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Twist and Pop Birthday Card SVG

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Surprise and Delight: How to Make an Easy Twist and Pop Birthday Card with Cricut’s Print then Cut and my free SVG This design uses Cricut’s Print then Cut feature for the rainbow Happy Birthday pop-up. To create the Twist and Pop birthday card, you’ll need:       How to use […]

Suitcase Photo Explosion Box – Cricut Crafting Adventure Project

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The free Cricut Crafting Adventure tickets are available now! I LOVE the theme and feel of this craft summit! It’s all about trying something new. Exploring the possibilities of what your Cricut machine can do. Learning new techniques. Expanding your creativity! This event is about helping Cricut crafters set aside their fears and hesitations and […]

Camera Mini Photo Album

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How to use the mini-photo album SVG in Cricut Design Space Upload the SVG. Ungroup it. The white spaces are the spaces for your photo. There’s a spot for a round one on the front of the camera lens. Change the top lines in the filmstrip to Score. Attach them to the cut piece below. […]

How to change icons for folders or files on your computer

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Organize the many files you’ve downloaded from craft summits or craft bloggers with these pretty file folder icons. These boring blue folders are all the same. Let’s fix that! How to change the folder icons on a Mac Download the PNG folder icons I created. They are in the Free Files Folder – design #101 […]

Mantle-Worthy Photo Card

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During the February 2023 Craftfest, I presented a workshop on making a Mantle-Worthy Photo Card. (It was only available for free during the summit.) Here are the most frequently asked questions about the Mantle-Worthy Photo Card. What are all these pieces for? Light purple – the card base Dark purple – cover and frames decorative […]

How to make a Cricut stylus score deeper

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Learn how to make your Cricut scoring stylus make deeper scorelines in cardstock with this quick tutorial. During my pop-up card-making workshop, several crafters asked how to make their score lines deeper. What’s the benefit of a deeper scoreline? A deeper score line makes it easier to fold the paper along the desired line, as […]

Cricut Craftfest – February 2023

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Here’s a quick guide to the free Cricut Craftfest, February 6 to 10th, 2023. Looking for more information about my free workshop at the Cricut Craftfest? It’s called: Make a Mantle-Worthy Photo Card  In this workshop, you’ll learn to make a beautiful card that folds out into a photo display.  I’ll teach you how to […]

Rainbow Unicorn Pop-Up Card SVG

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Learn to make a gorgeous pop-up unicorn card with a beautiful rainbow flower crown. To create the Unicorn pop-up card, you’ll need: How to use the Rainbow Unicorn Pop-Up Card SVG in Cricut Design Space Download the SVG file, then unzip it and upload it to your cutting machine’s software. (Read this tutorial if you […]

“Happy” New Year card

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… but what if it’s not such a Happy New Year? originally published 10 January 2022updated 2 January 2023 The New Year doesn’t always start out with champagne and fireworks. Maybe a parent, sibling, spouse, or child has just died. (Here are some of the best and worst things to say to someone who’s grieving.) […]

Elf on the Shelf Fillable PDF Goodbye Letter

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Download this free fillable PDF Elf on the Shelf Goodbye Letter so you can customize your elf’s departure letter by adding your kids’ names and your Elf’s name. It’s easy to personalize your Elf’s goodbye letter. Download the free PDF from the Free Files Folder – it’s file #95 – Elf on the Shelf – […]