Don’t worry, just pull it out and carefully pop it back in the housing. Be careful, as the blade is held inside the casing by a magnet, and may get stuck in the foil as you poke. Poke your blade in and out of it about 30-40 times. You can turn things around though, with nothing more than aluminum foil! Ball up a sheet of foil and press the plunger on your blade housing until the blade sticks out. These cards have some quite intricate cuts, and a dirty blade can turn them into a straight up mess. I’m using multicolored and glitter cardstock today, but you can use any kind, like metallic or patterned. The first thing you’ll need is some quality cardstock. Once your card is designed, it’s time to cut your card pieces. If you need help setting your score lines, see my Scoring Tools and Tips post. I’ll show you how to make no-score versions of the cards using dashed cut lines instead of a score line, but if you’d like to use the score version of the file to create a fold line, you can use an optional Scoring Stylus or Single Scoring Wheel. I’m using the Cricut Maker 3, but you can also use the Cricut Maker, a Cricut Explore Series machine, the Cricut Venture, or even the Cricut Joy Xtra for this project (or another machine that uses cut files). You can cut your cards by hand using the PDF in the download file, but the small details are much easier with a cutting machine like a Cricut. Whether you’re a Design Space pro or a newbie, you’ll find that this combination of tools is invaluable not just for this project, but so many others, too! Lastly, we’ll Duplicate and Flip the card layer and use the Align tool to make the other side of the card a perfect, mirror image of the first side. Then we’ll Slice away the bits we want to remove from the edge, and Weld the rest onto the edge of the card base. First, I’ll show you how to create offset layers from your combined elements along the card edge. Inside the download folder, I’ve also included a lovely “Happy Birthday” card with butterflies and a peacock card with a Cricut-writeable “Thank You” message that looks stunning with metallic or glitter cardstock peeking through the cutouts! The steps for each card are very similar, so when you’re done with this easy tutorial, you’ll know how to prepare and assemble all four designs, plus how to create your own side edge cards! Before long, you’ll be a card-making machine!īut how do you customize the shaped edge of your card? And how do we make the back edge line up perfectly with the front? The secret lies in a few of my favorite Cricut Design Space tools: Offset, Slice, and Weld. Then I’ll show you how to use another card design as a base for your own customized version of a side edge card, using my autumn leaves card as a rough design template. And whether it’s your second, third, or hundredth card, homemade beats store-bought every time.įirst, I’ll show you how to prepare and assemble a beautiful snowflake card with lovely contoured edges, cutouts, and snowflake pieces. Cards are typically simple, easy to make, and the materials are budget-friendly. In fact, they’re one of the first projects many new cutting machine users ever try. Easy Paper Craft Ideas & Projects ExpandĬards are a favorite of many paper crafters.
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