Our guest blogger Suzie Candlin from Cricut has made all these
fun Back to School projects and shows you how to make them in her handy
tutorials.
Stationery Wallet and accessories
What You Will Need
Cricut Explore™ machine and Design Space™
software
12” x 12” standard grip cutting mat, tool set,
scoring stylus, pen, vinyl sampler
First Edition 12” x 12” Travel Notes Paper Pad
and Textured cardstock
Lunch bag, 15cm ruler, small 3” x 5” notebook
and eraser
Adhesive
How to Make
1.
Sign into your Design Space™ account, switch on
the Cricut Explore™ and ensure it is connected either by Bluetooth or USB cable
to your pc/Mac.Search for and select the Design Space™ projects categories list for ‘parties
& events’ and click on the ‘Picnic Utensil Pocket’ project.
2.
Click on ‘Customise’. Hide the napkin ring
layers and separate the layers for the holder. Resize the holder to be 11” x
6.5” and the insert to be 4.3” x 6.3”.
3. Click on ‘Add Text’ and type the name required.
Select ‘has writing style’ and a font from the edit window. Position the text
on the insert where required and ‘attach’ it to the insert.
4.
Cut the images out from the First Edition Travel Notes paper and textured card stock, loading them on to the cutting mat and adjusting the Smart Dial™
accordingly and loading the scoring stylus and pen when prompted.
Tip: Use the scraper tool to add the cut paper to the mat; ensures good
adhesion and no air bubbles. Remove the paper from the mat using the spatula to
prevent damage to the image and the mat.
5.
Use the scraper tool to crease the folds in the
stationery wallet. Glue the side panels together and to the bottom panel,
ensuring that no adhesive spreads to close the wallet completely.
6.
Slide in the named insert. Fill the wallet with
stationery.
You can also customise the contents of your stationery
wallet with your Cricut Explore.
Vinyl Names for Labels
1. Click on ‘Add Text’ and type the name required. Select a font from the edit
window. Copy and paste the name and initials as required and resize each copy
to give a variety of sizes. Cut the text out from vinyl, adjusting the Smart
Dial™ accordingly. Add your vinyl text to label the ruler, notebook, lunch bag
and the eraser.
Crayon Box
What You Will Need
Cricut Explore® Machine, Tags, Bags, Boxes and more cartridge, 12" x 12"
Light Grip Cricut® Mat, Tools Scoring Stylus, Pen Set
First Edition 6” x 6” Kaleidoscope Paper Pad
Crayons
Twine
How to Make
1.
With the Tags, Bags, Boxes and more cartridge , select the crayon box. Size the box to 6.6" x 5.4" and add a text box with the initals to the front of the crayon box image
2.
Cut the images using the First Edition
Kaleidoscope paper, loading them on to the cutting mat and adjusting the Smart
Dial™ accordingly and loading the scoring stylus and pen when prompted. Use the
scraper tool to crease the folds in the crayon box. Glue the side panels
together and to the bottom panel. To finish, feed some twine through the cut
holes to create a handle.
Animal Pencil Toppers
What You Will Need
Cricut Explore™ machine, Design Space™ software,
12” x 12” standard grip cutting mat, tool set
First Edition 12” x 12” card stock in light
grey, dark grey, brown, yellow
Dovecraft Craft Glue
Hot glue gun and glue sticks
Pencils
How to Make
1.
Create a new project and click ‘insert image’.
Pick the lion image from Animal Kingdom® Cartridge and the elephant image from
ZooBalloo® Cartridge. Resize the images to be approximately 1.5” x 1.5” and cut
the images out from textured card.
2.
Glue the layers together and allow to them to dry.
Wrap and stick a piece of coordinating textured card stock to the top of pencil
and attach the toppers on top of the paper using a hot glue gun and glue
sticks.
Animal Bookmark
1. Create a new project in In Cricut Design Space™, using ‘insert image’, search a snake
book corner. Cut the image from the textured card stock and the First Edition Kaleidoscope paper. Fold on the
scoring lines and adhere the back flaps together. Layer and adhere the bookmark
pieces to create the faces - the inside mouth pieces are attached to the inside
of the folded back flaps.
If you have a Cricut Explore™ machine, we would love to see
your Cricut Explore™ makes in the project gallery. What Cricut Explore™ ideas
would you like us to make?