Michi Photostory: Valentine DIY and Craft

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December 17, 2024

Teddy Bear Paper Craft

Tomorrow is my son’s Christmas party, so I was cramming again yesterday because I haven’t wrapped his exchange gifts yet. Well, late din kasi yung bunutan tapos inorder ko pa sa online shop yung gifts. I’m thankful I can buy the gifts online and that all my orders were delivered before the party. Last year kasi, nagpunta pa ako sa mall para lang bumili ng pang exchange gift.

Christmas Teddy Bear

And dahil small item lang yung gift, I made my own box and cut these Christmas Teddy Bears, I only need one box but these teddies are so cute so I cut both designs.

Female Christmas Teddy Bear

Male Christmas Teddy Bear

Easter Teddy Bear

And since Easter is near, I also cut the Easter Teddy Bears to maximize my cardstock.

Male Easter Teddy Bear

Female Easter Teddy Bear

Sharing the other Teddy Bears that I cut using my scrap paper. I am planning to cut the Generic, Birthday, and Valentine Teddy Bears in the future because I prefer the brown color I used for my Christmas and Easter Teddy Bear.

Generic Teddy Bear

Male Teddy Bear

Female Teddy Bear

Birthday Teddy Bear

Valentine Teddy Bear

St. Patrick Teddy Bear

Halloween Teddy Bear

All these SVG files are designed by Craft with Sarah and among the Teddy Bears, my favorites are the Christmas and Birthday Teddy Bears.

February 13, 2024

Valentine’s Day Card

Chinese New Year is already over and tomorrow is Valentine’s Day so I’m sharing the last few Valentine’s Cards that I finished. I made a lot of cards when I only needed two. Hehehe!

Bear Insert Greeting Card

These Bear Insert Greeting Cards are from Digital Gems; the square version is from Cricut Design Space, you can do this if you have Access Subscription. The rectangle version is available on her website and other design stores.

Bear with Gifts

Bear with Clouds

Flower and Heart Insert Card

The Flower and Heart Card is a score, draw, and cut project. I am trying other colors of my Cricut Pens so I didn’t use a black one. I didn’t like the pen that I used here.

Valentine or Anniversary Insert Greeting Card

I like this Valentine's Insert Greeting Card design but I am also not happy with the result, next time I will use a different color of pen, or maybe I will try foiling.

3D Construction Site

And finally, the I Totally Dig You easel card using the 3D Construction Site of Digital Gems.

January 26, 2024

Cricut Love Bingo

Cricut Philippines has another challenge and the prize is Cricut Joy + Cricut Joy Bundle Essentials. This has been on my craft wishlist for a very long time so I am trying my luck. The challenge is to finish this Cricut Love Bingo Card for one entry.

So I am trying my best to finish these 9 projects so I can have at least one chance. The deadline is still on February 13 but I wanted to finish this as soon as possible while I am still in my crafting mode. I am not yet done but sharing some projects that I already finished.

Succulent Valentine’s Card

I already made these cards two years ago but this year, I recreated them but no more corners because I wanted to attach the backing card instead of inserting it.

Valentine or Anniversary Gift Tag or Gift Card

I made these cards using different elements from Cricut Design Space, I chose font and elements that are available without a subscription. This is a score, draw, and cut project. I can use these cards for Valentine’s Day or Wedding Anniversary.

With you, I am home

We're better together

I choose you today and all of our tomorrow

God knew my heart needed you

3D Love Grows Here

I also made this 3D Love Grows Here, this is a ready-to-make project, I just edited the size and colors. I reduced the file so I did not get a clean cut on some layers but I still assembled the project.

Cricut Cutie Stickers

A few years ago, I made Cricut Cutie Stickers and I used those stickers for my Cricut Mats. Now, I decided to edit my design so I can also share my project in the Cricut community.

This is a print-then-cut project and I used Printable Holographic Vinyl. I had my Cricut Maker for more than 3 years already but this is the first time that I put something on it. “Talk Crafty to Me”

Heart Vinyl Stickers

I found this “You Can Do It” reward chart on imom’s website so I downloaded, printed and laminated it. Then instead of printing heart stickers, I used my scrap Holographic Leopard Chrome Vinyl. I forgot to change my blade from deep point to fine point blade so the heart stickers became die-cut stickers instead of kiss-cut stickers.

Heart Love Shirt and Pouch

I recently watched Craft with Sarah’s tutorial about “How to Put Text Inside a Shape in Cricut Design Space” so I was excited to try it. Since it is Valentine’s season, I used a heart shape for this project. My design is not that perfect but I am still happy with the outcome.

Update:

Adding the last 3 projects to complete my card and I am so happy because I already have one entry.

