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Never ending card Cricut instructions - this tutorial is to help you use your never ending card template in Cricut Design Space, setting it up correctly to cut and score...
This page is part 1 of the full instructions for making this never ending card with a cutting machine, such as Cricut. This part of the instructions is specific to Cricut Design Space, but if you're making the card with another cutting machine, the instructions may help you understand how to set up the files in your own cutting machine programme.
The other two parts of the full instructions are to do with making the basic card (pt 2) and then decorating the card (pt 3), so they can be used by any cutting machine user, or even if you decide to cut the template by hand.
You will need this template to use these instructions - it's available to download from my store here...
If you'd like to find out more about the never ending card and a little bit about how it works before you start, as well as think about the materials you might like to use, take a look at the page here, and then come back to this page to continue with the tutorial...
If you're not using Cricut Design Space to make your never ending card, you will need to know that some of the lines in the cut file need to be scored...
These are the thin red lines on the envelope and on the yellow rectangles, shown below...
You will need to set up your files in your cutting machine so that these lines score and don't cut (they will default to cut if you don't change anything). Please refer to your cutting machine's help pages if you need help with this.
If you're a Cricut user, this page will give you a step-by-step instruction showing exactly how to set everything up, so keep reading...
If you want to score your lines manually, please delete these lines using your cutting machine's program. You can score the lines manually with a knitting needle (or similar) and a metal ruler.
If you need them, you can get all the measurements for the template on my page with help for using the files (look in the section about using the card templates).
N.B. The PNG will print with the score lines included.
The thin red lines (on the envelope and on the four yellow rectangles) are score lines - these need to be set to score in Cricut Design Space, or they default to cut and will likely ruin your project.
If you're confident you know how to do this, please go ahead, set them to score, attach them to their relevant element, and send your project to cut and then proceed to the next part of the tutorial, assembling the card - if you're at all unsure, please go through the instructions with me, step by step, here - and I'll show you every step you need to get it right...
Please don't be put off that the instructions are very long - that's just because I've photographed every tiny step so that you don't get stuck - there's nothing very complex to do, as long as you just follow the steps as I've set them out.
The page also has a print function that you might find useful to help you follow the steps.
When all your cut-outs are ready like this, you can go onto the first of two tutorials to help you assemble and decorate the card (and make the envelope)...
The main page for the never ending card project is here - check it out to see photos of the card, check out how the card works, and think about materials to use for the card, as well as see all the instructions for the card - click here...
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