Happy New Year!

This week it's time for me to go back to work and with the new year we all need a new calendar to hang on our wall. This one is great since it’s made using an acrylic sign holder, so you can write on it with dry erase markers this month and then erase it and have a blank slate for February.

Supplies:

• ScanNCut Machine & Accessories
• 9”x12” Clear Acrylic Sign Holder
• Gold and Black Craft Vinyl
• Grid Transfer Paper
• 9”x12” Scrapbook Paper
• CVPPAC1102 (New Year’s Glasses) Pattern from the 125 Design Patterns in ScanNCutCanvas
• FREE Calendar Cut Files download (http://www.erinbassett.com/Freebies/Cut_Files/Jan_Calendar.fcm and http://www.erinbassett.com/Freebies/Cut_Files/Month_Year.fcm )
• Pick Tool
• Ribbon

Instructions:

Watch this video tutorial, or follow along with the written instructions below.

1. Download the Calendar and the year cut file from http://www.erinbassett.com/Freebies/Cut_Files/Jan_Calendar.fcm and http://www.erinbassett.com/Freebies/Cut_Files/Month_Year.fcm: Download the New Year’s Eve Glasses cut file from ScanNCutCanvas.
2. Load the calendar cut file onto your ScanNCut and cut it out of gold craft vinyl. If you use a different size sign holder you will need to adjust the size before cutting. Be sure to perform a test cut to determine your blade depth. You want your blade to cut through the vinyl, but not through the vinyl backing paper.
3. Cut the New Year’s Glasses and “2018” out of black craft vinyl and put it aside for later.
4. Trim your scrapbook paper to fit your sign holder and insert the paper inside it.
5. Weed out the negative parts of the calendar, New Year’s Glasses, and 2018 by slowly pealing back the parts of the vinyl you won’t be using. The pick tool is helpful to get the tiny pieces out.
6. Apply a piece of grid transfer paper on top of the calendar design making sure to use the grid marks to like up your design so it’s straight. Burnish it so the vinyl adheres to the transfer paper.
7. Slowly peel up the transfer paper to lift off the vinyl design.
8. Line up the edge of grid paper and the edge of the sign holder. Smooth the transfer paper onto the acrylic sign and then burnish it to make the vinyl adhere to the sign holder.
9. Repeat that process for the other cut vinyl designs.
10. Thread a piece of ribbon through the two panes of the sign holder and tie a bow in which to hang your calendar.

Your calendar is all set to fill out for the month!  Next month you can just erase your writing, remove the “January,” and apply “February,” and then switch out any of the decorative pieces.

Looking for an autumn place setting that’s perfect for your Thanksgiving table? Here’s just the thing!

Supplies:

• Scan Cut Machine and Accessories
• 12” x 12” Cardstock – brown, orange, peach, kraft
• Toilet Paper Tube
• Hot Glue
• Adhesive
• Free Cutfile Download: Click HERE to download

Instructions:

(click here for video instructions)

To create the Napkin Ring

1. Cut out the following sizes of squares out of the corresponding cardstock.
2. Roll each of the squares into a cone shape and glue to hold each of them together.
   
3. Glue each of the brown cones onto the circle.
4. Glue each of the orange cones on top of the brown cones.
5. Glue each of the peach colored cones on top of the orange cones.
6. Cut a 2” section from the toilet paper tube and adhere the flower to it.

And you’re finished with the napkin ring!

To create the place card

1. Adhere a 6” x 6” kraft cardstock and a a 6” x 6” orange cardstock to the mat.
2. Load the “placecard.fcm” file onto your machine and cut it out.
3. Layer the cut designs so that the kraft one is on top of the orange one. Glue in place.
   
4. Add a name to the card.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Whether it’s for a birthday or just for fun these unicorn cupcake holders are sure to bring a smile to the receiver’s face!

Supplies:

• ScanNCut Machine and Accessories
• ScanNCut Hook Tool
• 9oz Transparent Plastic Cup
• Disposable Coffee Cup lid
• 5” x 11” Pink Cardstock
• 5” x 5.5” Gold Cardstock
• 12” x 12” White Craft Vinyl
• 12” x 12” Grid Transfer Sheet
• Low Temp Glue Gun and Glue
• FREE Cut files (see links below)
• Cupcakes!!!
• Chalk board (I picked up mine from Hobby Lobby)
• Ribbon (optional)

Instructions:

1. Download the free cut files from the following links:
   
   • Unicorn Ears and Horn - http://www.erinbassett.com/Freebies/Cut_Files/Unicorn_Ears_Horn.fcm
   • “Life is Sweet” Vinyl Lettering - http://www.erinbassett.com/Freebies/Cut_Files/Life_is_sweet.fcm
   • Bonus Unicorn Shape - http://www.erinbassett.com/Freebies/Cut_Files/Unicorn.fcm
2. To create the cupcake holder, load the Unicorn Ears cut file onto your ScanNCut and duplicate the shapes for the number of cupcake holders you are making. Place the pink cardstock onto the mat and insert it into the machine and cut out the shapes. Remove the pieces from the mat and set them aside. Repeat the process to cut out the Unicorn horn on gold cardstock.
3. For each ear, gently overlap the two bottom edges and glue them into place.
4. Glue the ears and the horn to the inverted cup to create the cupcake cover.
5. If desired glue ribbon along the edge of the lid to embellish the cupcake holder.
6. Place a cupcake onto the holder and place the cover on it.

