Addressing A Pre-Made Envelope With Cricut
To address a premade envelope, simply type your address in a text box, choose a "writing font" [one that works with the pens ] and set the line type to draw.
When using pens in cricut, the pen follows the path of the blade - giving most text an "outline", or bubbled look. Most will tell you to use an official Cricut Writing Font - and for those of you who pay the monthly fee to rent images and fonts from Cricut, that's a good idea.
But for those of us who do not rent our images and text... there are HUNDREDS of free options you can download and install.. Hairline fonts that will appear single line, and true single line fonts (which actually, often do not work as well as the hairline fonts, in Design Space).
I've already tested hundreds of fonts, in a variety of pen sizes, and included links on where to download the fonts. You can find all of my samples, sorted by pen size, here:
But for addressing Christmas cards, I recommend sticking to the list of fonts that write well with the super fine tip pens. Find that list here:
I have 48 fonts tested, and listed there, that I think work extremely well. Links to download each of the fonts can be found on that site as well.
But for me - my two "go to" favorites are AlwaysHere, and Montepetrum.
Click Make it. But do not actually Make it yet!
Place your envelope on your mat. Look at the grid and decide where you would like the machine to write. For my envelope, I decided on 2.5 inches in, 2 inches down.
Look at the screen, click on the mat, then click on the address, and drag the address to the spot on the grid where you want it to draw. See the image above? I've moved the address down.
Now click make it.
This time I used a plain old bic pen to write. I use these a lot!
That's it! Addressing envelopes with cricut is time consuming. It is MUCH faster to use a program like word, and a printer, to print labels for on envelopes, or print right on envelopes with your printer. But it's still nice to know how to do it with cricut too.
This is how I actually address my Christmas Cards - Using Mail Merge and Avery Labels.
Here's a step by step how to:
I gave up on using home made envelopes awhile back - too many of my cards were returned as "undeliverable" by our post office. Instead, I purchase these. They are not the most inexpensive, but they are so pretty! A pack of 50 costs around $14. They come in a multitude of colors - from dark blue and dark green, to Ivory and White, with either silver, or gold, accents.
