• Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Privacy And Disclosure Policy
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube

Fandom Family

Uniting Fandoms through Life, Crafts, and Adventures

  • Home
  • Meet The Geeks
  • Geek
  • Family
  • Crafts
  • Adventures
  • Personal

Geek Chore Board – How The Cricut Works

April 24, 2017 by Jessica Leave a Comment

This post may contain affiliate links. Read about it here.

This post may contain affiliate links. Read more about it here.

My husband Sean and I aren’t the cleanliest of people. Some may say it’s because we are both creative types, but really I think it’s just that we put other things like playing video games or spending time with our daughter above cleaning.

So by the time we do clean, it can get overwhelming with how much needs to be done!

To help us out to become a bit more organized and clean, I decide to make ourselves a chore board with a Geeky spin!

I decided to use HTML as my inspiration. When Sean saw it he laughed and thought it was pretty cool! I know this code would never work on a computer, but hopefully it helps to structure our lives a bit better!

Make your own geeky chore board using a Cricut!

 

To make this Geek Chore Board, I used my Cricut. And today I’m going to show you how the Cricut works so you can make your own Geek Chore Board!

To make this project you’ll need:

  • A whiteboard (17″x23″)
  • Cricut Adhesive Foil (or vinyl)
  • Cricut Machine (I use the Explore Air, the Explore Air 2 is the newest machine)
  • Cricut Cutting Mat (12″x24″)
  • Cricut Transfer Tape
  • Cricut Tool Set


The Cricut works by cutting different materials using a small sharp blade:

The blade is guided along the machine using a small computerized part attached to a rod. The rod also feeds the material (which is attached to a cutting mat) through the machine. You can see in the next image the different parts. The blade is in it’s inserted position ready to cut! Next to it you can see a spot to insert a pen or scoring device.

As the machine cuts, the cutting mat and material is fed through the back of the machine.

You might be wondering how the machine knows the type of material that it’s going to cut, especially when you don’t always want the blade to cut all the way through the material (like for vinyl). There is a dial on the machine with the most popular and commonly used materials that you set to get the right cut. There’s also a “custom” setting which, when chosen, gives you a list of a lot more materials you can cut, such as balsa wood, craft foam, and pleather! This is the setting you’ll choose in order to cut Adhesive Foil like I did.

Now that you know a bit more about how the machine works, let’s get started on the Geek Chore Board.

You’ll start by making your design in the Cricut Design Space. You can create your own design if you’d like to, but you can also find mine here.

Once you’re satisfied with your design, you’ll hit the green “go” button at the top of the page.

Since the design is larger than 12″x24″, the Design Space will rearrange your design to make it fit on the cutting mat, so you’ll have to rearrange them again once it’s cut out.

If you don’t have a 12″x24″ cutting mat, you can use a 12″x12″ mat. If you do that, the Design Space will accommodate by splitting the design elements in half.

Next, you’ll hit the green “go” button on the bottom right corner.

On this screen, you’ll choose which machine you want to connect to. With the Cricut Explore Air that I have, you can connect via Bluetooth or USB. You’ll then set the dial to “custom” which will bring a drop down box up for you to choose your material from. If you’re using regular vinyl though, you can just choose that setting on the dial.

Once you’ve set your material type, put your material on the cutting mat, making sure it’s straight and no bubbles. Next, press the “load” button on the machine. It’s the one with the arrows going both ways. After it’s loaded, wait for the Cricut “C” button to light up, press it, and your design will start cutting!

While your design cuts, you don’t have to touch the machine at all! It just goes on its own until it’s done with the cutting.

When it’s done, the load/unload button will start flashing. Press it and the cutting mat and material will come rolling back out of the machine.

Now that your design is finished cutting, remove the material from the mat.

What I did next was cut out each design element so I could puzzle it back together after removing the negative space of the material, this is called weeding. It can be tough to get the inner parts of the letters so the Cricut Tool Set is really helpful!

After weeding the whole thing you’ll grab your transfer tape and cut out the amount you need. Take off the paper backing and put the design side to the sticky side.

You’ll want to remove the paper backing from the design after this, being careful that the design stays stuck to the transfer tape. A trick I used to help it stay was to bend the paper back, almost “in half” as it helped to release the Adhesive Foil from the paper backing.

Now all that’s left is to place your design on the whiteboard using the transfer tape! The clear transfer tape helps you to be able to place it in the correct position. Once you’ve got it right, peel the transfer tape off and your design should stick to the white board!

Now you have your own Geek Chore Board as well know more about how the Cricut works!

What do you like to make with your Cricut? Or if you don’t have one, what would you make if you had one? Let me know in the comments!

 

 

 

Filed Under: Crafts, Tutorials

The Best Order To Watch The Marvel Cinematic Universe
Mickey Mouse Birthday Invites

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

twomarriedgeeks

Hi I'm Jessica! I'm a mother, wife, gamer, cosplayer, and all around fangirl. I love being a Geek Mom because I get to share many worlds with my daughter. Check out my about page to learn more about us!

Keep up with the geeks!

Check out these great partners!

