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and today's project guys I think it's so
ironic that we did not even plan it this
way that we're marrying um a Cricut
project with a sewing project but it
definitely is our heart of you know
wanting to make sure that you can create
however you create Like we are just
makers here So it's so good Um but look
overhead Let's go overhead with this
project His little ears are so bouncy I
love I love Who would have thought i
know A little paper bag I know And we've
also seen these done as eggs like little
paper eggs So you really can if you have
a good basic shape you can kind of do
whatever shape you want Yeah So we're
we're using a Makaker's learn file So
yeah we're going to teach you how to cut
your paper bag We're going to work with
a file We're going to uh then cut it out
And then we're gonna have our amazing
Alicia Griffith resident seist uh come
on air with me and we are going to sew
together So it's going to be super super
fun So are you guys ready let's go over
to the share screen You can see we have
our files up and I'm super super excited
for this because it is so much fun um
for this So you can see there we have so
many categories You can always you want
a little cheat you can go down to new
wherever new is She's there somewhere
She's here Here's new You can go to new
and you can always check in Uh super
super fun Uh new files So love it Love
it Love it You can see the spring Is
that a jar of pickles yes pickles We
have multiple ones I love it Holly just
went to a pickle festival Yes I love it
So fun If I can't bring my dog I'm not
going Lol Blue babe Oh my gosh I've got
to make the girl shirts with those Yeah
I love the arches I love the patterns
the bees Oh my gosh But we need to grab
our file today Alicia And you know the
secret fall name It's flower and bunny
Flower That's the secret Is it amperand
or just and and the word and bunny yep
And oh I got that caps lock on Bunny
Okay So it's like or maybe bunny and
flower Uhoh Uhoh Uhoh Now that I'm
saying it out loud I'm like "Wait is it
bunny and flour?"
We have lots of bunny It's bunny and
flour But our search just that good It's
just that good So all we're going to do
I mean we might need to favorite that
cuz this is a crowd-pleaser Um but we're
gonna download it And after you download
it what you're gonna do is you'll be
able to come down here We're gonna open
up Cricut Design Space today Okay now I
love Cricut and anytime I post a
hypercritical video where it's just like
me being open and honest people get
confused I love Cricut I love Cricut
Anyway we're just going to go to upload
We're going to come over here to our
Finder We're going to go to downloads
We're go unzip
it And we are going to open the folder
and we are going to drag and drop that
SVG Here is the file It's again a very
basic shape Technically I guess you
couldn't build this yourself but why
would you um we're just going to press
confirm and upload Super easy Love it So
all you're going to do is uh we're going
to be able to size this And I'm just
going to go ahead and ungroup it cuz I
want this to be able to do its own thing
So love it Love it We're not cutting
that out of the uh paper Yeah Um
Christine it that is a great question
for customer service not a great
question for a live stream So feel free
to reach out to customer service if you
have questions about your account Um but
after we have our file uploaded we are
going to size it So I want to take our
amazing amazing
um little
mat and we just need to measure it So
let's go ahead and grab
a
amazing measuring
tape This the best measuring tape Yeah
So we have Sorry I'm having to reach
over the Cricket Um we have roughly 5 in
by I say seven So we could do maybe like
a 3 and 12 by five maybe Let's see what
happens when I do
this Three and a
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half It makes it pretty big Let's see
how big this sample is Oh wow Look at
this sample It's big I thought it'd be
small but I guess you're putting candy
So here's the size of our candy I think
this is important Look at the size of
your candy that you're putting in here
These are pretty big And what kind of
emit like top of what they're just kiss
They're just plain old Hershey kisses
but they're pretty Love it I love it
Love it So they're exciting when you
open So we're going to make this pretty
big So this is roughly Let's see how
wide our little ears are
here So our ears are roughly
Yep Right at
3.75 And we're looking at almost seven
So yeah this is very similar to the size
So we're going to leave it just like
this Um and yeah so it's super simple
We're going to cut the little flower
We're going to cut two of these out So
I'm just going to duplicate and I'm go
change the color of these two Maybe make
one smaller since they're the same Yeah
we'll do it green Um and then we'll make
them a little smaller Tanner I'm
surprised you have not closed that
cricket One thing about Tanner the way
this is I'm going to tell process stuff
Tanner will come to mine or Lauren's
desk and he will stand behind her
cricket just like that and we'll be
talking and he will close it He'll close
the cricket every single We'll be
talking and I'll just mess around with
the cricket while we're having a full
conversation So and then we'll go to use
it and like close So um that is pretty
much it We're go press make it and we're
going to first cut on the mat We always
cut on the mat Um we're going to cut
This is the hardest part is cutting our
beautiful little uh little bunny out
