Stained Glass Effect with Cricut – 5 ways

Hello everyone! Is nice to be back and thanks for being here.

I finally got all the footage to upload this tutorial I hope you enjoy it

Using Offset Feature in Design Space to Create Electronic Dies for your Stamps

Hello!

I just wanted to drop by with a quick tutorial to create offset cuts for your stamps, or as I like to call them: Electronic Dies.

Lace Frame Birthday Card Tutorial + Giveaway! - (Closed)

Keeping the color of the year theme - Ultraviolet - I decided to make my sister a birthday card.This is the first project I made with my brand new Cricut Maker I got for Christmas, so I wanted all the cutting to speak for itself.
The downloadable file includes 3 versions of the card: english, spanish and also a blank version so you can put whatever you want inside the frame. Keep reading to learn how to add your own sentiment to this card right in Design Space.
Also enter for a chance to win a Chilean linen Texture paper Pack, instructions on post.

You Are Growing Up So Fast - Copic Colored Postcard + Free File

A new postcard is ready for you to download and practice coloring, also a new Video tutorial with emphasis on hair and clothes folds.

Princess Ballerina Shadow Box 6 - Free File and Video Tutorial

Hello crafters!
The collection is complete now.
The last one of the Shadow Boxes is here!. I finally took the time to write the last post, edit the video tutorial and have the courage to record my voice -accent and all- to guide you through the making of this last box.

Halloween Treat Coffins & Wicked Stickers

Hello crafters!
Here it is one of my favorite times of the year!
This year I haven't had time to create projects ahead of time, but here's a quick and easy Treat Box.

DIY Stencils With Your Cricut Machine

Hello everyone!
For those of you interested in materials to cut your own stencils, techniques and tips, this is a post for you, plus free stencil designs!

Princess Ballerina Shadow Box 4 File and Video Tutorial

There's no such thing as too much pink... and rhinestones

Princess Ballerina Shadow Box 3 File and Video Tutorial

A new shadow box and video tutorial

How to Print, then Print, then Cut - Getting the Best Resolution From Your Printer

Hi everyone!

If you are a Cricut user, you may have come across Design Space's (DS) Print then Cut (PTC) feature not using your printer's full resolution. According to Kay from Clever Someday it is due to the software need to lower the resolution of your uploaded images to work better on a browser based environment (or something like that). Designing images is a big thing for me and I like my lines to be as sharp as they possibly can, so I came up with a digital method to get the best printer resolution your machine is capable of delivering.

To see what I mean, here are two images:

Tsukineko Sponge Dauber Storage

Due to a request from Kathy, here's the SVG to make the Tsukineko Sponge Dauber Storage box.

Manual Print Then Cut (Before The Feature Was Added To Design Space)

I know the Print Then Cut (PTC) feature is coming to Design Space, but for those of you who can't wait or have to deliver something soon, here is the way I approached it    .
Here are the images and some explaining for the tutorial on Manual Print Then Cut
This is the way I cut all the text for my baby shower invitations I did a couple of months ago.

Refurbish your cutting mats

I know everybody has heard of or watched videos on how to make your mats sticky again, but it is never enough.

School Bus Box Card

I'm not sure if it was the 3D or the back school theme, but I figured you guys might want options for the days to come, so here I give you my School Bus Box Card.

Back To School Box Card

It is here!
My first box Card.
This is a giveaway!! (send me your address via mail and I'll sent it to you for free). I'm in Chile. so it will get to a different country in 2 or three weeks (sorry, expedited mail is so expensive).
For this card I used only colored cardstock, the chevron and notebook lines on some of the panels are from hero arts stamp with Mustard Seed distress ink (I love the background cling rubber stamps from hero arts). The Neenah Collection papers are so good with distress inks and the Kraft cardstock I got form amazon works wonders also. I used Crushed olive for the kraft cardstock, Rusty Hinge for the apples and stormy sky for the blue paper.

Written Background

I love how light colors look on dark paper but the wide tip of the Cricut's metallic pens doesn't give a lot of fine detail.
After trying a lot, I came up with a way to use my white and metallic gel pens on the explore. It is a very homemade fix, but I bet soon enough somebody is going to make an adapter.
So here it is.
I used a Pilot Choose 0.7 white gel pen. This is the one I found fits all the way into the adapter that comes with your machine.

Illustrator settings for Cricut

When designing for Cricut DEsign Space, these are the setting I use in Illustrator CC.