Archive for March 2018
Making an Octagonal Gift Box with your Cricut SVG EPS DXF PNG PDF Wedding Favours
This is another file that looks really complex but isn’t, because your cutting machine and the file do all the hard work! You will need: Paper – the mid-sized version of this (the default size in the file) is designed to be made on a mere two sheets of A4 (that’s slightly larger than Letter…
Read MoreMaking a US Map with Stamps Background on the Cricut Maker – FREE SVG PDF EPS PNG DXF
Mortified by my own pathetic amount of travelling (though – I have visited the two American states I’ve been to multiple times!) I decided to do something about my photo map, as my own version was looking a bit empty! So…I put some stamps in the background. I love this…I’ll definitely be doing it for…
Read MoreCreating a Framed Photo Map of the USA with your Cricut FREE SVG DXF EPS PNG
I made this project in response to a query on Melody Lane’s Facebook group, which is a fab place full of really supportive crafters! Anyway – a member of the group wanted to make a photo map of the United States with all of the pieces cut out – after a bit of grappling with…
Read MoreHow to Make a Happy Veganniversary Card on the Cricut or Silhouette
I’m not a vegan – still too much of a weakness for cheese, but I’ll work on it – but I have an increasing number of friends who are. If you are a vegan, I highly recommend you visit FriFran.com, an amazing resource for both vegans and coeliacs! In the meantime, here’s a card that…
Read MoreHow to Make a Pop-up Box Birthday Card on the Cricut or Silhouette SVG PDF EPS DXF PNG Cut Files
I’ve really got to find a new way to write these pages without the line: ‘I love pop-up cards.’ But I do! They continue to fill me with joy! Today we’re making a birthday card! The box opens to reveal a cake, a pair of birds and an abundance of flowers! To make a Birthday Box…
Read MorePrint and Cut Rainbow Stickers or Straw Toppers on the Cricut FREE SVG EPS PNG PDF
This is a super-quick make, and a perfect opportunity to use the magical Print and Cut setting! Things have apparently moved on since the parties of my childhood, where the classic combo of pickled onion, tinned pineapple and a square of Red Leicester on a stick were the height of sophistication! You can’t have a…
Read More10 Best Free Fonts to Make ‘Hand-drawn’ Posters on the Cricut
It’s taken me a while to ‘get’ the point of the ‘Write’ feature on the Cricut. First of all, I had the familiar experience of having outlined text every time I tried to use it. Then, when I realised that single-line fonts were the ones to choose if I wanted something that wasn’t an outline.…
Read MoreMaking a Carry Case for your Cricut Machine – FREE sewing pattern for the Cricut Maker
As I want to be able to transport my Cricut Maker – and I know a lot of people like to carry theirs around to classes, craft fairs and the like – I really wanted to make a case for the Cricut Maker that I could actually CUT on the Cricut Maker. For a while…
Read MoreMaking Bow and Headband Display Cards on the Cricut – SVG DXF EPS PDF PNG
We’ve covered how to make bows of course…but it seems lots of people, quite reasonably, want cards to display their fabulous makes on! So here we have a super-simple but extremely useful make: bow and headband display cards. You can, of course, resize them to fit your bow perfectly, but if you print them up…
Read MoreMaking a Three-tier Pop-up Cake Birthday Card on a Cricut
We love pop-ups, and this is a great one! It’ll only take you a few pieces of card and a bit of patience. A three-tier birthday card emerges out of a card bearing a simple (but spangly!) Happy Birthday message! You will need: I made the card from a variety of different colour cardstocks and…
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