Decorating Wineglasses with Cricut Adhesive Foil

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My daughter got engaged this summer and was wanting to make Bridesmaid boxes.   These glasses were really fun to make and inspired me to try something new with my diecutting machine.

I love that I can design in Silhouette Studio Business Edition and save as an SVG file.  I find that when you are working with fonts that Studio is much easier to work with than Cricut Design Space.  I wasn't sure about how well the foil would cut with the Silhouette Portrait though, so I uploaded the finished file to Cricut Design Space and cut on a 12x12 mat with my Cricut Explore.

We did four glasses - one for her plus the Maid of Honour and two Bridesmaids. 

The font is Magnolia Sky

The Cricut Metallic Adhesive Foil can be tricky to work with.  It does not like to stick to the transfer paper.  I had to gently pull off the backing and push the letters onto the transfer paper to get it stuck down.   The back of the foil is really sticky, so you need to know exactly where you want it before letting it touch the surface or it may rip if you try and move it.

I had watched a few videos before cutting it.  I was much easier to get it around the glass with the slits cut into the paper.  And the wings on the sides gave me something to hold onto without touching the sticky backing on the letters.

I cradled each glass on a pillow, which kept it from rolling around while I was attaching the words.

Not quite finished here -  we had ordered photo boxes from Amazon and cut out each person's name with the Rose Gold Foil and attached to the box lid.  My daughter wanted to make sure the boxes would be deep enough before adding in more tissue paper and gift items.  I didn't get to see them when she was done but she said they turned out great and everybody loved them.  

 We had lots of foil left over and I'm looking forward to making more items for her wedding. 

Bash My Stash: Christmas Layout using Scrapbook Generation Sketch

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I love the Sketches by Scrapbook Generation.  I found myself constantly pinning their layouts so I decided to buy a few of their e-books earlier this year and I find I am using them a lot.

I'm working on older albums and my pictures are all printed in 4x6 format.  I've been scanning the pictures with my Photomyne app before scrapping so I have a digital copy in addition to the original negatives.

I bought a couple of the 4x6 SG Sketch Books and recently added the 6x6 Paper Pad Class to my collection.   I have a bunch of 6x6 samplers left over from when I was with CTMH and I figured the layouts would probably work with almost any paper that I have in my stash too.

This layout uses one of the 6x6 paper pad sketches.   I used up some of my 8-1/2 x 11 cardstock from Michaels (comes in those multi packs that always go on sale each month).

My journaling circle was inspired by some layouts that I saw on YouTube by ohMamarazzi Scrapbooking.   I cut the circle and the mat on my Cricut.

The Holly was cut using the CTMH Artistry Cricut cartridge - I backed it in white and brushed over it with my CTMH Clear Shimmer Brush for some sparkle - to go with the white accent on the Holly on the cardstock.
The titles were cut with my Cricut using the Augenblick font.

I embellished with some CTMH White Shimmer Trim, Whisper Twine and Black Sparkle Flourishes.
I'm trying to use up as much of my stash as possible before buying anything new.  It's fun rediscovering things that I've bought over the past few years.

Bash My Stash: Layout using Recollections Giant Paper Pad

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Another layout using up product from my paper stash.   My goal this year is to keep up a steady pace so I can get my older albums completed and use up as much paper and embellishments that I already own instead of purchasing more.

It's been easier than I thought and with my husband being on strike the past couple weeks I have been able to complete a bunch of layouts without spending a dime.

I love using my Cricut to create custom titles and embellishments instead of having to buy stickers for each layout.


Today's layout is inspired by a sketch that I found on Pinterest by Basic Grey.   I placed an extra photo on top of another before taking the picture of the layout.  Once I slide the layout into a page protector I will be adding a 4x6 Flip Flap to it with the photo on the bottom left in it.

Supplies Used:

• CTMH Kraft Cardstock
• Recollections Patterned Paper 
• Recollections Spice Market Solid Cardstock
• CTMH Hemp Ribbon
• CTMH Artistry Cricut Cartridge - Leaf Border
• CTMH 4x6 Flip Flap
• Cedar Font - Title

Layout using Pink Paislee with CM Project Recipe

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I love working with sketches and after making the switch to Creative Memories, I was really happy to see that they provide Project Recipes with the release of each new paper pack.

For today's layout, I used the Creative Memories Mi Amor Project Recipe with supplies from my stash.

I love how easy it was to pull everything together with this Recipe.  I was able to use my Cricut, my CM Border Maker System, and some CTMH Thin Cuts and they all went so well together.

I love how the CTMH Peacock cardstock pops against the Pink Paislee background cardstock.