Cricut is Easy as 123

USFamilyGuide.com

fandomfamilylife

Jessica Dalton
Went to see @screammovies at the Fan Event today! Went to see @screammovies at the Fan Event today! Loved the movie and the little extras at the beginning. Found the 3D to be a bit pointless though. If it hadn’t of been for the fan event being in just 3D, I would have bothered with it. 

So glad the next one has already been green lit! 

#scream6 #screamvi #doyoulikescarymovies #finalgirl #ghostface #horrorfan #horrormovie #scarymoviefan #slasherfilm
Block you shenanigans Block you shenanigans
Wow it’s been a hot minute! Dealt with some heal Wow it’s been a hot minute! Dealt with some health troubles for most of January but I’m finally doing much better and today we got to go see Bluey’s Big Play, which was one of our Christmas presents. 

The play was so much fun and made us all laugh (and some of us cry), plus aren’t these outfits the cutest? @taylorjoelledesigns legit makes the best outfits! 

Tip if you go see the show, get there early to get pictures and merch, the lines after are especially crazy long and were glad to have missed that! 

#blueysbigplay #bluey #heelerfamily #blueyandbingo #familyouting #familyoutting #geekfamily #momoftwo #momoftwogirls #myblueyandbingo #blueyheeler #bingoheeler #chiliandbandit
SCREAM turns 26 today! I wish I could have seen it SCREAM turns 26 today! I wish I could have seen it in theaters during its original run (but I was real young and a scaredy cat) but I’m glad I’ve gotten to see it and the sequel for special re releases in the last year! 

What’s your favorite scary movie? And if it’s @screammovies like me (or you do just like SCREAM in general) who is your favorite character? Mine is Deputy Dewey 🥰 

#scream26thanniversary #screamanniversary #screammovie #ghostface #scarymoviesandchill #scarymovieseveryday #horrorfan #horrorfreak #horrormom #finalgirl #screamfan #ghostfacefans🔪👻🔪 #hellosidney #deputydewey
Missing the not so cold weather today and not feel Missing the not so cold weather today and not feeling so great, so here’s a photo from a few months ago of me as a hobbit ❤️ 

Outfit: all from @heruniverse 

#thehobbit #hobbitcore #hobbitcosplay #hobbitaesthetic #heruniverse #hucommunity #geekfashion #geekmom #lotr #ringsofpower #lordoftherings #geekyfashion #fashionablygeek #nerdlife #geeklife #hobbitlife #tolkienfan
Our other Halloween kid is sick with a bad cough. Our other Halloween kid is sick with a bad cough. When the realization hit that she wasn’t going to be doing trick or treating, she was so heartbroken (both me and her cried a lot) It took some coaxing to get her to wear her costume for just a moment, so here is sad ghost face Marcie 💔😭❤️ (thankfully she perked up after watching some Bebefinn, and telling me whenever we had a trick or treater. And daddy and sister got her candy bag full and she was so grateful!)
Our little black cat prowling before school today Our little black cat prowling before school today ❤️ she had lost her tail but upon seeing how she looked, she was pleased and said “I don’t need a tail! I look good!” ❤️ during the Halloween parade she gave me a meow hello!
I know Halloween is tomorrow but I wanted to share I know Halloween is tomorrow but I wanted to share this pic of @collecsean and I from an awesome Halloween party we went to a couple weeks ago! I am glad my person is as weird as I am! 

#couplegoals #ghostface #cuteghostface #deathstranding #halloweenparty #halloweenfun #funparties #geekcouple #geekparents #halloweeniseveryday #halloweenisalifestyle
I’m a few days late as I was too busy partying w I’m a few days late as I was too busy partying with Gandalf, but last week was National Hobbit Day! Tolkien’s works mean so much to me and literally changed the course of my life in junior high when I read the books and watched the films. (Though…I still haven’t actually read the Hobbit book…even though I own multiple copies! 🙈 including this cute bound pocket edition. 

What’s your favorite Tolkien work? Two Towers was always my favorite! I’m also enjoying the supplemental creations like Rings of Power! 

Outfit details: Top and Vest from @heruniverse ❤️ 

#heruniverse #lordoftherings #thehobbit #nationalhobbitday #tolkien #imahobbit #elevensies #secondbreakfast #secondbreakfastclub #geekfashion #plussizefashion #fangirl #fangirlfashion #hobbit #hobbitday #geekmom #plussizegeek
Happy Daughter’s Day to my second born. Marcel Happy Daughter’s Day to my second born. 

Marceline, you are so ready to be independent and I love watching your brain work to figure things out. You are thoughtful and loving. You are feisty and steadfast. You know what you want and I love that. I have loved spending time with you and seeing the world through your eyes. I love when you see something and immediately say “mommy look at that!” in your excited voice. I love that you love creepy things (even though you’ll get scared at random kids shows that aren’t meant to be scary) and that you love to be like your sister. ❤️ 

(This cute droid was at Fanx and danced and played with her) 

#nationaldaughtersday #mydaughter #mysecondborn
Follow on Instagram
  • Meet The Geeks
  • Blog
  • Privacy And Disclosure Policy
  • Contact

Keep up to date with the Geeks

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Copyright © 2023 · Hello Sweets by Hello You Designs

Copyright © 2023 · Hello Sweets Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.OkPrivacy policy