Transcripts
1. Introduction: Hello everyone. I'm E far
from hanacrochetdesign. In this lesson, I'm
going to share with you how to make these calendar. I made this kind of for my girl, she has for years old and she just learn about
number at school. So at the server, at my girls school, the teacher handy is
Interactive Calendar. It is made of cut stock. And every morning the students can come and set
up the calendar. So it is a very good
idea for kids to learn about numbers as
well as days and months. When I make this, I want
something more durable. So I purchased this
wooden rectangle for the calendar template. I purchased this a3
equity. In this class. I'm gonna share with you step-by-step to
make this calendar. I'll share with you to cutting machine that I used to cut out all the design elements and also the vinyl material
for the dates and the days, and also the design
elements in the calendar. I will provide the calendar
template in SVG file. I put each elements in
separate layer so it will be easier for you to
rearrange the template, for example, you want to
personalize it for gift. The file is also available
in my Cricut Design Space. I will provide the link
in the class description. And I will also share
with you how I transfer that cut out vinyl onto
the acrylic surveys. I will also share with
you all the tools and materials that I need
to make this calendar, such as weeding tool, the metal days as well
as magnetic strips. I use magnetic strip so my girls can easily set
up the dates on her own. Right? If you have cutting
machine at home and you're interested to make this calendar for your children, checkout my class and
let's make together
2. Lesson 1 : Tools and materials: In this lesson, I'm going to
share with you all the tools and materials that
you're going to need to make this calendar. You're going to need
cricket machine to cut out all the design elements I'm
using quick at Maker tree. But this project is also
suitable for cricket joy, as well as Creek up Explorer. For the base of the calendar. I'm using this clear
acrylic in A3 size, as you can see in the picture, I've got my acrylic and drift, but I will provide the
calendar template in SVG file and you can
cut this out on vinyl. I'm using standard grip math for this project. Photometric. You can use any type
of vinyl in any color. For me, I'm using this
premium vinyl removable met in black color for the
month. And also the taste. I'm using this ping
mad at VC foil for the dates and also
for the flower elements, stars, Elman, the girl image, and also other tasks
in the calendar. I'm using this shiny
adhesive foil. You will also need
to transport tape to transfer your final design. I'm using this scraper
tool to burnish my vinyl. A weeding tool to remove the unwanted part
of your design. Magnetic tape for your
dates and months. A 3.5 centimeter wouldn't
circle for the dates, wouldn't rectangle for the
months and also the days. The size of circle and
wouldn't rectangle depends on how big
your calendar is. So later on in Africa, design space, when
you set up the file, make sure that the rectangle and the circle template fit
the calendar template. I also purchased this metal. This, it is three
centimeter in diameter. It comes with
adhesive so you can easily attach onto
the acrylic surveys. If you can find this method
is you can use magnetic tape. I feel that this methyl D is, will look nicer rather than the magnetic tape
on your calendar. I will also provide this
calendar in SVG file. All the signs element in it
are in a separate layer. So you have separate
layer for the stars, for the flower separately
or for the girl image. So it will be easier
for you to set up. That's all for the
tools and materials. In the next lesson, I'm going
to share with you how to upload the file onto the
cricket design space. And we're going to cut all the design elements one by one.
3. Lesson 2 : How to cut with Cricut machine: In this lesson, I'm gonna
show you how I cut out the girl image using my
Cricut cutting machine. I'm on Cricut Design Space and
I have created new canvas. I'm going to upload the
calendar file onto this canvas, hit the Upload button and
then go to Upload image, select the calendar SVG file. And we're going to upload
this onto the canvas. You'll be able to download these SVG file on
my Skillshare page. Hit Upload and then
choose the file yet you just upload it and
add to Canvas. I have separate all
the almonds layers. So you will see the girls in a separate layer and then you'll see the template in
a different layer, the dates in a different layer. The circles template is
also in a different layer. I'm gonna start be the girl. So I'm gonna select
the layer and I'm gonna move it
out of my Design. And I'm gonna hide the
rest of the elements, grouped them together, and click icon underwrite to hide
that specific layer. Go to the right top
corner and hit make it. I'm going to use the
D 0.5 by 30.5 CM mat. Go to the right bottom
and click Continue. Choose your material. I use premium vinyl,
removable mat. Choose default for the pressure. We are ready for cutting. I'll be using this
standard grip mat. And for the material I
choose this removable vinyl. Load the mat in Cricut machine, and then you just
follow the steps from the Cricut Design Space and
you're ready for cutting. Once you're done
with a Kathleen, unload the mat and remove
the vinyl from the mat. Then with the unwanted part that you don't want
from your Design. I have my Cricut transfer tape here and I'm going to cut
it as big as my design. Make sure that transfer tape
cover the entire design. I'm gonna run through my scraper on top of the transfer tape and I'm gonna press it for me to make sure that
there's no bubble. Make sure that vinyl Design stick properly onto
the transfer tape, removed the final liner away
from the transfer tape. And I'm gonna place it on the top-left of