I used a Pilot Precise V5 Pen in my Cricut to add some journaling to this banner using the Kyden Cricut Font.

I cut my title from the Cricut Photo Fun - Holiday Memories cartridge.  

The hearts on the title go perfectly with my CTMH Heart Thin-cuts.

Supplies Used:

• Pink Paislee - Hello Sunshine Paper Pad
• CTMH White Daisy cardstock
• CTMH Peacock cardstock
• CTMH Thin Cuts - Hearts
• CTMH Bitty Sparkles
• CM Border Maker System
• CM Picket Fence Border Maker Cartridge
• Cricut Kyden Font (Access)
• Cricut Photo Fun -  Holiday Memories Cartridge (Access)
• Pilot Precise V5 Pen - Black

You can order Creative Memories Products in Canada from my CM Website or use the Advisor locator to find an Advisor near you.  

Title Page for 2000 Scrapbook using Bella Blvd Molly Collection

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I realized that I haven't added any recent projects to the blog in the past couple of weeks.

I've been spending a lot of time in my craftroom lately and finally finished my albums for 2000.
I ended up splitting the year into 2 books because one was just too thick with all the extra Flip Flaps™ that I included.

I was able to get a matching album in the CTMH clearance section, so I have both in the Slate Circle post bound album and I changed out the posts that are included with the album to smaller 1" posts so all the pages are laying nice and flat.

I've also started on my 2001 album, which won't be as thick since we didn't have as many pictures printed for that year.  

Here is the title page for my 2000 album:

I chose a couple of leftover photos that didn't have a theme but were taken at the beginning of the year.  My son is a clown and I have lots of pictures of him making faces for the camera.


For this layout, I used a free sketch that I downloaded from Scrapbook Generation and the Bella Blvd Molly Collection.

I created the two titles in the Cricut Design Space App using the Augenblick Font.  

I love how intricate the cut is using my Cricut Explore.   The title was cut out of plain Black cardstock and I added some shine with my CTMH Clear Shimmer Brush.  I also applied it to the Thin Cuts Hearts at the top of the page.


Products Used:

• CTMH White Daisy Cardstock
• CTMH Black Cardstock
• CTMH Teal Shimmer Trim
• CTMH Shimmer Brush—Clear
• CTMH Thin Cuts—Hearts
• Bella Blvd Molly Collection - Papers and Embellishments

Fall Memories Scrapbook Layout with Simple Stories Hello Fall

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I love this pattern from the CTMH Cherish How-to Book (page 41) so much that I have used it twice in my album from 2000. 

Just by changing up the cardstock and adding some large Flip Flaps on my other layout I get a completely different look to my pages.

I found the SVG for my page title on the Miss Kate Cuttables website and cut it with my Cricut Explore.  

I've used an assortment of solid cardstock on this layout, mostly trying to use up what I have in my stash and coordinating as well as I could with the Simple Stories - Hello Fall patterned papers.

I used hemp twine for embellishment on each page and added in some mini staples.  I really wanted just to keep it simple and masculine.

Day Trip to Deer Lake Scrapbook Layout using CTMH Jackson

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Here is the third layout from a day trip to a local lake made with the CTMH Jackson paper pack (retired).  I didn't want to crop any of the photos of the lakeside scenery so I followed this sketch that I found at NutsAboutSketches.com

I followed the sketch pretty closely, only cropped a little bit off of the photo at the bottom right so I could add in the Zip Strip with the Glacier Twine below it.  After gluing down the Twine I added two CTMH Mini-Staples to each end. 

My Great Outdoors title was cut from CTMH Artbooking Cricut Cartridge and the Mountain Scene cut beside it is from the Campin' Critters Cricut cartridge.  The Woodgrain overlay is also from the CTMH Artbooking Cricut Cartridge.  I also sponged the title with CTMH Glacier Exclusive Ink.

I cut the Pine Cone image from the CTMH Artistry Cricut Cartridge out of CTMH Desert Sand cardstock and sponged with CTMH Desert Sand Exclusive Ink.  I used the Cricut Explore writing feature to journal on the Pine Cone image using the font from the CTMH Artistry Cricut Cartridge. 

Close To My Heart Products:

CTMH Cocoa Cardstock

CTMH Barn Red Cardstock 

CTMH Desert Sand Cardstock

CTMH White Daisy Cardstock

CTMH Sweet Leaf Cardstock

CTMH New England Ivy

CTMH Jackson Paper Pack (retired)

CTMH Glacier Extra-Thick Twine

CTMH Mini-Staples

CTMH Mini Stapler

CTMH Thin 3-D Foam Tape

CTMH Glacier Exclusive Inks

CTMH Desert Sand Exclusive Inks

Other Products:

Recollections Light Blue Cardstock

Recollections Black Cardstock

Kids Basketball Layout using CTMH Charlotte Workshop Cutting Guide

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I love the Workshop Guides and How-To Books from Close To My Heart.  They were the first products that really made an impression on me 2 years ago when I signed up as a Consultant, and have changed how I scrapbook.  

