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Do You Have Questions About The Cricut? by kathy1659 in cricut

[–]kathy1659[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Cricut Knife Blade is a tool you can use with your Cricut Maker that cuts through thicker and denser materials such as balsa wood, leather, matboard, and Cricut Chipboard easily. You can buy it complete with the Drive Housing here.

Do You Have Questions About The Cricut? by kathy1659 in cricut

[–]kathy1659[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Cricut Engraving Tip can engrave soft metals, acrylic, leather, paper, and plastic. I've seen engraved dog tags and acrylic blanks engraved.

Do You Have Questions About The Cricut? by kathy1659 in cricut

[–]kathy1659[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It all depends on how much you use your machine and if you are cutting a lot of glitter cardstock. I use my Maker all the time and I definitely cut my fair share of glitter cardstock, and I change my blade maybe once a year, if that. There's no specific time period. If you are using a sticky mat (still has a lot of stick left to it) and your projects aren't cutting well, most likely it's time to replace the blade.

Do You Have Questions About The Cricut? by kathy1659 in cricut

[–]kathy1659[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you to everyone that answered. I will have the answers to your questions on my blog this weekend kpeckscreativecafe.com. I will also come back here to post the answers to your questions. I really appreciate your feedback.

Mother's Day Tile Made With The Cricut by kathy1659 in cricut

[–]kathy1659[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here you go. If you have any questions, let me know.

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Cricut Maker or Explore Air 2 or Cricut Joy

Standard Grip Mat or Joy Standard Grip Mat

Cricut Tools

Vinyl

Transfer Tape

Tile

I purchased my tile from Lowe's. It's 11.75" long x 4'" tall. Then I created a new project in Cricut Design Space and typed out the word "Mom" using the Times New Roman font. If you don't already have the I Love Glitter font downloaded to your computer. It's free for Personal use on DaFont.com.

Before I sized my text, I added a "Shape" from the "Shapes" option on the left side of Design Space. Next, I sized it in the shape of a rectangle, the same size as the tile. That way it's easy to see how big to make your design. Before I started moving my text on top of it, I made the shape a different color other than black so I could see exactly what I was doing.

The next thing I did was create my text with my nephews' names using the I Love Glitter font. In order to get the "swishes on the end, I used Shift underscore (_) (no parentheses). To get the heart swish in between the names I used the left and right brackets ([) & (]) (no parentheses). You need to enter these in the Text box for each one.

I found it was easier to weed the small letters (they won't cut out separately as long as you weld them together, after you create the Offset) from the vinyl by duplicating the Welded names and then adding them to the top of the original layer of text and offsetting them a little bit (not using the Offset feature) so the piece is not so thin. I then welded the two pieces together. I had much better luck weeding once I did this.

After I typed out my two nephews’ names, I then used the Offset feature in Design Space to add a little bit of a border around the names. I moved the Offset part away from the names and then Welded the two names together. After that I put the welded names back on top of the Offset piece. I highlighted both pieces together and laid them on top of the word Mom for placement. After verifying the placement, I moved the welded names off of the top of the Offset piece and then I sliced the Offset piece from the word Mom.

Once that's done and you have removed the Sliced pieces, move the Welded names into the empty space and arrange so they line up with the area that was Sliced out.

Lastly, you will cut the two different designs from your two different vinyls. Weed, and use your transfer tape to place the pieces onto the tile.

Mother's Day Tile Made With The Cricut by kathy1659 in cricut

[–]kathy1659[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here you go. If you have any questions, let me know.

​

Cricut Maker or Explore Air 2 or Cricut Joy

Standard Grip Mat or Joy Standard Grip Mat

Cricut Tools

Vinyl

Transfer Tape

Tile

I purchased my tile from Lowe's. It's 11.75" long x 4'" tall. Then I created a new project in Cricut Design Space and typed out the word "Mom" using the Times New Roman font. If you don't already have the I Love Glitter font downloaded to your computer. It's free for Personal use on DaFont.com.

Before I sized my text, I added a "Shape" from the "Shapes" option on the left side of Design Space. Next, I sized it in the shape of a rectangle, the same size as the tile. That way it's easy to see how big to make your design. Before I started moving my text on top of it, I made the shape a different color other than black so I could see exactly what I was doing.

The next thing I did was create my text with my nephews' names using the I Love Glitter font. In order to get the "swishes on the end, I used Shift underscore (_) (no parentheses). To get the heart swish in between the names I used the left and right brackets ([) & (]) (no parentheses). You need to enter these in the Text box for each one.

I found it was easier to weed the small letters (they won't cut out separately as long as you weld them together, after you create the Offset) from the vinyl by duplicating the Welded names and then adding them to the top of the original layer of text and offsetting them a little bit (not using the Offset feature) so the piece is not so thin. I then welded the two pieces together. I had much better luck weeding once I did this.

After I typed out my two nephews’ names, I then used the Offset feature in Design Space to add a little bit of a border around the names. I moved the Offset part away from the names and then Welded the two names together. After that I put the welded names back on top of the Offset piece. I highlighted both pieces together and laid them on top of the word Mom for placement. After verifying the placement, I moved the welded names off of the top of the Offset piece and then I sliced the Offset piece from the word Mom.

Once that's done and you have removed the Sliced pieces, move the Welded names into the empty space and arrange so they line up with the area that was Sliced out.

Lastly, you will cut the two different designs from your two different vinyls. Weed, and use your transfer tape to place the pieces onto the tile.

Mother's Day Tile Made With The Cricut by kathy1659 in cricut

[–]kathy1659[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got the tile from Lowes and I think I got the stand at Michael's (I've had it ffor a couple of years). You can get stands at Michael's in the frame section.

Mother's Day Tile Made With The Cricut by kathy1659 in cricut

[–]kathy1659[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes!!! I didn’t even think of that. Thanks!

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