The Gypsy has two fonts that are already loaded on it when you get it.  The first one is call the Gypsy Font and the second is Gypsy Wandering.

This is one of the hearts that is on Gypsy Wandering.

I like this heart because of the two center holes.

I cut out 5 large hearts in white and 5 smaller hearts in a pink pattern paper.

I inked the white hearts and I glittered the edges of the smaller hearts using MS red glitter.

I used the grid lines on the self-healing mat to line up the white hearts and then used a see through ruler on top of them so I could evenly space where I wanted to mark the spot to make a hole.

I’m going to make a hole on each side of the heart and then place an eyelet through them so I can run a ribbon through them to make a banner for our menu board on the coffee bar at chruch.

I used my crop-a-dile to cut the eyelet holes and set them.  I really like this tool, especially for early in the mornings.  If I was using my regular punch I would be waking up Red from pounding 12 holes.

Using a small ribbon, cut the end at an angle and this will help you thread the ribbon in and out through the eyelets on each heart.

As the point wears just cut at an angle again to get it back to the point.

I used dimensional tape to lift the pink  pattern heart up off the white heart.  Then threaded the red heart ribbon through both hearts and did a simple knot.  Took a good sharp pair of scissors and cut the ends at an angle.

Do you know the difference between scissors and shears?  Scissors usually have blades that are under 6″ and shears have blades that are over 6″.  I didn’t know this and I have sewn for years.  I receive an e-mail about sewing and this was one of the fun facts I learned today.  I love learning new stuff!

I know that the eylets on the white heart is not showing but that is the way I designed it (actually, it was by accident). It will allow the ribbon to be run through the eyelets and not take away from the double stacked hearts.

Here are the 5 little dressed up hearts.  I took the pink ribbon and ran it in and out through the hearts and then tied some of the red heart ribbon in between each heart.

It makes a very cute banner.  Sorry, I did not remember to take  a picture of the final product (hey its 5:00AM).  It was just the right size for the menu board and when Valentine’s Day is over I’m going to use these on my GD scrapbook.  Another recycled item.

This was the first time I used my Gypsy to do everything.  I pulled the heart from Gypsy Wandering cart on to the mat and copied, resized and cut.  This was so easy.  The Gypsy plugs right into the Cricut.  You have to have a cart (it doesn’t matter which one) plugged into the Cricut for it to work.  Then you just tell the Gypsy to cut and it walks you through some reminders to check on the Cricut before you hit ok (which is nice to make sure you set your speed and pressure correctly for the paper you are cutting).  It worked like a charm.  Now if they could just get it to see both the Gypsy and Design Studio at the same time.  That way you could pull the stuff you design in your Gypsy over to your DS and see it on a bigger screen.  Who knows maybe that is in the works.