A crafters journey through retirement in her own personal paradise.
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It’s a dreary, cold, rainy late February day and my mind is longing for the day the flower containers are in full bloom. Spring has got to be on the way, there are daffodils coming up. Crocuses bloomed only to be snowed on. It will come, it just seems so far off this time of year. I’m going to make something cheery! So let me show you how to make a marble dangle plant poke.
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What am I going to make with my new Cricut Maker? This machine does everything! Just think of all the gifts and decorations it will make. The possibilities are endless! It cuts so many different things. Paper, vinyl, cardstock, fabric, chip board.
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After I got my Cricut Maker at a Black Friday sale, I dove in and did every project this wonder machine would do. Then I see glass etching projects. How did they do that?! I was on a mission to do another project! What to do first? I want to start small, so I found a glass piece at a thrift store to practice on.
It turned out perfect and was super easy to do! [Read more…]
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After getting my Cricut Maker I was excited to get started Sign Making-What’s the right way? OMG! What technique was I gonna use? What would work best? Don’t forget to check out more tips for sign making at the bottom of the article.
My first try was removable vinyl and it did OK, there was a little blurring where the paint ran under the vinyl.
So I searched Pinterest and YouTube for help. OK, brush Mod Podge on the project first to seal it and prevent seeping. This turned out somewhat sharper lines but not perfect. The obvious solution is to use permanent vinyl and make your design. My test for durability has been through cold, snow, rain and sun and has not come up yet. Still under observation as it’s only been out there a month so far.
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Cricut Addiction The Ugly Truth – A cautionary tale….I saw it years ago and it sparked a desire in me but oh my so much money for one. Drooling every time I saw one just made me want it even more! Eventually I gave in to my urges and embraced them, rewarded them finally with the Cricut Maker. Pure giddy excitement followed. Would it ever arrive?! I was beside myself with anticipation.
When it finally came, I took it out of the box and just stared at it in wonder that it was actually mine. All the things I could do with it! Cut fabric for my sewing projects, stencils for my wood signs, make cards and put vinyl on all sorts of things.
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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.
