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Happy Easter SVG Blog Hop

Grab this festive and free SVG file for Easter and make a great holiday craft. #freesvg #easter

happy easter sign

This Easter SVG is perfect for making a festive decoration. It has cute ears and a tail, making it the perfect addition to your Easter celebrations. Whether it be a sign on the table, decor on the wall, or a fun piece of clothing, this SVG file is flexible enough for all those applications and more.

Grab the free SVG file from the store here: [Easter]

what tools

Not sure what Cricut tools you need or should use? Check out this post – What tools to Buy.

Need to know about the different vinyl products available? You can learn all about it at About Cricut Vinyl.

Cricut mats

Are you confused about the different colors of mats? This article will clear it all up for you. 
Which Mat Do I Use?

Don’t miss all the other Easter-themed SVG files listed below. They are all free and available for you to download and enjoy.

collage of images
Brooklyn Berry DesignsHip Hop Hooray
That’s What Che SaidToo Hip to Hop
Lemon ThistleEaster Bunny Silhouette
Hello Creative FamilyFloral Easter Bunny SVG
The Girl CreativeHe is Risen
Life Sew SavoryThe Hunt is on
Try it – Like it – Create itHappy Easter
Everyday Party MagazineEaster Bunnies
Kara CreatesTreats for the Easter Bunny
The Crafty Blog StalkerHoppy Easter

Believe SVG

Show you believe with this free SVG.

What a wonderful time of year! I love the innocence of children and their wide eyes at all the decor of the Christmas season. It truly is a time to Believe. Grab this free SVG file to show that you Believe.

believe

Grab the free SVG file from the store: [Believe SVG]

Check out all the other wonderful Christmas Saying SVGs in this month’s SVG hop.

Merry Everything!
Merry Christmas Wreath
Merry Blessed Christmas Obsessed
Believe
Merry & Bright
Mama Claus
Merry Christmas to All and To All a Good Night
Merry Christmas
Christmas 24:7
There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays
holly jolly holiday
Joy to the World
Elf Quotes
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
sleigh all day

Mother’s Day Card

An SVG to make a card for Mother’s Day. #affiliate

As a mom, I have to say some of the best presents are homemade. I love it when my daughters take the time to make me something. I’d rather they not spend money on me. This Mother’s Day Card is one with a few steps but it isn’t difficult to make. I think any mother would appreciate a handmade card.

I work with a few different companies and with this card, I was able to combine their products. The following links are affiliate links, they cost nothing for you to use and in fact, they help support this site. Thank you for using them.

Materials:

Directions:

Using the free SVG file listed above, cut the white card stock with your personal cutting machine.

I am using a Cricut Maker. I set the red line to score and added the scoring tool.

This card is made from three parts, the cut cardstock,
the polka dot card stock cut just shy of 6″ x 8″, 
and a piece of Rinea red foil paper 4″ x 2.25″.
 

I used the Best Glue Ever to attach all the layers.
 

I applied glue around the word Mom and around the outer edge of the Rinea foil paper.
 

The back of the red foil paper is gold.

Hopefully, you can get a sense of the luminous red foil from the above photo.

Using the same process, I attached the polka-dotted scrapbooking paper.
The paper I chose had a white back, making the inside of the card ready for a special message.
The folded size is 6″ x 4″.

DIY a Mini Santa Gnome

Learn how to make a Santa gnome from simple materials, many found at the dollar store.

Mini Santa Gnomes are so fun to make and are great holiday-themed items. Each one can have its own personality. They can have big noses or long beards. You can twist the fake fur making a handlebar mustache. Your Santa gnome can be made fat or skinny. Change the color of the hat for a different look. Different decorative elements on the hat can change the theme completely.

I chose to add a pin to the back so my Santa Gnome can be worn. Another option would be to add a hook and hang him on your Christmas tree. These mini gnomes can decorate packages or used for other decorative elements. I have one sitting on my desk!

materials

The list of materials may seem rather long but they aren’t expensive. Once you have obtained them all, you can actually make ten Santa Gnomes from one pack of gloves. You will have a lot of other materials left over, so grab another pack of gloves for more gnome making. Items noted with DT were bought at the Dollar Tree.

