My 10 Year Old Made His First Cricut Card

I actually got to spend the majority of the day in the sunshine. That was cool.

When I got home my 10 year old Levi had missed me, and wanted to create something with the Cricut. So I let him go through my images and pic one, (I encouraged him to pic something easy, LOL).

He picked the splashing duck. Below are some of the pictures we got during the process. He and I are both real proud of his masterpiece. He made it into a card and is going to send it to his Aunt in Montana.

                                                          Working on putting it all together.

                   The end product and the happy smile that goes along with it, (isn't he a sweety!)

Here is a picture he took with my phone with one hand while holding his card in the other hand. Good photographer, huh. :)

And here is what it says on the inside. We tried to cut out the words but we are still having a lot of problems with the cricut tearing the little tiny cuts, I think my mat might need to get restickied.

Here is one where he is getting a taste of weeding. LOL>

Thanks for coming by, I am sure Levi will enjoy any and all comments left on this post. He had a blast spending time cricutting with Momma tonight. :o)

Laurie and Levi

Here's one more, this one was simple compared to recent cut files I have worked on.

Here is a little chic I found in a generic coloring book. Simple and easy. It should make it simple and easy to cut as well.

I call her cute chick with pink bow.

 

You can download her here.

Enjoy!     Laurie

 

Another Easter or Spring File, Cute Precious Moments Bunny with flowers.

I am excited. I found a full box of color books I had packed away from when the kids were little. I now get the fun of weeding through them to find the cutest ones to cut.

Oh and I did something on this one I should have done on the rest. As I go to cut the other ones that have already been listed, i will do this and re upload them. I didn't join the layers as one before I uploaded. I did do this on this one, so it should be all ready for cutting.

Thanks for all the feedback and comments, I enjoy them as much as I do creating the files.

Laurie

You can download it here.
Again, if you want to share these with someone else please send them here, and I would love to see what you create with them.

Another Precious Moments Boy Dancing to his Ipod

This one was a real challenge. I think I might of messed up with the eyes, you might have to draw them in. I will update this once I get it cut and know what is going on.

Also, I think I made a piece of his shirt his skin, but my son is bugging me for the computer, I will fix it later.

While I am off the computer I am going to get set up for cutting, so I will be sharing pics of the cutouts soon.

Here he is:

You can download the Make the Cut File Here:

Enjoy, as always leave comments, and share pics of your creations with me. Send others here to get the file rather than give these files out yourself. Greatly appreciated. I love all the great feedback. It warms my heart!

Laurie

I did it again. An adorable Make the Cut Precious Moments bashful boy.

I am getting a little braver. This is my second attempt at a precious moments file. My first one got messed up, I may redo it, I'll probably have to start it from scratch.

Meanwhile, here is an adorable little baseball capped boy. I would love if you would leave comments with a cute verse to use on a card with this little guy.

Laurie.

You can download the file here.

Another Easter Make The Cut File -Swimming Chics, Might not be for beginners

That sounds kind of funny coming from me, the not for beginners in my headline. I am talking about the actual cutting, because there are some really tiny pieces in this file. You might want to just draw them in. I will know more when I do some cutting on all these creations in the next few days.

The reason I say it is funny is because not so long ago, I was a beginner at putting these files together myself.

You can download this file here.

Enjoy and as always I would love for you to comment or share pics of your finished projects.

Laurie

Adorable Green Turtle Free Make the Cut File

Well, when I saw this one in a coloring book I just fell in love with it. I wasn't sure how easy it would be. To be honest, I have been collecting color books and files for a few weeks, and now that I have figured out the process of creating files, I can't seem to get enough of it. :o)  This would work well on a get well card, or a thinking of you for someone who is having a tough time. You can get it here.

You could use a verse something like, I know you have been moving slow lately, cheer up things are bound to get better.

I would love to see your creations. BTW, I should mention TOS. Terms of Service. Feel free to use these for your creations, but don't pass the files on, send them to my blog. If you create a card or something you want to sell, just link to me as where you got your original file. Thanks.

Laurie

Another Easter Make The Cut File -Bunny Smells Flower

Here is another one I found in a coloring book. This one was quite simple to do only took about 15 minutes. :o) I am definitely getting the hang of this.  Click here to get the file.  It would look good on a colored textured or embossed background.

EDITED. I am changing this file, but I am going to leave the first one alongside the second, so you know which one is newer. The one on top is the new one, the one on bottom the old. The difference besides the ears layer being in the right place, (so it actually shows, LOL). I have also joined all the layers to prepare them for cutting. I have also fixed a problem with the eye which eliminated one stupid cut you didn't really need. I learned this after cutting him. Here is a picture of the file cut out, it is only my second time actually cutting on the cricut, it isn't perfect but I don't think it is too bad for the second attempt.

 There are some jagged edges, especially in the small tiny areas, like between the toes and around the nose and eyes, but all in all it was a good learning experience for me.

I updated the link above, so all downloads of this file will have the newer version.


Laurie

Here is another update, April 11, 2011

A lady at the Make the Cut Forum used this file to create a plate with the bunny cut out of vinyl. Did'nt it turn out adorable.

Another Easter Make The Cut File -Going Shopping Chic

I am practicing to get my skills with this software right, and I finally think I have the hang of it.

I call this one, "Going Easter Shopping Chic"

You can download the file here.

Why I am starting this blog.

Recently I purchased a Cricut Expressions cutting machine. My initial purpose was to cut fabric with it. After purchasing it, I discovered two programs that allow me to make my own designs and cut them on the cricut.

They are Make the Cut, and Sure Cuts a Lot Software. Because of a lawsuit against Make the Cut, you can no longer get the version that allows you to cut with a Cricut, you need to buy a different cutter. The suit against Sure Cuts A Lot hasn't been settled yet, so if you have a cricut and you want to have this awesome freedom that I have, you need to purchase the software before the settlement is reached.

I actually tried out both their demos looking at Sure Cuts a Lot Software first. When I discovered Make the Cut, I was thrilled and actually purchased it before I had even really evaluated it much because I realized there was a lot more support, and the layout seemed more user friendly.

If you haven't purchased a cutting machine yet, don't buy the cricut, go to the Make the Cut, Forum and study all the reviews on all the other cutters that work with this software and choose one of them.

I personally don't have the finances to invest in another cutting machine currently, so I am happy using the current version without future updates. I will update this with my opinion on other cutters if and when I may choose to change that choice in the future. If you already have a Cricut, then go and get Sure Cuts a Lot Software before it doesn't work with the Cricut too.

In the meantime, I am having a ball learning how to create my own files from color book images, free svg files abundant on the web, and even my own and my kids drawings.

Not only will I be cutting fabric, vinyl, poster board and paper, I plan to make wordbooks, (I will do another post on wordbooks.) I will be putting up lots of free cutting file for Make the Cut,, as well as SVG. I will also show pictures of the things I create.

I would love to get to the point where I could sell some files, but I have a long ways to go until that happens since I am a beginner. So to begin I will be giving away free files but will put a donation Paypal box on my site, so if you feel grateful for my creations, reward me there. :o) It will be greatly appreciated, as I am a single mom with three young kids on a somewhat fixed income.

So please comment and follow, in the next few days I will be listing quite a few free files I have already finished.

Kindest regards,

Laurie