Do you know someone with a December birthday that always gets their special day eclipsed by winter holidays? Make them this birthday card to let them know you care.

Supplies:

• ScanNCutDX Machine and Accessories
• ScanNCut CanvasWorkspace
• Tattered Lace Pattern Collection 11 (Pattern TTLP11011)
• Green, Red, Light Red, Blue Green, and Black Cardstock
• Gold Washi Tape
• Glitter
• Liquid Glue
• Foam Adhesive
• Enamel Dots
• FREE ScanNCut Cut File: Merry Birthday (https://www.erinbassett.com/Freebies/Cut_Files/merry_birthday.fcm)

Instructions:

1. In CanvasWorkspace, activate the Tattered Lace Pattern Collection 11 and select it under “Pattern Collection”

Choose the poinsettia pattern

2. Select the flowers and it will appear on you mat

3. Right click on the leaf and choose “duplicate” to increase the number of leaves on the mat.

Send the patterns over to your ScanNCutDX by clicking on “file,” and “transfer FCM file via the internet.”

4. On you ScanNCutDX machine. Click “retrieve data.”

Then click on where you’ve sent the data from, in this case the computer.

5. Click “ok,” then select “cut.”

And then press start

After it’s finished cutting, press “ok” and then press the “mat” button to unload the mat.

6. Repeat these steps for all the poinsettia pattern pieces.
7. For the “merry birthday,” download the pattern, then in CanvasWorkspace click on “file” and “Import from your computer.” Locate the pattern you downloaded and click “ok.”

Next, send it over to your ScanNCutDX by clicking “file” and “transfer FCM File via the internet.”

8. On your ScanNCutDX choose “retrieve data”

Then click on where you’ve sent the data from, in this case the computer.

Click “ok”

9. To assemble the card, fold the 6” x 12” blue green card base in half and add gold washi tape around the edges of the front of the card.

10. On the small center cut-out, apply a layer of liquid glue and then cover it in gold glitter. Allow it to dry.

11. Adhere the poinsettia together using foam adhesive to layer the petals and leaves.  

12. Adhere the letters for “Merry Birthday!” onto the front of the card and add on enamel dots or other embellishments.

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Brother to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony😉.)

There is just about 50 days of summer left...let's celebrate before the cooler weather comes to town.  Now you might not think of using felt very much in the summer, but it is a great way to add texture and create dimension on your projects any time of year. Now I usually use 100% wool felt for my felt projects, but I get so many emails about using craft felt that I thought I’d try it for this project.  The craft felt I’m using for this project is a blend of 35% Marino wool and 65% rayon and is about 2mm thick and comes in so many bright, fun summer colors.

Supplies:

• ScanNCut Machine and Accessories
• ScanNCut Standard Craft Mat
• 6” x 9” Craft Felt: Dark Pink, Light Pink, Peach, Light Peach, Dark Purple, Light Purple, Yellow, White, Green
• 9” x 19” Pennant
• Embroidery Floss in complementing colors
• Embroidery Needle
• Fabric Glue (or a Glue Gun)
• Buttons
• fcm Cut File

Instructions:

Watch this video on how to create this project for follow the written instructions below.

1.  Begin by cutting out all of the felt pieces using the following built in designs:

 (****NOTE: preform a test cut first to determine the correct settings. I used a standard blade depth of 11 and a pressure of 5, but your settings may be different depending on how new your mat and blade are and the type of felt you use.)
Use the scanning feature to cut shapes out of left over felt. Use up all those scraps!!!

When removing the felt from the mat be sure to gently weed out the negative pieces of felt and then use a spatula to remove the flower and leave pieces so they retain their shape.

2. Download the “summer” cut file here and then cut out the letters using the left over scraps of felt.

3. For the yellow roses, roll up the border strip while applying small dots of glue. Allow to dry. Repeat for the remaining borders.

4.  Embroider the top layer of flowers and leaves. Sew a button onto the center of each top flower layer.

5.  Embroidery each of the “summer” letters using a different embroidery stitch.

6.  Glue the top and bottom flower layers together to create a whole flower. Repeat for all the flowers.

7.  Using scraps of felt, cut thin strips of felt, about ¼” x 1 ½” long. Fold it in thirds or fourth and glue it onto the back of the flower to pop it up and give it some height. You can do this for just some of the flowers or all of them depending on your preference.

8.  Adhere the letters, flowers and leaves to the pennant with glue.

Do you want to attach a wooden dowel to it? Here's a video on how I did it:

Is your mat all gunky now from cutting felt?  Here's a video on how to clean it!

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Brother to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony). 

You are awesome!

Sometimes you just need that reminder or want to share it with someone else so I made this little 4" x 6" piece of art so that I could stick it in our guest room. I love how it turned out and how it's almost magic how the highlighting of the flowers happens with this technique!  Here's how I created it...

I started off by using PITT^® Artist Pen Black #199 as ink to stamp a flower image (Altenew: Peony Bouquet) onto a 4" x 6" piece of watercolor paper. 

Next I used Art GRIP^® Aquarelle Watercolor Pencil #126 to color in any areas of the flowers that I wanted shaded.

And then I activated the watercolor with water.

While that dried I mixed together about a 1/8" chunk of Guava colored Gelatos^®, a pallet knife full of Gel Medium, and a small spritz of water.


I then painted it onto the shadow stamp and stamped it onto my flower.

I really love the irregularity and how the watercolor pencils pop through. 

