ANY WORD CUT YOU WANT! DIY Sentiments for Handmade Cards With Cricut

[@carolynerickson2859]

Love the idea of using the left over negative paper to lay down the positive letters on the project with perfect spacing! Never too old to learn.

[@ItsMeJD]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@vickicervantes1817]

That's true Carolyn, I'm 62 and still learning. My Father would always tell me, You learn something new everyday. Boy ain't that the truth 🤔💭🤔💭😊🥴😉❣

[@sevenandthelittlestmew]

@Vicki Cervantes In my case, I *forget* something new every day. 😂 Ahhh, the joys of getting older.

[@lindagrant1647]

Great video! On the circle with the words Happy Birthday around the circle, after you “welded it” you could then place your smaller circle inside, center it and then use the “slice” feature and it will also cut out the center of the black circle, leaving a frame. Love your videos, thank you for sharing your creativity. Learned some great tips in this one.

[@sevenandthelittlestmew]

Thanks for the tip to add to JD’s tutorial! I totally forgot about using the slice feature (it’s been a while since I last used my Cricut), so that will be helpful. 😊

[@voguevania]

That is what I've learned to do, as well. Also, I recently discovered that some techies have made SVG files for purchase that mimic the "stitched" die effect, including A2 card files. I've seen regular stitch patterns and cross-stitch.

[@teresagrisso641]

@@voguevania where do i find these svg files. thanks

[@voguevania]

@@teresagrisso641 I'm sorry. I'm unable to share the link here.

[@diannerobert3822]

Very nice words sentiments tutorial !😊

[@laurabenson3763]

THANK YOU! GREAT video. As a new beginner, I searched the internet, Pinterest, and youtube for how to make words... This was the most amazing video! Incredibly helpful!

[@sandyvisger8917]

Thank for the curve lesson

[@sylviajohnwickham6919]

Excellent and comprehensive full coverage tutorial. Thank you so much. I learned a lot.

[@arlenerodriguez4314]

I honestly forget how incredibly useful and FUN the Cricut machines are. Especially for Sentiments. I hadn't thought of more than half of the techniques you shared in this video. You have not only reminded me, but INSPIRED ME to break it out to get to it. I have spent way too much on Sentiment metal cutting dies, BUT I think it ends now. Thank you so so much for sharing these tips, ideas & tricks with us and especially the INSPIRATION!!! Arlene :)

[@aadixon-pearson2280]

very informative for a newbie Cricut user. Thank you.

[@cpech2]

love the circle idea with words!!!!

[@ItsMeJD]

me too!

[@nancyeaguiar]

I like to use press and peel to transfer paper and keep it aligned. I love your card ideas!

[@wendywell4864]

Wow! Love the words on the thin rectangle and on the circle. Had no idea that was possible. Thank you!!!!

[@lisabreeden4812]

Fabulous information. I have a Cricut and did not even think about how much it could help with my card making! Thank you x

[@tamc8053]

I love the way you explain processes in your videos, thank you.

[@jmichaelcruz1483]

I really appreciate your recent Cricut videos. Thank you!

[@charlotteanderson3727]

Wow, JD! Thank you so much for so many great ideas - my cut-jo has been failing, so I'm very thankful for you.

[@MonicaGarcia-fq1kr]

Thank you for sharing your craftiness!!! I love ❤️ watching teach and create!😊

[@lisac9652]

Thanks so much for the Cricut videos, I’m feeling very inspired!!

[@jcarparful]

Thank you, I learned so much from watching this video, cannot wait to have time to watch more. Your style of teaching is perfect for me!!

[@lauriemartin5450]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for this video. New to card making and having ideas. Now I have a bunch.. On a circle to make a frame, do like you did, but using the white circle for size, use SLICE. and your left with ring. can do it with words shapes etc. too, and put a color paper behind. love slice. Happy card making. :) Thanks again.I saved this too.

[@HeidiLilley]

thanks so much for sharing this, I've just gotten a ScanNCut and learning how to use it.

[@rosarymartinez4821]

You Rock. I learned a lot, let's see how I do when I sit in front of my Explore!

[@careinm]

OH there is so much for Scan and Cut tuts. I love mine.

[@craftingqueen7596]

Thanks so much for sharing this tutorial full of very helpful tips!!! I’m out of space for die cuts & I realize I don’t really care for lots of tiny individual dies lol 😂 Wish I’d realized that BEFORE I spent so much on stamps & dies!!! 🤪 TWO THUMBS UP & sharing w/my crafty friends! 🧡

[@oceandreamer1958]

Great video and tips, JD!

