This is what it looks like all put together....
I used this snap ring thingy, which you cannot find at WalMart (Robyn mentions getting them at WalMart in her video), at least not at the WalMart in Windsor, CA. I ended up getting these at Beverly's & they're made by 7 Gypsies. I got a pack of 10 for like $7 I think.
All I did was print out all the patterned paper on each Imagine cartridge I have. They all have 20 patterns per cartridge. I just selected the square shape from the pre-loaded images on my Imagine, set at 2" & popped in each pattern. It's a little time consuming but soooo worth it! At the 2" size all 20 patterns on the cart will fit easily on one page. I wrote the name of the cartridge on the back of each square (you could use computer labels if you want). Then I punched a 1/4" hole in all of them, put them on the ring & voila!! I organized mine by color within each cart but you can obviously do it however you want.
I was a bit skeptical on whether or not this would really help me but it has already helped me so much! I don't have to flip thru the books to coordinate my paper patterns. Plus it makes it super easy to coordinate patterns from different cartridges.
I hope you enjoyed my little OCD project! Lol....
You are slowly warming me up to the imagine...question: How much ink do you burn through. The hubs is worried that the amount of ink it is going to go through is going to cost the net worth of a small nation.
ReplyDeleteLet's see.... I've had mine for 2 months & I use it just about daily & my ink levels haven't even budged. According to PC it can do 60+ full 12x12 pages per ink cartridge, but doing full sheets of paper takes the most ink so unless you're gonna run a paper factory it should last quite a while. Plus the ink carts are only like $34 each (you need 2, 1 tri-color & 1 black). And you can order them with your Cricut rewards points! I just used my points to order refills just in case & it only cost me $12 total. It's so fun! You should totally get one! I was really skeptical about it for a long time cuz it had so many horrible reviews but I've been so happy with mine, no problems at all, amazing print quality & as long as you keep your machine calibrated the cut quality is excellent too. There... you think hubby is buyin any of this?? Lol :)
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