Create Stunning 3d Cardstock Letters With Your Cricut!

Cardstock Needed for 3D letter: ashleefalco.com 3D letter & number file: https://www.creativefabrica.com/produ... Today I’m showing you how to make a super cool 3D letter! This project will be perfect for a teacher appreciation or end of the school year gift. But the coolest thing about this project is that you can create this 3D letter for WHATEVER you need it to be! I show you how to create this letter. Taking a file I found off CreativeFabrica, and tweaking it just a bit to fit Cricut's needs and then adding customizations to make it exactly how I want! ⏱️ CHAPTERS: 0:00 A 10 inch 3D letter that stands on its own 0:48 Supplies: cardstock, mirror gold and mirror silver 1:11 Print and cut vs layered cardstock, no printer needed 1:34 Precision craft glue and a hard edge for creasing 2:19 Dollar Tree glass beads to weigh the letter down 2:42 How much cardstock a 10 inch letter takes 3:30 Hot glue for the beads, or rubber cement 5:04 One download gets you every letter and number 5:50 New canvas in Cricut Design Space 6:13 The zip file: 3D letters and 3D numbers 6:36 Pick your letter, choose Score, then SVG 7:00 Upload image and drag the SVG in 7:46 Flip, Horizontal to fix the backwards file 8:11 Ungroup with command shift G 8:35 Change the shape pieces to white so you can see 8:58 The score lines are still set as cut lines 9:22 Change every line to Score 10:10 Select one shape plus its lines and Attach 10:33 Attach the rest, piece by piece 11:20 You need two of the letter face, so duplicate 11:43 Align both S shapes to the center 12:30 Changing every piece to your project color 12:53 Select the outside portion and change it to blue 13:17 Offset dragged inward to make an inset border 13:41 Setting the inset width and pressing Apply 14:04 Changing the new layer to mirror gold 14:26 A second inset for the notebook layer 14:50 Searching Images for notebook lines 15:12 Copy the white letter and arrange lines to the front 16:01 Duplicating so you have a red line and blue line set 16:24 Ungroup and delete the red line from the first copy 16:48 Slice, then delete the leftover white pieces 17:10 Repeat for the red line on the second copy 17:33 Lining both line layers back up on the letter 17:57 The no-printer route: copy both line layers 18:20 Set the copies to Score and Attach to the white letter 18:43 What the score lines tell you about gluing 19:07 Place the blue line between the two score lines 19:54 The printer route: select both lines and Flatten 20:41 Adding themed images for your teacher 21:04 Searching a pencil, then an apple 21:50 Ungroup the apple and close up the spacing 22:12 Offset outward this time for a gold border 22:59 Cleaning up the pencil with Contour 23:22 Hide All Contours so you get one solid black base 24:10 Never let art hang below the bottom of the letter 24:56 Adding the teacher's name in a text box 25:18 Using system fonts from Creative Fabrica or DaFont 25:42 Ungroup to fix wonky letter spacing 26:05 Combine and Weld the name, then offset it 26:28 Setting the offset to mirror gold and grouping 27:15 Select everything and align to center 27:37 Keep the lock on and set the height 28:23 Sizing to the max my print and cut allows 29:09 Put the scoring tool in the Cricut before you start 29:55 Crease every score line hard before gluing 31:06 Remember the file is backwards, so assemble backwards 31:29 Piece one: glue the four tabs 32:36 Piece four has no tab on one side 33:22 Every tab goes on the inside of the letter 33:46 Let the front dry before you build anything else 34:09 Gluing the mirror gold layer onto the blue 34:59 Dry fitting the apple and pencil first 35:24 Hot gluing glass beads into the bottom for weight 36:14 Glue the tabs and bend them to 90 degrees 36:38 Closing the back and letting it dry MY CARDSTOCK SHOP, Celebration Warehouse: https://www.celebrationwarehouse.com/ 100+ colors, shades and textures of cardstock. Make 6-Figures selling on Etsy: https://go.ashleefalco.com/full-etsy-... Shop Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/falcoclan Shop Cricut: https://cricut.pxf.io/c/3473968/12431... Shop Laser Cutter: https://www.xtool.com/?ref=AshleeYFal... 📧 Let's Chat! hi@ashleefalco.com 📱 Follow me on instagram to see me daily in stories: https://bit.ly/3tMsxhM 🎵 Follow me on TikTok: https://bit.ly/3tMngXu 📌 Pinterest for all things crafting & recipes I love: https://bit.ly/3Dm5OMC ** Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I get a commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at no cost to you #cricut #cricutmade #cricuttutorial