[@txgrandma3]

Very clever. Thanks for sharing!

[@teresamcdaniel3554]

These are great ideas! I just got a Cricut Joy Xtra and look forward to trying these💕

[@angelrutan8427]

Congrats on your new toy! Yes, an electronic cutter is essential for all card makers, even if they have lots of space. ;)

[@robbinbeverly9817]

I learned a lot from this informative video. Thanks for sharing.

[@susanholloway7883]

So glad to see you again. Thanks for all the inspiration. Need to get my cricut out again.

[@gtlowell1333]

JD, you are the BEST! All of your videos are SO helpful! I've thought about doing this instead of buying dies - THANKS for the 'push' 😊

[@web9254]

I learned a lot from this video. Thanks !

[@gabriellarollins5550]

Thanks for all the tips! I know how to use my cricut with basic cuts, but you have so many creative ideas!

[@lorrainecragan-sullivan7048]

Yes!! I’ve forgotten about my Cricut, but you have reminded me about how truly useful it is! I have an older model, so it’s a bit more cumbersome to use, but totally still useful.

[@echoktty]

Hey JD, You can attach your sentiments after grouping if you want to keep them together on your mat. You can also set your paper size to 8.5x11 to ensure you don't end up cutting off the edge by mistake. You may already know this but just wanted to share.

[@elianthaddeus8574]

instablaster

[@DavenportDecals]

Great video. Welcome to the Cricut world! I've been using some type of electronic die cutter for about 15 years. Love, love it and all the flexability.

[@sevenandthelittlestmew]

Now you’ve got me ready to pull out my Cricut again! Thanks for the fun tips and techniques in this video - it’s good to make use of our crafty arsenal. 😉

[@CraftRoulette]

Boy - I haven't used my Cricut in probably a year. If I work on just one technique a month, I'd have quite a portfolio of tricks by 2021. Thanks, J.D.!

[@ItsMeJD]

You’re welcome!

[@K.Taylor56]

This makes me ready to finally pull out my new Cricut air 2 and start playing !

[@dawnmulder3540]

I love my Cricut! Thank you for the great ideas for cards! To make a frame, you make a smaller circle inside the larger circle, center, select all, and use the SLICE option at the bottom right. Move the inner circle out and delete. Wah Lah!

[@colleengriffin483]

Absolutely awesome!!! Thanks for the tips

[@DianaHernandez-kn1ne]

Thank you for this info. LOVE the last example, will try it myself. Might have to watch a few times but i'll try it.

[@dianehollisdesigns]

so great to see others using the Cricut to create sentiments. I love both the cricut and metal dies, but the metal dies can get so expensive when it comes to sentiments. Keep the videos coming, love to see how you are creating cards with the cricut

[@fayejacobson2252]

Thank you for this helpful tutorial! I bought a Cricut Explore Air 2 a few months ago and haven’t taken it out of the box due to my “fear” of figuring out how to use Design Space. You make it look doable!!

[@ilenemack]

I love the curve button - never knew that existed. I am making this card, ty so much! Some other tips I will be using as well. Appreciate this tutorial/project share ideas 💕. "Slicing" helps you do what you wanted w/the circle if I understand what you're looking to do.

[@777Traci]

Thank you so much I spent the day learning these techniques and I love it

[@redgeminiarts3674]

Great video. Thank you for sharing.

[@Amesburycreations212]

Amazing Video…. it’s helped me immensely, thanks x

[@lkhorvath4]

Thanks for the inspiration JD. Need to start using my Cricut again

[@GladysPerrin]

Excellent video! I am so happy to see this because I have purchased some dies but I really want to be able to make my sentiments for my card making. So you have made my day! Have a great one!!1

[@vernessiem.joseph-burbank63]

Thank you for sharing great video

[@scubajenn5]

GREAT TIPS!! Thanks!

[@Wendyrpuckett1]

I’m loving your circuit videos! So inspiring and very helpful!

[@nancymarsanico1395]

Loved this! Makes me want to experiment more with my Cricut!!!

[@dinacarroll9211]

Great idea. Miss your videos.

[@MariaEAmaya]

Thanks for the video it was very helpful and informative. I just bought a cricut explore and i am trying to figure it out. :-)

[@sherylosullivan9619]

I need a video like this to help me master my Scan n Cut!

