Included in the bundle is a thank you card with a matching box, a school house gift box and the cutest banner ever!
The bundle is $6.99 or you can purchase the individual projects for $2.99 each. Or, spend $9.98 or more in the Dreaming Tree store and you can have this bundle free. Just use the coupon code FREEGIFT during checkout.
Leo from Dreaming Tree gave all our members the Tea Light Garden SVG for free and we asked our members to create a Christmas themed version of that project. It was amazing how different all the projects were!
Here's some snapshots of the entries.
To see them in all their glory and to get this file for FREE head on over to Cricut Explore and More.
Welcome to the blog hop featuring Dreaming Tree SVG files. Thanks so much for participating.
To enter for your chance to receive a $10 Dreaming Tree Gift Certificate you must leave a comment on this post. The more blogs you visit and comment on, the more chances you have to win! This contest runs from 06/10/2016 12:00 AM EST to 06/13/2016 11:59 PM EST.
One winner will be awarded from each blog and one grand prize winner will be awarded based on all comments from all blogs. Winners will be posted by June 15, 2016.
I used Cricut Design Space to scale the size down to make the finished tray 9" x 7.5". This is very easy to do by selecting all the layers in the project and dragging the sizing arrow inwards. I used the grid lines on the Design Space canvas to eyeball the size.
The digital image is from Tiddly Inks and I coloured it using Copics.
I used the Cricut Explore Air to cut my project.
Hope you like it!
Be sure to check out the Dreaming Tree svg's. This link will take you to the free category which is a great place to start if you've never used these types of files before.
I've done quite a few of the Dreaming Tree projects now and assembling them has become really easy! I had most of the parts of this project done before watching the assembly video.
Materials list:
The black and grey cardstock are from Cricut. Packs of 20 sheets in single colours are currently on sale for $5.00. Be sure to use the code HOTDEALS to get 10% off your purchase and free Fed-ex home delivery.
If you're in Canada use the code HOTDEALSCANADA to get 10% off your order and $14.99 flat rate shipping on orders over $75.)
The patterned cardstock was printed at home on my Epson WF-7620 wide format printer and is from a set called Goldfinger Papers by AMB Illustrations. https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/AMBillustrations
Sometimes you'll be using a SVG that has multiple parts grouped together, and you might want to cut some of those parts in a different colour. Or not cut some of them at all. One option is to use the Contour tool to hide the parts you don't want to cut.
But if you want to separate the pieces so you can place them on different layers? In that case you can use the Slice tool.
I'm working on the blue layer and want to separate the two pieces so I can change the colour of the bottom piece. (That's the piece that goes behind the flap on the envelope.)
If you have attached the score lines to the shape you will have to first detach them. Otherwise the Slice tool won't be available.
To check, click on the image and if the Attach tool lights up (in the Layers panel) it means you haven't attached them and you're good to go.
If however it shows Detach, then that means you have attached them and will need to click Detach. Once you've done that you're ready to proceed with slicing your file to pieces. ☺
You'll notice that the Ungroup button is available on this image. However that doesn't ungroup the two pieces, but just ungroups the score lines from the card base.
It is important however that you do ungroup the image if it has score lines as you can only slice two layers at once. The score lines are considered a layer which is why you need to ungroup them from the image.
Don't be tempted to just hide the score line layer using the Contour tool. If you use the Contour tool to hide the lines instead, then yes you will be able to slice... however once your slice has been completed the score lines will have also been deleted.
Now that you have ungrouped the image you can begin to slice it apart.
Click the Insert Images tool then click the Square. (Choose a shape that works best with the image that you are slicing.)
Place the square over the image you wish to slice. In this case I placed it over the shape below the card base.
Click on the lock button to unlock the shapes proportions. This will allow you to stretch the square into a rectangle.
Stretch the shape and position it so it completely covers the bottom image. Make sure it doesn't touch the top image though.
Now, select just the card base and the rectangle.
You don't want to select the score lines as that will be three layers selected and Slice won't be available.
