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.

Read more »
by at No comments:
in ,

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:

====================
Find An Index Of Cricut Project Tutorials Here:


by at No comments:
in

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.  
Read more »
by at No comments:
in

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.
Read more »
by at No comments:
in

Tips & Tricks For Using Fonts In Cricut Design Space

Tips & Tricks For Using Fonts In Cricut Design Space

============
An Index Of The Posts In The 
Facebook 5pm Font  Posts
==============
Read more »
by at No comments:
in ,

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:
Read more »
by at No comments:
in

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

=================
Find an index of all my cricut quick tip cards here:




by at No comments:
in
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)