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I’ve had a Cricut machine for a couple of years or so now, and i’ve always loved it. I tend to just use it to cut letters in a couple of my favourite fonts, but now the whole world has opened up! I’ve bought the Sure Cuts a Lot software by CraftEdge.

I use it on my Mac, but you do need a PC to upgrade the firmware on the Cricut machine which is a bit of a pain for all us Mac Addicts. The latest version allows you to weld letters and words together and it’s so easy to use your fonts you already have.

You can also create any kind of artwork as a SVG file for cutting. I’ve got a few standard ones already such as scallops which are just so versatile, and I love that I can just scale them to any size. We’ll be offering these files as downloads on the website over the next few weeks.

Has anyone else tried this? Let us know what you think of it…

Supplies:

• White Cardstock
• Black Cardstock
• Blue Cardstock
• Letter Stickers American Crafts Hat Box
• Cricut and Jasmin Font
• 4×12 Panoramic Photo

A simple and quick layout highlighting a special photo. This would be equally as effective with pink cardstock for a baby girl.

Trim the black cardstock to create a white border to frame the page. I trimmed the panoramic photo to extend beyond the black layer but not the white border, but you may prefer it to be the same width as the black cardstock. Use the letter stickers to create your title, and the cricut to cut the “Baby Boy” I used Jasmine Italic at 2.5inches. That’s all, a strking layout in a matter of minutes.

We’d love to see your versions of this layout, post a link to yours in the comments below.