Where To Find Free Canada Themed SVGS

Where To Find FREE Canada Themed Free SVGS
Canada's national holiday is celebrated on July 1. 

Find an index of my themed Free SVG Posts here: https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2017/11/svg-freebies.html

I'll start this list with Paper Crafting SVGs, Then follow with a selection of svgs meant more for vinyl projects, below.

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Five Summer Themed Cricut Projects To Make This Week-End

 Yardzee, Roll A Doodle, Cake & Casserole Carriers, and Reusable Drink Pouches - 
Five Summer Themed Projects To Make With Cricut

While working on projects like this in the summer, I try to think ahead - would any of them making a good Christmas gift for anyone on our list this year?  It's often easier to make three of something all at once, than to go back and make one later, and it's great to have a head start on our holiday list!

This Dollar Tree Cake Carrier is a fun project for transporting dishes, or cakes, to a Family Reunion or picnic this summer.  The carriers are not super strong, so if you put an entire bowl inside (as shown here) be sure to support the bottom and not just carry it by the handle.  :-)  

These carriers make nice hostess gifts too - you can just add the hosts monogram. in place of, or in addition to, this design.
Step by Step & Where To Find the Cut Files:
https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/04/if-this-doesnt-taste-good-blame.html

https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2020/02/fancy-panz-foil-pan-holders.html
I love those foil pans for carrying casseroles to a pot luck.  But I hate transporting them - they are often flimsy.  And then I stumbled across these - holders for foil pans.  The center part, which I have of course decorated with vinyl, pops out for serving, then pops back in for transport.  It's one of my favorite things.

Read more about how to make the Yardzee Set here:
https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/08/making-yardzee-yarkle-set.html
Yardzee is simply outdoor yahtzee.  You can also play Farkle with these, and probably a variety of other games we haven't thought of.  the Bucket makes it easy to transport to picnics and summer events, and it looks cute just sitting on our own porch at home.  :-) My husband cut the wood for the dice, but they can be purchased  - some Dollar Trees even carried them in their craft section  last year.

Roll A Doodle
Find the step by step and links to all of the svgs, fonts and printables, here:

This is a  fun activity for kids at summer picnics and family reunions - and it's so simple!
Although I like the look of the tub, and it worked well for the picnics and events that summer, when it came time to pack the summer things away, I really wished I had made this in a flat container with a lid - something easier to store away.  :-) 

These reusable drink pouches are perfectly for slushies, and the vinyl on the outside helps everyone to remember which pouch was theirs.  
For where to find the pouches (they come with straws) and where to find the svgs:

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Quick Tip - Use Painters Tape To Keep Tiny Paper Pieces From Getting Lost

 
 When there are tiny pieces in a paper cutting design, I put them on painters tape and tape them to my desk.  The paper sticks to the tape, but removes without tearing.

Note - the glue is still wet on this, which explains the white smudges. Thankfully, this glue dries clear.  The design is 4 inches in diameter.

  If you look up at the right, in front of the phone, there's another piece of painters tape stuck to the desk surface - it's holding more paper pieces for another project.  I do this a LOT, and have never had an issue.  
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Comparing Off Brand Blades To The Cricut Original Blade

 
Comparing the Hardwoer Replacement Blade to the Cricut Brand Blade
Note - Occassionally he Hardwoer brand is not available - but Caregy has identical ones.
The blade on the left is cricut, on the right is Hardwoer.  They are exactly the same size.  
Be sure to remove the red cap before trying to insert it into the holder.  There's a video showing you how to change the blade, below.
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Tips & Tricks For Using Fonts In Cricut Design Space

Tips & Tricks For Using Fonts In Cricut Design Space

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How To Add A Colored or Patterend Bow To The Messy Bun SVG

How to add a solid color, or patterned, bow, to the Messy Bun SVG

Download the free, commercial use, Messy Bun SVG here:
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Lazy Vinyl Weeding

This is not a tip - but rather an admission. As in, this is probably a bad idea, but I do it anyway, because I am impatient. :-)

When a design has a solid outline with a lot of little pieces to weed out, and I am using regular or permanent vinyl (NOT htv), I will sometimes pull up the solid piece - the part of the design I will actually use, then use my scraper to quickly remove all the little pieces, then carefully place the solid piece back down. You can usually see the outline on the backing of where exactly the vinyl should go - but sometimes it can be tricky to not stretch it a bit, or get wrinkles. That's why it's not really a great idea. But like I said, I am impatient, and it frequently works out ok for me. :-)

Here you can see small bubbles in a few places. I'm confident I can work those out easily enough when I transfer the design - but again, this is why this is not the way you should do this.

