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DIY Dog Shirt

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In this tutorial, we’ll be showing you how quickly and easily you can make a simple, but an adorable DIY dog shirt for your favorite pooch. 

We have got so many amazing dog lover cut files that you are going to love using for all your pet-related projects. Whether you are making something for yourself or for your dog, these files are going to be perfect.

Dog Lover T Shirt

Dog Lover T-Shirt

Dog Lover Craft Projects

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Supplies Used:

Dog Cut File Being Weeded

MGL Cut File Used:

Life is Better

Dog Shirt

Step-by-step Instructions:

  1. Measure the dog shirt to know the measurement of the space available for your design. 
  2. Import the cut file downloaded from Makers Gonna Learn to Design Space.
  3. Grab a square and resize it to correspond with the space available on the dog shirt. This will help you visualize and size your finished design properly. 
  4. Size your cut file to fit as desired on the square. You can then delete the square since it was only being used for visualization purposes. 
  5. Click Make it. Set your materials – we’re using Premium Vinyl. Place your vinyl on the cutting mat and then load it into the machine to cut.
  6. Once cutting is done, peel away the excess HTV. Weed your design – remember the centers of any letters!
  7. Since this is HTV, it has built-in transfer tape. So, once weeded, iron the shirt using your Cricut EasyPress Mini to remove any wrinkles that might interfere with properly adhering your design. Place the design down on the shirt. Heat using your Cricut EasyPress Mini until adhered. Remove the transfer sheet. 

Tooth Fairy Bag

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This adorable DIY tooth fairy bag will be a delight for any little one losing their baby teeth. Personalize it with their name and watch them smile as they leave it under their pillow for the tooth fairy!

Grab your Cricut or other die-cutting machines, some heat transfer vinyl, and your EasyPress and you’ll be all set to make this sweet little craft project. This is a really quick and easy die-cutting craft – perfect for Cricut beginners who want to tackle layering iron-on vinyl.

Tooth Fairy Bag

Tooth Fairy Bag

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Cut Files/Fonts Used:

Tooth Pillow
Pink Fairy
Juliette
American Story

Supply Links:

Diy Tooth Fairy Bag

Step-by-step Instructions:

  1. In Design Space, upload the two cut files we’re using for this project and add them to your canvas.  
  2. Pull in a shape to represent the size and shape of the mesh bag. This will help you size your design to fit. 
  3. You’re only going to need part of the tooth pillow cut file. Click on the face and delete or hide it.  
  4. Then, select all the black parts of the file: the two teeth and the rectangle. Choose Contour and click on the rectangle and one of the teeth.  
  5. From there, you can individually size the tooth. Duplicate it twice so you have three in total.  
  6. One will be placed in the fairy’s hands and the other two will be placed around the design. You might need to move some of these items to the front as you place them on the rectangle representing the bag. Rotate the teeth as needed for your design. 
  7. Select all 3 teeth and Attach.  
  8. Open a text box and type in the child’s name, using your chosen font. We used Juliette. Remember to weld the name so it cuts out together.  
  9. In another text box, type Tooth Fairy Bag on 3 separate lines. We used the font American Story.  
  10. To get it nicely centered, we first Ungrouped to Lines. Then, we used Align, Center Horizontally, and then Distribute Vertically.  
  11. Select the name, the other text, and the teeth and Attach.  
  12. Delete the rectangle that was there for visualization purposes representing the bag.  
  13. Click Make It. Because we’re using HTV for this design, remember to “Mirror” your design.  
  14. After your heat transfer vinyl has been cut out, weed your design. Remember to check carefully for all the centers of the letters and other details.  
  15. Before heating the elements of your design, it’s a good idea to place all the pieces on just to make sure of where they should go. Start with the largest layer (the text and teeth).  
  16. Remove the additional layers, leaving only the biggest layer on the bag. Heat that layer down with the EasyPress. We have it set to medium heat and are heating each layer for about 10 seconds. Remove the transfer sheet.  
  17. That’s it! You can now present this to a special little one!  

Applying HTV on Hats

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If you’ve got a plain hat that needs a little extra something, this is a great hack for applying a custom design of your choice. You’re going to love how quick and easy this technique is for personalizing plain hats and turning them into something special.

