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June 19, 2020
Cricut Tutorial - Grill Box Card

Grill Box Card Design This Cricut tutorial will show you how to put together a grill box card for Father's Day!  Frankly, you can save this card design, remove the "Father's Day" bit, and use it as a card for any occasion for the grill master in your life!   For example, I'm reminded of the […]

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June 11, 2020
Dollar Bill Origami: Shirt and Tie

Want To Learn How To Fold a Dollar into a Shirt and Tie? Is this little tiny shirt and tie not adorable?  I mean, little things are typically inherantly cute, I get that, but this origami fold, made mysteriously out of a single dollar bill, is extra cute, no? I have always been a little […]

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June 5, 2020
Cricut Tutorial- Super Dad Card

This Is A Super, Super Dad Card Design! You guys.  Can you stand it?  I saw this design on the Dreaming Tree website and realized that it was absolutely the perfect card for the super dad in my life, my husband Mike.  In the tutorial below, I will show you how to get this card […]

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May 23, 2020
Graduation Box Card

Need A Graduation Card With A Wow Factor? I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I'm kind of excited about this project.  I went into Cricut Design Space looking for an awesome graduation box card (or any cool graduation card design!) and basically came up with nothing.  There were some money holders and […]

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May 5, 2020
An EXTREME Mother's Day Pop Up Card!

WHOA. This Is What I Call A Pop Up Card! I love pop up cards.  I love getting them, I love making them, and I love giving them.  There's a little magic is a really effective pop up card, dontcha think?   I have, for many years now, been a fan of the Love Pop cards, […]

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April 23, 2020
Cricut Tutorial: Mother's Day Gift Box

Is This Not the Most Adorable Gift Box You've Ever Seen? In this Cricut tutorial, I will show you how to make a few adjustments to turn a Cricut file for a sweets box, into this Mother's Day spa gift box!  You could really adjust this design to any number of purposes, but I have […]

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April 17, 2020
Cricut Tutorial: Paper Tealight Holder (Free SVG!)

Perfect for Mother's Day: A Handmade Gift Using a FREE SVG File From Dreaming Tree! I would say most Mom's appreciate a homemade gift, generally speaking, but if there is ever a year not to go out shopping for Mother's Day gifts, it's this one.  Instead, I offer you this tealight holder tutorial, so you can […]

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April 11, 2020
Cricut Tutorial: Easter Crate Placecards

Make Placecards Out of Box Card Designs! I have spoken about this once on my blog, and no doubt I will speak about it again and again, because this is a common hack that I use for holidays and entertaining.  I LOVE making placecards out of box card designs.  This Cricut Tutorial for Easter Crate […]

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April 9, 2020
How to Cut Free Printables with Your Cricut

This is a Cricut Tutorial that shows you how to use the SLICE feature and FLATTEN feature in Cricut Design Space to get the Cricut to cut them out for you!

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April 6, 2020
Cricut Tutorial: Bunny Treat Box

Bunny Treat Box, How Sweet! I love putting together little treat boxes for Easter for each of the kids that join us for our celebration.  I put a treat box out at the table setting of each kid.  This year's bunny box is the sweetest thing, and this Cricut tutorial is a breeze.  Let me […]

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I’m Amanda, and I put the AMANDA in A MANDAtory Activity (and I like a good bad pun). I run a blog, A Mandatory Activity, focused on baking and crafting for gatherings and gifts.

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