with the amazing amazing paper bag So
we're gonna not cut the paper bag apart
Okay We're not doing that We're cut
through both We're gonna cut through
both It's gonna be a little hacky hack
Yeah Very excited We're going to use
card stock setting But the most
important part let's go overhead Notice
that we are one inch down and one inch
over So one inch down one inch over And
then we're going to tape it So from here
you need some masking
tape You're going to tape the stove So
technically guys the top of the mat is
where it says Nicipa Yep And there's the
hole at the top of that's the top left
of the mat So that's why it's directed
this way Yes Yes Yes
Yes And honestly since we're t cutting
through the whole one like I wanted to
make sure it's like not getting down
here at the bottom like we're using this
main area Okay So we're just going to
secure this
down And you are prone You're more
liable You're more exposed for a craft
fill but it's kind of part of the fun
Yeah And the good thing about it is
you're not wasting a bunch of money
because you're using Dollar Tree brown
paper bag Love it Okay So we've taped
this down We're now going to position
the bunny a little bit below that 1 in
mark here And it's over So it looks
really
good It's going down to the little bit
below the 9 in Oh my gosh It's going to
be perfect I'm actually going to move it
down a little bit more Okay So position
that now You're going to press
continue We're connecting to our
machine We can load it
in And we're going to use medium card
stock You can do a lot but we do want it
to cut through all the way So we're
going to load this in White bags would
be so cute with this too And I think
they sell white bags at the Dollar Tree
as well Guys my cricket buttons
flashing You have to really push Yeah
you just have to like push it like you
mean it That is one thing about these
new machines Yeah And I don't know if
it's just ours And if you guys have a
new maker let us know But we have to
like push it hard Yeah Okay So we're
going to stay on the main camera We're
going to press the go button and we're
going to see what happens We can go
overhead actually
Love it Love it Love it Love it I didn't
watch Holly cut any of these out I
haven't even seen I'm trying to be so
good
Boom
Boom Boom That was so fast Was that it
nuh-uh I don't know if it got through
that second layer I do not trust Did it
well there's stuff happening
Okay this is so cool That's got to be a
record or something I mean it just was
so fast Alicia I was not It was crazy It
was crazy Crazy I mean look at how good
that cut Amazing The top one Yeah Like
butter Like butter Oh my gosh Oh my
guys Beautiful Crispy everything Guys
how cool When I tell you that scared me
cuz it's so fast That was not even fast
mode That was not even fast mode We
should cut one in X Games mode Oh my
gosh look at our little bunny I'm
obsessed I'm obsessed Okay so look Now I
press the You have to really You have to
like hold it for a few seconds So now
that we've done that what we're going to
do is we're going to put both of our uh
different colors of different like extra
card stock Um we're going to put that on
the mat together And we're just going to
use some colors I don't know We'll use I
love these two So we'll use the purple
the
pink pinkish purple Yeah I think a
little pom pom or a cotton ball would be
so cute for a tail
Adorable Or just any type of round like
little button would be cute for a little
bunny tail
These are like crafts that I would have
made without like without a Cricut just
for fun I feel like this is something
you could just whip up Oh for sure For
sure Okay So we're going to have this
ready to go and we're going to go to mat
one And what we're going to do is we're
going to press edit We're just going to
move one of these over to the corner So
you need one in this corner one in this
corner Press done We're going to use
medium card stock And again we've got to
hold that load button down
This heavy
Mac Hello Matt Stay
down Better stay down We got serious
cutting to do Did you put it on XP no No
Fast mode is not
on I don't even see fast motor as an
option Oh yeah They don't offer it cuz
it's automatic It's already so fast
Let's see how fast it can cut this All
right I'm worried about this mat I'm
just going to tell y'all I'm worried
about the mat It's not super wonky It's
just loved It's loved The blue I don't
think it'll be a problem I'm worried
about this pink Boom How fast that was
Guys come on I'm in love with this
machine
So good
Beauty
Beauty and the beast Beauty Oh had a
little hang now
Okay Can I just say that was probably
the most effortless Cricut project I've
ever made All right you're done I'm done
Now come on up Alicia Are you gonna
teach me to sew yes I would love Come on
Are you going to sew from this area or
you go It's the best angle for that Oh
okay Yeah So but you all really can't
even see what I'm doing anyways What are
you going to be doing okay So before we
like actually sew and Are you moving him
yeah I was going to get out of your way
Okay So just let him Yeah we're He's
just going to He can live down there
Love it Okay So you've obviously got
your two pieces right make sure if
you've got a seam you can put that on
Well it's going to be on either way Yeah
We're going to put it this way cuz I
like this seam less I want it to be on
the inside Okay And then we're just
going to take our other piece and we're
going to stack them up Now on the
original one if you guys look we don't
actually sew on the ears because we want
our ears to be really floppy So we're
