Freebie - Printable Cutting Guide for Cricuts with Personality

Many of us with cricut machines know there are slight differences with the cutting settings on them as they all seem to have their own personalities! Mine can sometimes be different when I insert a new blade too! Sooooo......

I designed this sheet to go in my cricut handbook file to keep track of the different cutting settings I use on my cricut. I always have my handbook file out when I am cutting so it is only natural I keep my cutting guide sheet with it.

I have left room for a small sample of the material to be glued to the page and allowed for some short notes too. This way if you have similar paper/card but a different brand you could use the settings as a starting point without wasting valuable paper making test cuts. In the notes is where I write which blade housing I have used and if the settings have left marks in the mat or torn the material so I can adjust the settings accordingly next time. I also make notes if the cuts are simple or detailed on mine.

Click on the image above or the link below to access the free printable pdf download and leave a comment to let me know what you think. It prints on an A4 page. You can download and print as many pages as you like. PERSONAL USE ONLY THOUGH PLEASE (unless permission obtained first)

If you want to share this with others please provide them a link to this post so they can visit directly.

My Cricut Cutting Settings by Sewdelish

Printable Lemon Curd Recipe

I made some lemon curd a few weeks ago and thought I had already posted about it, but for some reason the post seems to have disappeared. So now for attempt number 2......

I absolutely love lemon curd or as some call it lemon butter. Either way it tastes divine on a slice or three of freshly home-baked bread. I use a recipe that I have had for years. Unfortunately I can't remember where I found it, I can only think it may have been a CWA Recipe book or Mrs Beeton's Recipe Book. Scroll down for the recipe.

Anyway the reason I love this recipe is that it uses whole eggs rather than just the yolks so you end up with a larger quantity and no wasted egg whites. A jar of lemon curd makes a lovely gift, perfect for hampers or just a small thank you.

I sterilise all my jars and utensils in the dishwasher and then place them in the oven at 100°C to drain and dry.

The labels I made using Microsoft publisher on the business card setting. I just placed the text and images where I wanted them and printed them out. I adhered them to the jars using clear packing tape, so it would protect the label from moisture damage (I use an inject printer) and to make them easy to remove once the jars were empty.

And now I guess you are all waiting for the recipe............

Just right click on the image that you prefer below to open in a new tab and then save to your computer or print it out.

Christmas Printable Freebies and Blog Anniversary!

I can't believe it has been exactly one year since I began blogging. I have learnt so much about blogging and the internet and I am still learning new things.

To celebrate Christmas and my blog's anniversary, I have made up some Christmas printables for you to download and use. Just click on the images you would like in this post then save to your computer or print it directly from there. You may link to this page, but please do not sell the images or place these directly on your site. These pages have been made using a combination of free fonts and an image editing program.

These are great to use for scrapbooking, making cards and even just to decorate the gifts you give. I would love to see some photos if you wish to share them. I may even feature them here.
I have also included some colouring pages for kids. They print 2 images to a page, so you can make them into a mini colouring book if you wish.

Merry Christmas to you all and thank you to my dedicated readers for your comments. You know who you are. Have a safe and wonderful Christmas.

Collecting Seeds and Free Printable Seed Packets

I collected some seeds from our parsley today and instead of keeping them in ordinary envelopes I decided to do some online searching for printable seed packets. Yes, I know I could have designed and printed some myself, but then where is the fun in finding some really great sites to share with you!

Here are a couple of links for you. I particularly like the origami seed packets that you can print and make up or use you own pretty paper then just add a label. This is a fun activity to get kids involved in. Collecting dry seeds, identifying as well as cutting and gluing the seed packets.

Alenka's printables

Mardar"s Stuff - Seed packets

Origami Seed packet

More origami seed packets

Allfreeprintables seed packets

Katydid Creations Seed packets and tutorial (Edited 13 Oct 2008 - This link appears to be requesting a password so may be going through upgrades or now made private. I will check the link periodically in the event it is just being upgraded)
(15th April 2009 - This link still appears set to private, however her templates have been shared here. Hope that helps anyone after them)

These are really great not only for seeds, but also for novelty gifts like bath salts, coffee or tea bag samples, and even for giving a gift card.

