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Archives for January 2020

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Amazing Giant Card with 2 Sheets of Cardstock

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Amazing Giant Card with 2 Sheets of Cardstock

After a week of pretty much everything I touched turning to… well, let’s say I’ve had better weeks! Anyway, with 2 good friends having a birthday coming up soon, naturally I wanted to make them some super, fantastic cards since I’m getting pretty good at this Cricut thing. Long story short, neither one of my ideas worked! Knowing these things will happen I just decided to scrap the whole idea and make them out of Design space. During my bath, the thought of how to make a giant card hit me! So let me show you how to make a giant card with the Cricut Maker.

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Getting to Know My Cricut MiniPress

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Getting to Know My Cricut MiniPress

I always kinda treat myself at Christmas and this year was no excepting! Adding to my Cricut collection, I got an MiniPress. To be honest, i was a little skeptical about it when I opened it. This this is really small! Then I started thinking about all the things that I could do with it. So come along as I’m getting to know my Cricut MiniPress!

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How to Make a Vertical Welcome Sign with Cricut

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How to Make a Vertical Welcome Sign with Cricut

Recently a friend asked me to make an item for the benefit they were holding for her mother’s final expenses. While I was very honored by this request, I was also a little scared. I didn’t exactly know what to make and would anyone bid on my piece?! I finally decided that a vertical welcome sign with my Cricut Maker would do the trick. Let me show you how I did it.

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How to Make Pillow Covers with a Cricut Maker

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How to Make Pillow Covers with a Cricut Maker

My spoiled friend asked me to make 2 pillow covers for her for Christmas knowing I’d be able to make something she loved and of course I did! Her taste is primitive, rustic, farmhouse….whatever they’re calling it these days! I did these pillows for her several years back. She still likes them, but wants change of pace. Using a pillow cover will give her the options. She dropped the pillows off the other day and I got started on them. Anyway, I’d like to show you how to make pillow covers with a Cricut Maker.

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7 Christmas Gifts to Make With the Cricut Maker

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7 Christmas Gifts to Make With Cricut

Every year I make my family’s Christmas presents. They never know what I’ve made , but this year I’m sure they know it’s going to be something made with the Cricut Maker since this is the first year for mine. I actually got it Black Friday last year, but no way did I know what all I could do with it. I’ve tried just about every kind of project there is in the past year and cut all different types of materials. Feeling confident in my abilities, I made  7 Christmas gifts with the Cricut Maker.

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