The Best Hack For Applying Htv On Hats

Applying HTV on Hats

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Cut File Used:

Dog Mom

Supply Links:

Dog Mom Baseball Cap

Step-by-step Instructions:

  1. Import the cut file downloaded from Makers Gonna Learn to Design Space.
  2. Begin by duplicating the cut file. We’re going to duplicate it over and over again. Each time, we will place the duplicates on top of each other. This is going to thicken the lines of the design. Keep duplicating until you create your desired thickness for the shadow. When you are satisfied with what you created, group them together and press weld.
  3. Grab a circle and size it down to a small shape then place it to the edges of the letters to even them out and round the edges as desired. Once satisfied, select all of the layers and choose Weld.
  4. Select your welded design and choose Contour. Now you can choose all the little pieces in the centers of letters and so on and contour them out. 
  5. Grab the original cut file and place it over top of the drop shadow you have created. 
  6. Measure the working space of the baseball cup for the HTV. Size your design accordingly.
  7. When ready to cut your design, click Make It. Remember that you will need to mirror your design since you are working with HTV. For the project we’re making, you don’t need to mirror the shadow. 
  8. We’re going to cut the shadow out of corduroy. Cut a piece and place it on your cutting mat. Be sure to choose Corduroy in your Materials Setting and load your rotary blade. 
  9. While the fabric is cutting you can place your HTV onto your cutting mat. 
  10. Once the fabric has finished cutting, load the HTV onto the machine. Be sure to change the material to Iron-On. Peel the corduroy off your fabric mat and place it on your EasyPress mat. Preheat the EasyPress Mini to 350 (the second mark). 
  11. Unload the cut HTV from the machine. Weed away the excess HTV. Remember to remove the centers of the letters too! 
  12. Line up your weeded design on the corduroy. Heat with the EasyPress Mini to adhere the iron-on vinyl to the corduroy. When you see little bubbles, that’s your cue that the transfer sheet is starting to lift away from the vinyl and your design has been heated enough. 
  13. Carefully and slowly peel up your transfer sheet. If any of the design isn’t adhered to the corduroy, simply place the sheet back down and give it some more heat. 
  14. We’re fringing the corduroy a bit because we like the look. We’re simply using a Cricut TruControl Knife to go around the edges and fray it. 
  15. To adhere the finished design to the hat, we’re using a glue gun with fabric glue sticks in it. 

Beginner Hack For Ironing On Wood

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You are going to love this incredibly easy beginner hack for ironing on wood. Of course, you can use HTV directly on wood, but sometimes beginners find that a little bit tricky. We’ll show you a way to work around that and add a fun new look at the same time. You’re going to love the adorable project we make!

The Best Cricut Beginner Hack For Ironing On Wood

Beginner Hack For Ironing On Wood

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Cut File Used:

Pinky Promise

Supply Links:

Iron On Wood Home Decor

Step-by-step Instructions:

  1. Use the spray adhesive to spray a light coat on the backing board.
  2. Now, place the ironed towel or piece of fabric on it. Start from the middle and work your way out to smooth out the fabric. Cut off the excess fabric with scissors. 
  3. Place the board into the frame so you can correctly measure the space you have to work with for your design.
  4. Import the cut file downloaded from Makers Gonna Learn to Design Space. Grab a square from Basic Shapes and resize it to the same size as your working space on your board.  Move the cut file over to the square. Once you visualize what it would look like in the finished product, you can delete the square because you won’t need it anymore.
  5. Go ahead and click “Make It”. Make sure you mirror your design (since we’re using HTV) and select Everyday Iron-on for the material setting. We are also selecting More Pressure because our blade is a bit older and has been used for a while.
  6. Choose to Continue to start cutting your design. Once cutting is done, trim away any excess vinyl so you can use it for a different project. 
  7. Start at one corner and weed away the vinyl from around your design. Once you have done that, you can weed the inner parts that need to be removed as well. 
  8. Put the frame on the board so you can arrange your HTV design as you wish. Once you are satisfied with it, then go ahead and heat it with your EasyPress. When you’re finished, peel the HTV off slowly. You want to do a warm peel on this project.
  9. The last thing you need to do is put them together using a staple gun at the back of the board. 

The Easy Way To Pair Fonts

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How cute is this tote bag? We love how easy it is to use our Cricut machines to add some personality to a plain bag and really kick it up a notch. We will show you the easy way to pair fonts and create a project with pizzazz. 