my atria acrylic. With my scraper, I'm make
sure that the vinyl stick properly onto the
acrylic surveys and make sure there's no bubble. And slowly remove
the transfer tape off of your vinyl Design. You can also use this shiny adhesive foil
for the girl Design. I think it will look good to. The next lesson. I'm gonna show you
how to cut out the stars and flower elements, as well as the dates
4. Lesson 3 : How to cut the months and days: Now I'm gonna show you how to cut out the days
and also the month. I'm on Cricut Design Space. And these are all the elements that we're going to cut out. If you want to use cut
stock Arctic cardboard for the rectangle. I have prepared the file for you and I put it in a separate layer so it will be easier
for you to arrange since I'm gonna use
the wooden rectangle, so I'm gonna hide this layer. Then I'm going to
attach all the tax here and hit make it. And this is how it looks
like on a cutting mat. Click Continue. Select the material. I'm gonna use this premium
vinyl removable mat. For the pressure. I'll
just stick to default. So I'll be using this
premium vinyl removable. I'm gonna use black color. Load the mat and you can
start the cutting process. Let's your finished
with the cutting, unload the math and I'm going
to remove the unwanted fat. I customize this
wooden rectangle. Alternatively, you
can use ticket stop or chip board for
the wooden rectangle. The transfer the vinyl
onto the wooden rectangle. I'm using transfer tape. You're saying that transfer
tape to transplant a tax. And I'm going to place this on top of the wooden rectangle. In the next lesson, I'm
gonna share with you how to assemble these
calendar altogether
5. Lesson 4 : How to cut the stars and flowers: In this lesson, I'm gonna
share with you how I cut out the stars elements as
well as the tax below. Yesterday was, today
is, and tomorrow is. I will use this shiny adhesive
foil for both elements. Let's go back to Cricut
Design Space again, select the layer that
we just hide earlier. On, heighten, ungroup them. Now, I'm going to
cut out the stars and also the texts below. The Yesterday was
today is tomorrow is I'm gonna take out
all that to the side. I will also put all the
stars element to the side. And I have cut out these girls. I'm gonna remove it. Select the rest of the elements that you
don't want to cut it yet, grouped them together
and hide it. For the stars element
and the texts, I'm just going to put
them all together as close as possible because we don't want to
waste the final. Select them altogether
and click attach. Go to the right top
corner and hit make it. I'm using 30.5 by 3.5cm mat. And then click Continue. On the next page, we're
gonna use the base material, which is the adhesive foil. And just default
for the pressure. And to prevent the material from cutting up during
the cutting process, I will just put this
masking tape at the four corner of the EPC file. Once you're done with a cutting, I'm just going to with
all the unwanted part of my design plays the transfer tape on
top of your final and peel the vinyl liner away
from the transfer tape. With a scraper. I made sure that the final stick properly onto the acrylic surveys so it will be easier for us
to peel off later. Next, we're going to cut out
the numbers for the dates, as well as the flower
elements in the design. Let's go back to
Cricut Design Space. We have cut out
these stars elements so you can remove it. I'm going to ungroup this
layer so we can pick out the dates as well
as the flower elements. I'm not going to cut out
the circle templates because I'm gonna use the
wooden this for the dates. This is my pre-calc
3.5 centimeter wooden. This, if you don't
have wooden this, you can actually use
cardboard or chip board. Just take note that
only the Cricut maker and Cricut make a
tree can cut cheaper. Alright, I have put aside the dates as well
as the flowers. Next. I'm just going to hide those elements that
we don't want to cut. Don't forget to attach those flowers and also
the dates together. Once you're done with
that, hit make it. For a base material. We're going to use
this mat adhesive foil for the pressure. I'm just going to
stick to default. I'm done with a cutting. Next, I'm just going to
remove the unwanted part. I have this wouldn't is the
diameter is 3.5 centimeter. And I'm just going to
peel off the number and place it under
these one-by-one. I'm using transfer tape
for two digit number. It's just easier to
place the number exactly on the
center of the teeth. In the next lesson,
I'm gonna share with you how I cut out this month and also the days
using this removable vinyl
6. Lesson 5 : How to assemble altogether: Hi everyone. In this lesson, after you cut out all the vinyls for the dates and
the days and you have paste it on the
wooden rectangle as well as wooden circle. Now we're going to put
magnet strip on it. I bought this metal disc online. It is available in circle
as well as rectangle shape, and it also comes
in different sizes. Remove the adhesive tape and paste it on your
calendar template, and remove the protective liner, cut out the magnetic sheet, it is solved in different sizes. Mine is A4. Sometimes they also have magnetic
tape in a role. Remove the adhesive
tape and paste it on the back of
your wooden circle. The wooden rectangle is
actually quite heavy, so I need a wider
magnetic strip to hold the weight
of the rectangle. For the part below here, you actually can use a metal
plate in rectangle shape. I think it will look nice, but I don't have it. I just cut out the
same magnetic strip and paste it on that
acrylic surface. That's all for the tutorial. I hope you're
Children like playing with this Interactive Calendar. It is also a good
learning activity for those young kids who
just learn about numbers. Thank you everyone
for watching and hope to see you in
my next tutorial. By 27
Hanacrochetdesign Eva Widjaja, hanacrochetdesign
