Cricut Design Space Color Changing

 

COLOR CHANGE

 

First I will show you how to change the color. Then I will show you how to make sure that all of your light pink or grey or whatever color you choose will cut from the same piece of paper.

If you don't want to have to put in 5 different shades of light pink, you can EASILY change all of them to the same shade of light pink to ensure that they will all cut out of the same ONE piece of light pink.

First how do you change the color. Lets say something is red and you want to make it light pink....
Select the image. Shown below. On the right side you can see the image selected. If you hover over the image on the right a color box will pop up.

 

 

 

 

Here you can select another color by clicking on it

 

 

 

 

Now you can see that the color has been changed.

 

 

 

 

If you want to make sure that all of your LIGHT PINK (or color of choice) will cut out on the same page and not three different one, Select SYNC as circled

. You will then see all of your images and each ling shows a different color.

 

 

 

 

 

To change the color to match, just drag and drop the shape you want onto the line that you want. It then makes them the same shade/color and you can cut them all on one sheet of that color of paper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now I have all the same pink and all of the same grey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Getting Stuff to stick to glitter paper

OK what is the trick to get your adhesive to stick to glitter paper?

Well the trick is that you don't stick anything to the top of the glitter paper.... You cut a "keyhole" in it for your adhesive to stick to the layer BELOW the glitter paper.

 

Why would you want anything to stick to glitter paper?

Well if you are creating a project like this one, where the black glitter is on the top layer... you don't need this tip. In this example the black is the glitter paper and the top layer.

 So you put adhesive on the back and stick it to the project and you have nothing to worry about.

Let's just say that you wanted the Orange around the owl to be glitter paper, which is the base layer of the owl. How do you do that? Simple... cut a hole in it.  

This also works for photo matting. (See below)

 

I call this the "Keyhole technique"

Take your finished shape. Without the glitter paper layer attached.

Look at the area where you want to put something on top of the glitter paper (First image)

Take your glitter paper and a paper punch and punch out a shape (any shape)

As long as it will be covered by the top layers wen you finish your image.

 

 

 

Or fold your shape in half and cut a circle or any shape out of it...

Then unfold your image and it is ready to go.

 

 

 

What next?

Use adhesive on the back of your glitter paper to secure it to wherever you want it to stay...

Then apply adhesive to the back of the next layer that you want to put on it.

The idea is that there is a hole in the glitter paper and now you can use that hole for your adhesive to stick to the base.

So if you are using Design Space or Cricut Craft Room, you can put any shape in the middle of an image before you cut it out of glitter paper. Or you an do it after with a paper punch or scissors.

 

 

 

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Paper Saving Tutorial

 

 

 

So in the example above you can see how there are multiple layers to the images especially where pictures are going to go. I like to have borders on pictures, I think it makes them look so much better than just sticking them on a page or on just one color. But if I were to use a full sheet of paper I would use  TON of paper on a scrapbook or mini album!!!

This is especially great for fancy or expensive papers.

On the left there is a cut out of a scooter. It has blue around it... guess where it came from...

You can see on the lower  right side there is a brown cut out, behind it is blue. Guess where that other piece of blue came from... If you were to remove the brown die cut you would see the hole in the blue paper. So when I cut out a rectangle (or square for that matter) I cut out what is called a nested set of images. I then use those frames throughout my project. Even if you are making a card, if something is going to be covering it, why not cut it out and save it for later.

 

So how do you do that? Well I did the work for you and the Cricut design space files are attached. I used the Free Cricut Craft Room images, so you don't need to own the cartridge to use them.

I personally like rounded corners on my stuff, but I know some people like perfect sharp corners, so I made a set of nested rectangles with sharp edges and rounded edges.

 

Please use this color coded system for the measurements of the following images.

This is all based on a 4x6 photo. Which is the blue images below. The blue would be your photo.

I have also made these files to fit 8.5x11 paper and 12x12 sheets of paper.

 Yep again trying to save your paper and get the most use out of each sheet :)

 You are welcome!

 

 

These are the sizes of these nested frames

Yellow is 5.25x7.25

Red is 4.5x6.5

Blue 4x6 **

Green 3.5x5.5

Purple 3x5

Orange 2.5x4

Black 2x3.5

Grey1.5x3

Pink 1x2.5

**(this could be your photo or any 4x6 item)

 

 

 

 

Now if they were all to be cut as shown, above, each one would only be 1/2" thick,

 to hard to add adhesive to and line up... way to much work for me.