Next, I stamped on some leaves with May Green #170 PITT^® Artist Pen and watercolored them in with a Kiwi Gelato^®. I also used Art GRIP^® Aquarelle Watercolor Pencil #147 and #152 to color in the blue background and then activated it with water.  Lastly, I added a sentiment (Altenew: Label Love) that I had stamped and embossed with black embossing powder to it and slipped it into the fame.

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Faber-Castell to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony). 

Hippity hop! Spring is right around the corner!

I'm so glad I'm sharing this cute garden flag with you, because to create it you need to do a couple of ScanNCut techniques that I get emailed the most about: importing SVG files and cutting burlap. So if you're curious on how to do those things and how to make this flag then check out this video or follow along with the instructions below.

 Supplies Needed:

• ScanNCut machine and accessories

• ScanNCutCanvas

• USB Flash Drive (see the compatible ones HERE)

• Bunny SVG file (search the internet for files, there's a lot of free ones!)

• Burlap

• Iron On Fabric Applique Sheet

• Placemat

• Fabric remnants (even old clothing could work)

• Glue Gun & glue (or fabric glue)

• Yard flag holder

Instructions:

Step 1 – Importing .svg files

Open ScanNCutCanvas and then click on the SVG button.

Choose your .svg file, and then click “ok”.

And there's your bunny! 

Now just like other shapes you can resizes her by first selecting her, and then dragging out the handles. If you hold down the “shift” key while you drag it it will keep the same aspect ratio, and if you don't then when you drag it you can distort the ratio. So get your bunny resized how you like it...mine is about 8” wide by 10” tall.

Step 2 – Saving the .fcm file

Type in a name for your file and then click the “download” button, then click on the name...in this case “bunny.fcm” and then direct it where to save the file (I recommend you save it to your flash drive so you can pop it into your ScanNCut and get cutting). And then click “close”.

Step 3 – Cutting out burlap bunny

(settings: blade depth 7, cut speed 3, and cut pressure 9. Use the standard mat and place the burlap face up on the mat (fusible back down). Always perform a test cut. -My settings may vary from yours)

If you plan on ironing on your bunny onto your placemat then prepare your burlap by cutting it to size and then ironing on you iron-on fabric applique sheet and then smoothing it onto the standard mat.

Insert your flash drive into the ScanNCut, choose “patterns,” then “saved data,” then pick the USB symbol and scroll through the designs you have stored on your flash drive until you find the one you just created, click on it, and there you go!

You can now cut it out...click “ok,” then press “cut” and then “start”.

Step 4 – Removing the burlap bunny from the mat

You can now carefully remove the burlap bunny off of the mat. Because of the inconsistencies with burlap fabric you may come across a knot in the fabric that doesn't cut through all the way. If any points stick apply gentle pressure to separate it or use your scissors to trim it.

TIP: Now your mat is probably really hairy! Remember to take an alcohol free baby wipe to it later to remove all that fuzz.

Step 5 - Creating fabric flowers

I like to rip fabric, there's something therapeutic in doing it! Take a strip of fabric about 1” - 2” wide and tie a knot in one end. Now place the short tail of the knot in your non-dominant hand and then start to twist and wrap the fabric around the knot using your glue to adhere it into place. Keep going around and around the flower allowing whatever side and edge of the fabric you want to show until your flower gets to be about the size you want and then snip off the end of the fabric. You can just glue the little remainder under the flower.

Now that it's done you can also glue down the tail now if you desire.

Step 6 – Ironing on & placing pieces onto the flag

Next you'll want to figure out where to place everything on your flag so you can iron it on. When I iron my bunny onto it I'm also going to iron down the top edge about an inch so I can create a sleeve for my garden flag holder to slide into.

Now as I was figuring out where I was putting everything I realized that I wanted a bit of green leaves on there too...so I cut out this design on some green fabric backed with a iron-on fabric applique sheet, it's a great design since I can just snip it in half and have two branches of leaves.

After I cut that out, I then ironed the bunny and the leaves onto the placemat. I also ironed that top edge under about an inch. Glue down just the edge of it so it forms that little sleeve for the garden flag holder to slip into.

Step 7 - Glue on the flowers!

Figure out where you want your flowers and then glue them on.

A handy tip if you're using a crocheted placemat like mine is to place the paper backing from the iron-on fabric applique sheet under your design so the glue won't stick to your table top.

Now just slip your flag onto to your flag holder and you're done!  

Disclosure: I am a paid consultant for Brother International Corporation and have received a ScanNCut from Brother to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely my own and based on my use of the product.

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I'm not going to lie.  I LOVE how this turned out!!  {You can see the video tutorial of how I did it below, or click here.} This idea would make a great holiday gift too if you're looking for ideas!  I happened to find this dessert plate at a thrift store, but I've also seen them on eBay!

I used one of those vintage dessert pans, some scrapbook papers & transparencies, and the ScanNCut™ machine to make it, and believe it or not it's a pretty quick project to make since the machine does most of the work!

I started off by cutting out a bunch of different shapes of flowers out of all the papers, and then cut out some leaves out of the transparencies.  The Scan N Cut cut through it like butter!  

Once all my die-cuts were cut out I just layered each flower individually and stuck a brad through the center of it.  Then I just used foam adhesive to adhere it to the pan.

Next, I cut out the corrugated paper with the Scan N Cut...once again easy cutting!  After it was cut out I scuffed & sanded it to distress it a bit.  I also hand-sewed around the edge of it.
I also cut out those letters with the Scan N Cut to spell out "home".  By cutting them twice in different papers I was able to give them a bit of a shadow.

To see the tutorial on how I created this decor, watch this video:

disclosure: Brother International

Disclosure: I am a paid consultant for Brother International Corporation and have received a ScanNCut from Brother to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely my own and based on my use of the product.