On My Desk 10/9/21 - Halloween Paper Crafts

 
On My Desk The Week Of 10/9/21 - Halloween Paper Crafts

Throughout the week, I post what I am working on on my facebook page, along with notes on what worked, and didn't work, for me when making the project.  Occasionally I will then copy all of those facebook posts into one blog post.

Quick List Of Where To Find The SVGS:
Jointed Witch [CF]
Jolly Jointed Pumpkin  [CF]
Cats Meow Tea Lamp [ CF]
3D Haunted House [FREE svg]
Paper Halloween Lanterns [FREE svg]

For scale - and because I just loved seeing these all lined up together on my desk.  :-)
The house and lantern are both about 12 inches tall.  Winney Witch is closer to 15 inches.

From Shadow Box Design to Charger Plate Sign - Using Slice In Design Space

Turning a shadow box design into a circular design that will work on a Dollar Tree Charger Plate.  [See more Dollar Tree Charger Ideas Here]

 Or as the "O" in a seasonal Home Sign.

This particular svg had been on sale - it's $7 normally.

The same basic concept will work with any shadow box design.

For this design, there are squares at the bottom for the lights to run through, when used as a shadow box.  I used the contour button to remove those bottom rectangles.


The charger plates I have currently have an center circle of 8.25.  So I wanted my finished paper cutting to be 8.25 in diameter.

In Design Space, I created one circle 8.25 in diameter, and then I sized the original shadow box design so that the circle would slice a nice "rim" around the design. For this specific svg, I resized the shadow box design to 9.926.  

Next I duplicated the circle. Then I selected both circles, duplicated again.  Then I selected all 4 circles and duplicated again - giving me 8 8.25 inch in diameter circles.  I needed 8 for this project, because there are 8 square layers that need sliced.

At the top of the screen (on a computer) choose select all, then align/center

More about using Align in Design Space:

Now over in the layers panel on the right, while holding down the cntrl button, select one square layer, and one circle.  That will select two items.  If only one item is selected, or more than 2 or selected, the slice button will be greyed out.  You can only slice when two items are selected.  Exactly two.

After you slice, you will have a bunch of extra pieces labeled "Slice Result"  Delete all but the one you want to keep.  If you look at the layers panel in the photo above, I selected three images to delete, saving the blue circle to cut.

Repeat this for each layer, until you are left with only circles.
 


The circles cut, and laid out in order for assembly.

For my ceramic floor tile Home Sign, I cut the design at 4 inches in diameter.
Here's a step by step tutorial for the making the  home sign, and lists of free svgs for each season:







 

Tool Talk Tuesday - The Tools I Prefer When Working With Cricut

All of the "Tool Talk Tuesday" facebook posts in one long list.  

Some of the crafting  tools regularly found on my desk

See My Amazon "Favorite Craft Products" List here:

On My Desk 9/8/21 - Layered Paper Fall Designs

 My intention is for these to be strung together as a fall banner - but I have not gotten quite that far yet.  :-)

This is the first time I have used textured, and pearlized, papers in layered svgs.  I combined regular cardstock (I most often use Recollections brand from Michaels) with 12x12 cardstock I bought in packs at Hobby Lobby.  I love the dimension and shine the "fancier" papers add to these designs.

The Pumpkin Sunflower Mandala is a free svg from:

The Sunflower is a free svg from:

The layered crow mandala is a free svg from:

The layered mandala Scarecrow Gnome is not a free file, but if you purchased the Gigantic Halloween Papercut Bundle in the August $1 deals, he is included in that bundle:

You can find him available for purchase on his own, here: https://tinyurl.com/mhw7kvcr

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