Instructions

In this project, I labeled a few jars to hold pens and weeding tools. (These are upcycled yogurt containers!) You can label just about anything with the Cricut Joy vinyl.

Open up Design Space, type in your words, then adjust the size of your word for your desired font and size. Hit "make."

Select the material type, then feed the vinyl into the Cricut Joy. If one end of the vinyl roll doesn't work, try the other. Sometimes you might just need ot change the angle you are feeding the material in to get the machine to grab it!

At this point, the on screen prompt will take you along the rest of the process.

Cut off the piece of vinyl you're using, then weed your words out. Apply the label to your container using a bit of transfer tape.

Instructions

Browse through the card. files in Cricut Design Space until you find the perfect one for your recipient. Open it up, and click "Make."

Load up your Cricut Joy card mat with one of the cards from your Cricut Joy Card Insert pack. Slide the back half behind the clear plastic and fold it over to stick the front to the sticky mat. Be sure to line it up along the top of the mat when you stick it down!

Follow the prompts on the screen to choose your material, then push the loaded mat into the Cricut Joy. The machine will automatically grab and read your mat.

There will be a prompt to begin cutting (or drawing). Follow the directions on screen! Since there are no buttons to push on the Joy, you have to follow. what the computer says to do.

Unload the mat and choose a contrasting color for your card with one of the unfolded pieces of paper in the card insert pack. The card design should make a place to put each of the four corners of your paper to make it stick to your card without any adhesives.

And you're done! Sign your greeting, put it in one of the.included envelopes and wonder at how quick you were able to make a card with the Cricut Joy.

Instructions

Open up the file for the labels in Design Space. You can change the wording to whatever you like in whatever font you like. This one is really just a guideline!

The circles in the file are set up for around three inches; change this to whatever width fits your bags. You can fit two 2-inch circles side by side on a strip of Cricut Joy writable vinyl if you choose to change the size.

After you have things set up the way you want on your Cricut Joy, making the rest of the sidewalk chalk party favors is a breeze. Hit "make"

Follow the on-screen prompts to cut out the labels. You'll have to push the Cricut Joy writable vinyl into the machine until it grabs it before it will start writing and cutting. You don't have worry about not having enough material, because the Joy will measure your vinyl before it starts cutting so it will have enough to work with.

The Joy will first write on the circle and wording, then cut. Be ready to change out the pen for the blade. After it's done writing and cutting, all you'll have to do is peel the labels off to use them, no transfer tape needed!

Making Sidewalk Chalk Favors

If you've got a regular sized cricut, you can probably cut these out on your machine, but if not, french fry boxes are pretty easily found at your hobby craft store or online.

Add the labels to near the bottoms of the cellophane bags.

Load up the boxes with sticks of chalk -- just like french fries -- and then drop the whole thing into a cellophane bag. The bag is so the chalk doesn't go everywhere.

Twist the cellophane near the box then tie it off with a length of ribbon. And your sidewalk chalk party favors are done and ready for gifting!