DIY Starburst Christmas Tree Topper With Free Cricut SVG File

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I had been stewing over my inability to locate our starburst tree topper since moving, when I ran across this post at How About Orange complete with tutorial and all.
As soon as I saw it, I was reminded of my missing topper I got at Target a couple of years back, and knew this would be a wonderful replacement. Hello… it is DIY with PAPER, and I even figured out how to incorporate my beloved Cricut!! Jessica at How About Orange (if this is your first time to her wonderful site of inspiration galore, you are welcome) used a template to cut circles and the lines from the outer edge to the center. I decided to make a file I could cut out using Sure Cuts A lot and Cricut.

File available here:
I made my circles 6 inches each. You need 10 of them, as you see in Jessica’s tutorial. Other than the cricut and the circle size, I did mine just like she did. Then I stuck it on top of my tree and freed myself from the frustration of my missing starburst, while satisfying my DIY addiction. YAY!


Vinyl Wall Art Cut With Cricut;And a Freebie Cut File Download!

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Still working on the nursery. I showed you the grass in this post, and provided the .svg cut file to use with Sure Cuts A lot and Cricut. That post also tells you where to get the 12×24 inch vinyl sheets. Now the palm trees… I had a problem cutting the trunks in segments to the right scale so that each piece aligned correctly. Since I wanted the trunks taller than 2 ft, and cricut’s max is 12×24 inches, I had to do these in pieces. In photoshop, it is a sinch to cut an object into pieces that will fit together, but I couldn’t figure out how to scale in SCAL. If you know, please, do tell! I didn’t obsess about it too much since the trunks are very simple and I knew I could just draw on the backing of the vinly sheet and cut with scissors.

The leaves were easier because I was able to fit each leaf on the 12×24 vinyl sheet. I designed them in photoshop, saved them as jpg and opened them in SCAL, scaling them to what I thought would look good. I knew I wanted 6 leaves per tree, so I made six leaf shapes and cut out 3 sets of the 6 since I was doing 3 trees.
Here are the 6 free downloadable files in one compressed download, or you can just choose individuals below…
6 Individual Palm Leaves:
Leaf 1 View Download
Leaf 2 View Download
Leaf 3 View Download
Leaf 4 View Download
Leaf 5 View Download
Leaf 6 View Download
There are 6 separate .svg leaf files, numbered 1-6. In the above pics, leaf one is the bottom left and they go in order clockwise. Or you can put them in any order you want. Go for it. Maybe you only want 5 leaves on your tree. Play around. Have fun. If you don’t have a Cricut, don’t miss out on your chance to win a free one by entering my Cricut Electronic Cutter Giveaway, here.
I will be posting much better pics once the nursery is completely finished. The best thing about this wall art is that it is super easily removable, and reposition-able. I am hooked. Enter the giveaway!!!

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FREE Download: SVG Cricut Cut Files

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Here is my first freebie SVG cricut cut file. I used 12×24 sheets of vinyl in dark green, which can be found here for $1.89 per 12×24 inch sheet. I just measured the room and figured out how many sheets to order to be able to cover the perimeter with the grass silhouette. Here is the downloadable file for you to use in Sure Cuts A lot to cut on your cricut. It will look like this…

You can scale it to your desired size in Sure Cuts A lot (SCAL). The left and right ends aren’t made to perfectly match when alternated around the room, but they lined up fine. It was pretty easy since there are so many blades of grass randomly protruding here and there. One thing to keep in mind… I cut mine at at height of 9 inches in 24 in long sheets. Being as detailed as the silhouette is, it took my Cricut Expression about 25 minutes to cut each 2 foot sheet. At 20 sheets to cover the room, this was timely, but TOTALLY worth it. I love the outcome.
What? Did you say you don’t have a cricut? So glad you mentioned that. It just so happens you can enter my Cricut Create Electronic Cutter giveaway. Just click the link below for details.
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Color Photos to Retro BW With Photoshop; And Free Canvas Print WIth Shipping

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Whenever Shannon contacts me to do photo editing, I know it is going to turn into a blog post because her kids are crazy adorable. Today, she asked me to take color photos to black and white, leaving Madelyn’s flower pink. She is opting to take advantage of this offer over at Canvas People where you can get a free photo to canvas print when you pay shipping and handling.

I used photoshop to adjust the contrast, change to black and white, and to give the pics a retro feel. For the flower, I selected it before desaturating the pic, and made it into a new layer, which I blended of the black and white version using color mode. A whole bunch of stuff that only makes sense to you if you are familiar with photoshop. There are loads of tutorials out there. Play with your photos and get your free canvas print while you can.
I leave you with a yesterday’s wreath project, spray painted white, and photo edited…

Scrapbook Photo Collage Using Photoshop…

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This is the first time I have used scrapbook digital downloads for a photoshop project. I down load this awesome vintage set from Shabby Princess. SO cute.

If you are familiar with photoshop layers, you will have no problem creating one of these on your own.
I took the each original pic, adjusted color to sepia and used a grunge frame brush in black in new layer above. Used “transform” to adjust each frame to fit pic, then merged each frame layer to its pic. Below each framed pic layer, I placed and sized the brown paper from the pack. After merging the brown paper with each framed pic, I created a custom shadow for each pic – I selected pixels of each framed pic layer, created a new layer below, and filled selection with brown. Then I added gaussian blur at px 29.
Below all layers I placed the green paper from the free download linked above. I painted the vines in a new layer above the gree using floral brushes, and placed the top left rose from the download as well. I made custom shadows using gaussian filter as described with pic layers. Lastly, I added torn paper edge, using Alien Skin Splat filter.
If you are not familiar with photoshop, you likely have no idea what I am talking about. The good news is that you can learn like I did. By doing countless hours of free online tutorials, getting frustrated at times, but sticking with it because you absolutely love it and have no other choice.
The princess Ava is my niece. My brother and sister in law are building a new house. I see this going will in Ava’s sage and pink bedroom. Off to find a frame. I am happy to answer questions…
Johnnie
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