There are some really cute seed packet angels you can make. (They are on my to do list) You will find some gorgeous photos of them here and the instructions for making them are over here.

If you know of any other great sites that have printable seed packets, you can email me or leave a comment so I can add them to the list.

Free Easter Printables for Craft Projects

This is my early Easter present to you all. I have made up a page of cute Easter pictures for you to download and use. These are great for decorating Easter cards, eggs or baskets or any other Easter craft project you can think of.

Just click on the images and it will open in a new window. Then right click it and save to your computer. They should be able to be printed on an A4 sized sheet so that the individual pictures and words can be cut out and used, but you can make them whatever size you need.

The pictures are made using some free fonts I found on the net. They are for personal use only and can be used as is or coloured in. You may provide a link to here but please do not add these to your site without my permission. If you have any problems with downloading or printing them please let me know.

I would love to see what you do with them. Just send me an email. I may even add your photo here!

Added 25/3/08

This how Stardust used my free printables. I never even thought about using them to decorate cupcakes. They look fantastic, but I am sure they would not have lasted very long!

Printable Party Favor Gift Boxes to Make

I was stumbling on the web recently and came across these really cute mini noodle boxes. They are free to download and print on an A4 sheet of paper. There are so many to choose from and you just print the pages with the designs you want. Perfect for wedding and party favours

I couldn't resist having a go at making some, and with Easter just around the corner, they will be perfect to present a small gift for teachers and school friends.

The noodle boxes work really well printed on card, but if you don't have any, (or you run out like I did), then just glue two sheets of printer paper together after printing. I used a glue stick and then ironed the pages to prevent them from warping.

Use your imagination to decorate the boxes. I made holes in the sides of mine with a tiny hole punch and then attached a brad or eyelet to hold it together. For the pink one I added a plain gold wire handle. The blue one only has brads at the sides. The yellow box has a beaded handle and the purple noodle box I folded with the printed side on the inside and rather than close the top I have left it open.

Add your own ideas and see what you come up with. I like to add my own twist on things when I create, but these are so pretty on their own anyway.

Printable Stickers and Labels for School

I went on a hunt on the web to find some stickers and labels for school and found stickers and charts.com where you can download heaps of pages to make into stickers. I printed off a few pages onto some ordinary A4 paper, and cut them out so we could feed them through the Xyron Sticker Machine.

I then went on a search for printable book labels and pencil name tags, for free download of course, but no such luck. So I made some myself, unfortunately no pics to show you, but I will tell you my secrets!

For the book labels, I used publisher to make a business card, that prints multiple cards on the one sheet. I deleted all the extra details like address and phone numbers and just added the name, school, class No and year. Then I changed the background design and colours to suit a child and presto! Print, cut and feed through the sticker machine before placing on books, lunch books or whatever. To make the stickers last I like to place some clear packing tape over the top to protect them.

Now the pencil name tags are more involved, so I may produce a tutorial for this at some stage later. However the basics are: use Microsoft excel or a similar spreadsheet program to make lots of narrow rows, that are long enough to fit the name. Insert the name and a small graphic font and print. All you need to do then is cut them out and apply them with some clear cellotape. I printed mine in several different colours rather than just plain black. Pencil tags are great to put on anything, not just pencils, they can be used on glue sticks, rulers and even scissors.

Almost ready for school now!

Print Your Own Wrapping Paper

I think it is much more fun when a person can actually unwrap a gift rather than just open an envelope, so on the rare occasion a voucher is given, I just have to wrap it.

I went on the hunt in my stash to find some girly, small print paper to no avail. So I grabbed some suitable fabric and instead of cutting into it, I scanned and then printed it out on a full sheet of paper. Easy peasy and just the right size I needed. I then added some gorgeous pastel pink organza ribbon to top it off. If you save the scanned copy to your hard drive you can then print out your gift wrap as many times as you like for a larger present or even make a matching card. How much better is that, than a boring envelope, printed with the store logo! Much more fun to unwrap too!


The recipient normally throws envelopes away, but she has destined this beautiful paper for another use. So I guess you could say in a way it could be considered an environmentally friendly project especially if you use recycled paper in your printer like I do!