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A Crafting Frenzy Arises From the Subzero Temperatures

February 18, 2019 by Ashley Leave a Comment

Edit: This crafting post was originally meant to be posted during the arctic freeze that came through the Midwest. That week we had no mail for 3-4 days and my son and I stayed inside the house from Monday-Thursday without leaving. I wasn’t risking taking us out into -17 degree weather (and that was before the windchill). However, with me planning my son’s birthday party this post slipped through without being posted. I hope you still enjoy it.

Lately I have been using crafting as a stress-relief while dealing with a lot of crazy meetings and doctor appointments for Raiden and because of this I am becoming a lot more versed in using Cricut’s Cricut Design Space™. They have been uploading a lot more projects and cartridges to their software for people to use.

If you have a Cricut Access Membership Plan then you can use these cartridges with no additional fees. I have currently been digging through them and I am having so much fun designing projects for family members and friends.

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They have different cartridges for each state so that you can make state themed gifts for family members that may have moved out of state or ones who just might enjoy having something showing their love for the state they are from. I really enjoyed looking at the Illinois options because even though I don’t live in Illinois any longer it will still always be home to me.

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Another favorite set that I have come across is their new unicorn set. This set follows a very popular unicorn themed image while also making it unique to different holidays so that you can holiday themed items that are still cute and personal. Add some text and you have a one of a kind shirt or artwork.

Finding Cartridges in Design Space While Crafting

You can find cartridges pretty easily on Design Space. First you will need to start a new project and have a nice blank canvas to work with. I am going to show you what this looks like on mobile devices and tablets. If you need me to add imagery for using it on a computer I can add that later.

Cricut Design Space Crafting Tips

My blank project is in place and I will then select the image tool on the bottom of the screen. This tool allows you to search through their image database as well as their cartridges. Once you’ve clicked the image tab you will then select cartridges.

Cricut Design Space Crafting Tips

Once you are here you can just browse through the feed or if you know the name of the cartridge then you can type it into the search engine. I knew the name of the unicorn cartridge so I typed in “Unicorn Hair” and it popped right up.

Cricut Design Space Crafting Tips

You can then browse through the contents and select an image that you would like to have on your canvas to work with. Adding them to the canvas is done with a simple click of a button and then you have free reign to customize the project as you wish.

Cricut Design Space Crafting Tips

I chose the Unicorn with roses to play around with since Valentine’s Day is coming up. I thought it was appropriate and might make for a cute shirt or canvas type project for any girl in my life. We will see what it turns into once I add text, but in the meantime I love how quick and easy it was to find this artwork in Cricut’s Cricut Design Space™.

If you don’t have a Cricut.com you can buy them directly from Cricut’s website or from many local retailers. If you plan on getting Cricut Access Standard it is also wise to know that a membership to Access offers you a discount in the Cricut store as well.

What other crafting tips are you interested in reading about?

Check out some of my previous posts about crafting with my Cricut Explore Air 2:

  • What is Cricut?
  • An Introduction to the Cricut Explore Air 2
  • Learn More About the Cricut Explore Machines
  • DIY Dinosaur Fossil Birthday Banner
  • Making the Cricut Tester Project
  • Will the Cricut be my new addiction?

Filed Under: DIY, Featured Tagged With: Crafting, Cricut, Design Space, DIY, Free Crafts, Paper Crafting, Vinyl Crafting

Allergy Friendly Valentine’s Day Treats and Cards For Kids

February 9, 2019 by Ashley Leave a Comment

Allergy Friendly Valentine's Day Treats & Cards

I’ve always been aware of allergies, but I only ever avoided tree nuts because my cousin is allergic to them so they were naturally avoided around him. However, now that my son is dairy-free and was gluten-free for a short time I am now so much more aware of the ingredients in the foods we eat and hand out. So, I went on a venture to find a way to have an allergy friendly Valentine’s Day with my son.

I still love my chocolate, but realize that a lot more people can’t have it than I ever thought was possible. My son hasn’t entered school yet, but will be in the next couple months and that has me thinking about holidays at school. It can be hard to monitor kids and make sure they aren’t getting their hands on foods they shouldn’t be eating.

