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Showing posts with label Cricut Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cricut Christmas. Show all posts
Cricut Christmas Cards With A Preschooler
Preschool Christmas Cards - Working On Simple Scissor Skills
No SVG for this one - But I linked to the public Design Space Project [FREE] and I gave the measurements if you want to just make your own from scratch. It's just basic shapes.
Christmas Ornament Tutorials - An Index
An Index Of Christmas Ornament Tutorials
[Mostly] Made With Cricut
[Mostly] Made With Cricut
Christmas In July Week 3 - Count Downs & Advent Calendars
Christmas In July - Count Downs & Advent Calendars
This is probably the #1 Christmas item I SHOULD be starting in July. For the grandkids in England, I need to mail these at the end of October. For the local kids, I should send them home with them after Thanksgiving dinner. That way they all have them for December 1st.
Santa Cotton Ball Count Down
Christmas Count Down Santa -
Add a cotton ball each day, building Santa's beard and hat.
Handprint Reindeer - A Cricut Kids Craft
A simple 3 layer reindeer head cut by cricut, with handprint antlers
Shower Ring Marcrame Gnome Santa
It seems wrong to call this "macrame", since you really are just tying 10 knots. Or, more accurately, one knot, 10 times. But that's what Pinterest appears to be calling this project, so who am I to contradict? :-)
Nativity Pop Up Cards - Color & Light Options
A Light Up Pop Up Nativity Card
I made 8, in a variety of colors, and then tried a few different light options, after sizing the card down to fit in a standard envelope. With a fairy light pack, this DOES fit in a standard envelope! If mailing, I'd definitely check to make sure it doesn't require extra postage.
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Supplies:
- [NOT FREE] SVG
- Lights - Options below - but for mailing, you will want these (these are also what we used for the light up nativity and angel from Special Hearts Studio in 2020, so you may still have a few left)
- Three sheets of 8.5x11 cardstock.
- Glue - I used a glue stick and hot glue
This svg, as uploaded, will make a card 7.7 x 5.5
That's just slightly too large for a standard 5x7 envelope.
To fix that, make sure the svg is ungrouped, Select all, align center.
Then with all images selected, size to 6.9 wide. It will default to 9.907 tall.
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Now the finished card will fit nicely into a 5.7 envelope - even with the fairy light pack inside. (There IS a card, with light pack, inside the envelope shown here)
Aren't those envelopes gorgeous? They come in green, blue, and other colors too
Find them on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3Sfc67l
NOTE - When folded, the outside of this card is completely blank. I haven't decided what I will do on the outside yet - but possibly something print then cut, to not add additional bulk. But then again, maybe not... I don't think I will be mailing these, I think all of mine will be hand delivered.
There is a pdf file in the svg download with instructions for assembling the cards. They are pretty quick and simple to make!
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COLORS
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A variety of options in progress on my desk
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Gold Foil for the inserts and background makes a HUGE impact. It's my favorite, and much better in person than in the photos.
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With the Blue, I did some silver foil background, but it really did not make much difference, when compared with the grey background. If I were going to do more with the silver foil, I'd definitely cut the insert pieces from the silver foil too.
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The Kraft Brown paper and white is probably my second favorite - but I have a rustic farmhouse, so this one goes best with my decor here.
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Blue with a grey background and white inserts would be my go to color choice, if not using foil.
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The original example uses yellow- which is nice, but not my favorite.
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LIGHTS
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Fairy Lights (currently on sale, a 6 pack is less than $10)
Battery Operated Tea Light (2 pack at the Dollar Tree)
Mini Submersible LED lights (mine are color changing)
Dollar Tree Battery Operated 10 Light Set
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My favorite is actually the tea light, in several cases. However, that will NOT work for mailing and is not as bright. It's a tight fit - I could barely fit it into the back of the card.
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Overall, the fairy lights with the tiny thin battery pack is ideal - they fit right in the card for mailing. These are the same lights I used in the light up angel, and light up nativity, from Special Hearts Studio (links at the bottom of this post) so I already had these on hand.
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The mini submersible light fits better than the regular tea light, but still would not working for mailing. Mine, a gift from my mom (I have BOXES of them!) are color changing, which I didn't love for this particular project.
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The Dollar Tree Battery Pack of 10 lights was my worst option. They are not very bright, but the cord takes up a lot of room and looks messier. The battery pack really does not fit - you need to put that behind the card for the lights to fit in.
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More Projects That Use Those Tiny Fairy Light Packs
The Lights - https://amzn.to/3Rb5zJz
Projects I've used these lights in:
Nativity Pop Up card shown above
Light Up Nativity (this folds down and stores in the base! Love that! ) FREE svg - https://specialheartstudio.com/3d-layered-nativity/
Light up Paper Angel - FREE svg - https://specialheartstudio.com/layered-christmas-angel/
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On My Desk - My Favorite 3 Card SVGS, Through The Seasons
These three card designs, two of them box cards, are my favorites. By changing the colors, and the text, I've used them for Christmas, Thank You, Mothers Day, Valentines Day, and more!
A Stitched Christmas Tree Card
Stitched with embroidery thread, the tree on this Christmas card can be removed and used as a Christmas ornament.
Inspired by the Spellbinders die cut designs. They have AMAZING card inspiration and dies, be sure to check out their website. I'm not yet ready to commit to another machine, so I came up with my own version, using the machines I already own.
Using Mail Merge & Avery Labels To Address Christmas Cards
Tip - Address labels and Mail Merge
I know, I know, we all had great plans of using the pens in cricut to address all of our Christmas cards... but now it's 2 weeks before Christmas, and I don't know about you, but I needed something much faster.
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