really only sewing this like a little
snowman shape you know What would you
say to someone that has never sewed
before
um I would say if you're wanting to this
is a good beginner project but also this
is paper so it's different It's
different Yeah it is different Um but
it's fine We're going to we're going to
get through it together Love it Okay so
this is the original I don't know if we
need to flash back over there so you
guys can see it Um at first we were
going to use like little like the pins
Um but these were just not working You
can It's such an easy sew that you
really don't have to do that So you want
to leave an opening We're going to stack
them together as neatly as possible And
we are going to put this right under
here This is already threaded Okay I'm
going to start right here at the base of
the neck And I'm gonna go in about a
quarter of an inch Okay So we're just
sliding this right
underneath on under the foot of the
sewing machine
And I'm just trying to find a good spot
Okay And then this paper is very thin
Okay I mean we're dealing with Yeah So
you don't ever if you're sewing you
don't want to just like put the foot
down which is this little piece You
don't want to just put it down and then
start onto the petal because um well it
can break your needle There's lots of
reasons Um but you want to take your
knob and punch through the fabric or the
paper first and then you'll start sewing
Okay So we're going to go slow I've got
this on just like a standard stitch Um
nothing crazy You can do a zigzag stitch
if you want to be cutesy but you know
we're not going to get crazy And
actually now that I have the needle in
I'm going to kind of angle this So I'm
just going to spin this So I'm lifting
the foot up and kind of angling it so it
can start at an angle Now sewing circles
is a lot harder than sewing squares And
that's like known Now where are we going
to leave it open for the candy i'm going
to leave a little flap open about
halfway through the belly Honestly it
doesn't matter too much Um but you do
want to make sure you leave a big enough
spot I may even leave his head open Okay
Okay Let's go And I'm just going to go
slow at first Slow
And then It's so fun to watch sewing I
love sewing Why is
my I've got my speed like dialed all the
way down You know what we're just going
to keep it that way I mean I think we
need it today It's so slow Oh I love it
But it's working really well How thick
is your seam it's about a/4 inch Okay So
I wish you Look how cute I don't know
why but the stitch just makes it And
honestly you could do like a baby pink
color stitch or baby blue like an Easter
color Yeah And it would be so stinking
cute y'all I have the petal all the way
down
I appreciate this speed I do too because
um I don't sew paper a lot but you don't
want to make your seam too big otherwise
it's not going to puff open for your
candy So okay we're just going to do
that like this is honestly a little bit
too far in I probably could have done
less but also it looks really cute So
you got to find that happy happy balance
So I'm going to go all the way
around up onto the head but we got to
leave an opening So don't sew it up or
you've got to Yeah I don't know how seam
ripping is going to go on paper projects
so you don't want to have to do that
All right Love it This is great posture
I have here
I agree
Okay Now I'm right at the nape of the
neck on the other side I'm going to kind
of lift my foot I could technically just
keep sewing You got to be careful cuz
the little candy has to fit I know I'm
going to just sew to the base of this
ear Okay So I'm going to sew to the base
of the first ear It's fine And I think
that'll be a big enough space for
us And you can put like we have pretty
big candies You could honestly just do
like jelly beans or like moose candy
Yeah we love some prepackaged Yeah we do
Okay And then I'm going to open that
Make sure you pull your needle up If you
try to pull it out it's going to rip
your paper Fabric wouldn't normally rip
but paper's going to rip We have me like
little scissors Little scissors Or these
are fine Okay These are fun
Okay so let me show you guys what this
looks like so far Oh yay So we've sewed
it to there We started at the base of
the neck and we've got this little baby
opening Oh that's going to be closed No
that's what I was worried about it I was
worried about it It was so tight
Here I'm just going to loosen it Let's
see how one fits in here
Put you got Maybe Will it Will it If it
fits it ships If it fits it ships It
ships
I was This is me trying to put my This
is me trying to put my jeans on last
night for We've got pictures tomorrow
Okay look What I'm going to do is just
loosen this stitch Give me You want like
tweezers give me a weeding tool Well
this was featured on Makers to Learn My
Favorite Things so I've got to give it
to you These are Lauren Caesar tweezers
Look at that Okay If you accidentally
sew it up too much all you're going to
do is loosen this stitch You can use a
seam ripper but remember it's paper We
got Cricut tools We're crafting We're
crafters We use Cricut tools And I am
just loosening these stitches up And
we'll sew back over it Okay I'm learning
how forgiving sewing can be Yes that's
the beauty of sewing Okay I think we
just needed a couple
inches couple centimeters maybe Let's
try Okay
Nope We need a little bit more We need a
little more You would think that that
but this little I think the secret is to
leave the opening down here Yeah I think
so too So leave your opening down in the
big belly part Yeah because that neck is
