$2 Tuesday and a FREE Template!

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3 August 2010 5,645 views 10 Comments

That’s right, it’s $2 Tuesday again (and I remembered!!). The Hourglass Template is on sale for only $2 today! Go grab it at this super price while you can!

AND, I put a little freebie in my store yesterday so you can test your digital die-cut machine! Of course, if you don’t have a machine, you can STILL use the freebie, and just cut by hand.

Paper Flower Pieces is designed to help you create a pretty, handmade paper flower for your projects. It is SO easy to do! The hardest part (for me, anyway) is finding and resizing a flower shape. SO, I created this freebie out of selfishness, I suppose. I wanted to be able to just open a template and go. No thinking. No math. Just creativity!

If you do not have a digital cutter, simply print the PDF format onto some cardstock.

If you want to use digital paper, add your paper using a clipping mask (tutorial here), then print and cut!

If you DO have a digital cutter, I have made it super easy for you to just open the entire file with all nine flowers. Just press cut. Viola!

Now, I have a Cricut. I don’t have any other digital cutter, and I am still learning about what types of files the different cutters need. This freebie was designed so that you could test the files I have included in my new templates on your digital cutter. Some of you may have to import an intermediate file (maybe DXF) and trace it in your specific program. Some of you are going to like having the AI or JPG file to trace in Inkscape. And, of course, some of you are just going to be thrilled with the SVG file. PLEASE let me know how it goes for you!!

As for creating a pretty paper flower, I simply followed the paper flower video tutorial that was linked up for us in the Hybrid Forum over at The Digichick. If you have any questions or want to show off your creations, please pop in there!! The ladies LOVE to gush over projects and are so helpful when we have questions. It is a fun place to hang out!

If you create a pretty paper flower, will you send me a picture? I’d love to add it to my product images!!

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wendya78 said:

Thanks for the freebie! I am saving up for a cricut so for now I’m cutting by hand!

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# 3 August 2010 at 10:36 am

Dana Gustafson said:

wahoooo! Great idea and great freebie!!

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# 3 August 2010 at 7:36 pm

Karen G said:

Thanks for the great freebie! :> Loved what Dana did with your cut files!! :>

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# 5 August 2010 at 10:23 pm

Amber said:

Thanks for the freebie! A friend told me about your site! I tried clicking on the link for the tutorial, but it says the blog is only open to invited readers

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Kelleigh Reply:
January 27th, 2011 at 3:23 pm

I know!! That is SUCH a pain. She must have been freaked out that so many people were hitting her blog. I’ve been trying to find another one to link up to, but perhaps I’ll have to make up a tutorial myself!! It’s totally easy, though! Wet and scrunch. But, don’t worry. Tutorial coming soon!

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# 27 January 2011 at 3:11 pm

lalyn said:

HI. I have a cricut expression. How can I use this template with the cricut? I tried opening the file but i say “windows can’t open the file”.
I downloaded this flower template to try before buying the cupcake holder. But I have difficulty figuring how to use the cutting file. Please help!!!!…thanks you so much…..love your site!!!!

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Kelleigh Reply:
January 28th, 2012 at 11:39 pm

Hi Lalyn! Actually, with a Cricut, you need an intermediary software like Make the Cut or Sure Cuts A Lot, which you actually can’t buy for the Cricut anymore. Provocraft (makers of Cricut) won a settlement against the makers of the software so that now Cricut users can’t cut anything without a cartridge. That’s why I bought a Silhouette Cameo. If you already had the software, you would be able to open the SVG files. Sorry!

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lalyn Reply:
January 29th, 2012 at 6:58 am

Oh…..I don’t have that software. I’m just a new Cricut Fan. i guess i have to use my good old scissors. I was planning to make 20 of this….thinking my Cricut could help me . Anyway….thanks a lot.

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lalyn Reply:
January 29th, 2012 at 7:06 am

HI Kelleigh. I forgot to ask. If I’m going to print this to cut by scissor, What size of paper you used? Is it the same paper also used if I buy the cupcake holder?

Kelleigh @ Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs Reply:
January 29th, 2012 at 10:28 am

Are you talking about the flowers? I would use cardstock, and this prints on an 8.5×11 sheet of paper, although it doesn’t take up the whole sheet.

# 28 January 2012 at 10:56 pm