Yesterday, I posted my “Christmas 2007″ scrapbook page, and today, I’m sharing the pattern for any interested Cricut/Sure-Cuts-A-Lot users.  This pattern is much easier to do on the Cricut Expression, but it can probably be adapted for the smaller format devices if desired.

Here is the what I intended the pattern to look like:

composite

If you compare it to the final assembled version, you’ll notice that I ended up placing the strips a little closer together.  To make up for that, I added a white strip of “snow” to the bottom of the page.

Also, if you plan to make this page, be aware that the pattern does not include the blue strip at the very top, either.  This is because you can’t cut a 12″ x 1″ strip very easily on the Expression (at least, not without wasting a lot of paper).  I cut this strip by hand and added it separately.

Here are the files you need to cut this pattern:

  • blue.svg  Once you import it into Sure-Cuts-A-lot, set the size to 10.5″ x 10.1″ to cut the strips at full size.
  • brown.svg  Set the size to 1.6″ x 1.55.”
  • green.svg  For some reason I don’t fully understand, this file retained the 12″ x 12″ outline of the original page, so set the size to 12″ x 12″ and align it so that it cuts inside the safe area of the mat.
  • green2.svg  Set this one to 12″ x 12″ also.
  • yellow.svg Set this one to 1.6″ by 1.6″ to make it the size that appears in the composite pattern above.  Alternately, you can use one of the built-in shapes from Sure-Cuts-A-Lot to get the same effect, which is what I did ultimately.

I used very simple, primary colors for this page, but I think that it would also look really good if cut using certain patterned papers.  If you decide to make this yourself, I’d love to see the results!

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