Easy Way To Pair Fonts In Cricut Design Space

The Easy Way To Pair Fonts

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Cut Files/Fonts Used:

Accent Embellishment
Grid 1
Highlight Reel
Jo Jo

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Step-by-step Instructions:

  1. Here are our 5 key tips when trying to pair fonts:
    • The easiest way to pair fonts to use in your design is to choose fonts that have the same mood –  fonts that complement each other. For example, if one font is more of a bubble letter type font that has sort of fun, child-like feel to it, you won’t want to pair it with one that is a formal, regal-looking script. Think about the mood you are trying to convey with your project. 
    • You want to also think about the thickness of the fonts. In general, you want to pair a thicker font with a thinner one.
    • Try a traditional font with a decorative one. A simple traditional font with a beautiful decorative one can create a beautiful look.
    • Don’t use too many fonts in one project. It can start to look really busy. We find that for most projects 2 is best, but there are some projects and some fonts that will still look great when you use 3 of them. Anything more than 3 becomes too distracting.
    • Make sure that your fonts are legible. Sometimes when pairing fonts for a smaller project, you’ll find that especially with script fonts, they can end up being hard to read at that size. If the font on your project is going to be quite small, it’s best to stay away from really decorative fonts. Pro tip: Ask someone else to look at your project and get their opinion on the fonts you have chosen. Sometimes another eye can be helpful in seeing things we didn’t notice ourselves! 
  2. Begin by downloading the fonts and grid you want to use. Upload into Cricut Design Space.
  3. Size the grid however you want for the project you are making.
  4. Grab the text and change to the font you want to use. Type in your desired text for the first part of your grid. Move over to the grid and place and size it accordingly. If you need to curve it, select it and then go up to the top menu and choose Curve.  
  5. Repeat for each of the sections of text. After the text has been added to the grid, next, we are going to add the accents. Ungroup the accents file and hide the layers you don’t want to use. With your chosen accent, you can duplicate it and then flip one of them to add to your grid.
  6. When you are satisfied with how everything looks, select the grid layer and delete it. Select your design (the text and the accents) and choose Weld. 
  7. Click Make It. Be sure to mirror your design because we’re using HTV. Continue to connect to the machine and set the material to everyday iron-on. 
  8. Put your HTV on your mat with the shiny side down. Load the mat into the machine to cut. Once cutting is done, you can weed it. 
  9. Remember to iron the tote bag with your EasyPress if there are any wrinkles or creases that might get in the way of your design. 
  10. Flip your mat upside down and peel it away from your design.
  11. Place the design into the tote bag and you can arrange it however you like. Put the Teflon sheet on top of it and then apply heat with the EasyPress for 40 seconds. The Teflon sheet is good to use when working on canvas in order to prevent color distortion. Let it cool for a few seconds before peeling the transfer tape off. 
  12. Apply the pompom trim along the top edge of the tote bag using hot glue. Or you can add whatever embellishments you would like! 

Multi-Layer Holiday Socks

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Do you love those If You Can Read This socks as much as we do? There are so many fun phrases that you can add to them and they make such a great gift. This is a multi-layer project which may intimidate some of you, but we want to show you just how easy it is!

Multi Layer Holiday Socks

Multi-Layer Holiday Socks

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Cut File Used:

Movie Socks

Supply Links:

Multi Layer Socks

Step-by-step Instructions:

