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An introduction…

Crafters and fellow paper crafting addicts, I would like to introduce you to Mischief — my partner in crime!

 

 

Isn’t Mischief AMAZING?!??!  What?  You’ve never heard of an eCraft???  Mischief is my first ever electronic die-cutter and oh the things she can do!!!  But before I tell you how awesome Mischief is, you gotta clear your mind of everything you know about those other die-cutters that you can buy in the craft stores…this machine is NOTHING like those!  How?

No sticky mat.  None, nada, zip, nope!  You don’t need it and really, who wants that?  I don’t!  Those things are gross and a total pain.

No insanely priced cartridges or image cards.  I can use my own designs, I can use any of the wonderful designs available on the internet, I can use the cards designed for the machine (at VERY reasonable prices) and I can even purchase single designs off the eCraft website.  Its MY choice and I’m a girl who likes choices!

3rd party software compatible.  That’s right, THIRD PARTY PLUG-INS ALLOWED!  So if you’re already using SCAL or MTC, there’s no need to stop using them.  Don’t own those?  No worries, eCraft come with software!  Included!  No extra charge…  FREE!!!!

Inexpensive replacement blades.  Not that you’ll need them for a while since the eCraft comes with 1 blade in the machine and 4 extras too.  Not just that; this machine comes with a pen in the machine AND an extra one.

What have I cut with my Pinc?  Super thin paper, card stock, textured card stock, CHIPBOARD and I even kiss-cut some contact paper designs for my daughter who changes her bedroom decor almost as often as she changes clothes!  What is kiss-cut, you ask?  It means that I cut the sticky contact paper but not the wax paper it sits on.  How cool is that?!?!?  Bring on the VINYL, cuz I can cut that too!

Need to cut a whole bunch of the same design?  I can do that too!  My eCraft has 3 ways to feed paper…tray, roller and through the front.  So to cut a bunch of the same design I just stack some paper in the tray, tell Mischief how many I want cut and off she goes!  Why, she’ll even arrange the design so that I can get as many cuts as possible from each piece of paper…

Got a really intricate design?  That’s easy!  Place your paper on top of a sheet of card stock, feed them both into the machine and cut.  The extra piece of card stock helps support the intricate design while its being cut.  And no, you don’t need to use any adhesive…

Don’t like the color?  How about blue or white or purple?

What else can an eCraft do?  That’s what I’m going to find out; see, I’ve only had this machine for a few weeks.  So keep stopping by to check out what Mischief and I have been up to!  And while you’re waiting for my first project to get posted, why not have a look around eCraft’s website — the link is over there on the right side of my blog, up towards the top 🙂

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On a more serious note…

Its that time of year; the anniversary of my decision to take back my life.  This is something very personal for me and its incredibly hard to post pictures of the person I long to forget.  But I need to remember; I need to face my past mistakes to prevent them from repeating.  I will persist, I will never give up.

2004 then – size 30/32, Dec. 2011 now – petite medium tops, 8/10 pants.

Don’t tell me you can’t do it, I’m proof it can be done.  Don’t tell me its too hard, it just take perseverance. Don’t ask me what pills I took or diet I followed, there are no ‘miracle cures’; today’s ‘miracle’ is yesterday’s fad. And we all know that fads don’t work long term. Don’t tell me fast food tastes too good, it doesn’t taste THAT good. Don’t tell me you’ll have to give up everything you love, because if you don’t change, you will have given up on yourself and you won’t be around to enjoy what you ‘love’.

There’s a phrase on my mother’s refrigerator that speaks volumes — You can’t lose weight by talking about it, you have to keep your mouth shut.

What I did – I gave up fast food, soda and buffets; I walk, a lot! I roller skated, a lot! I eat sweets on special occasions, I eat protein, veggies and fruit – very little bread, rice, etc. I made long term changes; it took me years to get that big and its taken me 7 years to become 1/2 the person I was. There have been ups and downs but I never gave up. My family and close friends have supported me, loved me and encouraged me every step of the way.

So don’t tell me that you can’t do it…because if you really wanted to, you’d stop making excuses and start making changes.

And for those of you heading out this evening…From 6pm-6am on New Year’s Eve/Day AAA will take you and your car home for FREE. You don’t have to be a member! Save this number — 1-800-222-4357. This is being offered Nationwide!  Please, don’t become a statistic that your family must endure.  Don’t drink and drive.