So I sorted them into two sets. This way when they are cut they are 1" thick.

Much easier to add adhesive to. So I split them into two groups as seen below.

 

 

 

They are only color for size reference...  When you cut the nested shapes and pull them apart, they will look like this. So you can see the open area of each frame. You might not use the small ones now, by why not thrown them in a bag or drawer for later. It gives you more use of your paper.

 

 

 

 

 Mini Tutorial for welding images

This is VERY helpful if you want to cut out a word or letters.

 Or if you want letters cut out of a shape.

Card makers can use this is you want to cut out a shape in a card. You need to attach the shape or letters so that you will end up with the letters cut out where you want them and not on a blank part of the paper.

 

 

Put the images that you want to be cut (or drawn with the Explore) on top of each other.

Shown in Blue, purple and black.  Ignore the red now. It is already a finished set.

 

 

 

Use your mouse to select all of the designs that you want together.

Then as shown below, the ATTACH is circled. Once you click it. It will turn all of those colors one color. Now your image is attached and it will cut it as shown.

If you select WELD next to attach it gets rid of all of the lines on the inside and welds it into one design. Great for joining letters. But not to get one image to cut out of another one.

 

 

 

 

To make sure that your image will cut as shown. See below where it says Attached set.

that is the attaching process.

 

 

 

 

 

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Cricut Design Space Image Size Change

 

CHANGING IMAGE SIZE

So if you want to change the size of an image to exactly what you want even if it is not proportional to the current design you can change the height and width of any image. First you need to UNLOCK the image in the smaller purple circle below. It looks like a BLUE LOCK, it may not be on the top right corner, so look at all four corners of your image to find the BLUE LOCK. Click it, it will then look like an UNLOCKED lock. Then on the right, go to the EDIT tab (purple arrow)  and here you can customize your width and height. Just type it in and press enter. If you want your image then to remain proportional, you can go back to the BLUE LOCK and click it again and it will go from unlocked to LOCKED.
Or between the space where you enter the numbers for the width and

 height there is a little lock there too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Creating photo mats and how to maximize your paper, creating photo mats for pictures

Here is a great tutorial and

FREE Cricut Design Space files to go with it.

 

 

The designs used are FREE in Design Space and Cricut Craft Room.

So ANYONE who has a cricut and a computer you can use these.

You can also put them on your gypsy if you don't connect your cricut to the computer.

This is a tutorial for paper, images are attached for visual reference.

 

I have taken the guess work out of photo mats for your and hot to make borders for your photos and get the most out of your paper and how to get something to stick to glitter paper (it is a little trick) But it works like a charm. You will wonder why didn't I think of that?

You don't need a computer or even a cricut machine to make this concept work.

This is a color coded tutorial for instructional purposes. The very last couple of files will probably be the most useful, however it is much easier to save as you go along, just incase someone wants a file to go with the photo tutorial.

 

First I will tell you how to do his and then show you...

 

 

 

 

Paper saving and Photo Matting Tutorial

 

Now on to photo matting and saving paper. Or getting the most out of your paper...

I love this technique especially when I am making scrapbooks or mini-albums.

But this is a great tip for card makers too. (at least I think so)

So the basic idea to this tutorial is to make use of the paper that will end up being covered by other stuff, typically pictures....

Here is a sample to show a functional project using this paper saver method.

Here is the link to this mini album if you want to see the rest of it.

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/2011/06/ericas-part-3.html

 

 

 

 

 

So in the example above you can see how there are multiple layers to the images especially where pictures are going to go. I like to have borders on pictures, I think it makes them look so much better than just sticking them on a page or on just one color. But if I were to use a full sheet of paper I would use  TON of paper on a scrapbook or mini album!!!

This is especially great for fancy or expensive papers.

On the left there is a cut out of a scooter. It has blue around it... guess where it came from...

You can see on the lower  right side there is a brown cut out, behind it is blue. Guess where that other piece of blue came from... If you were to remove the brown die cut you would see the hole in the blue paper. So when I cut out a rectangle (or square for that matter) I cut out what is called a nested set of images. I then use those frames throughout my project. Even if you are making a card, if something is going to be covering it, why not cut it out and save it for later.

 

So how do you do that? Well I did the work for you and the Cricut design space files are attached. I used the Free Cricut Craft Room images, so you don't need to own the cartridge to use them.

I personally like rounded corners on my stuff, but I know some people like perfect sharp corners, so I made a set of nested rectangles with sharp edges and rounded edges.