Welch's Fruit Snacks Valentine's Day Snack Pouches

Valentine’s Day Snack Cards

If you and your child want to bring in Valentine’s Day Cards to pass out that are also snacks then you might want to consider Welch’s Fruit Snacks pouches. This Valentine’s Day they have boxes that contain 28 pouches filled with heart-shaped emoji fruit snacks that can be filled out with names as Valentine’s for your child’s classmates.

Welch’s Fruit Snacks are fat free, gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, and contain no preservatives. This makes them a win-win for allergy conscious individuals. I love that they are something that I can share with my son without fear of it causing him any health issues.

Valentine’s Day Non-Snack Card Options

If you would rather find a cute Valentine’s Day card that doesn’t have food with it to hand out to the children in your child’s class then I would recommend you checking out these cute Coloring Crayon Valentine’s Day Cards that can be made using Cricut’s Design Space. 

Valentine Crayon Box Favor Photo courtesy of Cricut Design Space.

Valentine Crayon Box Favor

The Valentine Crayon Box Favor is not a design included in Design Space Access, but it is a super cute idea for a great little Valentine’s Day card to send to school with your little one. This design makes a simple crayon box big enough for you to fit 8 different colored crayons. You could easily buy crayons in bulk online, in a teacher’s store, or just make a trip to the Dollar Store to get some cheap crayons. This box is easily colored by the children, or could be left blank for their classmates to color when they get their little Valentine’s Day gift.

Valentine Coloring Card Photo Courtesy of Cricut Design Space.

Valentine Coloring Card

This Valentine Coloring Card is also a great option for the kids this year. These cards only require two crayons and can be a great way to help let your child help put together the cards for their classmates. While you do the work making these cards on Cricut Design Space your child can pick out the crayons that go with each Valentine.

These cards are easily customized in Design Space which means that if you want to include different pictures for the kids to color you can easily substitute them in before making them for your child’s class. This particular design is one that is available for free if you have a Design Space Access subscription.

Will you be using any of these allergy friendly Valentine’s Day ideas?

Filed Under: Activities & Crafts, Family, Featured Tagged With: Allergy-friendly, CRafts, Cricut Crafts, Dairy-Free, Design Space, Gluten-free, Kids Crafts, Nut-Free, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day Cards

My First Cricut Explore Air 2 Tester Project

July 10, 2018 by Ashley 2 Comments

 

As you may remember I purchased a Cricut Explore Air™ 2 machine as a late Christmas gift to myself and recently posed the question about whether or not this would be my new hobby/obsession. If you’d like to read about setting up my crafting space you can check that out here.

I have been so excited to start using my Cricut Explore Air 2 that I’ve been planning projects, but didn’t want to attempt one that might not turn out because I don’t know what I am doing. That is why I decided to start with the Starter Project that’s included with the Cricut Explore Air 2.  When you purchase your Cricut you will get a free 2 week trial of Access, but it is smart to look into you options and purchase Access from the start.  With a Cricut Access Membership Plan you gain access to tons of fonts and projects in Design Space with no additional fees.

cricut explore air 2 tester project

The Starter Project was very simple which I was very thankful for. It came with cardstock already cut to size for the card that I was to be making. I applied the cardstock to the green mat and inserted the black pen that came with my Cricut.

*I would recommend making your new mat a little less sticky by patting your hands on the mat to remove some stickiness otherwise you may find it difficult to remove the cardstock when you complete your cut.

Halfway through the cut you will need to change out the pen for the scoring tool so that the machine will make your card fold line. This is a simple task because the machine will leave the tool adapter in the middle of the machine for easy access.

cricut explore air 2 tester project

Once it’s done cutting you will remove the cardstock from the mat and fold it in half. From the inside you will then slide in the colored paper as the background to the cuts that were made.

As you can see it was a very simple and quick project!

Filed Under: DIY, Featured Tagged With: Art Project, Crafting, Cricut, Cricut Explore, Design Space, Greeting card

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