Try Cara's Cricut Class: Simply Sweet

Simply Sweet! : 

Simply Sweet! “Go back to basics with this font cartridge! Simply Sweet contains a classic font with a full alphabet, numbers, common punctuation, icons, and phrases. With the delightful creative features, you can also cut out the images on tabs, blocks, stitched circles, and hearts.” www.cricut.com ©2009 Cara Miller www.caramiller.com

What is on this cartridge? This is a font cartridge : 

What is on this cartridge? This is a font cartridge Creative Features: Tab Blocked Stitched Heart Shadow Blackout KEY HEIGHT CHARACTER on this cartridge K On every key, the non shift (NS) is the small letter and the shift (S) is the capitalized letter. Let’s look at page 49: non shifted gives you a small r while shifted is a capital R TAB cuts the small and capital letters out of a tab Heart will cut the letters out of a heart shape S and NS Blocked cuts letters from irregular blocks Shadow cuts fit perfectly Stitched cuts the letters from a circle with stitching cuts edging Blackout cuts the background for the blocked feature cuts. ©2009 Cara Miller www.caramiller.com Look at Page 5

First … you need to make this booklet your own… : 

First … you need to make this booklet your own… If you have taken another class with me you know what I going to tell you… Tear out the pages in the book that are in a language you do not know how to read! Pages 5-9 are English and then you can get rid of all pages until 27-87 Use adhesive and glue: page3 to the inside cover and page 10 to 27

What doesKey Height Character mean? : 

What doesKey Height Character mean? •There is one letter in each alphabet set cartridge that is determined to be the tallest letter …the KEY HEIGHT CHARACTER. •Each cartridge booklet identifies this letter. On this cartridge it is the letter K. •If you want your title to look proportional, as though you had written the text, let your Cricut figure out the size.

Or….. : 

Or….. If you want to have all the letters the same height … •Use the real dial size button and each letter will be cut the exact size you have the dial set at. If you are combining features such as letters and blackout, do not use real dial size and let the Cricut do the thinking.

PAGE 32 is…. : 

PAGE 32 is…. where all the good stuff begins so I add a clip or tab to mark the spot!

The KEYPAD : 

The KEYPAD

The Booklet : 

The Booklet So where do I find the key that corresponds to the booklet? Have you noticed that the alphabet on your keypad corresponds to the keys on your keyboard?

See the key that matches p32? : 

See the key that matches p32?

Let’s See What We can Cut : 

Let’s See What We can Cut Expression: FIT to PAGE Creative Feature: Stitched Circle key Cut 1 Original Cricut…smaller but still awesome! Size Dial 5 ½” Creative Feature: Stitched Circle key Cut 2 ©2009 Cara Miller www.caramiller.com

These terrific circles look great just the way they are…. : 

These terrific circles look great just the way they are…. But…how about tracing over the stitching lines that the Cricut cut for you? Using Coredinations paper(yup my fav!) you can sand over these stitching lines to add slight definition. Or ink with your favorite chalk ink ©2009 Cara Miller www.caramiller.com

If you are using the Original Cricut… : 

If you are using the Original Cricut… You have two circles and two stitched circles to complete your layout Also let’s bring out the stitching on the smaller cuts the Original Cricut allows ©2009 Cara Miller www.caramiller.com

Or your Expression …. : 

Or your Expression …. ©2009 Cara Miller www.caramiller.com

Add your title… : 

Add your title… SIZE DIAL at 2” Stitched Creative Feature Shift S u p e r And CUT! Change mat to black paper No features Shift Lock Circle … Original Cricut hit key 5 times Expression quantity ON use + or – keys until you have quantity set at 5 AND CUT! ©2009 Cara Miller www.caramiller.com

The Black Circles will be perfect blackouts …. : 

The Black Circles will be perfect blackouts …. Want the blackouts a bit bigger than your stitched letters in your title? Set your size dial at 2 ¼ on the Expression OR 2 ½ on the Original Cricut ©2009 Cara Miller www.caramiller.com

Take this idea and make it your own! : 

Take this idea and make it your own! ©2009 Cara Miller www.caramiller.com