I've gotten way more pages done in the last 2 years all because of these books.  Although there are thousands of sketches available online I always turn to the guides because they have all the measurements laid out for cutting and placement on the page.  

The page I made below uses the Charlotte Workshops Your Way Cutting Guide.  

Here is the example layout from the Charlotte Workshops Your Way guide.

My layout using the same pattern but adding in an extra photo and using Cricut cuts. 

Fun basketball Cricut cut - my daughter had curly blonde hair when she was a kid, so I cut this image to match and placed it beside the photos of her throwing the ball at the hoop.

This cut from the Nifty Fifties Cricut cartridge is perfect for this Coca-Cola Family Picnic layout.  I'm sure I'll be using it alot since I have more pages to scrap from other Coca-Cola employee family events. 

Cute Teddy Bear basketball image from Create A Friend Cartridge.

Products Used in this Layout:

Recollections Solid cardstock

Bella Blvd Chaos: Blueberry Strandz

Bella Blvd Sophisticates:  Freestyle McIntosh

Cricut Cartridges:

Teddy Bear Parade

Nifty Fifties

All Sports

Create A Friend

Close To My Heart:

White Daisy Cardstock

Red Shimmer Trim

Red Enamel Hearts

Charlotte Workshops Your Way Cutting Guide

Skipping Rocks Layout with CTMH Jackson Paper Pack

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I just completed another layout from a day trip to the lake using  CTMH Jackson Paper Pack with the latest CTMH Cricut Cartridge - Artistry.  

I used the layout pattern included in the CTMH Zoe Workshop On The Go Scrapbook Kit.  

The Skipping Rocks title is cut from the font on the CTMH Artistry Cricut Cartridge. 

I cut the journaling tag from the CTMH Artistry Cricut cartridge and wrote on it using my Cricut Explore with the Artistry font (writing style) and a Pilot Precise V5 Pen.  I sponged the edges with CTMH Glacier Ink.  

I embossed the CTMH Glacier cardstock with the CTMH Woodgrain Embossing Folder.

The date tag is cut from the CTMH Artistry Cricut cartridge and I used the Artistry font (writing style) to write the date on the tag with my Cricut Explore. 

Close To My Heart Products Used:

CTMH Jackson Paper Pack (retired)

CTMH Cocoa Cardstock

CTMH Juniper Cardstock

CTMH Barn Red Cardstock (retired)

CTMH Glacier Cardstock

CTMH White Daisy Cardstock

CTMH Bronze Shimmer Trim

CTMH Woodgrain Embossing Folder

CTMH Thin 3-D Foam Tape

CTMH Artistry Cricut Cartridge

CTMH Glacier Exclusive Inks

CTMH Zoe Workshop On The Go (layout template)

Introducing Cricut Access™

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Cricut Image Library Subscription is now Cricut Access™.


A new name and some new features were added to the Cricut Subscription last week.

In addition to the use of over 30,000 images, 1000 Make It Now Projects and 370 fonts in the Cricut Image Library,  Cricut Access™ subscribers now also save 10% off all orders on Cricut.com* and in Cricut Design Space.

Cricut Access™ subscribers will also be the first to access new images, projects and exclusive designs.

Thirteen exclusive new fonts were added with the introduction of Cricut Access™last week, along with new images also exclusive to Cricut Access.  

I love the writing feature in Cricut Design Space and that I can use pens with my Cricut Explore. 

I can't wait to use some these new fonts with my pens to journal on my scrapbook pages.   

Great new images were also added to Cricut Access™ - I noticed right away that some of these will go perfectly with some pages that I am working on. 

Items included in the Cricut Access™ subscription are now marked with an icon to make them easy to find in Design Space.

Look for the green Access™ icon to find projects and images included in Cricut Access™.

Design Space Images - images included have the green icon to the left of the image. 

Make It Now Section: Cricut Access™ images are highlighted with green Access™icon.

  I love that I can now see what is included with the Cricut Access™ subscription.  I was able to quickly choose a font for this tag by looking for fonts that had the Access™ icon.


Cricut Access™ is available monthly for $9.99/month (cancel anytime) or for one annual payment of $95.88 (New lower price! Was $99.99 - works out to be just $7.99/month now!)