Love Magnetic Bookmark

I’ve been seeing a lot of magnetic bookmark craft projects in the craft community but it never crossed my mind to try this because I already have a magnetic bookmark. The magnetic bookmark that I am currently using is already more than a decade old, sulit yung bili ko.

Anyway, because of the challenge, I finally made my first magnetic bookmark. Good thing that I have a magnetic sheet at home since I am using that for my dies. I found this LOVE SVG file on Cricut Design Space and I decided to use it for my bookmark. You can use photosticker or photopaper + phototop and of course magnetic sheet to recreate this project.

Self Affirmation Mirror

I just realized na wala pa kami gaanong mirror sa bahay so it took me a long time na gawin itong project na ito, hindi ko kasi alam kung saan ididikit. Good thing that I found this mirror, so I cut “Do What You Love” SVG file using Frosted Glitter vinyl.

Hug in a Mug

I don’t have a sublimation printer and mug press but I like this Cute Couple Bear so I printed it using Vinyl Sticker and added Glitter Phototop.

January 25, 2024

3D Love Gift Tag

Since craft supplies are not cheap, I really save my scrap paper for future use. And it came to a point that I filled up two storage boxes so I spent the first week of January, decluttering my scrap. I had to let go of some of my scrap paper and I only kept the paper that I can and I will really use for my project.

Now, I only keep one clear plastic container where I dump all my scrap and if I have extra time, I will sort those scraps into my file folders so I can arrange per color or shades. One of my goals this year is to limit my scrap so for the past few weeks, I have been trying my best to use my leftovers.

This week, I joined “Bee Happy Weeklies Week 4: Save that Scrap” so since Valentine’s Day is near, I decided to make a gift tag using my scraps. I used pink, red, and white cardstock for this project. Remember my Heart Shape Treat Box, I also used that paper so no more leftovers.

I love making layered paper craft so it is not surprising that I made 3D Love Gift Tag. I found this 3D Love Shadow Box on Cricut Design Space but I reduced the size to 2.5 inches so it can fit to my scrap paper.

I cut the design, assembled and attached it to my gift tag base. At first, I wanted to use an eyelet but in the end, I used a Hole Reinforcer Puncher so I could still use my scrap paper.

January 24, 2024

Valentine’s Craft Projects

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching so I started making Valentine's craft projects as early as the second week of January. I joined Cricut Philippines Design Space Thursday Giveaway and the theme is Valentine. There are so many craft projects that I can do but I challenged myself to create craft projects that are not part of Cricut Access Subscription. There are free images, fonts, and craft projects that are available on Cricut Design Space and we just need the patience to search for them.

I Heart U Card

My first project is the I Heart U card, This is an insert card but I tweaked the design a little bit so I can make 3 different cards.

For the first card, I just cut the original design and added an insert card.

The second card is the I Heart U Shaker Card; using contour, I removed the corners and attached it to a 4.25 x 5.25 inches rectangle. I cut the design and embossed it using die cutting machine. Add acetate 4.25 x 5.25 inches, foam tape, and heart elements. Attached to the card base which is 8.5 inches by 5.5 inches and scored at 4.25 inches.

And for the third card; I cut "I Heart U" in red color and attached to the white "I Heart U" of the first two cards for dimension. I die-cut 4.25x5.25 inches of white cardstock for the heart design. Attached to the card base and glued the "I Heart U".

Heart Shape Treat Box

My second craft project is the Heart Shape Treat Box, this project is part of the community project that I just recreated. I already shared this project on this post.

I’m Crazy aBAO You!

My last craft project is the "I'm Crazy aBAO You" couple shirt. This is an easy project because I just cut, weed, and iron the design on our t-shirts. This is the first project that I did using the Cricut Easy Press 3 prize that I got last year. I am just not sure if my husband will wear this. hehehe!

January 16, 2024

Heart Shape Treat Box

Every Valentine’s Day, I always give chocolates to my son or something sweet. Most of the time, I will just add a card or gift tag because the majority of the chocolates have their own packaging. But this year, I made an effort to make my own packaging using the Heart Shape Box that I found on Cricut Design Space.

I have different chocolates at home so I tested two sizes. At first, I changed the size so I could maximize the paper, I could add several pieces of Kisses Chocolates to that box. Then I tried the original design and the Mini Ritter Sport chocolates fit perfectly. So in the end, I chose the latter.

But instead of using smooth or textured cardstock, I decided to print my own paper using the Vintage Handwritten Letters Overlays so it would look like a Love Letter Box. I placed the designs on US Letter Sized Cardstock and printed three pieces of paper. Then I used the paper to cut the Heart Shape Box.