Do you have a Cricut?

Thanks, I just love it! Now it's hard to set time aside to do it. You can't just scrap for 5 minutes or so... once you start a page you can't stop and I usually end up killing a whole day! LOL

I can't remember all the cartridges I have, I have only about 5. There are actually several more uses for it then just scrapping. You can cut stencils and fabric. It has a lot of uses for crafting and decorating. So far, I only use mine for scrapping and I LOVE it. It was well worth the $100 bucks. I get all of my cartridges off of Ebay, and a lot of times you can find great deals.

I seen that paper doll cartridge, I thought it would be great for a little girl. I don't have the Home Solutions cartridge yet, but I really want to try to get it.
I haven't used the Sissix, but I have seen it. It's SOOOO not as good as a Cricut. Do you have the personal Cricut or the Expression? I have the personal one, which is great for me.

I have the personal one and its just fine for me......my friend is a manager at a store and does bulletin boards for her crew and she wishes she had waited and gotten the expressions....but I just use it for scrapping and cards so I am good with it.

I LOVE those infomercials, they always teach me something new I can do with my machine. I actually caught my fiance watching it late at night one night after I had bought mine. It was so funny because he was like "look honey, look at all of the stuff it can do!!". I just kept saying "I know, I know!". It was just too funny.

I still do use stickers and stuff, because sometimes you still need an added touch. I don't feel like it takes away your personal touch because you are still laying it out and using your hand writing or journaling. I like to cut headers with mine or sometimes extra embellishments.

You should try to attend a "crop party" where someone has one so that you can try it out. I did that, and fell in love with it instantly.

You could tell your hubby to put it on your Christmas list!

I just recently figured out how to layer, but haven't tried it yet. From the video that I watched on their website, yes you have to cut out the pieces in the colors that you want, and glue together. I do believe that would result in extra pieces. I thought about that as well, and was thinking it would be a waste. My solution is to mix and match the extra pieces that are cut, put together the extra "item" and ebay them. LOL
It sounds like you are doing it right though. Did you watch the video tutorial on their website on how to layer? What you just described sounds like how they did it on there.