Make Freezer Paper Stencil Patterns with Your Cricut

Have you heard about using your Cricut cartridges to make freezer paper stencil patterns?  I have come across a couple of blogs and message forum posts about this, and finally, I decided to give it a try.

First, I have to brag a little.  My sixth grader played football this year, and his team actually made it to the final championship game!  They didn't win, but the fact that they made it as far as they did inspired me to pull out the freezer paper and make t-shirts to wear the game.  Anyway, here's a picture of the tees I made with my Cricut:

Freezer Paper Tees

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Card Making with the Cricut Don Juan Cartridge

This coming weekend is a big birthday weekend in my family, and since I had the Cricut Don Juan cartridge out, I thought now would be a good time to talk about it.

However, first I will show you the card I made for my dad, who's turning 60.  It's amazing how the Cricut can even help someone like me, who has two left thumbs when it comes to anything artsy, come up with something halfway decent.

http://discountdiecutcartridges.com/cricut-font-cartridges/don-juan/

To make this card, I used my machine, as well as a couple of other tools.  All the die cuts - the letters and numbers, the tag, and the flourish - were cut using the Don Juan cartridge.   [Read more...]