I have a Cricut Tip for you today...

For all of you Cricut lovers out there....This is a you tube video for a really cool technique when using the Cricut. This video  was done by Clever Someday. She calls it a Hinge Technique for cutting out printouts. She explains it very well and I am so glad I stumbled upon this. All the credit goes to her of course. I just wanted to share it with all of you. Be sure and stop by her site to see lot's more.

I gave it a try and here is my result.

This is the first couple of steps I am showing here. The paper was attached in the hinge fashion with blue painters tape. I moved my mouse down to the paper and in a bit and took note of those numbers that appeared on the screen. Make note of these so you can complete this technique. Mine were 1 1/4 for the Left/Right and 4 1/4 for the In/Out. I then cut a 3 1/2" circle out of the red cardstock. Then I placed my design I had made under this circle.

Step 2 This is showing you my design now placed on the mat.

Step 3: I have brought up the red card stock to make sure I like how I have my design placed within that circle. I would now bring the red paper down and proceed to cut the 3 1/2" circle out of the square that is now on the mat.

Step 4: Here is my end result of my design cut out.

I  made my design using a different way then she did. I wanted to show you another way of getting  a printout you could use in doing this. So I used Microsoft Word 2007. I used the Word Art function and a circle shape to make the Merry Christmas part of this. I printed that out on white card stock. Then I stamped my Owl and holly. I used Markers and Glitter and Stickles to finish decorating the owl.  I cut it in a square large enough to handle and be able to center under my cut circle.

With this technique you could make a number of different sizees and different shapes. I hope you give it a try and see what you can come up with.

Thanks again to Clever Someday for this video and instruction.