seem to be the bane or glory of every scrapbooker out there, especially if you are using your Cricut machine.  Sometimes it’s hard to decide on what adhesive to use and when, why, how, all of the above!
I would like to say [...]


5 Top Favorite Papers for Scrapbooking or Cardmaking

I am in LOVE with Paper!  I have more paper than I can ever use and have half a forest in my house, but I can’t help it!  There is nothing at all like a fresh pack of designer paper, so clean and crisp, glittery with embossing, or shining from foil.  Oh How I Love [...]


5 Top Favorite Cricut Tools

Ok, so I already did my Top 5 Favorite Cricut Cartridges, now I am going to share my top five favorite and most used “tools” with my Cricut Machine.  I know you are thinking, what do you mean by tools, I’m not talking about the cartridges, blades, and the cutting mats, as far as I [...]

December 5th, 2009

Top 5 Favorite Cricut Cartridges

I LOVE my Cricut Cartridges, I now have a rather large library of cartridges, and even though I continue to build, I still have my five favorites as of December 2009.  I’ll let you know if it ever changes, but for a while now these have been and become my favorite cartridges.  Here is why!

Top [...]


Top 5 Favorites for Scrapbooking, Cardmaking and Cricut

Hey, I have had a lot of questions about what my top five favorites are on a lot of things, so I thought I would break it down for you.
Over the next few days stay tuned to Above Rubies Studio as I break down my top 5 favorites on topics like these and why they [...]


Cricut Cutting Mats: Save Money – ReStick – Reuse – Recycle

You are going to LOVE saving Money with this AMAZING product from Crafters Companion.  I picked this up from CustomCrops.com and I just love it. I have redone several mats with this now and I really do like it better than the Zig 2-Way Glue pens and GooGone.  (But that still works if you have [...]


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