You can either click on the card base on the canvas and hold down the Shift key and click the rectangle. Or you can do the same from the Layers panel.
Once you have just those two layers selected click the Slice tool which should now be available.
Click the Slice tool.
After a few seconds the blue piece will appear on top of the grey rectangle.
Click on the blue piece and move it out of the way. Then click on the two remaining grey pieces and delete them. (It doesn't matter whether you delete the blue shape or the grey shape. They are exactly the same size. When you slice an image the original shape is preserved and a new one is created. It's up to you which one you want to delete.)
Now you'll be left with the two blue shapes, however they won't be grouped together anymore.
You can click on the envelope liner (that's the bottom blue shape and is now called Sliced Image) in the Layers panel and change the colour if you wish.
You could also click Print and flood fill this image with a pattern which will change just that piece to a Print the Cut image.
Before you go to cut this shape you will have to attach the score lines to the card.
You'll notice that the score lines aren't showing. That's because when we performed the slice, the layer that we weren't slicing was pushed to the back.
Click on the card layer then from the Arrange menu select Move to Back.
The score lines will reappear.
Now you can select the card layer and the score lines and click Attach.
Note: You don't have to move the score lines to the front before you attach. They will still cut/score regardless of where they are positioned. However, if the score lines are at the back they will cut/score first. Then the card base will be cut. If the score lines are at the front, the card base will cut first. Then the score lines will cut/score.
Would you like to see a video of this process? Well, Leo from Dreaming Tree has made one for you. Enjoy!
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I have some exciting news to share with you!
I am very happy to announce that my Facebook group "Cricut Explore and More" and Dreaming Tree are teaming up!
Leo from Dreaming Tree has offered to sponsor our group with fantastic offers and WEEKLY giveaways... for an entire year! They will be our official 3D paper project sponsor and we will be Dreaming Tree’s preferred Cricut Facebook group! How cool is that? ☺
Each week we will have two $6.99 gift cards to give away. Right now our members can enter the draw by taking part in our Green challenge. That means make a project with a green theme.
That could be using the colour green, or St Pats day, or frogs, crickets (or Cricuts as it's Cricut's 10 year anniversary) or nature.... whatever fits the green theme!
This challenge closes on Tuesday so hurry and request to join so you can enter!
Does this mean you can't share any other 3D projects in the group? Not at all! You are still welcome to share projects no matter where you purchase the files!
But… if you haven't used Dreaming Tree's files... please give them a try. We know that you'll love them! They have awesome 3D projects and you’ll find an assembly video for each one!
Here's the link to the Dreaming Tree website. Please be sure to sign up for their newsletter: http://www.3dsvg.com/
If you have crafting friends who love Dreaming Tree too, then now is the time to add them to our group. We'd love to have them see what a happy and welcoming group we have created. Admins Jess, Janis, Jooniper and I are looking forward to seeing you and your crafty friends. ☺
So now onto my project!
Here are two versions of the Dreaming Tree Floral Gatefold Card.
This is such an easy card to put together so I have no excuse for putting the front panels on upside down. Other than I had friends over for a night of crafting... and wine may have been consumed. ☺
I love this card and I know I'll be making many more of them as it's so versatile!
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Here's my first of the fabulous new cascade cards from Dreaming Tree.
These are super easy to make and have a huge wow factor!!
You can see this bundle at Dreaming Tree now. Don't forget you can get it free if you spend $9.98 or more on other products in store. Be sure to use the code FREEGIFT at checkout to get this bundle free!
The yellow (sorry, the photo isn't true to colour) is Cricut Pearl paper that I embossed with my Cuttlebug.
It has a lovely sheen and embosses really well! The colour I used is called Sunshine Pearl. That's the top colour in the picture of the Pearl Paper Sampler.
Don't forget you can get 10% off at Cricut.com and free Fed-Ex home delivery with code CRICUTSPRING! And if you're a Cricut Access subscriber then you'll get an additional 10% off!