 

Please use this color coded system for the measurements of the following images.

This is all based on a 4x6 photo. Which is the blue images below. The blue would be your photo.

I have also made these files to fit 8.5x11 paper and 12x12 sheets of paper.

 Yep again trying to save your paper and get the most use out of each sheet :)

 You are welcome!

 

 

These are the sizes of these nested frames

Yellow is 5.25x7.25

Red is 4.5x6.5

Blue 4x6 **

Green 3.5x5.5

Purple 3x5

Orange 2.5x4

Black 2x3.5

Grey1.5x3

Pink 1x2.5

**(this could be your photo or any 4x6 item)

 

 

 

 

Now if they were all to be cut as shown, above, each one would only be 1/2" thick,

 to hard to add adhesive to and line up... way to much work for me.

So I sorted them into two sets. This way when they are cut they are 1" thick.

Much easier to add adhesive to. So I split them into two groups as seen below.

 

 

 

They are only color for size reference...  When you cut the nested shapes and pull them apart, they will look like this. So you can see the open area of each frame. You might not use the small ones now, by why not thrown them in a bag or drawer for later. It gives you more use of your paper.

 

 

 

 

 Mini Tutorial for welding images

This is VERY helpful if you want to cut out a word or letters.

 Or if you want letters cut out of a shape.

Card makers can use this is you want to cut out a shape in a card. You need to attach the shape or letters so that you will end up with the letters cut out where you want them and not on a blank part of the paper.

 

 

Put the images that you want to be cut (or drawn with the Explore) on top of each other.

Shown in Blue, purple and black.  Ignore the red now. It is already a finished set.

 

 

 

Use your mouse to select all of the designs that you want together.

Then as shown below, the ATTACH is circled. Once you click it. It will turn all of those colors one color. Now your image is attached and it will cut it as shown.

If you select WELD next to attach it gets rid of all of the lines on the inside and welds it into one design. Great for joining letters. But not to get one image to cut out of another one.

 

 

 

 

To make sure that your image will cut as shown. See below where it says Attached set.

that is the attaching process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a great tutorial and

FREE Cricut Design Space files to go with it.

 

 

The designs used are FREE in Design Space and Cricut Craft Room.

So ANYONE who has a cricut and a computer you can use these.

You can also put them on your gypsy if you don't connect your cricut to the computer.

This is a tutorial for paper, images are attached for visual reference.

 

 

 

Photo Matting Tutorial

 

Now on to photo matting and saving paper. Or getting the most out of your paper...

I love this technique especially when I am making scrapbooks or mini-albums.

But this is a great tip for card makers too. (at least I think so)

So the basic idea to this tutorial is to make use of the paper that will end up being covered by other stuff, typically pictures....

Here is a sample to show a functional project using this paper saver method.

Here is the link to this mini album if you want to see the rest of it.

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/2011/06/ericas-part-3.html

 

 

 

 

 

So in the example above you can see how there are multiple layers to the images especially where pictures are going to go. I like to have borders on pictures, I think it makes them look so much better than just sticking them on a page or on just one color. But if I were to use a full sheet of paper I would use  TON of paper on a scrapbook or mini album!!!

This is especially great for fancy or expensive papers.

On the left there is a cut out of a scooter. It has blue around it... guess where it came from...

You can see on the lower  right side there is a brown cut out, behind it is blue. Guess where that other piece of blue came from... If you were to remove the brown die cut you would see the hole in the blue paper. So when I cut out a rectangle (or square for that matter) I cut out what is called a nested set of images. I then use those frames throughout my project. Even if you are making a card, if something is going to be covering it, why not cut it out and save it for later.

 

So how do you do that? Well I did the work for you and the Cricut design space files are attached. I used the Free Cricut Craft Room images, so you don't need to own the cartridge to use them.

I personally like rounded corners on my stuff, but I know some people like perfect sharp corners, so I made a set of nested rectangles with sharp edges and rounded edges.

 

Please use this color coded system for the measurements of the following images.

This is all based on a 4x6 photo. Which is the blue images below. The blue would be your photo.

I have also made these files to fit 8.5x11 paper and 12x12 sheets of paper.

 Yep again trying to save your paper and get the most use out of each sheet :)

 You are welcome!

