June 2018 – Free Monthly SVG Design Downloads

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you can make this yoda father's day t-shirt design

This is called the Yoda Best Dad Tee

We’ve got a few fun designs for you this June! Every month we try to come up with a nice variety of projects and themes for our customers with our free monthly SVG downloads. Aaron Meyers is our designer and he came up with (1) t-shirt design for Father’s day, and (2) card designs. In case you are unaware, we also have a secret design every month available for download when you buy something. We never tell you what it is, it’s supposed to be a surprise, but we can’t keep our mouths shut about it this time: it’s a Superdad t-shirt design!

To download the designs, just scroll to the bottom of this post. Once you have the file, upload it to your electronic cutting machine. It will cut the material for you. In the case of the t-shirt projects, you will want to cut heat transfer paper. Then you take your material and iron it onto your blank tee. That’s it! Did you know you can transfer the design more precisely, quickly, and simply with the Cricut EasyPress? You gotta try it! Continue reading “June 2018 – Free Monthly SVG Design Downloads” »

May 2018 – Free Monthly SVG Design Downloads

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completed cinco de mayo props download projectWe’re getting an early start on May because we want to give you enough time to make Cinco de Mayo projects (more on those in a minute. Our free May design downloads are really fun this year. Aaron Meyers is our designer and got really creative this month. You can download (1) summer-themed icons file, (1) Mother’s Day-themed print, and (2) Cinco de Mayo-themed party prop files. Richelle was so excited about the Cinco de Mayo project, she already made all the props (pictured).

If you have never used an SVG file, then you should know that they work with electronic cutting machines, like the Explore Air 2 and the CAMEO 3. All you have to do is upload the file, load your paper, and watch the machine do all the work cutting it (or drawing, scoring, etc.). Here are the designs (scroll to the bottom of the post to see the download links): Continue reading “May 2018 – Free Monthly SVG Design Downloads” »

New Happy Jig by We R Memory Keepers

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by Richelle Naegle

Have you seen the NEW Happy Jig collection from We R Memory Keepers in action, yet? If not, you need to get on that, ASAP. When I was at the CHA show this year, the Happy Jig was quite possibly my favorite new tool. The way it works is you use the wire-bending tool kit  to bend wire with the use of a peg board to make into fun and interesting designs. The kit comes with various sized pegs, a base that has a bunch of little holes in it, wire crimps, a booklet with designs, and three lengths of wire to get you started. I highly recommend picking up a few more colors of wire or try the multi-packs, like Colored and Neutral. These designs are addictive to make, so you’re going to want plenty of wire! Continue reading “New Happy Jig by We R Memory Keepers” »

April 2018 – Free Monthly SVG Design Downloads

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add this layered snapchat dancing hot dog design to paper projectsUsually, April would be the time where we drop Easter projects on you, but 2018 was an odd year in the sense that Easter fell on the last Sunday in March. That means we had to get creative with our free April 2018 SVG design downloads. Do you remember the dancing hot dog meme that was all the rage for about 4 weeks last year on Snapchat? We thought it would be fun to add that as a layered image to scrapbook layouts, so Aaron made (1) meme icon and (2) graduation cards.

The trick to crafting with these SVG files is you need an electronic cutting machine, like the Cricut Explore Air and Silhouette machines. These sophisticated craft machines do all the work for you. There are 3 quick steps:

  1. Download the file at the bottom of this post,
  2. then upload it to your machine with your colored cardstock,
  3. and watch it do all the cutting.

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New Product Lines at CraftDirect in 2018

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by Richelle Naegle

This year at the CHA show we found a bunch of great products. Some are new and some are just new to us, but nonetheless, we are super excited about all the new product lines we have been adding to our inventory!

Spellbinders

spellbinders die and stamp sets are new to CraftDirectWe will start with Spellbinders. We know many of our customers love Sizzix dies, so we decided it was time to bring in more options from some of these great collections, such as Flower Garden by Sharyn Sowell. This collection features intricately cut dies so you can adorn your cards with blossoming paper flowers. Some of our other collections include Sew Sweet by Tammy Tutterow and Elegant 3D Vignettes, which features 3D cards that have multiple beautiful layers. Don’t miss out on my favorite die types, the Die D-Lites. These simple die sets make it easy for you to create wonderful cards, scrapbook embellishments, and more! We have fun themes, like pizza, Sketched Flowers, a Hip Llama, pandas, dinosaurs, succulents, etc.  The fun and playful side of me likes this new March collection, The Perfect Match. If you like the whimsical side of life and “punny” cards, you will love that collection (by Debi Adams). Continue reading “New Product Lines at CraftDirect in 2018” »