To create the sign:

1. Load the “Life is Sweet” cut file onto your ScanNCut. Place a piece of white craft vinyl onto the mat and insert it into the machine and then cut out the design. (Remember to do a test cut to determine the proper blade depth.)
2. Remove the vinyl from the mat and then gently peel off the vinyl off the negative areas of the design. It is helpful to use the hook tool to remove the insides of letters.
3. Remove the backing to the grid transfer sheet and smooth it onto the vinyl design. Burnish over the design so it sticks to the transfer sheet.
4. Slowly lift the transfer sheet up to peel up the vinyl design. Place the transfer sheet onto the center of the chalk board. Burnish over the design again so it sticks to the chalk board.
5. Slowly lift the transfer sheet off of the vinyl design and chalkboard.

Enjoy!

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Brother to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony). 

There is just about 50 days of summer left...let's celebrate before the cooler weather comes to town.  Now you might not think of using felt very much in the summer, but it is a great way to add texture and create dimension on your projects any time of year. Now I usually use 100% wool felt for my felt projects, but I get so many emails about using craft felt that I thought I’d try it for this project.  The craft felt I’m using for this project is a blend of 35% Marino wool and 65% rayon and is about 2mm thick and comes in so many bright, fun summer colors.

Supplies:

• ScanNCut Machine and Accessories
• ScanNCut Standard Craft Mat
• 6” x 9” Craft Felt: Dark Pink, Light Pink, Peach, Light Peach, Dark Purple, Light Purple, Yellow, White, Green
• 9” x 19” Pennant
• Embroidery Floss in complementing colors
• Embroidery Needle
• Fabric Glue (or a Glue Gun)
• Buttons
• fcm Cut File

Instructions:

Watch this video on how to create this project for follow the written instructions below.

1.  Begin by cutting out all of the felt pieces using the following built in designs:

 (****NOTE: preform a test cut first to determine the correct settings. I used a standard blade depth of 11 and a pressure of 5, but your settings may be different depending on how new your mat and blade are and the type of felt you use.)
Use the scanning feature to cut shapes out of left over felt. Use up all those scraps!!!

When removing the felt from the mat be sure to gently weed out the negative pieces of felt and then use a spatula to remove the flower and leave pieces so they retain their shape.

2. Download the “summer” cut file here and then cut out the letters using the left over scraps of felt.

3. For the yellow roses, roll up the border strip while applying small dots of glue. Allow to dry. Repeat for the remaining borders.

4.  Embroider the top layer of flowers and leaves. Sew a button onto the center of each top flower layer.

5.  Embroidery each of the “summer” letters using a different embroidery stitch.

6.  Glue the top and bottom flower layers together to create a whole flower. Repeat for all the flowers.

7.  Using scraps of felt, cut thin strips of felt, about ¼” x 1 ½” long. Fold it in thirds or fourth and glue it onto the back of the flower to pop it up and give it some height. You can do this for just some of the flowers or all of them depending on your preference.

8.  Adhere the letters, flowers and leaves to the pennant with glue.

Do you want to attach a wooden dowel to it? Here's a video on how I did it:

Is your mat all gunky now from cutting felt?  Here's a video on how to clean it!

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Brother to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony). 

Yay, fall is just about here and I'm excited to welcome in the cooler weather of my favorite time of year.  Autumn always reminds me of comfort and so when I was trying to think of a project to create that symbolizes all those warm, fuzzy, comfy things, I thought what could be better represent that then a wool felt applique project!

Here's a video of how it all come together:

Supplies: 

• ScanNCut Machine and accessories
• ScanNCut Deep Cut blade
• ScanNCut Pen Holder 
• ScanNCut Erasable Pen
• Wool felt in a variety of colors (I got mine here.)
• Heat 'n Bond Iron-On Adhesive
• Embroidery floss
• Embroidery needle

Instructions:

Step 1 - Write "happy" onto a piece of scrap paper and then scan it into the ScanNCut using the "Scan To Cut Data" option and then save your design.

Step 2 -  Press the home button and then open up your design by going to "patterns" and then "saved data".  Unify the letters so you're able to move them anywhere on your screen.

Prepare your felt by ironing Heat N Bond onto the backside of it. Once your design is unified you can then apply your felt to the mat and scan it into the machine so you can line up your word "hello" exactly where you want it.

Step 3 - Insert the fabric pen into the pen holder and insert that into the ScanNCut. Use the "draw" option instead of "cut" to draw the design onto the felt.

Step 4 - Choose the designs and colors of felt that you want to use and then cut them out using the Deep Cut Blade on your ScanNCut. Make sure you do a test cut first to ensure you're cutting through the felt but not through your mat.  If your mat gets too much lint on it from the felt use a baby wipe to gently clean it off then allow it to dry and it will be good to continue using.

Step 5 - Iron your designs onto your felt (the one you wrote "hello" onto) and then have fun embroidering it!

Happy scanning, cutting, and embroidering!

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Brother ScanNCut to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony).