Holiday Expressions - Focus on Cricut® Collections

As I mentioned earlier this month, on September 1, a new Holiday Expressions 2018 Idea Book was introduced.

Holiday Expressions may be viewed at my Consultant website or you can download a printable PDF (links open in a new tab). If you would like a list of items in HE, the Product Index (in PDF format) may be helpful; I use mine for a wish list and as a way to track purchases. CTMH also produced a PDF of Recipes which lists the products used (and Cricut shapes, if applicable) to create the samples found in the book. Holiday Expressions is valid until December 31, 2018.

Today I will highlight the Cricut® Collections available exclusively from CTMH and the stamp sets that coordinate with Cricut® shapes.

In September 2017 we learned that Provo Craft made to decision to discontinue production of physical Cricut® cartridges, therefore all Cricut® Collections that include a physical cartridge are available while supplies last.

I should also point out that the Collections, both cartridge and digital collections, that were introduced prior to Holiday Expressions are $10 less than they were last year.

Cartridge Collections	Digital Collections
for use with Cricut® machines that CANNOT BE used with Design Space	for Cricut® machines that ARE used with Design Space
Introduced in Holiday Expressions - see pages 116-117 in HE
not available in cartridge format	Cricut® Season of Joy Digital Collection (Z3296) see HE page 117
Introduced in Annual Inspirations 2017-2018 - see pages 90-92 in AI '17-'18
not available in cartridge format	Cricut® Hello USA Digital Collection (Z3390) see HE page 118
not available in cartridge format	Cricut® Hello Canada Digital Collection (Z3391) see HE page 119
not available in cartridge format	Cricut® Hello AU/NZ Digital Collection (Z3392) see HE page 119
Cricut® You Are Here Collection (Z3297) see HE page 120	Cricut® You Are Here Digital Collection (Z3502) see HE page 120
Introduced in Annual Inspirations 2016-2017 - see pages 74-75 in AI '16-'17
not available in cartridge format physical cartridges are no longer produced	Cricut® Flower Market Digital Collection (Z3501) see HE page 121
Introduced in Annual Inspirations 2015-2016 - see pages 118-119 in AI '15-'16
Cricut® Artistry Collection (Z3298) see HE page 122	Cricut® Artistry Digital Collection (Z3500) see HE page 122
Introduced in Autumn/Winter 2018 - see pages 58-59 in A/W '13
Cricut® Artbooking Collection (Z3299) see HE page 123	Cricut® Artbooking Digital Collection (Z3503) see HE page 123

In addition to the stamp sets that are included with some collections, the following stamp sets have at least one stamp that is compatible with a Cricut® shape:

Meant to Be (C1743) Cricut® Artistry Collection see HE page 102

Your Special Day (D1804) Cricut® Artistry Collection see HE page 103

If you are a long-time Close To My Heart customer, you know that there have been other Cricut® Collections and Cricut® compatible stamp sets which are no longer available. I believe my Google Sheet devoted to Cricut® compatible stamp sets is up-to-date with both retired and current stamp sets; if you find any errors or missing stamp sets, please use the Contact Form one the right to let me know.

Thank you for stopping by today.