How to Customise a Swing Card for ANY Occasion Using Cricut Design Space: Livestream Series Part 5
The final day of our five-livestream series involved some Design Space stuff and some…actual, physical, PVA-wielding crafting! We showed you how to make your own customised card using our FREE swing card template – using our own practical example, which turned out to be a ‘hank you’ card to a cat. (Yes…the ‘T’ went missing…) Anyway…
Read MoreFive Tips for Using the Cricut Knife Blade: Livestream Series Part Four
On day four of our livestreams we shared some really great (even if we do say so ourselves) tips on working with Cricut’s knife blade – a marvellous piece of kit that can really transform what you make on your Cricut…if you know how! And tip five is an ABSOLUTE belter – a great way…
Read MoreHow to Print and Cut in Cricut Design Space: Livestream Series Part 3
Day three of our livestreams explored Cricut’s fab Print and Cut feature. I don’t know about you but I was really slow to realise just how fabulous it is! We showed you how to make business cards using the feature…and then we started to show how pattern fill works, but got confused by the new…
Read MoreCricut, Inkscape and Illustrator…without tears!: Livestream Series Part Two
Day two of our livestreams looked at how EASY (honestly!) it can be to use Inkscape and or Illustrator – should you want to work offline or make more elaborate designs. As we showed…certain functions are actually a bit simpler in Inkscape or Illustrator – especially getting your fonts right! In case you didn’t catch…
Read MoreWeld, Slice, Attach, Group and Contour in Cricut Design Space: Livestream Series Part One
Day one of our livestreams began with Weld, Slice, Attach, Group and Contour in Cricut Design Space, where we explored five of the main features of Cricut’s native designs software. In case you didn’t catch us live – and thanks so much if you did! – you can watch below. We’re still very happy to…
Read MoreMaking a Personalised Car Tote Bag or Cushion on the Cricut or Silhouette
I wanted to create a personalisable, customisable file – I mean it could have been people on a train, or plane or car or anything (I’m open to adding vehicles to the range, so drop me a line if you have any suggestions you’d like to see!) I really love my car (a Nissan…
Read MoreMaking Colour-changing Mugs with the Cricut or Silhouette
This is a really fun project…it’s a colour-changing mug you can make on your cutting machine. Before you pour hot water into it, your mug is ‘asleep, with eyes shut, eye bags and frown lines. After you’ve poured hot water (and presumably, some caffeine-heavy sustaining beverage…OK, coffee or tea!) then the eyes become alert! Er…please…
Read MoreMaking a Christmas Charm Bracelet on the Cricut Maker or Silhouette Cameo – SVG PDF EPS PNG and PDF Cut Files
This Christmas charm bracelet is such a fun thing to make with shrink film plastic – there are so many names for it, but you might know it as Shrinky Dinks, Shrinkles or Shrinkies. It’s a fun project for the holidays in general – however, if you’re making an advent calendar what’s great…
Read MoreMaking a Personalised Christmas Advent Calendar on your Cricut – FREE SVG DXF EPS PNG PDF Cut Files
To make a Personalised Advent Calendar you will need: 3-4 sheets A3 cardstock (in the colour you’d like to make the housing in) Medium-weight cardstock in whatever colour(s) you want to make the drawers in. Small amount vinyl for the drawer numbers and personalisation design PVA glue and spreader Masking tape (otherwise known as Painter’s…
Read MoreMaking a Christmas Tree-Shaped Bauble Holder with your Cricut Maker and the Knife Blade – SVG Cut File
I know a lot of us make baubles on our Cricut machines – but have you got anywhere to display yours? There’s no need to use a banana hook – you can make a Christmas tree-shaped bauble holder on your Cricut Maker! It’s SO EASY with our cut file – you have to cut…
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