Materials:

  • 2 pairs of gloves DT
  • small rubber bands DT
  • nylons DT
  • pom pom or bell DT
  • scissors
  • polyfill (or similar)
  • Hot Glue and Gun
  • fake fur
  • pinback (optional)
  • ornament hook (optional)

Fake fur can be expensive so purchase as small a cut as possible – 1/4 a yard or even an 1/8 a yard. You don’t need much for the mini gnomes. I found mine at Walmart. Fake fur can be found in a variety of different colors.

Video Instruction:

DIY Candy Advent

Create your own Candy Advent with this free SVG file.

Making your own advent for Christmas lets you customize it your own way. I made mine into a candy advent but it would also be fun as coins, dollars, or any other little items.

Special thanks to Cricut for providing materials that were used in this post.

Materials:

  • Cricut Maker
  • Cardstock – 12″ x 12″
  • candy
  • Cricut Markers
  • Glue Dots
  • SVG file

Directions:

To begin, download the free SVG file – Candy Advent.

candyadventDownload

The SVG file can be used to cut and draw. I chose to draw the type and numbers but you can cut them out of vinyl or card stock too. Then the shape was cut from the 12 x 12 card stock.

The drawn text is done as an outline. I chose to fill it in with a marker. A thick permanent marker was used to fill in the numbers. I did so in a rough, quick manner to make the advent appear more handmade. You can choose to do yours as you desire.

I used snack sized candy and attached them to the advent with Glue Dots.

Here is a close up of the numbers and the candy attached to the advent.

What will you use on your advent?

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How to Glass Etch a Lucky Shamrock Mug

St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner so you might want to make this Lucky Shamrock Mug now to get ready. Why is it lucky? Because there is one four-leaf shamrock among all the three-leaf ones. So just like in nature, there is luck in finding it! Can you spot it? And of course, the design is on a beer mug. Don’t you drink green beer on St. Patrick’s Day?

I want to thank Cricut and Etchall for providing materials used in this post.
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Materials:

shamrocklineDownload

Directions:

Download the free SVG file and size it to your mug. If using the mug from the Dollar Tree, I found 10″ wide for the design to work well. I didn’t use one of the shamrocks. Make sure to clean the surface of the mug with rubbing alcohol.

shamrocklineDownload

Cut the vinyl on your cutting machine. 

Weed away the design and keep the strip of vinyl

Wrap it around the mug in your desired location.
I liked the top rim of the mug for my design. I found wrapping around the mug to be a bit more difficult to get straight than I anticipated.
Remove any air bubbles and rub the vinyl down really well.

Cover the design with Etchall cream using your paintbrush and allow it to sit for 15 minutes.

Remove any excess cream and put it back in the jar. Then wash the mug in warm water, you can also use soap.

Remove the vinyl and discard it. Now the mug is ready to use and enjoy!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day Coaster

I am not Irish but when I think of St. Patrick’s Day the first thing that comes to mind is green beer. I guess it is a throwback to my college days. So I created this Happy St. Partick’s Day coaster. The design is more like a seal so it could work well on other substrates like a t-shirt or a tote. The image is a free SVG file so you can download it and resize it however you’d like.

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Materials:

Directions:

Download the free SVG file above and scale it to your project. For the coaster, I made mine 3″.

drawing with the Cricut Maker


the drawn image with the Infusible pen
don’t forget to mirror any image with text included!
 


after coloring in with Infusible Marker
 


coaster, image, heat-resistant tape, Infusible Ink pen
 


using the EasyPress 2
 


the inked image on the left and the finished coaster on the right
 


Ready for St. Patrick’s Day and green beer!

I planned on participating in this first SVG blog hop but I got my dates confused, I was sick, and didn’t get my project images submitted on time. But I still want to help promote the hop and all the free SVG files available for St. Patrick’s Day. 

Heart Boxes

This is an example of the sixty some odd heart boxes we made for Valentine’s Day. Who were the lucky recipients? Kids in my daughters’ classes and their basketball teammates. What was inside? Those famous lip balm balls everyone is talking about, a mustache whistle and a valentine gumball. Some boxes were filled with spritz heart cookies as well. We had so much fun making them, we worked in a production line fashion. This was from last year. This year, we need to come up with something similar to place those yummy Lindt Chocolates into. That post will be coming soon.