 

 

These are the sizes of these nested frames

Yellow is 5.25x7.25

Red is 4.5x6.5

Blue 4x6 **

Green 3.5x5.5

Purple 3x5

Orange 2.5x4

Black 2x3.5

Grey1.5x3

Pink 1x2.5

**(this could be your photo or any 4x6 item)

 

 

 

 

Now if they were all to be cut as shown, above, each one would only be 1/2" thick,

 to hard to add adhesive to and line up... way to much work for me.

So I sorted them into two sets. This way when they are cut they are 1" thick.

Much easier to add adhesive to. So I split them into two groups as seen below.

 

 

 

They are only color for size reference...  When you cut the nested shapes and pull them apart, they will look like this. So you can see the open area of each frame. You might not use the small ones now, by why not thrown them in a bag or drawer for later. It gives you more use of your paper.

 

 

 

 

 Mini Tutorial for welding images

This is VERY helpful if you want to cut out a word or letters.

 Or if you want letters cut out of a shape.

Card makers can use this is you want to cut out a shape in a card. You need to attach the shape or letters so that you will end up with the letters cut out where you want them and not on a blank part of the paper.

 

 

Put the images that you want to be cut (or drawn with the Explore) on top of each other.

Shown in Blue, purple and black.  Ignore the red now. It is already a finished set.

 

 

 

Use your mouse to select all of the designs that you want together.

Then as shown below, the ATTACH is circled. Once you click it. It will turn all of those colors one color. Now your image is attached and it will cut it as shown.

If you select WELD next to attach it gets rid of all of the lines on the inside and welds it into one design. Great for joining letters. But not to get one image to cut out of another one.

 

 

 

 

To make sure that your image will cut as shown. See below where it says Attached set.

that is the attaching process.

 

 

 

 

 

FREE FILES

 

 

 

Below are just some customized files already made for you so that you don't have to do all of the work and change the sizes. I have already done it for you.

  

 

This is your basic frame for a 4x6 photo with two borders.

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27072297

Nested for 4x6
The tan one is 4x6 just to show special relation and how the sharp edges fit into the rounded edges.
These have NOT been welded. They will cut individually

 

 

 

 

 

Completed file for 4x6 photos for 12x12 paper

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27073048

 

 

Completed file for 2 4x6 photo for 8.5x11 paper Not nested.

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27073102

Here is the file if you just want to cut out 2 4x6 photo mats

  

 

Nested Blue Frames for 8.5x11

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27073255

 

Nested Blue frames for 12x12

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27073324

 

Basic Blue frames for 12x12 Not nested

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27073382
I just wanted to fill in a 12x12 size paper. There are various sizes in here.

Basic Blue Frames for 8.5x11 Not nested

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27073435

Basic Red Frames for 8.5x11 Not nested

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27073506

  

4x6 and 3x5 for 12x12 -This gives you two sets of nested shapes

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27073678



 

 

Multi Color  shapes rectangular and rounded edge Not nested

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27075282



 

Yellow frames only

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27075412
 

 

 

Larger and smaller welded Nested set of 4.5x6.5 and 4x6 Rounded edges

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27075510
 

 

Red rounded for 8.5x11  4.5x6.5

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27075596

 

Red rounded for 12x12       4.5x6.5

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27075625

 

Blue rounded for 8.5x11 or 12x12

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27075929

 

 

Click here for details of the Giveaway and Design Team call...

 

Free files for Design Space and photo mounting

Here is a great tutorial and

FREE Cricut Design Space files to go with it.

 

 

The designs used are FREE in Design Space and Cricut Craft Room.

So ANYONE who has a cricut and a computer you can use these.

You can also put them on your gypsy if you don't connect your cricut to the computer.

This is a tutorial for paper, images are attached for visual reference.

 

 

 

Photo Matting Tutorial

 

Now on to photo matting and saving paper. Or getting the most out of your paper...

I love this technique especially when I am making scrapbooks or mini-albums.

But this is a great tip for card makers too. (at least I think so)

So the basic idea to this tutorial is to make use of the paper that will end up being covered by other stuff, typically pictures....

Here is a sample to show a functional project using this paper saver method.

Here is the link to this mini album if you want to see the rest of it.

http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/2011/06/ericas-part-3.html

 

 

 

 

 

So in the example above you can see how there are multiple layers to the images especially where pictures are going to go. I like to have borders on pictures, I think it makes them look so much better than just sticking them on a page or on just one color. But if I were to use a full sheet of paper I would use  TON of paper on a scrapbook or mini album!!!

This is especially great for fancy or expensive papers.