  1. Download the cut file you want to use from Makers Gonna Learn and import it to Design Space.
  2. Grab a square from the shape button located at the left-hand side of the design space and resize it to create a rectangle – we’re using one that is 3 x 4.5 inches to represent the working space on the bottom of our socks.  
  3. Move the sentiments in the cut file one by one to the rectangle and size to fit. We recommend keeping them together and just making sure that they will each fit in the available space on the socks. 
  4. If you are satisfied with the size and how it looks, you can now delete the rectangle because you don’t need them anymore. (NOTE: The rectangle was just for visualization purposes).
  5. Click Make It. Since we’re using HTV, you need to mirror all 3 mats. Also, remember that with HTV, you’re going to be placing it down on the mat, shiny side down.
  6. Load each mat one at a time into your machine and cut out your 3 colors of vinyl. 
  7. Once cutting is done, remove the mat from the machine and cut off the excess HTV using the TruControl knife. Now you can weed your designs. Because they are cut from HTV, they have built-in transfer tape. 
  8. Preheat the EasyPress Mini to 350 degrees (the second setting). Place your socks on the EasyPress mat and iron them so you won’t have any wrinkles interfering with your design. 
  9. We find it easiest to trim down these pieces of HTV before applying them to the socks. This makes it easier to position them. 
  10. Place the words on the first sock and use your EasyPress to heat it. Here’s the hack for making this multi-layer project a success: heat only for a few seconds. You’re going to do it for much less time than you usually would. Let cool for a few seconds and then peel up the transfer tape. KEEP IT! You will need this transfer tape in a later step.
  11. Next, position the red piece that fills in the O on the word “you”. Cover your entire design with that saved piece of transfer tape. Heat again with your EasyPress Mini for just a few seconds. Peel up the transfer tape from the O and you can discard that little piece. Make sure to keep the bigger piece of transfer tape. 
  12. Repeat these steps with every piece of your HTV making sure it is covered completely with a piece of transfer tape. Once you have the last piece on the sock, you can heat it for a bit longer to ensure that everything has been fully adhered to.
  13. Do the same thing with the other sock.

DIY Custom Charcuterie Board

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Charcuterie boards are so trendy right now and they are a beautiful addition to anyone’s home decor. They make a perfect gift and are much easier to make than you might think. We’ll show you how to make a custom charcuterie board that you’re going to love.

Diy Custom Charcuterie Board

DIY Custom Charcuterie Board

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Cut Files/Fonts Used:

Laurel Wreath Design
Accents_13
Betty B
Worthy
Click Clack

Supply Links:

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Step-by-step Instructions:

  1. Download the cut files and fonts from Makers Gonna Learn. Import the cut files into Design Space. You’ll find the fonts under System Fonts. 
  2. Grab a square from the shape button on the left and size it up to 24”x9.25”. You want to may change the color of it for visualization purposes. You can change the color by going up to the top where it says fill and choosing the color you want on the drop-down.
  3. Open a text box. Type in the text you want – we’re adding an O for our last initial and changing it to the font that we want (Worthy). 
  4. Move this letter over to your rectangle to size it for your charcuterie board. Select both layers, go to Align and then Center to get it perfectly lined up. 
  5. Add the Laurel Wreath cut file to your canvas. It has several different designs to choose from so you will need to begin by selecting it and then clicking Ungroup on the Layers Panel. Delete any of the pieces you don’t need. 
  6. Move the remaining cut file design over to the rectangle below the initial and size it. With that cut file selected, Duplicate. Then choose Flip and Flip Vertically. That piece goes above the initial. 
  7. Select the two halves of the design below the initial and choose Group. Repeat with the two halves of the design above the initial. Then you can select all the pieces of your design and Align them.
  8. Open a new text box and type in your desired text. We are using Oakes Family. Change to your chosen font. (We are using Betty B).To kern the font, with the text box selected, we are going up to the top toolbar and decreasing the Line Spacing. If you need to make further adjustments, Ungroup and move the letters as needed. 
  9. Now, open a third text box. This time we’re using Click Clack and typing in THE, In a 4th text box and again using Click Clack, we’re typing in the date. Place the word THE and the date where you’d like them near the family name. Highlight all 3 of these layers and choose Align, Center Horizontally. 
  10. Next, open the cut file Accents_13. Once again, Ungroup and delete the pieces you don’t need. 
  11. Place one of the accent pieces at the bottom right of the text. Then, choose Duplicate and Flip Horizontal. Place this second piece at the top left of the text. 
  12. Select all of that text and the two accent pieces and Group. Rotate and size to fit at one end of your rectangle (the charcuterie board). Duplicate it and rotate and size that piece for the other end of the rectangle. 
  13. If you were to leave these designs as is, each individual piece (including each individual letter) would cut out separately. So, we’re selecting each section of the charcuterie board (the design on one end, the design in the middle, and the design on the other end), one section at a time, and then choosing Weld. You could actually choose to Weld the whole design as one if you’re really happy with the placement, but this method will leave you with a lot of wasted HTV and will be a larger piece to manage all at once.
  14. Click Make it. You’ll see that Cricut has placed them on 2 separate mats. To save on HTV, we are going to “trick the system” by changing the mat size to 12×24. Then, we’re moving around our design pieces to make the most use of the available HTV.  By doing that, we were able to cut out all of our pieces on a piece of iron-on vinyl that is 10” long or less.
  15. Connect to your machine and set the material to everyday iron-on. Place the HTV on your cutting mat and load the mat into the machine to cut. 
  16. Weed your design. Remember that HTV comes with built-in transfer tape so we don’t need to add any to this. 
  17. Now you can start putting the project together. Make sure the piece of wood and the candlestick holders are stained if you prefer them that way or you can use them as is. We also used a dry brushing technique to enhance the stained look on the board.
  18. After you have stained the wood, you can glue the candlestick holders using E6000 to each of the 4 corners of the wood. Apply the glue around the rim of the candlestick holders and place them down into each corner. Let that sit overnight.
  19. The HTV are now ready to be transferred. Lay down all of them on the piece of wood so you can arrange them just as you would like. Once the EasyPress has preheated, heat your HTV designs starting in the center of a section and pushing out from there. Once heated, be sure to let it cool completely before peeling up the transfer tape. 

