Small Square Treat Box or Cupcake Box

Here is my version of a cupcake box or small square treat box. There are many versions out there. Due to the size of the box, it does require the Expression to cut it out! It uses George, Plantin Schoolbook for the basic box, lid and inserts. If you only have George, you can replace the Plantin "parts" with similar George parts and vice versa if you only have Plantin, replace the George with similar Plantin "parts". Then I've included different "cut-outs" for the lid. The ones used in the picture is Storybook on the green box and Doodlecharms for the bunny on the pink box. The page of other items can be used to "swap" out the cut out on the lid, or just used as a "reference tool" to give you ideas as to what you could do. When you cut out the "object" on the lid, you just create a bigger size of it or a circle to cut out of actetate or thin plastic to "cover" the hole so it is "sealed" but you can still see into the box. I usually use overhead transparencies but any thin recycled plastic will do! If you want to use the box as a cupcake holder, cut out the "insert" to hold the cupcake in place. If you just want to use the box as a "treat" holder, you don't need to cut out the insert for the cupcake!
Download the Cupcake Box/Treat holder .cut file here.

Yudu Machine - Screen Printing and my Cricut

Okay, so I wasn't going to purchase this machine. I really wasn't. However, I did! LOL. I have created a few items with it. Have other ideas to do with it. Just haven't gotten there yet! The machine is fairly large as shown in the pictures here. I have used my Expression machine in the pictures to give you some perspective on its size. We have created some items with the emolsion on the screens. I would reserve that option for when I had "several" of something that I wanted to create. I have also created an item using a "paper stencil" taped to the screen. I would recommend this method if you want to create a "one of a kind" item. I will post more "info." as I can in relation to this machine. The first project I am posting used my Yudu and supplies as well as my Cricut machine, Design Studio, Wedding, Paper Pups and Storybook cartridges. I created my design in DS with the 3 cartridges. I then cut it out on black paper and "copied" it on my all-in-one copier onto a Yudu transparency. I then followed the Yudu instructions for "burning" the image onto a screen that has been prepared ahead of time with the emolsion sheet following the Yudu directions. I called this Design the "Paper Pups Queen". I did it for my good friend from the Message Board, Dazycutr (Rheba), who is known as the Queen of Paper Pups because she loves to use the Paper Pups cartridge in her card designs! I then put the design on a t-shirt, a bag, and a print for framing as a gift for Rheba.

B Mine - Simple Shape Card - Storybook Cartridge

Here is another simple shape card. Took the shadow cut of the letter "B" from Storybook, copied it, flipped the copy and welded together to get the cream base "B" of the card. Then cut the front B out in red same size (but not in regular mode not shadow). The difference in the two cards is that the one on the left, the blade was set deeper and it cut out the inside of the B while the one on the right, blade was not deep enough and it didn't cut out the inside of the B. I embossed the red B with the swirls embossing folder. Forgot which carts the joined hearts are from. Used stickles to color the hearts. No .cut file provided at this time.