[@maureengoldsmith8073]

Hi , JD I love love love all your videos. I just got a Cricket Joy and since I have some Photoshop skills by learning curve has been really easy. My question though is “how do you name the layers or the groups” so that you can tell one from the other. Thank you again for all your great videos, you’re one of my favorite demonstrators.

[@janmarch5039]

OMG... why haven’t I thought of joining a line to a phrase before...? I have so many of those line and circle dies that have the sentiment attached and I could have made them any color, size etc with My Cricut! Thanks again, you are one clever little woman!

[@MsHazza73]

Brilliant video JD, so many fun things to try on my Maker. I’m looking forward to trying many of them. 👏🏼

[@paulbowen6600]

Great video, not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but if you use FontLab Pad, it is free and is available on both windows and Apple platforms, it gives you loads more fonts to use and it automatically welds or space the letters for you, it is a great piece of software, and the great thing is, you can save your design as a svg, which means you can import straight in the your Cricut design space. Hope this helps a few of you.

[@ceprintsolutions6756]

To cut out a circle outline, make a new circle that’s smaller, then select both circles and slice. Delete the slice you don’t want and now you have a circle outline. Love your ideas! Thanks for the videos!

[@brujitacrafty]

Team Silhouette! 😄😁

[@alidakcrafts9489]

Thank you so much for this video. I love all your videos!! I learn so much from you and you teach it in such a fun way so it isn’t boring. I’m going to do these techniques with my Maker!!!! You’re awesome JD!

[@ItsMeJD]

You are so welcome! thanks for watching! and You're awesome!

[@susanlondino330]

You’re AMAZING!! Thanks for all the tips. Hopefully they work with the Joy too.

[@emmajanewatson100]

Thank you so much..I always struggle with sizing so I'm going to try the card front template. Love your ideas x

[@tonimcglasker6212]

Great info! I'd you leave the smaller circle in the middle with attach, it will cut that out to because those are cut lines.

[@eiyiyiyi]

Hi JD, on the multi cut card front, you can right click and move the cuts to the front and then you can see them.

[@lynnbehnke6910]

This was great!

[@barbiezwicker3227]

Great video, I love my Cricut but you’ve taught me a few ways to use it for card making. Thanks!

[@ItsMeJD]

Glad it was helpful!

[@meza1959]

This was a great video thank you

[@sheilar3868]

Thank you for the informative video!

[@ruth6511]

Your awesome instructions make me want to haul out my Cricut that is barely used but out of date! But would have to upgrade to be able to use the design space. But it would pay for itself soon based on the prices of die cuts. Thanks for great videos!

[@lindahesnively]

Thank You . This is very good.

[@CarolinaGirlCreationZ]

I'm a card maker too but I am also new to Cricut. Really great info here. I do have a question though. Do you have a video showing how to cut negative space on the main part of the card stock in order to put other paper (like holographic paper) behind it? I am having a hard time finding videos that show this method. I've wasted so much paper trying to do this myself. LOL!

[@missjfoulk01]

great ideas!

[@sharisfab5284]

Thank you

[@saritad8606]

With the HBD around the circle you could have used the Slice function. You put the smaller circle over the bigger one, select both and choose slice. Take out the sliced shape, you will get a frame. This is a good technique to use if you want to make stencils too.

[@cynthialong3543]

Thank you, I love all your videos and I’ve learned tons from you. Was wondering what scrip font did you used is nice and chunky and so far all the ones I’ve found are really slim.

[@zaynblol]

Absolutely yummy!... Gonna try that out... Grateful ♥️

[@ItsMeJD]

Have fun!

[@theeditor1149]

This was amazing to watch! Can I ask, did you stick the cardstock on to the mat for the first lot of sentiments? How did you do that? I would love a Cricut machine but they're really expensive here but it was mesmerising watching you use it, and you didn't complicate the explanation of how it all works. Praying to one day own one of these! Thanks for always creating fun and relaxed cardmaking videos, lots of love from South Africa❤

[@lshroyer5922]

I have owned a Cricut but have made very few cards, you have inspired me to start making more! What kind of glue are you using?

[@marie-helenegalarneau152]

J.D, you can change the paper size directly ! The standard is 12 by 12 inches but there are many other sizes available . Thank you for your nice ideas!

[@ItsMeJD]

Thanks for the info!

[@edithritchison9963]

I've done the frame bit before, although it's been a while. I think I sliced the smaller circle and then removed it leaving a nice, tidy frame. Try that and see if it works for you.

[@mrsdiaz86]

Which Cricut would you recommend for a beginner? I'm pretty tech savvy, and I'd use it for cards and vinyl lettering.