New Years Napkins

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Make an entire set of cocktail napkins for your New Year’s Eve party in under an hour with this quick and easy Cricut craft project. Did you know that you can use heat transfer vinyl on paper? You can!

We’ll show you how beautifully it works with this fun Cricut New Year’s Eve craft. Grab your Cricut machine and let’s make some custom napkins!

New Years Napkins

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Cut File Used:

Countdown

Supply Links:

New Years Eve Napkin

Step-by-step Instructions:

  1. Upload the design from Makers Gonna Learn and add it to your Design Space canvas. Cut out your design on the foil heat transfer vinyl. Remember that since we’re using HTV, you need to mirror your design. 
  2. Weed your design. 
  3. Place your design on the cocktail napkin avoiding the ribbed parts of the napkin.  
  4. Move your EasyPress over the design in circles for about 10-15 seconds. Flip the napkin over and use your EasyPress on the back of the napkin too for another 10-15 seconds. Work gently since this is a paper napkin.  
  5. Slowly peel off the transfer tape from the design.  
  6. That’s it! Wasn’t that quick and easy? You can make a whole set of them for your New Year’s Eve gathering in under an hour!  

DIY Scoreboard Book

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Yard games (especially corn hole) are probably more popular now than ever, and if you’re like me, you need a great way for keeping accurate track of who is winning! This yard game scoreboard is a great solution!

Because this special waterproof canvas is cut using a deep point blade, Maker AND Air 2 crafters can recreate this exact version! With a wide variety of fabric colors available and the ability to customize the stenciled text with your Cricut, these scoreboards make great gifts OR products for selling!

Diy Scoreboard Book

DIY Scoreboard Book

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Font Used:

Opposite Attract

Supply Links:

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Step-by-step Instructions:

  1. In the design space, add a rectangle sized to represent the plywood piece of your sign.
  2. Add another rectangle and size for use as a score card. Round corners of a rectangle.
  3. Add two circles sized to .25″ align and place at the top of the rectangular score card where the score card will be threaded on the wire rings. Weld the two circles together so that they are one layer. Select the circles and the score card rectangle and slice the circles from the rectangle.
  4. Duplicate this card for a total of 10 cards.
  5. Insert text box. Using the font “opposites attract”, type in the numbers 0-9. Size the numbers to fit on the rectangular scorecard. Weld the numbers together so that you can contour the inside of the letters to make a solid bold letter. (You cannot skip the welding step. Currently, Design Space will now allow the contour option on an individual letter or number.) You will then have to slice each number individually so that they are each their own layer.
  6. Duplicate the cards and numbers so that you have 4 sets total.
  7. Add a text bot with font variant and the desired text. Format and size to fit on the plywood piece. Weld the text and contour the characters to create a bold-looking font.
  8. Click make it and load appropriate mats with appropriate material. Cheese the correct material setting for each mat.
  • Scorecard mats- load waterproof canvas fabric onto a 12×24 strong grip mat. Use plastic canvas material setting and install deep point blade. Make sure to change the mat size in the design space from 12×12 to 12×24
  • Number mats- load HTV onto 12×12 or 12×24 standard grip mat. Choose an iron-on setting, load a fine point blade, and make sure to mirror your image. (If using a 12×24 standard grip mat, make sure to change the mat size in design space)
  • Stencil mat: load vinyl onto a 12×12 standard grip mat. Choose premium vinyl or vinyl setting and load fine point blade.

