Category: Cricut

Tuesday Freebie and New in Shop

ALL WEEK, this SVG file is FREE with any $1.99 purchase!

We have a FREE file with purchase all this week! Simply add this Pop Up Box Card Camper file  to your shopping cart along with ANY $1.99+ purchase from the SVG Shop and this file is yours FREE. Be sure to use Coupon Code: GLAMPER (case sensitive) at checkout. This offer is good through next Sunday.

(Your cart must reach at least $3.98 before the coupon will be applied and then $1.99 will be subtracted from your total at checkout. The files will be available for immediate download after you pay for your order by visiting MY ACCOUNT>COMPLETED ORDERS>ORDER DETAILS inside of your account. Only one discount code per order allowed.)
 
   

In addition, don’t forget about this special ! You can get this Free Kit of the Month with any $20 purchase (Purchase must be in one transaction.) Simply add the 2018 August Kit of the Month to your shopping cart along with ANY $20.00+ purchase from the SVG Shop and this file is yours FREE. Be sure to use Coupon Code: AUG18KOTM (case sensitive) at checkout. This offer is good through August 31, 2018!

(Your cart must reach at least $27.95 before the coupon will be applied and then $7.95 will be subtracted from your total at checkout. The files will be available for immediate download after you pay for your order by visiting MY ACCOUNT>COMPLETED ORDERS>ORDER DETAILS inside of your account. Only one discount code per order allowed.)
 
 
Check out the new SVG files releasing this week!   And, just like always, the NEW SVG files are ON SALE 25% OFF through the weekend in the SVG Shop! These downloads include SVG files that may be used with Cricut Explore, Silhoeutte (DE upgrade required), Eclips, Brother Scan and Cut, and any other software that will open SVG files. No coupon code necessary, the newly released files are all discounted in the shop! Be sure to go get them while they are on SALE this week. 

Thanks for visiting the blog today! Please let us know if you need any help with your files. We want to make sure everyone is happy with their purchase. Have a great week!

Welcome Back Cathy Harper!

We are so happy to welcome back the talented Cathy Harper to our team!  Check out her fabulous cards!

Hi everyone!  So after a couple year hiatus from the scraping and designing world, I am beyond thrilled to be back designing for Lori Whitlock.  I have missed this team so much and the chance to design with the greatest cut files and paper collections.

I had a lot of fun this week working on some cute summer projects with Lori’s files and her paper collection Let’s Be Mermaids from Echo Park.

Bear with me on the photography, it’s been a while since I’ve edited projects and I have a whole new scrap room and still trying to figure out the best lighting and such.

First up, I have a Shell Flexi Card. (SVG, Silhouette)  This was so much fun to make, super easy and who wouldn’t want to receive this little card with just a bit more pizzazz with the flexi shape.  I just cut it out with my silhouette and used the paper, embellishments and stickers from the Let’s Be Mermaids to complete.  I can’t wait to try more of Lori’s Flexi cards.

A cute little ocean scene on the inside of the card that peeks through the flexi shell!

Next,  an Intricate Cut Thank You (SVG, Silhouette)!  This card is simple and gorgeous, all you have to do is add a background paper and cut the the scallop oval frame.  I cut two frames and popped one up with adhesive pop dots, just for a bit more dimension.  Then a just added twine, enamel dots and some small vellum flowers with Lori’s 3 mix and match flowers (SVG, Silhouette).

Lastly, I have just a fun little box card.  Loving all the fun patterns and colors in the Let’s Be Mermaids collection.  Soon summer will be gone, so I enjoyed creating with the bright colors and summer files.  This is the A2 pineapple box card (SVG, Silhouette).  Quick and easy, and perfect to send to someone special to brighten their day.  It goes together in just a matter of minutes.  I love little projects that are a breeze to make.

As I said before, I am thrilled to be back with Lori and her amazing team.  She has so many new files that I can’t wait to try and lots of gorgeous new collections coming from Echo Park.  I am one happy girl!

A New Friday $5 Bundle!

Hi Everyone! Today we have a new Friday $5 Bundle! It will ONLY be available until Midnight Sunday and when it’s gone it’s gone. These SVG files can be used with Cricut Explore, Silhouette Studio (with the Designer Edition upgrade), Scan N Cut, and any other cutter that will work with SVG files. Help spread the word by telling your friends and announcing it on social media!