On the left there is a cut out of a scooter. It has blue around it... guess where it came from...

You can see on the lower  right side there is a brown cut out, behind it is blue. Guess where that other piece of blue came from... If you were to remove the brown die cut you would see the hole in the blue paper. So when I cut out a rectangle (or square for that matter) I cut out what is called a nested set of images. I then use those frames throughout my project. Even if you are making a card, if something is going to be covering it, why not cut it out and save it for later.

 

So how do you do that? Well I did the work for you and the Cricut design space files are attached. I used the Free Cricut Craft Room images, so you don't need to own the cartridge to use them.

I personally like rounded corners on my stuff, but I know some people like perfect sharp corners, so I made a set of nested rectangles with sharp edges and rounded edges.

 

Please use this color coded system for the measurements of the following images.

This is all based on a 4x6 photo. Which is the blue images below. The blue would be your photo.

I have also made these files to fit 8.5x11 paper and 12x12 sheets of paper.

 Yep again trying to save your paper and get the most use out of each sheet :)

 You are welcome!

 

 

These are the sizes of these nested frames

Yellow is 5.25x7.25

Red is 4.5x6.5

Blue 4x6 **

Green 3.5x5.5

Purple 3x5

Orange 2.5x4

Black 2x3.5

Grey1.5x3

Pink 1x2.5

**(this could be your photo or any 4x6 item)

 

 

 

 

Now if they were all to be cut as shown, above, each one would only be 1/2" thick,

 to hard to add adhesive to and line up... way to much work for me.

So I sorted them into two sets. This way when they are cut they are 1" thick.

Much easier to add adhesive to. So I split them into two groups as seen below.

 

 

 

They are only color for size reference...  When you cut the nested shapes and pull them apart, they will look like this. So you can see the open area of each frame. You might not use the small ones now, by why not thrown them in a bag or drawer for later. It gives you more use of your paper.

 

 

 

 

 Mini Tutorial for welding images

This is VERY helpful if you want to cut out a word or letters.

 Or if you want letters cut out of a shape.

Card makers can use this is you want to cut out a shape in a card. You need to attach the shape or letters so that you will end up with the letters cut out where you want them and not on a blank part of the paper.

 

 

Put the images that you want to be cut (or drawn with the Explore) on top of each other.

Shown in Blue, purple and black.  Ignore the red now. It is already a finished set.

 

 

 

Use your mouse to select all of the designs that you want together.

Then as shown below, the ATTACH is circled. Once you click it. It will turn all of those colors one color. Now your image is attached and it will cut it as shown.

If you select WELD next to attach it gets rid of all of the lines on the inside and welds it into one design. Great for joining letters. But not to get one image to cut out of another one.

 

 

 

 

To make sure that your image will cut as shown. See below where it says Attached set.

that is the attaching process.

 

 

 

 

 

FREE FILES

 

 

 

Below are just some customized files already made for you so that you don't have to do all of the work and change the sizes. I have already done it for you.

  

 

This is your basic frame for a 4x6 photo with two borders.

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27072297

Nested for 4x6
The tan one is 4x6 just to show special relation and how the sharp edges fit into the rounded edges.
These have NOT been welded. They will cut individually

 

 

 

 

 

Completed file for 4x6 photos for 12x12 paper

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27073048

 

 

Completed file for 2 4x6 photo for 8.5x11 paper Not nested.

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27073102

Here is the file if you just want to cut out 2 4x6 photo mats

  

 

Nested Blue Frames for 8.5x11

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27073255

 

Nested Blue frames for 12x12

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27073324

 

Basic Blue frames for 12x12 Not nested

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27073382
I just wanted to fill in a 12x12 size paper. There are various sizes in here.

Basic Blue Frames for 8.5x11 Not nested

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27073435

Basic Red Frames for 8.5x11 Not nested

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27073506

  

4x6 and 3x5 for 12x12 -This gives you two sets of nested shapes

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27073678



 

 

Multi Color  shapes rectangular and rounded edge Not nested

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27075282



 

Yellow frames only

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27075412
 

 

 

Larger and smaller welded Nested set of 4.5x6.5 and 4x6 Rounded edges

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27075510
 

 

Red rounded for 8.5x11  4.5x6.5

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27075596

 

Red rounded for 12x12       4.5x6.5

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27075625

 

Blue rounded for 8.5x11 or 12x12

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/27075929

 

 

Click here for details of the Giveaway and Design Team call...