Crafts Unleashed

It was our first day (well, only a 1/2 day considering the travel schedule) at the CHA Supershow, and it was exciting right off the bat! Screams could be heard echoing throughout the convention center as familiar, big-name companies debuted- and gave away- their newest products.

Just a snippet of what we saw today:

Paula from Purple Cow

Here’s Paula from Purple Cow, showing off the new Free Style Mouse cutting kit. I hope to get a video of this, but visualize a mini rotary cutter in a safe plastic sheath. Press down and the blade activates, release and it goes back up into the protective dome. Now imagine that you can swap out the straight rotary blade with a deckle, perforation, wave or other blade without worrying about cutting your fingers! That kind of explains it.

It will cut craft metal (and metal cans), fabrics, papers, cardstocks, etc, all without templates so you can truely “freestyle”- pick the shape YOU want. It will also work with the Purple Cow cutting guide, though, if you want perfectly straight cuts. So flexible and cool!

I also peeked over into the Cricut display…and there it was- the Cricut CAKE. Yup, you heard it, a Cricut designed just for cake decorating. Move over, Cake Boss! Of course, this booth was mobbed and I only got one picture…but there’s always tomorrow!

New- Cricut CAKE!

Since it’s been a looooong day, I’m going to save a few tasty morsels to share with you tomorrow: stop back in for the lastest CHA trends!