How to Make 3 Little Cricut Joy Projects

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Cricut. All opinions are 100% mine.

Introducing the new Cricut Joy with 3 simple project ideas you can complete in 15 minutes or less! Complete step by step tutorials below!

How to Make 3 Little Cricut Joy Projects, a Cricut tutorial featured by top US craft blog, The Crafty Blog Stalker.

Have you seen the new Cricut Joy? It really is a LITTLE bundle of Joy and it can do so much!

When I received my Cricut Joy I was so excited that I opened it up and began making cute little things!

Since this machine is so small, there is no excuse to not get crafty. No craft room required! Plug it and place on your living room coffee table or bedside table and get cutting!

You can also cut without a mat and up to 20 feet long with a repeatable pattern! How cool is that?

Below are some of the first 3 projects I made with my Cricut Joy, and you can easily make them too!

Supplies Used to Make What’s Shakin’? Salt and Pepper Shakers

Items linked below may go to similar items when exact items couldn’t be found online. Links are affiliate so when you purchase, I will get a small kickback to help fund the next tutorial!

Cricut Joy
What’s Shakin’? Cricut Design Space Project
Smart Vinyl
Transfer Tape
Weeding Tool
Salt and Pepper Shaker Caddy

How to Make What’s Shakin’? Salt and Pepper Shakers

Open the “What’s Shakin’?” Canvas in Cricut Design Space.

This design is sized to fit my Salt and Pepper Shaker Caddy so you may want to adjust the sizing. Click on “Customize” to change the sizing or click on “Make It” to cut as is.

Follow the prompts in Cricut Design Space and load the Smart Vinyl into the machine. No mat needed, how cool is that!?

Once cut, unload the vinyl in Cricut Design Space. There are no buttons on this machine so everything is done through the app.

Weed the design with a weeding tool.

Transfer the vinyl design to the salt and pepper shakers using Transfer Taper.

Apply the Transfer Tape over the top of the vinyl to lift it off the backing sheet.

Apply the design to the caddy and press into place with the scraper tool. Lift up the Transfer Taper and make sure this time that the vinyl design sticks to the project.

Repeat the process above with the Transfer Tape to apply the vinyl to the salt and pepper shakers.

First project done! Wasn’t that easy, and super quick too!

Supplies Used to Make Thank You Floral Card

How to Make a Thank You Floral Card

Open the “Thank You Floral Card” Canvas in Cricut Design Space.

Click on “Make It” to send the design to your Cricut Joy, and follow the prompts. First, it says to load the pen into the clamp because it will draw before it cuts.

Slide the blank card into the card mat with the bottom flap of the card going behind the clear part of the mat. The mat provides a guide of where to place the card on the mat depending on it’s size.

Follow the prompts to load the mat and begin drawing the design.

The Cricut Design Space App will tell you when it has finished drawing and to replace the pen with the cutting blade.

Remove the card from the mat and use a weeding tool to get out any of the cut pieces that didn’t fall out on their own.

Slide an insert into the card from the inside so the corners are sticking out through the front.

And you are finished! Another easy and super cute project!

Supplies Used to Make Kitchen Tea Towels

Cricut Joy
Kitchen Tea Towels Cricut Design Space Project
Smart Iron-On Holographic Dahlia
Weeding Tool
EasyPress 2 6″ x 7″
Tea Towels

How to Make Kitchen Tea Towels

Open the “Kitchen Tea Towels” Canvas in Cricut Design Space.

This design is sized so each statement is 4.5″ wide, the same width that can be cut with the Cricut Joy.

Click on “Customize” to change the sizing or click on “Make It” to cut as is.

Since we are using iron-on, make sure to mirror the cut.

Follow the prompts in Cricut Design Space and load the Smart Iron-on into the machine with the shiny side down.

Once cut, weed the iron-on using a weeding tool.

Preheat the EasyPress 2 to 315 degrees with a timer of 30 seconds.

All fabrics and iron-on materials have different settings so if you are using something different then I am, you can go to the Cricut EasyPress Heating Guide to see if your settings should be different.

Preheat the towel for 5 seconds, then lay the iron-on design onto the towel and apply the heat.