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? 👈 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 […]
Easy Print and Cut Pop-Up Unicorn Card
This free printable unicorn birthday card is perfect for any special child or friend. The horn and flower crown popping up will put a big smile on the birthday girl or boy’s face. Seriously – this is a super easy pop-up DIY card. Simply print, cut, and glue. Decorate the unicorn’s horn and flowers if […]
My Dad’s Tattoos are Cooler than Yours – DIY cool baby clothes
There are very few onesies that allow a mini-me to coordinate with their tattooed, “I only wear black t-shirts” parent, so here’s a file so that you can create your own.
Beer Gear
My husband only wears black, heavy cotton t-shirts. I’ve given up on buying him shirts, but make them instead. He has been brewing beer at home for over 15 years now, so beer t-shirts are a staple of his wardrobe. I’ll be posting design files for these and other designs. Sign up in the box […]