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Quick Tip - What Is An SVG? (It's never an image in a facebook comment)

Not all files that you can cut with your machine are SVG files. But SVG files are by far the easiest to work with, and should always be what you choose for a cut project.

An SVG is a "Scalable, Vector, Graphic". When you upload an svg to design space, you can resize it as much as you want without it distorting. Or "Vector graphics are computer graphics images that are defined in terms of points on a Cartesian plane, which are connected by lines and curves to form polygons and other shapes. ".

An svg will never be a photo in a facebook comment. You may find a link in the facebook comment, which shows a preview of the svg, but that preview is not your svg. (facebook is not capable of displaying actual svg files in comments) Click on the link, go to the site, and download the svg, for the best results. (Often on apple devices if you click on a facebook link it will not open. You may need to open Safari, and then copy and paste the link.)

NOT an svg - If you see the options, on the left to "select and erase", you are not working with an svg.

An SVG will not need the wand, or background eraser when you upload it. It won't even be an option in design space to clean up the image - those tools will not appear when you upload an svg. Because they are unnecessary.

Not All Images That Will Cut Are An SVG

And, although there are exceptions to this one, each piece of an svg can be removed, or changed. It will not be one flat image, but rather pieces that you can change.

What an SVG is NOT:

It is not a comment on a facebook post. Although those may be (MAY) images you can copy and upload into design space, using the tools to clean them up to cut them - they are NOT svgs. Frequently these images are stolen from designers, and distributed in facebook groups as "free svgs" or an "svg dump". If we, just for a moment, ignore the morality of this practice, we are still left with the fact that this is not an svg.
It is not a zip file. One of the most common mistakes when trying to use free svgs is attempting to upload the zip file to Design Space. When an svg comes as a zip file, which they frequently do, you will need to unzip the file first, then upload just the svg. There's a full "how to", including how to see thumbnails of SVG files here: https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/01/how-to-download-install-svg-to-design.html

Here's the important tip - svg files look like html files.

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

https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/01/quick-tip-cards-for-cricut-newbies.html

Rolled Paper Flowers & A Dollar Tree Pumpkin

Rolled Paper Flowers On A Dollar Tree Foam Pumpkin

Supplies Used:

Free Vine SVG from The Craft Chop
Free Rolled Flower SVG (60 flowers)
Foam Pumpkin from the dollar tree
Paint (I used Martha Stewart Chalk Paint, any paint will do)
Straight Pins
Card Stock (I used 12 8.5 x 11 sheets, Recollections from Michaels)
Hot Glue (or any glue - but hot glue dries fast)
Wine Cork For the stem

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Step By Step:

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I was using white flowers, so I painted the pumpkin first. That's probably not necessary if you are using orange flowers, but these pumpkins are awfully bright orange, so a light coat of paint to tone them down a bit and make them closer to your cardstock color is never a bad idea. Use a cheap paint! I only used the Martha Stewart Chalk paint because I bought a LOT of it at 80% off, so I use it for pretty much everything right now.

While the paint dries, start cutting flowers.

I used the free svg found here:

https://www.pazzles.net/wordpress/2011/09/02/twirled-flowers

(Scroll down, under the pink banner you will see the download button)

I sized the svg at 3.7 - exact numbers shown above

That allows me to fit 5 on a sheet of regular card stock.

I placed them on there, and attached, because Design Space does not always use the space as efficiently as I would like, if I allow it to decide where to place them.

You'll need approximately 60 flowers, so 12 sheets of card stock. Once you click make it, tell cricut you want to make 12 copies of your project.

I also cut the vine

Free SVG Found here

Sized 4.94 x 2.615

If you have never rolled paper flowers before, it's not hard, but remember to roll from the outside in. I am not very precise in my rolling, mine are rarely the exact same size, some are rolled tighter than others. I roll tight, then allow them to loosen just a little before gluing them in place.

Then I stuck them into the pumpkin using a straight pin. I could have glued them in place, but it's easier to move them around to fill the spaces better if you use the pins. You could use pretty pins with pearl heads, too.

View of the bottom of my pumpkin

I worked from the top down.

It took me 57 flowers to cover my pumpkin.

I used a wine cork for the stem, it's hot glued to the pumpkin. You could paint a wine cork too, cover it in fabric, or just a stick in it's place.

When I made this rolled paper flower wreath, I used tacky glue. It worked - but hot glue works so much better, it's much faster with hot glue, because it dries so much faster.

https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2020/01/making-rolled-paper-flower-wreath.html

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Related Links:
Fall Index - Free SVGS & Projects with cricut
Where To Find Free Rolled Paper Flower SVGS
More Cricut Project Tutorials
Where To Find Free SVGS By Theme

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