The SVG is free from:
This is different than reverse weeding.  Reverse weeding works really well when you are trying to keep all the small details - small lettering, etc.  You apply the entire design to the transfer paper, then remove then weed.  See more about that here:


I transferred this to a re-usable drink pouch , it transferred great, I had no problems removing the "bubbles" above.

See more about decorating these drink pouches - which come with straws and are perfect for wine slushies,-  here: https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2021/06/decorating-drink-pouches.html

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Where To Find Free Graduation Card SVGS

Free SVGS For Making Graduation Cards

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Making 3D Paper Daisies With Cricut

Testing The Free 3D Paper Daisy Flower Files Available From A Variety Of Sites


In the photo above, from left to right: Dreamy Posy svg, Lia Griffith svg, Jennifer Maker svg

Misc:

A few early  construction notes:
- The paper from Hobby Lobby is Hollow Core  - giving my cuts a white edge.  I may like this for some things.  I do not like it for others.
- I should really read instructions.  Eventually I probably will - at least for the flowers that don't look right.  For now, I'm just cutting them and putting them together using basic logic.  Sometimes that works great, other times...  I still don't know why I have a black square of cardstock with the Jennifer Maker file, and apparently I was supposed to change the color from black to yellow on the long strip.  Ooops.

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This is one of my favorite sites for paper flowers. There are 19 freebies here - you add them to the card and "check out", no credit card information required.

Free SVG From Lia Griffith
Enter your email address and the download will begin automatically, and immediately


This site is so full of ads that it loads very slowly for me (the joys of rural internet)
The sign up for her free archives is near the top of the post. Once you sign up, you will receive an email with the password.  The password is in tiny print at the bottom of some of her emails, but the majority of the emails will be for her premium svg membership. 
The paper flowers in her freebie vault can be found here:

https://celebratingeverydaylife.com/how-to-make-an-easy-paper-daisy/
This is yet another freebie vault. Go to this page:
Go all the way to the bottom on the right to sign up.
Confirm you are not a robot. Wait for the email.
It went right to my spam folder.  Search "Jennifer Carroll" to find it.
Then go here to enter the password and download the files:


Jennifer Maker has a free version that is rolled, instead of stacked.

This is another freebie vault site, with a lot of free resources.  
The flower section of her freebie vault can be found here:
Then hold down the control and the f key on your computer and a search box will pop up - type daisy, and it till take you right to this file.

I downloaded this one from Kin+Tonic, but the link now gives a 404 error
A closer look at the site says they are rebranding as Petal And Finch and says "See Ya Soon"
I can only find an instagram, not a new webpage, for Petal and Finch - I'll check back later.

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Where To Find Free SVGS For Fathers Day Cards

More than 20 Free Fathers Day Card SVGS

For a LONG list of free Fathers Day svgs and project ideas, go here:
https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/05/where-to-find-loads-of-free-svgs.html
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Decorating Drink Pouches

 
Wine Slushies in Reusable Drink Pouches, Decorated with Cricut

On my desk today... It's going to be 90 degrees every day this week, so I thought this might be a good week to learn how to make wine slushies. Of course, I'm also decorating the drink pouches. The svgs here are from the same bundle I shared a few days ago, I used one of the svgs on the garden flag. It's not free - but it's only $2.50 for the bundle of 40 svgs, commercial use license included.

Reminder - as an affiliate for sites like Amazon and Creative Fabrica, if you click on one of the links here and then make a purchase, I may earn a small commission. This in NO WAY changes the price you are charged - it's the same price for you either way. :-)

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Four Easy Ways To Make Wine Slushies - With Recipes

 
Wine slushies made three ways:
On the far right is a tart red wine slushy made with a local red wine and simple syrup, blended, and froze frozen.  In the middle is a peach wine, mixed with frozen peaches and a cup of rum, blended, and froze.  (I'd knock the rum down to half a cup next time, this one is a bit strong... ) and on the far right is red cat wine, poured into a flat container and sat in the freezer overnight.  This morning I pulled a fork through it to "stir" it into a slush.  
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Free SVGS For Acrylic Keychains

 

Where To Find Free SVGS For Making Keychains

Popular Designs for the keychains include rainbows, sunflowers, monograms, and mandalas.  I have separate lists for each of those, and MANY more themes - find an index to all of the themes I have lists for here:

The SVGS listed below are primarily background svgs, for on the back of the acrylic circle.  At the end of the post, under projects, find all sorts of keychain ideas, from leather to resin, to acrylic designs.

Related Links:

A set of 30 blanks on Amazon for $12
https://amzn.to/3g7WjFH

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OMDT - A Grumpy Old Bear & His Honey Garden Flag

 
On my desk this morning.. my first garden flag. :-)

 This svg is part of a large bundle that I love. I purchased it in April when it was on sale for $1, but it's only $2.50 right now. Lots of great designs!
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