A very long list of where to find FREE fonts that will work as writing fonts in Design Space, with examples sorted by which pens they work with, at what sizes, and all with the links for downloading them.
How To Glitter Christmas Ornaments
The Cliff Notes Version:
- Glass or plastic makes no difference.
- I use Polycrylic - See a comparison with mop & glo here
- Ultra fine glitter works best. White always looks thinner. Brand does not matter.
- Make your design about an inch smaller than the ornament, roughly
Supplies:
- Polycrylic (Polycrylic and Polyurethane are NOT The same thing)
- Condiment bottle (check Dollar tree for these!)
- Glitter (The color I used here is Champagne)
- Ornaments
- A paper funnel (or you can buy one)
- And Egg Carton
- A lint brush (for cleaning up glitter)
I use a plastic condiment container to pour the polycrylic into my ornaments. I pour a lot in.
After swirling it around to coat the ornament, I dump the excess back into the can.
Then I set the ornament upside down in the egg carton to drain for another minute or two
Pour in the glitter
Then I place my thumb over the top, and shake well to coat.
I usually use Recollections glitter, but I found this Moxy today and it's super sparkly.
It's hard to say exactly how much glitter to use - but this is how much is left after I made 6 ornaments. The bottle was full to the top when I bought it, there was no gap at the top.
(Although this ornament is also gold, it is not the same as the ones above, this is one I made earlier with Recollections glitter)
To avoid scratching the tops of the ornaments when putting the tops on, pull the metal cap all the way to the bottom of the wire, like the one on the right in the photo above. Place it on the ornament, then push the wire in.
The size of the design will vary - but as you can see here, for the 4 inch ornaments I used a roughly 3x3 design, and for the 3 inch ornaments, roughly 2x2.
=====================
How To Curve Text in Phonto - for Cricut Design Space
http://www.phon.to/
Phonto works on Android and Apple. I use an android, so my screen shots are from Android.
Open that app. Tap in the middle of the screen.
Choose Use Plain image
choose the first white box you see. All you need is a plain background.
Click on the pencil at the top of the app.
Type the first half of your text.
(Helpful comment from an iphone user - Just an FYI on the iPhone, no pencil image comes up. You swipe left once you type the text to find the ‘curve’ option.)
a menu will drop down, choose curve.
Once you get the curve for the top half of your circle, click on the pencil again, and add the bottom part of your text. This time when you choose curve, move the curve negative - to the left.
Then go to your computer, save the image, open it in design space. I choose simple, then make sure to erase your background - don't forget to erase the areas inside the e's and a's..
That's all there is to it!
How To Use The Samantha Font In Cricut Design Space
The Samantha Font has more glyphs than any other font I know of
Here's how to find, and use them - Step By Step
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)