[@1pinkypo]

Loved every thing thanks x

[@ItsMeJD]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@fvg123sweetsandeats]

Thank you for the great ideas the fonts on the cricut are ok but, I’d like to find more font styles. I seldom use my cricut , l wasn’t really sure about the size on letters but this was a great tutorial it helped

[@scrapgirl6]

Hi J.D. I am having a hard time cutting thin fonts on my Cricut air2 I am using 100lb card stock and no matter what I do it’s cutting it and separating the layers of the card stock. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks for making this video. So appreciate it. 😁

[@rachelhall4784]

Miss you! Make more videos! :)

[@thatladynikki]

This is the exact reason I bought the cricut maker but I didn't know how to really do it. Hey is it possible to ALSO make a shadow cut of the words as well with the machine? Would love to see it.

[@annlogan3556]

What setting did you use? Medium Cardstock with more, less, default pressure? I am struggling with clean cuts.

[@maryslominski7984]

I miss you!!!

[@debfiant8893]

How do you get that tiny font to cut out so perfectly.?

[@cynthiablackwell5700]

Hey a cricut is to hi tech for me, i watched you do this and i have no clue what you were doing. lol .. ..i guess i will stick with my dies and stamps.I do know how to use a computer to make words with fonts and size. but i need to get a new printer or try to get mine fixed. its locked up and i dont know how it did that. tfs

[@Dsiegel7]

Hey JD I’m wondering does this machine also cut out stamped images? Will it scan and cut like the scan and cut?

[@ItsMeJD]

Yes but **** there's not an "easy" way to do it. It involves a lot of steps and workarounds. Basically you need a separate scanner, then software to edit your image, then you can cut it with cricut. A brother scan and cut machine works much better for that purpose.

[@YolundaJ]

A A hi, check out kionna the craft therapist. She did a video on scanning your images after you stamp them. It’s really not that difficult.

[@jilltaylor3881]

HI, I'm cutting words out with the cricut maker, I'm using 110 lb cardstock, the fine point blade on "more", selecting 100 lb cardstock because I don't see an option for 110. It's not cutting through, any thoughts to help me? Thx. JIll

[@MargueriteAtHome]

Hello!! Is there a way to create the shadows for these words we make? Not just the outline of the words that's a bit larger than the words themselves, but more like clouds that go behind the words that have higher parts where letters with tops rise and lower parts where letters with tails dip? (I can't think of how else to describe the shadows I'm thinking of!! 🤣)

[@kimhull5496]

There is a way to do that - i was hoping JD would touch on that. You use "off set" but i haven't quite got the technique down for it. I'm hoping someone has a video that spells it out. I think looking at some videos for stickers would help with this technique - just haven't had the time to put it all together yet.

[@grannystrazz5486]

I'd love to be able to use my cricut that I've had almost 2 years, but I still don't get it.

[@craftingqueen7596]

Granny Strazz I feel where you’re coming from! Jennifer Maker has a user friendly beginner’s guide available plus lots of beginner & advanced tutorials on KZbin & Facebook. I finally opened mine & follow along with Cricut beginner tutorials. Hope this helps. 🙂

[@surgicaltechcrafter2169]

Fabulous. Can you piggyback off this on writing with the ceicut on your card but more finding writing fonts outside of cricut. I have a dickens of a time. I have spent so much time finding a font to find out it ends up being bubble letters when I go to write option. Any tips?

[@ItsMeJD]

I wish I knew, I have the same problem. Cricut needs more writing fonts!

[@creacine7648]

You can download fonts online for free and install them on your computer. After that you can use them in design space. Just google free font...

[@platinumdiva75]

Just a little tip, if you attach first, you won't have to color sync. 😉

[@phyllisperkovich8675]

For the HBD card, what size paper did you put in? I used 4.25 x 5.5 and it’s not cutting it right

[@phyllisperkovich8675]

Maybe my HBD is too large for the card? I made them 3.769 x 1.477

[@divyaruth3563]

Will this work for intricate stamps for which I don’t have the dies? Is there a way to scan the stamped image and cut it out?

[@legacybuilder9664]

Hi Divya I recommend looking into the stamp company angel policy regarding digital cuts. If you have permission you can scan them into your computer and upload them into cricut design space.

[@divyaruth3563]

Kristal DeBold Thanks for replying. It’s been so long, I even forgot what my question was 😀

[@legacybuilder9664]

@@divyaruth3563 No problem!

[@torkko50]

Are you still doing videos? Miss seeing them.