*The 10% off discount is only applicable on Cricut.com (USA and CAN only) and in Cricut Design Space™. The 10% off cannot be used to purchase or renew Cricut Access™, to purchase Cricut Circle™, or on iOS in-app purchases. This change does not require any action from current subscribers. Terms and Conditions apply.

Design Space App How-to & Sizing Cheat Sheet for the New All Occasion Box Cards Cricut Cartridge

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 This morning I made the Thanks A Bunch Card from the new All Occasion Box Cards Cricut Cartridge that was released earlier this week.  The cartridge is by Lori Whitlock and has 30 All Occasion Cards with coordinating envelopes.

 It was pretty easy to put together once I adjusted the sizing in my Design Space App.   All the images needed for each card are grouped together - including the envelope.

I have a few other cartridges that come like this so I thought I would put together a How-to for re-sizing with the Design Space App.

 The handbook has this card sized at 5.5 inches high.

Here's the project right after I selected it in Design Space.  It came in really small and the measurements shown are for all the items grouped together not the card base. 

Leaving everything grouped together, I opened the layers panel and started hiding all the pieces that I didn't want. 

  The layers panel to the right shows everything hidden except for the card base.  

By selecting the edit icon, I can see the current size of the card base.   

Here I've changed the height of my card base to the 5.5 inches shown in the handbook. 

Opening the layers panel again, I bring back all the images that I had hidden.  

Here is the final size of the grouped project.

I can see by the guidelines that my card base is sized correctly at 5.5 inches tall. 

I assembled the flowers and Mason jars then folded the piece by following the picture in the assembly section of the handbook.    This is a really new cartridge (I bought the digital version) and the only place I ran into a bit of trouble was the front flower stems.  I had to cut the bottom piece in order to line up my stems, it was just a bit too wide. Then I covered it with another strip of green even though it gets hidden.   The actual size of the stems was perfect so I figured it was just a bug in the software and Cricut will update it when they catch it.  

The instructions were pretty easy to follow - if I was going to do this card again I would cut an extra tall piece of patterned paper to cover the back too.   You can also add additional items if you like the box to be really full.  There are tons of great box card ideas on Pinterest.

The box folds flat to fit into the envelope.  

Perfect fit!

Finished card and envelope - I added a bit of bling to the heart on the Mason Jar.  

I love how it turned out - such a fun cartridge!

Here is a Sizing Template for the All Occasions Box Cards for Design Space.  

 If you look at the size for this card you will see that it is exactly the same size that I ended up with after going through the steps.    You can use the steps above for any card in Design Space that includes an envelope - that way your images stay sized together and if you are using an SVG that isn't from Cricut you might not have a handbook or instructions to go with it.

Products Used In This Project:

Pink Paislee - Hello, Sunshine floral patterned paper

Rhinestone from my stash

Close To My Heart Products Used:

Ruby Cardstock

Hollyhock Cardstock

Canary Cardstock

Glacier Cardstock

White Daisy Cardstock

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Flatten A Cut Image to Print Then Cut with Design Space iPad App

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I posted a few weeks ago about the update to the Cricut Design Space App with Print Then Cut now available to use with the App.  I didn't have a printer set up in my craft room but I found one on sale at Best Buy with AirPrint and have it all set up now.  

The cheapest printer I could find - on sale for $30.

I needed some tags when I was wrapping gifts so I chose the Holiday Gift Tags from the Make It Now section in Design Space.  These tags were set as cut files in the software but I was able to change them to print - a great feature when you want to make something fast.   I didn't want to have to glue all those layers together.

So here I have opened the layers panel so you can see how each tag has the images grouped together.  I've also selected the Actions icon at the bottom and just above it shows the different actions I can do to my selected image.  I love that you can highlight the image just by dragging your finger around the image. 

In this screen shot, I have highlighted the Flatten Icon - you can see to the right in the layers panel that the image layers are highlighted in grey and show the scissors beside it for the original cut file.

Here is my screen right after I touched the Flatten icon.  

You can see in the upper right corner that all the different layers have been flattened into one image with a printer icon beside.  My image is now ready to Print Then Cut.

All three tags are ready to Print - I just have to tap the Send to Mat icon at the bottom right.

Here is my Mat screen and I've set the number of images that I want at the top left.  

I just have to tap the Print icon to send the image on the mat to my printer.

Printer options screen - you need an AirPrint printer to work with your iPad or iPhone.

Here I've selected my printer and picked the number of copies I want.

I print out the tag sheet then hit the Go icon.

Ready to cut - I've loaded my mat into the machine, the Cricut Explore will read the registration marks 

and then cut each tag out.   

 It was pretty quick and I was happy not to be gluing layers together and it saved me a trip to the store.  I'd rather make them myself with supplies that I already have.