9. Unload cut mats. Weed vinyl and apply a transfer tape.

10. Sand and stain the back, front, and sides of both pieces of plywood (allow plenty of dry time)

11. Using an easy press and easy press mat, apply letters to the front of canvas scorecards.

12. Even space and align 4 score cards on one piece of plywood. Mark holes with a pencil. Remove scorecards and drill holes along the plywood with a drill and drill bit slightly bigger than the wire rings.

13. Drill corresponding holes in the second piece of plywood

14. Assemble scoreboard using both pieces of plywood, all score cards and wire rings. (use channel locks to open wire rings that do not have hinges)

15. Apply the vinyl stencil to plywood.

16. Use black acrylic paint and a paintbrush to stencil the quote. Remove vinyl when finished applying paint.

Ugly Christmas Sweater Craft

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If you’re looking for an idea for an ugly Christmas sweater, we have got you covered. Your die-cutting machine is the perfect tool for helping you whip up a holiday sweater quickly and easily. You’ll be all set for your holiday photos and get-togethers!

Ugly Christmas Sweater 1

Ugly Christmas Sweater Craft

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Cut File Used:

Elf Quarantine

Supply Links:

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Step-by-step Instructions:

  1. Import the cut file downloaded from Makers Gonna Learn to Design Space. 
  2. Select the cut file and go to the top right section then click “ungroup”. We are only working with the tree and the text today, so we’re deleting the rest.  
  3. The piece of felt we’re working with is 9×12”, so we need to bear that in mind and size our design to fit those dimensions. 
  4. The Oh Quarantree text needs to be curved in order to fit into the toilet paper ribbon on the tree. There are several different ways to accomplish this.  (1) Work the text in Illustrator or Inkscape to curve it and then pull it back into Design Space.. (2) You can contour the text. You will need to begin by duplicating your text so that you have 13 copies of the text in total (one for each letter/character). Select the text and go down to the bottom right and press “contour”. Contour out each piece so that you are left with each letter/character of the text as its own separate layer.  (3) Or you can use Slice. Grab a square and size it down to cover one letter/character at a time. Make sure both the word and the square are selected and choose Slice. Discard the unnecessary slice layers. Repeat for every letter/character in your text. (4) Choose a font and type in the text yourself. Then, with your text selected, go up to the top menu and use Curve. You might also need to play around with the letter spacing to get this exactly the way you want it. Notes: Curve is only available on the desktop version of Design Space. If you want the font that matches this cut file, use Mary Katherine. 
  5. You may change the color and the size of the germs if you’d like. Go to the left-hand side where it says “shape” and get a circle, and then cover the germ on top of the tree with it. After that, select that shape and go to the “layers panel” on the right-hand side and select the germ too. Now you can press Slice. You can delete the slice results you don’t need.
  6. Now that the germ is sliced, select it once again and go down to the bottom right to click “contour” and there will be a pop-up box where it says “hide contour” then select all the little holes to contour them out. We are doing this because as a cut file, each of those tiny little holes in the germs will be cut out and they will be very difficult to weed. 
  7. Do the same process to the other 2 germs and the face masks so you can manipulate each of them separately to change sizes, colors, and contour out any small areas you might not want to weed. . 
  8. Now go ahead and click “make it” and you’ll see the different mats in there. For the tree itself, we’re cutting it out of felt. We are also cutting out the tree stump and the germs out of felt. With the tree garland (the toilet paper and text) and the masks, we’re cutting them from HTV, so be sure for those mats that you have a Mirror on. 
  9. Once that part is set, click continue and connect to your maker. We are using a thicker felt, so we’re selecting Wool Fabric for that material setting and then Everyday Iron-On for the HTV items. Place the material on your mat, load it into the machine, and cut. Repeat for each mat of items you need to cut out. 
  10. Once all the pieces are ready, you can go ahead and lay them all out on the EasyPress mat while preheating the EasyPress Mini. This will help you get the correct placement before you start heating anything.  
  11. Use your EasyPress to heat and adhere the pieces of HTV. We are using glue to glue the felt pieces on. 
  12. Now that your design is all put together, you can glue it onto your sweater.
  13. From there, it’s simply a matter of continuing to embellish your sweater as desired to make it as over the top and “ugly” as you’d like.