A Cricut Challenge
I bought this Nordic ornament stamp last week and I’ve been trying to think of the best way to present it. It’s about 5¼” across and I don’t have any dies that big. Also, I wanted it to have the hanger part on the top too so a straight circle die wouldn’t work. This seemed like a perfect job for the Cricut. To begin, I stamped the hanger and bow and scanned it in to my computer. I imported it into Inkscape using a great tutorial from TroyTube on YouTube and then added an offset (the red part) to give me my basic cut-out shape. I played around with the shape a bit to remove the holes to make the cut-out section sturdier. Next, I uploaded the finished shape into Cricut Design Space and scaled it to fit the stamped image. I made the basic card shape by making a circle 5½” diameter and welding the ornament hanger onto the top. I also sliced a smidge off the bottom so that the card would stand up. The shape was duplicated and flippe...