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Cricut Baby Shower

With my Cricut Maker, it is so easy to create customized items for special occasions like baby showers and weddings. Best of all is that I don’t always have to come up with the designs. With thousands of pre-loaded designs in Design Space, I can simply customize a design to fit my need, cut and assemble. Quick and easy.

How to:

The bunting was cut out of 2 different coloured cardstock pieces and then assembled. For the decorative elements, I added some cut hearts. These were embossed using embossing powder in matching colours and then finished off with pearls and diamante.

For the apple pie jars, I used the print and cut function. First printing the little elephants onto white cardstock and then cutting them into circles to fit onto the lids. This took me all of 5 minutes to do.

As for the tags on the popcorn bags, these were printed onto thicker cardstock and had straight edges. I simply positioned them onto my cutting mat, lined up the designs in Design Space and then trimmed them into tags. This way I could ensure the edges were straight and all the same – no more scissors and templates – just a quick cut and everything is done.

Step 1

Cut the base of the bunting out of mint green cardstock. I used light grey for some of the top layers and a metallic silver for hearts and some of the layers.

Step 2

The letters were also cut out of silver metallic cardstock – the Cricut Maker cut this perfectly using my normal Fine Point Blade.

TIP: When I cut something like the hearts, I always cut more than what I need and in different sizes and then keep them in a plastic pouch or container. Next time I need a heart I simply go to my container and pull one out – this way I don’t always have to start up my machine to cut one little heart.

Step 3

Start assembling your bunting by adhering the top layers to the base layer.

Step 4

Adhere the letters and embossed hearts. Use foam tape for some of the hearts to create dimension.

Step 5

Use your Cricut Maker to cut ordinary printed cards into tags – quick and easy. Punch or cut holes into the tags and then use baker’s twine to tie them onto the popcorn bags.

Adding finishing touches to a special occasion got a lot more fun using my Cricut Maker – it cuts the work in half, plus who doesn’t like to see it all come together in the end with the matching theme and colour scheme like this special bay shower.

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