Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death has thrown supporters of equal rights around the globe into mourning. RGB’s famous “Dissent” jabot (collar) has many copies available on Etsy. There are many jewelry versions of the collar too. In honor of her life, I’ve decided to create a version of her famous dissent collar and put it on […]
Create a DIY Graduation Celebration Photo Explosion Box with Cricut
Graduating Seniors this year are missing out on many traditional milestones, such as proms, sports, classes, parties, and even walking on stage to receive the diploma they’ve spent the last 12 years working towards. Learn how to make a DIY Photo Explosion Box for the perfect senior graduation gift. When I graduated from high school, […]
Countdown Banner Printable
Print out and color in a countdown banner to help brighten your days! With all this time away from the physical locations of work and school, and even away from all friends and family, I thought I would make a banner so that we can keep track of the time that passes. We are off […]
Cutting Explosion Box Photos with your Cricut
Finding photos small enough to use in Explosion Boxes is almost impossible! I’ll explain how to get photos in a smaller size and how to cut them to the exact size your design requires in this tutorial. This amazing Cricut hack helps you trim any photo to the perfect size. Even cutting non-standard shapes is […]
Easy Starter Heart Exploding Box
Create a quick, easy explosion photo gift box for Valentine’s Day with this free heart explosion box SVG! Question: What do you do when it’s just five days before Valentine’s Day and you don’t have any gift at all for your spouse? Answer: Get to work with the Cricut. I made most of this photo-exploding […]
5 Tricks to Make your Explosion Box Fall Open
Learn how to make your explosion box fall open quickly and dramatically with these easy tips and tricks! Have you started to make an explosion box yet? Here are some tricks to make the sides drop away, revealing the next layer quickly and dramatically. 1) Use lighter paper for the base and burnish it VERY […]
DIY Heart Explosion Box Gift
Make a DIY explosion box as a heartfelt gift for a special friend with this SVG. A photo explosion box is the most amazing personalized gift! I have been working on exploding gift boxes for months. The first heart explosion box I designed was a gift for a good friend’s 40th birthday. We had about […]
DIY pop up gnome card
Learn how to use Cricut Design Space to score, draw and cut out everything for this fun pop up gnome card in the step by step tutorial below! It’s the perfect, most adorable DIY holiday card. Lots of Christmas cards arrive in the mail, right? Many of them with a peaceful winter scene, a printed […]
Make an Easy Pop-Up Gnome Card
Learn how to make a gnome pop up card with only basic materials! In this tutorial, I show you how to cut, score and fold the free printable template to create an easy and fun pop up card. Gnomes are JUST SO CUTE, right? This adorable gnome jumps out of the card, ready to give […]
Hops + Grain + Water + Yeast = Beer DIY Shirt
Every home brewer knows that beer is just hops, grain, water and yeast. Here’s a tutorial on how to make a special shirt for your craft brewer. Materials needed to create this craft beer shirt Do you need a quick refresher on how to make and use a freezer paper stencil? 馃憟 Review it now. […]
Want to make your own custom design on a shirt? Use a freezer paper stencil!
You can create your own t-shirts easily and cheaply by using a freezer paper stencil. This was my favorite technique before personal cutting machines existed! I’m going to show you how to transfer your custom creation to a t-shirt or other fabric. I’ve always liked funny phrases or puns on clothes, especially kid’s clothes. However, […]
How To Make a Super Dad T-shirt!
Make a shirt for your own super dad with my free SVG – it’s ready to be cut on a Cricut (or Silhouette if you have the upgraded Design Studio.) A Super Dad should be in every child’s and spouse’s life! For Father’s Day last year, I created this logo for my husband and put […]
Minecraft Father’s Day Card
Because…. what kid wouldn’t want to give his or her dad a card with a pop-up creeper? I’ll teach you how to make this Minecraft Father’s Day Card Pop-Up with very simple, step-by-step directions below. If you have a child or you play video games, you know all about Minecraft. I wanted to make an […]
40th Birthday T-shirt
Here’s a good 40th birthday gift idea — download this free svg to put on a 40th birthday t-shirt! My husband turned the big 4-0 this year. Round number birthdays are always extra special. I didn’t do anything super-special or elaborate for his birthday, but he did get a pair of reading glasses (the joke […]