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This article is brought to you by Lizzsews. In todays article, I will guide you through how I made a set of Yippee Yappee Yahooey T-shirts using my Cricut. Follow along with this project and share your result in Lizzsews Facebook group . Recommended read: 10 Things You Need to Start Cricut Crafting Today Recommended read: How I made article series What I used: - Blank 100% cotton T-Shirts - Everyday Iron-on - Cricut - EasyPress 2 + mat - Standardgrip mat The steps I took: I started out by looking for the right font to match the words 'yippee', 'yapee' and 'yahooey' for these 3 different shirts. Design on Cricut Design space here . The T-shirts that I used were all mens size XL,  I made them each 11" wide, with 'Yahooey' being 11.5" wide. Once the font was picked, the steps are as easy as... 1. Mirror the design, place iron-on on the standardgrip mat and cut. Recommended read: How to clean the cricut mat 2. Weed the design, place it o...

  This article is brought to you by  Lizzsews . In today's article, I will guide you through how I made an embroidered dance hand towel. Follow along with this project and share your result in  Lizzsews Facebook group . Recommended read: 10 Things You Need to Start Machine Embroidery Today Recommended read: How I made article series What I used: - White hand towel - Embroidery software - Dancer embroidery design - Embroidery machine - Cutaway stabilizer - Embroidery threads + bobbin thread - Machine embroidery hoop 4x4 - Washaway stabilizer - Embroidery needle - Embroidery foot - Pins/tape The steps I took: To start off this simple and fun embroidery project, I wanted to create something with the saying 'dance mom'. I used the free font almost fancy from Embrilliance and typed up 'dance mom' to the size I wanted in Embrilliance software. Using Embird embroidery software, I combined the words with the dancer embroidery design . I placed ea...

  This article is brought to you by  Lizzsews . In today's article, I will guide you through how I made a 'watercolour' purple bear mug with infusible ink without a mug press. Follow along with this project and share your result in Lizzsews Facebook group . Recommended read: 10 Things You Need to Start Cricut Crafting Today Recommended read: How I made article series What I used: - Mug with sublimation coating - Infusible ink purple transfer sheets - Cricut - Standardgrip mat - EasyPress 2, mini + mat - Lint-free cloth How I made it: I started off by looking for a design that I wanted to go on the mug. I ended up finding a really cool bear paw mug design in cricut design space. Image ID: #M2636F1F9. I kept the design as is but sized it down a very small amount. I mirrored the design and placed my purple infusible ink onto the mat and cut. I weeded the design by peeling up the not needed pieces and wiped the mug with a lint-free cloth. I wrapped the des...

This article is brought to you by Lizzsews . In today's article, I will guide you through how I made a Valentine's Day card. Follow along with this project and share your result in Lizzsews Facebook group . Recommended read: 10 Things You Need to Start Cricut Crafting Today Recommended read: How I made article series What I used: Cardstock Glue Cricut   Lightgrip mat The steps I took: I started out by finding a project for a Valentine's Day card that I liked, I found a simple 'Love' card and thought it was perfect. Valentine Dinner Love Card . Less is more, a design is perfect not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. I don't know where I read that quote, but it has always stuck with me, even to this day. Recommended read: How I made: Birthday card I duplicated the light pink cardstock cut and resized it down, uniformly, to a height of 2.8" I wanted to use two different shades of red for the card, so I repla...

This article is brought to you by  Lizzsews . I had to 3D print something for valentine's day, cue the adorable robot holding a heart. I was scrolling through Cults3d and found this 3d model by PLP . Recommended read: The famous 3D printing benchy Recommended read: How I made article series What I used: Purple PLA filament 3D printer Robot holding a heart by PLP STL Cura (slicing software) Recommended read: What is PLA Recommended read: What is slicing Recommended read: About my 3D printer How I made it: To create this 3D print, I started off by downloading the 3d print model by PLP on cults3d. I opened the robot file up in Cura and added the heart to the same board. I set my printing settings: 0.2mm resolution 10% infill -zig zag 200/60 temp for PLA 50mm/sec speed Supports at 60° overhang angle -triangles 15% density 5-line skirt Result: Under 20-minute print, under 1" tall. After that print, I sized the design up 300%, I used the same settings and had about a 3-hour ...

