ADDRESS CHRISTMAS CARDS USING YOUR CRICUT
Put your Cricut Explore to work—have it address Christmas cards! Using the pen tool, the Cricut Explore can beautifully "hand letter" your Christmas cards for you.
Servings: 0
Equipment
- Cricut Maker or
Ingredients
- Christmas Card Envelopes
Instructions
- Open the Cricut Design Space. You can use the Type Tool to create your addresses. For this project there are three text boxes—a simple font (Rob and Bob Seaside) for the return address that doesn't change from envelope to envelope, one for the family name in a fancier font (Elizabeth), and the same simple font for the family name address. For this project copy and paste was used from a Google spreadsheet of addresses that is used every year.The envelopes are 5x7, so the grid in the Cricut Design Space was used to approximate the envelope.You will notice that ALL your fonts load into the Cricut Design Space, but you'll want to select "Has a Writing Style" from the dropdown menu in the Text Edit toolbar at the top (make sure you have your text selected—the Text Edit toolbar only appears if you have text selected).
- This will limit the fonts to ones that the Cricut Explore can write easily. It can write any font, but it will outline any that doesn't have a designated writing style, which isn't as neat as the single-line writing of fonts that have a writing style.
- Once you have all of your text boxes ready to go, you'll want to "Attach" everything (in the bottom of the Layers Panel on the right) so that it appears as you've laid it out when the Cricut goes to write it. Then click Make It!
- Once you are in the layout screen, nudge your whole project in 1/4" so that it doesn't write the return address right at the edge of your envelope.
- Put the pen in the auxiliary holder, making sure to press it in all the way, place your envelope in the upper left corner of your cutting mat. For this project the finest .03 tip black pen was used for the most legible writing.
- The Cricut will address your Christmas cards for you. Win!
- Fabulous, eh? This would also be awesome for addressing wedding or party invitations.
