This is a very late share, but a share nonetheless; the holidays were crazy busy!

I shared this pic on my Instagram prior to Christmas because I was soooooo excited about how they turned out! My granddaughters are 7 years apart, age-wise. It’s becoming harder and harder to find matching pajamas or sister outfits as the oldest one gets older—ones I actually like, I mean. This year, I finally cried Uncle and decided to buy some matching “plain” pajamas and use my Cricut Maker to get what I wanted. Nana’s gotta do what Nana’s gotta do, am I right?!

Over the years, I have invested in various digital die cutting machines—still own the ones that haven’t died on me (RIP Eclips). Primarily, I got them to test my paper craft metal die designs prior to sending the designs off for production. Beyond that, for whatever reason, I didn’t really feel compelled to use them for much of anything else. When a friend raved about her Cricut Maker, I sat on the fence. C’mon, did I really, really need another such machine? Could it really be that much better than what I already had???

During all the holiday sales going on last year, I decided to “dip” my toe into the waters . . . I was pleasantly surprised at how much quieter it was in comparison to all my previous machines. It cut.like.buttah. Thoroughly impressed by the results, I plunged even deeper . . .

I LOVE playing with it! Honestly, I didn’t anticipate the extent to which I’d enjoy working with it or that I’d want to explore making NON-CARD (gasp!) things, LOL!

It was immensely gratifying to be able to customize/personalize these otherwise plain pajamas for the grandweebles! Note to self: Must get more flocked HTV. Meantime, I’m thinking about making some Valentine’s Day Mugs for them, because they love hot cocoa (Yes, I did get a Cricut Mug Press. And Infusible Ink. When I go deep, I go deep, LOL!) #notkidding #noregrets

Do you have/use a digital cutter? What do you like making with yours? I’ve heard some folks got one and a year later still haven’t taken it out of the box! GAAAAAH!!! (insert horrified look)

MATERIALS/SUPPLIES (I am not currently an affiliate for any of the companies/manufacturers listed below):

• 100% Cotton Striped Kids Pajamas from Target online

• Siser Stripflock Pro Red HTV (Heat Transfer Vinyl)

• Cricut Maker

• Cricut Easy Press 2

ANNOUNCEMENT

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