1 00:00:00,700 --> 00:00:02,850 - I've got my project open in Design Space. 2 00:00:02,859 --> 00:00:04,980 You can find it, I've already designed it for you, 3 00:00:04,980 --> 00:00:06,629 by clicking on the materials PDF. 4 00:00:06,810 --> 00:00:08,359 First we have to customize our project 5 00:00:08,359 --> 00:00:10,580 because we want it to have your monogram. 6 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,000 My monogram, my first letter of my name is Amber, 7 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,740 so I'm gonna change this letter. 8 00:00:15,890 --> 00:00:18,019 I already have it as A, but if you wanted to change it, 9 00:00:18,019 --> 00:00:19,719 all you have to do is double-click 10 00:00:20,818 --> 00:00:24,300 and add your monogram to whatever it might be. 11 00:00:24,969 --> 00:00:26,809 For this font, I'm using a font called 12 00:00:26,809 --> 00:00:29,239 Creative Memories Rubber Ducky. 13 00:00:29,269 --> 00:00:30,751 I think it's a bold font that looks really good 14 00:00:30,751 --> 00:00:32,109 when cut out of leather. 15 00:00:32,460 --> 00:00:33,960 That's what I would suggest you use. 16 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,399 But if you have another font you love, use that one. 17 00:00:40,530 --> 00:00:44,250 I'm going to move my font on top of the key fob layer. 18 00:00:44,929 --> 00:00:47,579 Then I'm going to select all of them 19 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,039 by dragging over the entire project. 20 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:52,850 Then I wanna go down to the bottom right-hand corner 21 00:00:52,850 --> 00:00:54,140 and click "attach." 22 00:00:54,590 --> 00:00:57,140 Now all of those layers will cut out together 23 00:00:57,289 --> 00:00:58,744 so that they will cut from one piece of leather 24 00:00:58,744 --> 00:01:00,299 and they will also merge together 25 00:01:00,299 --> 00:01:02,119 to create one great key fob. 26 00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:04,290 You'll notice on the edge of my key fob 27 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:05,420 I have little circles. 28 00:01:05,590 --> 00:01:08,379 Those are actually going to be drawn on with a Cricut pen. 29 00:01:08,379 --> 00:01:09,790 That way I'll know exactly where to punch 30 00:01:09,790 --> 00:01:11,280 using my leather hole punch. 31 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,629 Now that I've got my key fob all designed 32 00:01:13,810 --> 00:01:14,810 I just have to go over here 33 00:01:14,810 --> 00:01:16,659 and click the green "make it" button. 34 00:01:17,859 --> 00:01:20,209 Here I'll be able to see my project on the mat. 35 00:01:20,409 --> 00:01:21,329 And because I'm working 36 00:01:21,329 --> 00:01:24,430 with an eight-and-a-half by eleven sheet of tooling leather 37 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,379 I'm just gonna change my material size 38 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:28,930 to make sure that it matches the material I'm using. 39 00:01:29,260 --> 00:01:31,769 Now I'm gonna go over and press "continue" 40 00:01:32,870 --> 00:01:34,140 connect my Cricut device. 41 00:01:35,049 --> 00:01:36,659 You see there's a little drop-down box 42 00:01:36,659 --> 00:01:37,689 next to the word "pressure." 43 00:01:37,689 --> 00:01:39,939 I'm gonna select more pressure. 44 00:01:39,939 --> 00:01:42,540 This way I'm really, really certain that the blade 45 00:01:42,540 --> 00:01:43,650 is going to go all the way through 46 00:01:43,650 --> 00:01:45,049 that thick leather material. 47 00:01:45,489 --> 00:01:47,069 You'll also see a notice here that says 48 00:01:47,069 --> 00:01:50,109 "move the star wheels to the right side of the machine." 49 00:01:50,109 --> 00:01:51,719 I'm gonna show you how to do that. 50 00:01:51,719 --> 00:01:53,019 These are the star wheels. 51 00:01:53,019 --> 00:01:55,810 And usually they're there to keep your materials in place. 52 00:01:55,810 --> 00:01:57,697 But with thicker materials, you wanna move them 53 00:01:57,697 --> 00:01:59,787 so that they don't leave any track marks 54 00:01:59,787 --> 00:02:01,370 on your thick material. 55 00:02:01,510 --> 00:02:03,739 So I moved them all the way to the right, and that's it. 56 00:02:03,739 --> 00:02:05,140 Now I'm gonna insert the pen 57 00:02:05,189 --> 00:02:08,430 so that we can make those dots on our leather key fob. 58 00:02:08,750 --> 00:02:11,900 Now we're ready to load the leather onto our mat and cut. 59 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,039 Gonna place the mat onto the Cricut maker 60 00:02:18,569 --> 00:02:22,060 then I'll press that flashing arrow to load it in. 61 00:02:46,770 --> 00:02:48,919 You're gonna press the flashing arrow light 62 00:02:49,500 --> 00:02:50,520 to unload the mat. 63 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:52,389 Now here comes the fun part. 64 00:02:52,509 --> 00:02:54,810 I love peeling off the materials from the mat. 65 00:02:55,129 --> 00:02:59,189 And look how perfectly this peels back from the mat. 66 00:03:00,150 --> 00:03:00,983 Just like that. 67 00:03:01,370 --> 00:03:03,639 If you have any areas that kind of snag or catch 68 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:05,367 on the corners, just take a pair of scissors 69 00:03:05,367 --> 00:03:08,270 or use a little bit of elbow grease to pull it away. 70 00:03:08,759 --> 00:03:09,592 There we go. 71 00:03:09,592 --> 00:03:12,090 I've got all my pieces of my key fob here ready to go. 72 00:03:12,530 --> 00:03:14,574 Don't forget, keep all the pieces, 73 00:03:14,574 --> 00:03:16,349 even this little bit right here. 74 00:03:16,349 --> 00:03:17,909 They're all gonna fit together like a puzzle 75 00:03:17,909 --> 00:03:20,169 to make the perfect monogram key fob.