Now through Sunday, you can pick up this Back to School bundle including 5 SVG files for just $5!

 

 

The cost of this bundle is $5, for $9.95 worth of SVG files, over a 49% savings!  But don’t wait, this bundle will only be around until Sunday at midnight!

Have a great day!

Instax Photo Banner Using Build A Banner Dingbats Font with Kathy

Hi Everyone!  Today I have a tutorial showing you how to create a fun banner using the Build a Banner Dingbats Font (Lori Whitlock SVG Shop, Silhouette)  My daughter is headed off to study in Scotland for her Junior year and I wanted to make her a little something to decorate her room, that wouldn’t take up too much suitcase space!  I thought a banner with some of her favorite photos would be fun.  She loves her Instax camera so I made the banner to hold some of these cute instant photos!

If you’re not familiar with Dingbat Fonts, they are fonts that have pictures and shapes in place of the letters.  Lori has a lot of them in her shop, and they really can be used for almost anything including vinyl, HTV and cutting projects like mine.  If you look at the picture below, I’ve typed out A through Z using the Build a Banner Dingbats Font and the Text tool.

To create my banner I started by choosing 3 of the banner pieces (A, X and U)  I resized each piece to be 5″H x 3.25″W so that each piece would be large enough to hold a picture.

I wanted to make the banner so that my daughter could swap out the pictures if she wanted, so I set out to add small cut lines on the banner pieces to hold just the corners of the picture.  To do this I needed first to know the size of the pictures being used.  Instax pictures are approximately 3.39″H x 2.13″W so I created a rectangle that size using the shape tool.

I placed the rectangle on one of the banner pieces and centered it using the Transform tool.

I drew a line 0.5″ long and then moved it to one corner of the picture.  Using the green dot, I slanted the line so that it covered one of the corners.

Next, I copied the small line, clicked on the copy, right mouse clicked and selected flip horizontally.  This gave me a line to add to the opposite corner.   I made sure the two lines were properly aligned by using the transform tool.  Once I was happy with the placement, I selected both lines and grouped them.

To create the bottom lines, I made a copy of the grouped top lines, right mouse clicked on the copy and selected flip vertically.  I positioned those lines along the bottom of the rectangle.

Again I made sure that all the lines were aligned correctly within the banner piece using the transform tool.

Once they were all in place, I removed the rectangle, and grouped the slot lines along with the banner piece to make them one.

I copied the lines before grouping and added them to the other banner pieces, centering them using the transform tool.

Once they were all ready, I sent them to cut!  I added the pictures to the cut pieces, and decorated them using some Rosettes from the Build a Rosette Set 1.5″ (SVG, Silhouette) and Build a Rosette Set 2″(SVG, Silhouette).  I strung all of the banner pieces together on a piece of twine, holding them in place with small clothespins.  Some quick hints: 1)  Hot Glue is your friend when making rosettes, and 2) before threading the pieces on the twine, add a little glue to the ends of the twine and let them dry.  This will prevent fraying.

That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

 

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What is a Dingbat Font?

Today I wanted to show you how much fun you can have with dingbat fonts! I have quite a few dingbat fonts in my shop. Some of you may be wondering what the heck a dingbat font is!?! Let me see if I can explain…

Dingbats are fonts composed of images and phrases rather than numbers and letters. Once you install a dingbat font on your computer you can access them just as you would any other font through your cutting software (Silhouette Studio, Cricut Design Space, etc.). Here’s a LINK to some instructions for installing fonts on both Mac and PC. Dingbats can then be used as die cut files for vinyl, HTV and paper crafts. The possibilities are endless!

Each of my dingbat fonts comes with 26 darling graphics and phrases that you can mix and match to make fun projects. That’s right you get 26 cute graphics for $4.99, making dingbats a really economical way to collect a lot of awesome cuttable art. Below is an example of a vinyl wall art cluster made using my new Barnyard Dingbats.

I have a super helpful VIDEO out on my YouTube channel showing exactly how to use my dingbat fonts in Silhouette Studio.

I hope you have fun playing with all the fun new dingbat fonts that I have in my shop. Let us know if you have any questions or if we can help you get stared using them. Have a lovely day!