A few more of the boxes finished. 

Materials:

  • Valentine-themed scrapbook paper
  • personal cutting machine (I used a Cricut Explore Air 2)
  • or scissors
  • free svg file or free printable template (both are linked below)

Special thanks to  Cricut for providing the Cricut Explore Air 2 in order to produce posts similar to this one. 
This post contains affiliate links to help support this site. 

The files we used were from The Craft Chop and you can use them too. Oh, did I mention they were free? 

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Heart box SVG file post: http://thecraftchop.bravesites.com/entries/svg/heart-box-2

How to Make 3D Snowflakes with Cricut

Learn how to turn a mirrored image into a 3D ornament just like this snowflake with Cricut.

The thing I like most about snowflakes besides no two being alike is that they are great for winter decor. They work for Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years, or a general winter theme. 

Using any mirrored image, you can turn it into a 3D shape. Snowflakes work for this idea. In this post I will show how I took a simple snowflake cut in Design Space and by adding a score line then making multiple cuts, it can be turned into a 3D hanging decor. 

Make one large snowflake to hang in a doorway or from a light fixture, or you can make multiples to hang all together to cover a larger area or make smaller versions for Christmas tree ornaments.

Read to the end of the post where you can enter to win a Cricut Maker Machine. 

Materials:

  • glitter cardstock – 2 sheets
  • snowflake
  • Personal Cutting Machine – I used a Cricut Explore Air 2
  • glue
  • twine, string, or fishing line to hang the Snowflake

I wanted to thank Cricut for providing my cutting machine in order to create posts using their products.

Directions:

This is an Explore Air 2 – Easy one-Cut Holiday project. One shape that is cut multiple times to make the ornament. In the video below you will see how you set up one snowflake to cut and then you can tell your machine to cut multiples of that one image. The software knows where to place it on the mat to use the optimal amount of surface space without wasting any materials. 

The following video will show you how I set up the snowflake file in Design Space.

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cutting
Cutting the snowflake shapes on my Cricut Explore Air 2.

cut snowflakes
The cut snowflakes, starting to fold them in half. This task needs to be done gently.

fold
A folded snowflake.

glue and string
Attach the folded snowflakes with glue and insert a string for hanging.
I intended to piece together six snowflakes, when I got to five, there was no more room for another one.

finished
The finished snowflake.

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Winter Hat Christmas Ornament

Fun hat ornaments made from toilet paper rolls and yarn. Learn how to make your own.

These cute Winter Hat Ornaments are easy to make. They only take a few items that you probably already have at home and they are easy enough to make with children. Use one kind of yarn or a variety to create a striped hat. The options are really endless by using a variety of different yarns. This is a great craft to use up leftover project yarn.

materials

Materials:

  • yarn
  • scissors
  • tissue
  • toilet paper roll

Instructions:

toilet paper tube
Cut a 1/4 to 1/2 inch loop from the toilet paper roll. 

cut yarn
Cut lengths of yarn about 10″ long. I wrap around my thumb and pinkie fingers and then cut on of the loops.

loop through
Fold one piece of yarn in half. 
Place the loop through the tube. 

ends through
Put the ends of the yarn through the loop. 

pull tight
Pull the ends tight. 

full tube
Continue to do so until the tube is full of yarn. 

tie
Using one more strand of yarn, collect all the yarn ends and tie a double knot, very tightly. 

stuff tissue
Stuff a balled-up tissue into the hat to fill out the shape. 

trim
Trim the top “poof” of the hat and play with it to get the desired fullness. 

Enjoy!

Options:

  • You can use different colors of yarn to create a striped pattern if you desire.
  • Different yarns will create a different look, acrylic versus wool, etc…
  • You can use another piece of yarn to hang your ornament or insert a wire hanger into the top of the hat.
  • Instead of an ornament, use the hat to top off a bottle of wine.
  • Decorate a present using the hat like you would a bow.

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