 This article is brought to you by Lizzsews . In today's article, I will guide you through how I made a ski coaster. Follow along with this project and share your result in  Lizzsews Facebook group . Recommended read: 10 Things You Need to Start Cricut Crafting Today Recommended read: How I made article series What I used: Ceramic coaster Infusible ink rainbow transfer sheets butcher paper/parchment paper Cricut EasyPress 2 + mat Cardstock Standardgrip mat The steps I took: I started out by looking for the design that I wanted, I was looking for a wintery ski design that would fit nicely on the coaster. I ended up finding the perfect skiing design in Cricut design space that was exactly what I was looking for. Although I didn't quite like the look of the snowflake on the bottom, I liked that there was a snowflake... just not that snowflake. I searched for other snowflakes on Cricut design space and found one I liked. Cricut image ID: #M21B5B156 - Ski letters with poles l...

 This article is brought to you by  Lizzsews .   In today's article, I will guide you through how I made a Christmas deer coaster.  Follow along with this project and share your result in Lizzsews Facebook group . Recommended read: 10 Things You Need to Start Cricut Crafting Today Recommended read: How I made article series What I used: Ceramic coaster Infusible ink purple transfer sheets Parchment paper Cricut   Standardgrip mat EasyPress 2 + mat Cardstock The steps I took: I started out by looking for the design that I wanted, I was looking for a Christmas design that would fit nicely on the coaster. I ended up choosing the Christmas ornate deer design from the hungry JPEG . I downloaded the SVG and uploaded it into design space. I mirrored the design, sized it and placed the infusible ink onto my mat, inked side up. Once I cut out the design, I bent the transfer sheet to remove excess material.  Recommended read:  Cricut when to mirror (and how)...

This article is brought to you by  Lizzsews . In today's article, I will guide you through how I made a winter ski hoodie .  Follow along with this project and share your result in  Lizzsews Facebook group . Recommended read: 10 Things You Need to Start Cricut Crafting Today Recommended read: How I made article series What I used: Iron-on vinyl Cotton-poly blend hoodie Cricut Standardgrip mat Easypress 2 + mat Parchment paper The steps I took: I started by looking for a wintery design. I was interested in a skiing design for this hoodie and ended up choosing ski goggles, Image ID: #M21B5B140 (In this photo: Skiing silhouette: #M21B5B20B /  Snow skis: #M127DC707) I sized the design up from 2.24" height to 2.35" height using uniform scaling. Before putting the design on the hoodie, I washed it as normal so that in the future it won't shrink with the design on. Recommended read: Where to get blanks I placed the iron-on vinyl shiny side down onto the standardgrip mat an...

This article is brought to you by  Lizzsews . In today's article, I will guide you through how I made a fabric tray- with three sides .  Follow along with this project and share your result in  Lizzsews Facebook group . In today's make, I wanted to create something but wasn't quite too sure about the dimensions of it. I had to make changes along the way. I wanted to sew a fabric tray, but this time I wanted it to have three corners rather than four. Recommended read: How I made article series Recommended read: How to sew a fabric tray Recommended read: 10 things you need to start sewing by machine today I wanted to have a base for my seat so it would stay on top of the snow rather than sink into the snow. I figured a tray would be perfect as it would have built-in spots for the feet of the chair to go into! What I used: Cotton fabric Fleece (in replacement of batting) Something to mark the fabric with Parchment paper and pen Iron Rotary cutter and self-healing cutting mat...

  This article is brought to you by  Lizzsews . In today's article, I will guide you through how 3D printed Not just any 3D print… the impROCKster print.  The Rock x Among Us.  Follow along with this project and share your result in  Lizzsews Facebook group . Recommended read: The famous 3D printing benchy Recommended read: How I made article series What I used: PLA filament ImpROCKster print file 3D printer  Cura (slicing software) Recommended read:  What is PLA Recommended read:  About my 3D printer Recommended read: What is slicing in the 3D printing world The steps I took: I started by just exploring some 3D print files. I found this awesome print from Thingiverse, created by TheRealRussell . I sliced the file in Cura and adjusted the settings. I used MECH solutions PLA filament and these were the settings that I used: 200 nozzle temp 60 bed temp 0.2mm height 50mm/sec speed 15% infill - zig zag fill Supports yes Retrac...