No dies? No worries!

If you have stamps but you didn't get the coordinating dies, don't worry. Cricut has you covered.

The other brands of electronic cutters may have the same capabilities but I can't speak about the other brands because I do not own anything other than the Cricut Expression Air 2. 

You could stamp your image and fussy cut with a pair of scissors but if it is an image that you stamp often, let Cricut help you.

A cut image with no border

• Stamp a clear image onto white cardstock

List It! - Mini Clips 'N More stamp set
by Andy Kay Art purchased at Layle by Mail

• Scan the image and save it to your computer
• Log into Cricut Design Space
• Start a new project
• Select Upload
• Select Upload Image
• Click Browse
• Find the image on your computer and click Open
• Select Complex and Continue
• With the Select and Erase tool (a wand) selected, click on the white area around the outside of the image to delete it
• Click Preview to see the quality of the cut
• Click Continue
• Select Cut Image and click Upload
• Select the image in the upload area and click Insert Images

• Keep the size ratio locked, size the image to actual size. The way that I do that is to measure the stamped image and size the one in Cricut Design Space to match
• Once the images match in size - save it so you don't have to do it again
• Click Make it

• Continue as you normally would when cutting images with your Cricut

A cut image with a little white border

• Stamp a clear image onto white cardstock
• Scan the image and save it to your computer
• Start a new project in Cricut Design Space
• Select Upload
• Select Upload Image
• Click Browse
• Find the image on your computer and click Open

• Select Complex and Continue
• With the Select and Erase tool (a wand) selected, click on the white area around the outside of the image to delete it

• Click Preview to see the quality of the cut

• Cricut will cut all the little black dots. You can erase these using the eraser tool.
• Click Continue
• Select Cut Image and click Upload

Succulents stamp set from Scrapbook and Cards Today

• Select the image in the upload area and click Insert Images
• Keep the size ratio locked, size the image to actual size. The way that I do that is to measure the stamped image and size the one in Cricut Design Space to match
• Once the images match in size - save it so you don't have to do it again
• Select the image(s) and click Offset in the top toolbar

The settings I selected for this stamp set
are 0.056 inches of "border" and rounded edges.

• Click Apply
• Click on the original uploaded image and delete it leaving only the offset image
• Click Make it
• Continue as you normally would when cutting images with your Cricut

images cut with Cricut

images stamped onto Cricut cuts

For either images - with or without borders, Jennifer McGuire best shows how to stamp on multiple cut images here. 

Do you own a Cricut or another electronic cutter? What type of projects do you create with it?

Yoda

My son and I are members of Scouts Canada; he is a cub scout and I am a scout leader.

During these difficult times when in-person scouting is prohibited, Scouts Canada and Scouters across the country have gone above and beyond to ensure that the youth stay engaged and continue to participate in scouting activities. They have created virtual programming and events, such as virtual campfires, Trash the Trash challenge, hiking challenges and a collection of learning events.

Most recently, my son and I participated in a Facebook live tutorial "Paracord 2.0 with Scouter Rob Ramsden". The tutorial showed us how to make a Baby Yoda keychain. After registration, Scouter Rob mailed to us the supplies we needed and two Virtual Venturing crests for our campfire blanket. 

If you are asking what is a campfire blanket, it is a blanket where you attach all the crests for the different events in which you participated. It is like a scrapbook on a blanket or a memory quilt.

My 9 year old cub and I were excited to create a Yoda keychain from paracord. The project was a little more difficult than expected. We stretched the project over a few days, breaking it down into parts: the head; the body; the arms, ears and attaching to the clasp. 

Mine is on the left and his is on the right

We are both proud of the results and learned two new knots; the monkey's fist and the cobra knot.

Click here if you would like to make your own Baby Yoda keychain. 

I saw other related videos on YouTube that we may try: Thor's hammer, and The Mandalorian.