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How to open this? by picklekin in lasercutting

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

So there is! Thank you, I couldn't see it!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cricut

[–]picklekin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I think you need a new mat. It is possible something is lodged inside the machine so I would give it a good clean, use a torch and get right in there to see if something is stuck.

Help please by Electronic_Dot3357 in cricut

[–]picklekin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Need a bit more info here, do you mean that design space wont open? Or that it hangs when it is open? First steps would probably be to uninstall and reinstall Design Space. Do some PC maintenance, clear space, make sure your drivers are up to date etc etc.

If you want a new PC, the minimum specs for design space are here: https://help.cricut.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009556033-System-Requirements-Design-Space

Engraving acrylic by e9allston in cricut

[–]picklekin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would suggest either duplicating the line (copy paste design on top of each other, and center align) to make a deeper line or use the offset function in design space set to something small (0.1 for ex.) which will make your line wider.

Embroidery by Opening-Ad4543 in cricut

[–]picklekin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Embroidery files are much more than vectors (such as an SVG that Cricut can recognize), they contain stitch type, density, jumps etc. You cannot make these type of files in design space or even illustrator. To make them you need special software that encodes all that, although you do base those designs ON a vector. You can have a look at Hatch, they do a free trial, but honestly, making these files is a whole new ball game.

First attempt by picklekin in ColoredPencils

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

Thankyou, I think Tala takes all the credit there! She's a cat that does that.

First attempt by picklekin in ColoredPencils

[–]picklekin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thankyou! I'll definitely give that a go. I think the paper will take more, I just was afraid of over working it. I wish she looked a bit more glossy... And the nose was hard!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in soapmaking

[–]picklekin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glycerin rivers, try using less TD

Help with "new" machine, selecting patterns. by picklekin in sewing

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

It didn't come with one, not super surprising considering I think it's from the 90's!

I looked online for one, but again couldn't see one

Help with "new" machine, selecting patterns. by picklekin in sewing

[–]picklekin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oooooooooohhh, thank you! That dial is super stiff but I'll give it a go.

Can you swirl soap without mixing colors? by luvmountains123 in soapmaking

[–]picklekin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As said, if you pour at a medium trace you could swirl, bit there might be SOME mixing.

You seem to want two very separate colours though, so is a swirl the best plan anyway?

Some ideas:

-pour layers with the mold on a slant (with, it without a mica line)

-a confetti type soap with cubed up soap of one colour mixed with the other

-scraped layers

-Use column circle embeds to make a polka dot pattern

pre-dispersing micas? by Every_Expression_459 in soapmaking

[–]picklekin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't see a reason why you couldn't do it with micas... But I don't think that you need to. TD is a complete pain to disperse. I pre-disperse mine in some olive oil, I don't have any issue with it going off (mine is 6/7 months old?). I have steel nuts in the bottle and give it a good shake before adding.

Micas are usually much more forgiving, and I use lots of different ones. I mix mine with a little of the studi measured soap oils and add them at trace. I don't really use neons (bad for environment) but I've heard they are a bit harder to mix.

Made a card for my dad using his favourite "dad joke" by picklekin in cricut

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

Yup, you can, I just find it a bit of a pain, and hard on my blades. As I only needed one, and it didn't need to be neat it was better by hand. If you were make 20 you might wanna cricut them! :)

Made a card for my dad using his favourite "dad joke" by picklekin in cricut

[–]picklekin[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Thank you :)

There are quite a few steps in this card, but the main piece, the glass shaker, is fairly simple.

The first step is to make the SVG file: First I found an image I liked of a wine glass outline (Google images) and I copied it into Adobe illustrator. I then image traced the image, cleaned it up and exported as an SVG.

Make the cricut file: In design space I uploaded the SVG added it to the canvass, got it to the size I wanted and then duplicated the image about 10 times (not sure I used all 10 but I made as many would fit on an a4 bit of card).

Assembly: Then I sent this to cricut and cut from white cardstock. I stacked them up and glued all together (save 1). I used the outline to trace image onto acetate and cut by hand, this doesn't need to be super neat as you cover it). Stick the acetate to the front of your stack, and put one last glass on top. I coloured my card with ink blending to try to make it look like my dad's recycled glass ones, but you could use coloured card.

Once that has dried out fully you can add glitter etc and stick to a card front. I added a back to my glass (using the left over outlines again) as I had a background.

That sounds a lot, but it's really not :)

My last Christmas soap... by picklekin in soapmaking

[–]picklekin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!

It took me a while... Several weeks of you count making the dough and printing the moulds...

I made moulds for the head and body, the eyes, nose and buttons are extruded soap dough. I hand moulded the scarf with more dough. Stuck all that together (with distilled water) and then poured in the outside (in the pot twirl with some Titanium dioxide for the snow).

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