so narrow Yeah And we want it we want it
to be like a half an inch in or quarter
of an inch in Right So I'm just going to
love the problem solving we have today
Yeah And I'm sure you know you guys are
going to run into this to do Exactly
Exactly Just by the tips of the candy
Listen did someone say just about the
tips of the candy yes I've already been
eating I've already been eating them all
day every time I pass by Oh no
Okay I mean if that don't fit
honey There she goes Okay I'm going to
shove that one down in there And then
just keep putting them in You could
probably fit like four or five in here
maybe Depends on how chubby you want
your bunny Love it I'm just going to do
three Is that disappointing
okay look how cute he is Okay and then
we are going to go over here Let me trim
If you have any loose threads trim those
These scissors aren't the greatest You
know you got your own fabric scissors
usually Yeah
Okay So what I'm going to do next is I'm
going to sew this up So you're going to
want to keep your little bunny pieces
together Don't let them Don't let it
separate get out of line Yeah cuz it's
full of stuff now So it's a little bit
wonkier Yeah So I am starting back where
we stopped You're just going to start
back where you stopped Line up your
stuff It kind of will overlap just a
little bit Is that okay yep that's fine
And then you just want to line it up Now
you didn't back stitch or anything after
you quit Is that okay yeah I think it's
okay for a project like this because
we're going to be ripping it open Okay
But if it were something else I would
add a back stitch um for this Aren't you
proud I knew something about sewing i am
actually proud that you know what a back
stitch is I know I'm crazy
My Listen my sewing knowledge is like
equivalent to like any standard crafter
sewing knowledge Like I've just learned
everything as I've Well you know you
know how to do it Yeah I do love it I
made um if you guys didn't know already
I made car trash bags for years and I
sold them in like uh vendor spots in
town and my shop name was so trashy Stop
it Trash bag My logo was I had a local
tattoo artist draw my logo and it was
like a mom tattoo and it said so trashy
It was like my favorite I was in so good
Um but anyways yeah that's how I learned
how to sew And I watched a DVD that came
with my sewing machine A DVD What year
was this like 2008 I got a sewing
machine Wow For Christmas Yeah Wow And I
sat on a stool in my floor A my parents
house Courtney says "The secret to
learning sewing is doing it in the
floor." Oh yeah You're all in the floor
when you sew anyways Um but yeah my swim
machine was just right in the floor Okay
How inspiring Yeah And then look at our
bunny He's so cute I'm just trimming off
the extra little threads Maybe I thought
I snipped it
Okay Look how cute Stop it Adorable And
these are supposed to look like
construction Construction papered Yes
And then you just have to add your decor
Like you could do whatever you want
Adhesive Let me get my hot glue gun
moving I should have been already doing
that Tie a little bow You want to tie a
bow and I'll get the hot glue gun ready
Okay So we're just using some twine
Here's the flowers I was about to say I
already lost my flowers So we're going
to wrap this around twice You could make
so many of these so fast I know
Especially if your sewing machine isn't
slow as a turtle Okay I'm just going to
kind of Let's see how much I cut here
Love it Like 18 inches worth of string
Okay So I'm just going to bring it
halfway Right And then we're going to
Mhm He's trying to move on me Wrap it
around And then we're going to tie a bow
in the front Nothing crazy Just like a
bow that you would tie on your shoes So
good
Yep Super cute Woohoo And honestly like
y'all these could be you could do little
snowmen at Christmas for stocking
stuffers And we may need to revisit We
may need to revisit And then I'm going
to take a bone folder and kind of look
how cute Who's the hostess of the
mostess this
year come on Okay look The floppy ears
That's like the key I feel like the
floppy ears is where it's at Love it
Okay And now Santa you can add your
little Well I'm just waiting on my
little hot glue Waiting on my little
Even if you had like little bows you
could just like boop Oh I love it Like a
bow tie Yeah you can make We have a
paper fall That would be adorable
That would be so cute Or you can do a
bow up here A flower crown is what I
would do You could add some little You
could add a little face to it Should we
bone fold our flowers oh yeah we Oh my
gosh Imagine doing a Peep like a Peep
inspired That would be ador Have you ate
any Peeps this year you have i haven't
ate any yet My girls were all into them
last week Where i don't know who was
giving them Peeps Trey loves them I love
Peeps I'm a pooper Are you yeah I love
Peeps I don't love Peeps Okay Courtney
loves Peeps I take it back I don't I
don't love Peeps Oh yeah I feel like
Courtney said like we can't have Peeps
at our house Yeah she's addicted She's
like I'll eat them all That's me with
Oreos She's addicted Yeah I have a
problem too Love it Love it Love it Love
it Well that is just too little
What do you all think about the tag team
crafting today this is like a mama and a
baby You could honestly probably do that
a little bit bigger Yeah I love it I
love the tag team crafting too A look
Okay So you can make it bigger Yeah So
this was I think 3.75
Five Yeah Five Almost seven But this one
was big Yeah I love I love it They're
proud Oh my gosh What do you guys think
let us know