Hey everyone,
This week I thought I’d play with my Cricut Explore Air 2 for a couple of projects that I wanted to make. I personally feel that a handmade personalized gift is worth more than a bought one. You’re able to personalize a gift in any shape or form and give a unique one-of-a-kind gift to a loved one.
First up, I wanted to make a special birthday gift for a friend of mine. I recently saw some personalized t-shirts for sale and I wanted to make a similar one for her. I also wanted to specifically read “Hospice Nurse” in the phrase.
In design space, I started by setting a canvas first so that I know where to place my words. I love this feature, as it lets me visualize the end result.
I added the text using two different fonts, so that it adds some contrast. And finally I added a nurse hat from Dr. Checkup cartridge.
I had some work ahead of me with the nurse hat, since this was to be an iron-on layered image. This was my first attempt at slicing an image and I think I did pretty well.
After completing the final touches on my design, it was time to start cutting. This was my second time cutting iron-on material so I had my fingers crossed that I did everything right.
Using black glitter iron-on from Cricut, I cut my phrase all in one cut. And then I cut the nurse hat in a separate cut using white, red and black glitter iron-on material.
After finishing the process, I thanked my lucky starts that everything was just right on the shirt as her birthday was next day and there was no plan B.
For my second project, I wanted to try my hand at vinyl and making a personalized gift for the upcoming teacher’s appreciation week.
Again, starting with a canvas that I was working on allowed me to place my phrases exactly where I wanted and change the font accordingly. I thought it was more playful to have a mix of two fonts and make the phrase stand out.
I chose Oracal 651 vinyl sheet in pink to cut my phrase. I’ll be honest, it tested my patience to weed out all those little cuts but I persisted and after a while I had my phrase ready to be placed on the mug. I had some trouble with the little tails on some of the letters lifting but I used a bit of distress collage medium to glue them down.
And that completes my projects this week using my Cricut Explore Air2.
Thanks for stopping by, until next time….sprinkle a little creativity on your day!
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