Make a Hexagonal Explosion Box (and add Chocolate!) – SVG PDF EPS DXF PNG
Explosion boxes – don’t worry, nothing incendiary is involved – have been getting a lot of attention in the world of papercraft for years. They can consist of a series of card types, incorporating a series of traditional pop-up card techniques, but they’re all based around a simple frame that opens (or ‘explodes’!) when…
Read MoreHow to Make a St Patrick’s Day Shaker Card with your Cricut – FREE SVG DXF EPS PNG PDF Files
It may be a celebration of Ireland’s patron saint – credited with converting Ireland to Christianity – but celebrations for St Patrick’s Day have spread around the world, and are also rather enthusiastic in the United States! If you want to send a card to mark the day, then why not give our shaker card…
Read MoreWebinar Replay: Five Top Tips to Create Custom Designs on Your Cricut – with FREE Pop-Twist Files
Watch our FREE webinar on Five Top Tips to Create Custom Designs on Your Cricut here! (Click on the image below). As well as our pop-twist card demonstration, and FREE svg cut files, you’ll also get the chance to sign up for Cutting Machine Magic AND get our fast action bonus…our popular papercut alphabet… It…
Read MoreHow 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…
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