I'm Crazy For Cri-Kits!!!!

Good Evening Yall! I hope you are enjoying a relaxing Monday night! Boy, have I got some awesome scrappy news for you!!! If you are a Cricut lover like me, there is a new, rather impressive product on the market called Cri-Kits that is absolutely FABULOUS! I mean WOW!!! I was sent a package of these to try out from the friendly staff over at Cri-Kits and I think I have found a new favorite toy!!!

If you are not familiar with Cri-Kits, let me give you a little background:
1. Cri-Kits are gelly pens that can be used with your Cricut Die Cutting machine.
2. Each pen can be inserted into the durable magnetic 'carrier', which holds a lifetime warranty, when ready to use. The pen simply slides in and clicks into place because of the magnet inside. If you would like to see a video of the pen in action, go here.
3. The quality of the pens is awesome! I played with almost every color and achieved smooth results each time. There was no skipping in ink at all! Wow!
4. The pens come in 4 different packs with each pack containing 10 pens in various colors. They have regular/neon colors, metallic, glitter, and pastels. That's 40 colors. They also offer 2 pack of 3-color swirl pens.
5. But the best thing about Cri-Kits....they are way more inexpensive than other brands on the market!!!!

Also, if you do decide to order, you have the option of ordering the pens with or without the carrier. Cri-Kits are offering a free carrier to people with competing products or previous Cricut Gelly owners.

I created a card with the pens I received. I chose to receive the 'Glitter' set of pens and I love them! I just love the shimmer these have to them when you hold them up to the light. When I saw these, I immediately wanted to create something that was a bit toned down. So I decided to 'draw' the chandelier from the Cricut 'Home Decor' cartridge with the black gelly pen. I 'drew' the image onto some patterned paper and then adhered rhinestones for some bling. Here is my card:

(note: I sat the Cri-Kits gelly pen package next to my card so you could see what these look like.)

I love the subtle effect of the pens. If you want to create a bolder effect, simply 'draw' the image twice using the 'multi-cut' function on your Cricut machine.

I also wanted to try out writing a phrase/word with these pens. So I chose the word 'Adore' from the 'Home Decor' cartridge. I think it 'drew' the word beautifully. I used the red pen for it and it too has a wonderful shimmer to it. I placed my word on top of a frame shape from 'Home Accents.'

These pens were so easy and FUN to use! I can't wait to create some more projects with them!!!

Also, be sure to hop on over to the Cri-Kits website to check out these pen. While you are there, be sure to ENTER the giveaways they are hosting for the grand opening of the site!!! Whoo hoo! They are giving away a Cricut Gypsy to the winner!!!! Also, a few lucky runners up will receive gift certificates, SCAL software, free pens, etc. So check it out:

http://www.cri-kits.com/

Cri-Kits offers a forum too that's great for chattin' and ideas....www.cri-kits.com/forum

AND...I too will be giving away a FREE kit on my blog! All you have to do is leave a comment to be entered!!! If you can, please leave me some way I can get in touch with you if you are selected as the winner. You may leave your blog addy, etc. I will randomly select the winner on April 10!!! Good luck yall!!!!

I hope all of you have a wonderful rest of the week! Take care and Happy Scrappin'!!!!