Fresh Spring Layout
Celebrate the arrival of spring with this cheery layout, made with the Cricut Expression machine.
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Material List
- Cricut Expression® Personal Electronic Cutter
- Cricut® Everyday Paper Dolls Cartridge
- Cricut A Child’s Year Cartridge
- Cricut Stretch Your Imagination Cartridge
- Cricut Graphically Speaking Cartridge
- Cardstock: White Swiss Dot, Orange, Green, Red, Pink, Dark Pink, White, Blue
- Sewing Machine and White Thread
- Buttons: Assorted
- Rickrack: Green
- Twine: White
- Paper Trimmer
- Scissors
- Foam Adhesive
- Adhesive
Project Instructions
Step: 1
Use one 12-inch x 12-inch sheet of white Swiss dot cardstock as layout base.
Step: 2
Cut scalloped rectangle. Using A Child’s Year cartridge and blue cardstock, select Card feature, press Shift, and cut one 10½-inch <Dog2-s>. Adhere to layout as shown.
Step: 3
Cut three 3 1/8-inch x 4 5/8-inch blocks of white cardstock. Adhere to scalloped rectangle as shown. Cut one 9½-inch x 5/8-inch strip of dark pink cardstock. Adhere above white blocks. Cut one 9½-inch x 1-inch strip of red cardstock. Adhere below white blocks. Cut one 9½-inch x ½-inch strip of green cardstock. Adhere below red strip. Machine stitch across all strips as shown. Adhere rickrack along dark pink strip as shown.
Step: 4
Cut fresh. Using Graphically Speaking cartridge and orange cardstock, select Jumbled feature and cut one 2¾-inch <Image33>. Adhere to layout as shown.
Step: 5
Cut Spring. Using Stretch your Imagination cartridge and green cardstock, select Silhouette feature, press Shift, and cut one 3¾-inch <Spring-s>. Adhere below fresh.
Step: 6
Cut kite. Using Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge and red cardstock, select Headwear feature, press Shift, and cut one 2½-inch <SprngB-s>. Repeat cut using orange, green, and pink cardstock. Cut apart orange, green, and pink kites. Layer onto red kite as shown. Adhere to layout as shown using foam adhesive.
Step: 7
Thread twine through buttons. Adhere to page as shown.
Tips
Use photo as a guide and follow manufacturer’s instructions for all products used.

