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15 Precious Tips For Using The Cricut Maker

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Precious Tips

 Six weeks of owning the new Cricut Maker and am crazy about it! The sky is the limit now that I’m no longer afraid of the machine. Do a couple of projects and that fear goes away! You’ll be ready to tackle everything that wonderful machine will cut! Scour the internet for every nugget of knowledge, try every project that interests you and you will have a list of tips also. Nothing like learning as you go!

I learned these as a newbie, some of my tips might be obvious, but at the time it was a light bulb moment for me! Here is my list of 15 Cricut Maker tips I’ve learned (some the hard way!)  in random order.

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Getting to Know My New Cricut Maker

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Getting to know my new cricut make3
Getting to know my new cricut make
Getting to know my new cricut make

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I took the plunge and bought a new Cricut Maker because I’d been drooling over them for years. I’m a total newbie! Taking a little time getting to know my new Cricut maker because it is like a foreign object to me! Intimidating! I’m pinning Cricut ideas and watching YouTube’s about the Cricut Maker and projects like a fiend! I feel another craft obsession coming on, oh my! Seems like a good idea to watch a few videos to familiarize yourself with the Cricut machine before using it. There is tons of information out there, it’s overwhelming! First thing to do is download the Design Space app for the patterns. It’s certainly time to take it out of the box and stop being afraid of it! On to learn more!

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Behind the Scenes Glimpse at My Creative Spaces

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How to Make a Wooden Pumpkin In The Beginning

I have been sewing since I was 13. My wonderful mother taught me the absolute right was to do things by making me rip out any stitching I had done wrong. Boy did I hate her for that at the time! Now I’m very grateful as I strive for perfection in everything that I do. My mom exposed me to many different crafty things and techniques. She was a lifelong seamstress and crafter. Thank you mother. I love you! Hoping you can see a behind the scenes glimpse of my creative spaces from heaven! I’m so lucky to have two! I love creating primitive decorations and garden decorations that I now offer at my Etsy shop.
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How To Add Sparkle to a Tree with Sun Catchers

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How to Add Sparkle to a Tree with Sun Catchers

How to Add Sparkle to a Tree with Sun Catchers

How to Add Sparkle to a Tree with Sun Catchers

How to Add Sparkle to a Tree with Sun Catchers
How to Add Sparkle to a Tree with Sun Catchers

Sparkle in The Limbs

Beautiful day to hang my prized possessions. I’ll show you how to add sparkle to a tree with sun catchers. My husband says it’s too much but then conceded they are pretty cool. A few years back, I started crafting these glittery darlings. Bought tons of glass and acrylic beads and began making them to sell. Well, long story short, I tried at one craft fair to sell them and didn’t have any luck, so I kept them! It was going to be hard to part with them anyway if someone would have bought one!
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How to Make a Flat Marble Framed Sun Catcher

How to Make a Flat Marble Framed Sun Catcher
How to Make a Flat Marble Framed Sun Catcher
How to Make a Flat Marble Framed Sun Catcher

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Colorful Flat Marbles

Beautiful sun catchers have been my thing this year! Happily, I’m going to show you how to make a flat marble framed sun catcher. I’ve used all kinds of glinty objects in several different ways to make sun catchers. Sunny days around here sparkle! My latest creations are made with flat marbles glued in a frame and are very versatile . I use them in the house and in the yard to add color and sparkle in places. I also love the way the glass bead sun catchers shimmer in the sun!

The size difference of the marbles sometimes puts you in a place you have to use it!

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How to Make Glass Bead Sun Catchers

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Today is the day to show you how to make glass bead sun catchers.  My good friend’s birthday is coming up and she loves my sun catchers. She got one for Christmas, but wants another one, so b-day present it is! Gives me a great opportunity to show you how to make a gorgeous, sparkly sun catcher!
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