Distress Oxide & Inks Blending Foams Storage Organization Swatching

 I’ve been looking for a way to swatch all of my Distress Inks and Distress Oxides. I came across a video years ago and bought the items needed, and I just now got around to implementing it. 

Im using different blending tools for Distress Inks and Distress Oxides, that’s why I have two different ways of swatching. For Distress Oxide I like using the domed blending foams, and for Distress Inks I like using the blending brushes.

For the Distress Oxides I really liked the idea of having the swatch and storing the domed foams together in a case. I picked up a set of six 6x4 photo cases that will hold all 72 colors. I created Print Then Cut swatch sheets that I cut out with my Cricut Joy Xtra. I’ll provide the Design Space files below. Each domed foam is attached using Velcro inside the case. And the swatch sheets are taped to the inside of the case. I have a video on the process here Distress Ink Blending Foam Easy Storage and Swatches Craft Room Organization. 

For the regular Distress Inks I did tag swatches since I use blending brushes for those inks. I created Design Space files of tags that have the names of all 72 colors. I’ll provide the links to the Design Space files below. These were pretty simple to do, but 72 colors is a lot, but worth it. Since I didn’t have any binder rings I used brads to hold each color family together. I, also, have a quick video on how I did the swatching on the tags. You can watch Distress Inks Oxides Free Swatching Tags Cricut Design Space File Organization

Design Space files

Distress Oxides swatch sheets:

Design Space file #1 - https://bit.ly/SwatchSheets1

Design Space file #2 - https://bit.ly/SwatchSheets2

Design Space file #3 - https://bit.ly/SwatchSheets3

Swatching tags Design Space files:

Pinks - https://bit.ly/DSFileSwatchingTagsPinks

Reds - https://bit.ly/DistressInksReds

Oranges - https://bit.ly/DistressInksOranges

Yellows - https://bit.ly/DistressInksYellows

Greens 1 - https://bit.ly/DistressInksGreens1

Greens 2 - https://bit.ly/DistressInksGreens2

Blues 1 - https://bit.ly/DistressInksBlues1

Blues 2 - https://bit.ly/DistressInksBlues2

Blues 3 - https://bit.ly/DistressInksBlues3

Purples - https://bit.ly/DistressInksPurples

Browns 1 - https://bit.ly/DistressInksBrowns

Browns 2 - https://bit.ly/DistressInksBrownsTwo

Grays & Black - https://bit.ly/DistressInksGraysBlack

Thanks for visiting and happy crafting!

Distress Oxide Inks Flower Silhouette Card Design Space File

 

I came across this pretty color combo of Distress Oxide inks and designed a Cricut Design Space file for the card front. Distress Oxide ink colors are Villainous Potion, Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron. I used domed ink blending foams to get a good blend. I cut the frame from metallic gold cardstock and the flower silhouette from black cardstock. In the Design Space file there is an oval which is what you blend the Distress Oxide inks on. I cut the oval from Bristol Smooth cardstock as it’s got a smooth finish and allows the Distress Oxide inks to glide across without much drag. 

Design Space file: https://bit.ly/DistressOxideSilhouetteCard

You can watch the assembly video here: https://youtu.be/VNOL68H0ua4

Supplies Used: 

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📌 Domed Ink Blending Foams - https://shrsl.com/4n29p

📌 Distress Oxide Inks - https://amzn.to/4dK7pgf

📌 Bristol Smooth Cardstock - https://amzn.to/46ShDbW

📌 Adhesive Foam Dots White - https://amzn.to/3X4sQmG

📌 Bearly Art Precision Glue - https://amzn.to/3SNX5fn

📌 Cricut Joy Xtra Machine - https://cricut.pxf.io/OrDzWP

Happy crafting! Jooniper

20 FREE Writing Fonts in Cricut Design Space

Looking for FREE writing fonts for your Cricut? There are 20 FREE has writing style fonts to use in Design Space without a Cricut Access subscription! You’ll just need to filter fonts by Writing & Free or you can search by name. The names of each writing font are in the graphic above. 

Happy crafting! 

Cross Nativity Finally Cut Out!

 

I finally got around to cutting the cross nativity Design Space file I posted back in 2017! You can see the original post here.

The photo above shows just how tiny some of the scenes were. A Cricut straight pin for size.

I cut it at 6 inches tall to test the new cardstock I got from The 12x12 Cardstock Shop. It’s their Encore textured cardstock line. Encore is made specifically for Cricut or Silhouette type cutting machines. And it cut wonderfully! I had doubts though, thought 6 inches tall was too small for the fine detailed images it had to cut out. I was waiting for the mangling of cardstock, but there were none! A sheep and the sheep herder’s staff broke off while I was taking it off a very sticky cutting mat without using the spatula to help lift it off, my bad! 

Here are some close up photos for a few of the cross scenes so you can see how wonderfully it cut with my Cricut Maker. 

The images are from the Cricut Access* exclusive Dimensional Scenes - Nativity. So, if you don't have Cricut Access*, you won't be able to cut the file.

Design Space File - Click Here to Download

Kid’s Valentine’s Day Pencil & Bookmark Favors - Cricut

Today I'm sharing these super cute animal pencil holder bookmarks that I cut on my Cricut. They are quick and easy, even your child can put them together. In order to cut them you’ll need the Cricut Access subscription. The animals included are: tiger, cat, dog, dragon, sloth, fox, horse and unicorn. 

To assemble glue the bottom to the top. Make sure to NOT glue where the slits where the pencils go. Just add glue to the head and lower body.

For my examples I show them in two different ways. The tiger has inked edges and the unicorn is without inked edges. So there’s an idea to add dimension. Glitter card stock would be a nice touch as well.

Now to weave the pencil through the arm slits. You will want the arms on top of the pencil like it’s holding it. It will be a bit of a tight fit, but it shouldn’t rip because of the two layers of cardstock. 

For adding the heart sentiment I used a pop dot. I put it on the pencil in the center of the arms. It will keep the pencil from moving, so make sure you have the pencil where you want it. 

The heart shaped sentiments can be changed by using the 4th heart sentiment and ungrouping and then double clicking on the text. Then when done you select the heart top and the text and Attach. 

You can get the Design Space file here: 

https://bit.ly/ValentinesDayPencilBookmark

Thanks for reading and visiting my blog. Jooniper

CEMM Group Challenge Card Template for June

 The past few months I have been hosting a monthly group challenge in Cricut Explore, Maker and More Facebook group. Each month I create a 100% FREE to cut - no Cricut Access subscription needed - Design Space file card template. There are no rules, just create! I do provide a prompt for if anyone needs a jumpstart, like this month was use a busy or bold patterned paper. If you’d like to join in you can go to our Facebook group Cricut Explore, Maker and More. 

For my card I decided to use the leftover paper from where I test printed one of my marbled digital papers I created. If you are interested in this marbled digital paper you can buy it in My Shop. I think my card came out wonderful! I let the busy marbled pattern be the focal point of the card. 

Thank you for stopping by!