by Teri Hanson for The Covered Chipboard PURCHASE HERE Every tiny village needs a Schoolhouse just like this one. With your Cricut or Silhouette cutting machines you will find construction easy and fairly quick depending on the options you choose. The Schoolhouse was created to compliment the tiny Church with a finished size of 4.5" by 6" by 7" and the option of using mini LED ... View Post
Poinsettia Planter
Here's my take on the Dreaming Tree Poinsettia Planter for my Christmas decor this year. If you like it, please leave some love and share the post link with your friends! Materials . . . Bazzill Bling cardstock in Diamond and Glass Slipper Anna Griffin embossing folder set: Christmas Holly Damask from Creative Expressions: Pearl Lustre Gilding Polish from Ranger/Tim ... View Post
Make a Snowpkin
Earlier I created a large pumpkin for a centerpiece using the "Harvest Sunsrise" kit from SVGCuts. During the process I had an idea to use the same file but create a snowman using three pumpkins. After three days and a bit of trial and error, here's the finished project. I simply love how it turned out! Materials list .. . . . Cricut white cardstock (lots lol) Anna Griffin ... View Post
Light the Way
Nothing is prettier at Christmas time than a room or mantle lit up with candles. I use them all year long but double them up for the holidays placing them all around the house. In the next month or so you will notice them popping up in my photos of projects but for today I'm making some lovely lamps from SVG Cuts. Purchased last year, I never got around to making them and decided this year they ... View Post
Cricut Cuts Chipboard
Hi Everyone! Just wanted to make a quick post here to show you the Cricut Maker at work! I'm making a test cut to see how well it does with the Medium Weight Chipboard that I've been using for years. This chipboard comes from Graffix and the weight is listed as: 1.4mm or .057". It's white on one side and brown on the other side. Great for painting by the way. As you can see from the video ... View Post
Mums Mailbox Part Two
Cutting the Chipboard Here's a look at my first cut with the Cricut Knife Blade on the Cricut Maker machine. VIP Notes . . . (Please READ the following before attempting to create a project with the Chipboard) these are from the Cricut Help site. Which mat should I use? StrongGrip Mat How do I prepare the materials? For best results, open Cricut Chipboard and lay flat for ... View Post
Bathroom Rules
Here's a quick little project for a bathroom sign . . . The SVG file can be found on Etsy and used in any of your cutting machines. Simply upload the file to your machine software, in my case ... Cricut Design Space and save it as a cutting file. You could make it a print in cut if you don't mind the small size but I wanted it larger. Once you have the file placed on the canvas in ... View Post
2017 Decorations Tour
Cricut Holdiay Crafts In my efforts to start making more videos, and hopefully get better at it (grin), I've made a little tour video showing all the crafty creations I've made for Christmas this year. If you want more information about anything, check my blog posts under "Crafting With Machines" or leave a question in the comments section below. Enjoy the tour . . . Happy Holidays . ... View Post
Quick Christmas 2017
Good Morning All! I've gone crazy this year making all sorts of quick little Christmas decorations for the house and gifts. Because none need to have long posts, I've decided to make a single post with multiple projects. Most if not all can be created using any cutting machine and can be finished in one day or less. I've tried to list details for files and process but if you ... View Post
Heirloom Christmas Tree
One of the best "free with purchase" finds I ran across this year was the Heirloom Christmas Tree by SVGCuts. I'm not sure if it's still available as a free with purchase or not but if not, it's still well worth the few dollars it costs! If it looks intimidating, don't fret! Just hop on over to SVGCuts.com and watch the assembly video for the project. Your cutting machine does all the work and ... View Post
Cricut 3D Snowflake Project
Someone asked me for help on how this snowflake in the Cricut Design Space was constructed. As promised here's a look at the one I made today along with some tips. As mentioned in the video, I liked the extra piece added to the very center to give the ornament more dimension. Without the extra pieces on the oposite side (as seen below) this would make a pretty package decoration or project ... View Post
Winter Cheer Chalkboard
Happy Monday! This week I actually managed to make a quick project on "Monday" lol. By now you must have noticed that "Monday Quick Projects" has been changed to "Weekly Quick Projects" (grin). It seems no matter how hard I try to do something on a specific day .... it just never seems to happen. So this week I have a "trash-t0-treasure" kind of project for you. If you use a cutting machine ... View Post
