SubliFlock is a fun sublimation product that allows you to create vibrant images on all sorts of fabrics, including cotton and dark colors! Here’s how to use this material, plus learn from my mistakes to get it right the first time! The number of sublimation products on the market continues to grow! Today I’m sharing a fun product called SubliFlock—which is, as the name suggests, flocking you can sublimate on! With its velvety texture plus vibrant sublimation colors, SubliFlock allows you to create eye-catching, textured designs on all sorts of garments and other soft blanks—including cotton ..read more

Break out the barbecue, summer is coming! Use these delicious barbecue and grilling SVG files to make aprons, oven mitts, signs, and more using your Cricut or Silhouette. It feels like we JUST welcomed spring and now we’re talking about summer! However, it’ll be here before we know it! Summer is the perfect time to break out the grill and barbeque some delicious food! With summer comes Father’s day! We can’t let the day go by without the quintessential father’s day grilling-themed gift, right? These free SVGs are perfect for creating aprons, mitts, and more for dad! I created this silly 0% Ve ..read more

No room for a big Dreambox? You can still get organized in your smaller craft space with a Create Room Cubby! This craft room organizer holds so much to help you take all of the crafty chaos in your craft room! This post was written in partnership with Create Room, but all opinions are my own! So many of my friends have an amazing Create Room DreamBox and let me tell you, I am jealous. But while I have a very large studio, I don’t actually have enough space for one to open fully. There are just too many windows and doors in my space to fit a DreamBox properly, and I didn’t want to cover my wi ..read more

Puff HTV is a unique iron-on product that creates a 3D effect reminiscent of the puff paint of the 90s! Puff HTV adds dimension to a plain shirt or other garment by creating a raised “puffy” surface. Try it on your next heat transfer project! This post is sponsored by BELLA+CANVAS. I’m having a ton of fun with new products that remind me of my childhood in the 90s. First it was color-changing HTV, and today I’m sharing puff HTV! Puff heat transfer vinyl is a bit reminiscent of the puff paint we all loved when we were kids, creating a puffy effect on your garment. Did I have a puff paint birth ..read more

Ring in spring with this free retro flower child SVG! The retro flower designs are perfect for adding a bit of sunshine to apparel, home decor, and more. They’re groovy, baby! It looks like spring is finally here to stay! I hope you’re enjoying the slightly warmer temps, sunshine, and blooming flowers, too! It’s hard not to smile this time of year! Like spring, the groovy, 70’s design style seems like it’s here to stay! What better way to ring in a little spring cheer than with these retro flower SVGs? The best part? They’re allergy-friendly and even your black thumb can’t kill them! ;) I cre ..read more

Make fun shirts and other apparel with Cricut color-changing HTV / iron-on! For this project, I’m making a “surprise” rainbow shirt—looks white indoors, but once you’re in the sun it’s covered in rainbows! This post is sponsored by my favorite apparel brand, BELLA+CANVAS. I have a really vivid memory from my childhood about a particular piece of clothing—a Hypercolor shirt that changed from purple to pink when exposed to heat—the sun, your hand, etc. Hypercolor shirts were so huge in 1991 when I was 10 years old (please don’t do that math), so I was the *prime* target market for that shi ..read more

Using Warp in Cricut Design Space makes it possible to turn single or multiple lines of text into a unique shape to create a one-of-a-kind design. Here’s how to use Cricut Warp, plus a few tips and tricks for making the most of this tool. Cricut released a new tool for Cricut Design Space recently—Cricut Warp! This new tool allows you to warp both Cricut fonts and your system fonts in 24 pre-determined warp designs. This tool is available only on the Desktop version of Cricut Design Space. In today’s post, we’ll talk about using this new tool and what I personally like about it and a few thin ..read more

Get more life out of your Cricut cutting mats by cleaning and restoring their stickiness! Here are four ways to clean a Cricut mat, including baby wipes, Windex, dish detergent, and Simple Green cleaner. Have you started a Cricut crafting project only to realize your material won’t stick to the mat? We’ve all been there! My own Cricut mats are covered in leftover pieces of my crafting projects, lint, dust, Bernese mountain dog hair, my own hair, finger oils, and more! I’m sure yours are not much better. For years, I’ve used Cricut mats and thrown them away once they became unusable. I’m lucky ..read more

Want inexpensive blanks for crafting? Get a BELLA+CANVAS Maker’s Account and you can buy blanks at wholesale pricing without having to provide a resale license! Here’s how the program works and how to sign up! This post is sponsored by my absolute favorite garment brand, BELLA+CANVAS. As always, all opinions are my own. If you’re running your own craft business (or even if you just craft a lot for yourself and gifts!), blanks are often a big part of your crafting budget. Where and how you buy your blanks can make a significant difference in your profit margins. Let’s look at the different way ..read more

Got a new heat press? I’m breaking down everything you need to know about using it, including all of the parts of a heat press, finding your time, temperature, and pressure settings, and making your first project. My craft room recently got an upgrade! My old Amazon 5-in-1 heat press bit the dust (it literally wouldn’t turn on), so I replaced it with a WALApress from Heat Transfer Warehouse. This 15″ x 15″ clamshell press is a great upgrade to my first heat press. I’ll be using this new press to teach you how to use a heat press! Of course all heat presses are different, but they function ver ..read more