3 Last Minute Gifts with a Cricut Joy

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Can I confess something to you? I am terrible with dates. It doesn’t matter how many phone reminders, planners, or post-its I have. I sometimes completely forget. So today, I’m going to show you how to make 3 last-minute gifts with the Cricut Joy!

So if you’re like me and sometimes get blindsided by a birthday or a special occasion, you can easily throw something together with no problem.

3 Last Minute Gifts with a Cricut Joy - ideas on how you can make a cute gift set in under 20 minutes with a Cricut Joy! Perfect for Cricut beginners.

YOU WILL NEED:

  • Cricut Joy
  • Access to Cricut Design Space
  • Light weight mat for Cricut Joy
  • Card Mat for Cricut Joy
  • Cricut Joy Insert Cards (The Princess Sampler is the one I used)
  • Cricut Joy™ Adhesive-Backed Deluxe Paper (I used  Anna Griffin® Rose)
  • Cricut Joy™ Smart Iron-On™ Patterned, (I used Natalie Malan Sunset Blossom)
  • Weeding Tools
  • Cricut EasyPress Mini
  • EasyPress Mat
  • Blank for Iron on Vinyl (I used a hat)
Picture of materials listed. 3 Last Minute Gifts with a Cricut Joy - ideas on how you can make a cute gift set in under 20 minutes with a Cricut Joy! Perfect for Cricut beginners.

3 Last Minute Gifts with a Cricut Joy

Gift 1 – a Beautiful Card

Card making materials.

One of the coolest things that the Joy does is make lovely cards quickly. All you need is the special card mat, card, and insert.

Card being cut out . 3 Last Minute Gifts with a Cricut Joy - ideas on how you can make a cute gift set in under 20 minutes with a Cricut Joy! Perfect for Cricut beginners.

Simply load the card onto the mat by sliding half of it under the clear part and pressing the front down onto the sticky top of the mat. There are no buttons on the Cricut Joy—Cricut Design Space controls everything. For the Cricut Joy, I just pull my phone out of my pocket and use the app.

Mat weeding the card.

Once I cut it, I just lift the card, and the mat handles most of the weeding! So if I’m really in a hurry, I don’t bother cleaning the mat, I just move onto the next step.

Completed Card. 3 Last Minute Gifts with a Cricut Joy - ideas on how you can make a cute gift set in under 20 minutes with a Cricut Joy! Perfect for Cricut beginners.

I place the insert into the corner slits behind the back of the card, and—BAM! Instant amazing Cricut Joy gifts card for whatever occasion I need.

Gift 2 – Planner Stickers

So I am making a birthday gift for my friend who is super organized (unlike yours truly) and loves to use her planner. So I thought it would be fun to make her a few planner stickers.

Paper being cut.

It’s really easy with the cute Adhesive Backed Deluxe Paper. I quickly found a few images I liked in Cricut Access and loaded the Deluxe Paper onto a Light Weight Mat.

Paper being weeded. 3 Last Minute Gifts with a Cricut Joy - ideas on how you can make a cute gift set in under 20 minutes with a Cricut Joy! Perfect for Cricut beginners.

Once it’s cut, the paper is so easy to weed that no special tools are needed—I just use my fingers.

More paper being cut.

Since it cut so fast, I decided to cut another sheet for her! You can never have too many Cricut Joy gifts.

Gift 3 – Iron on Vinyl Hat

Picture of smart vinyl. 3 Last Minute Gifts with a Cricut Joy - ideas on how you can make a cute gift set in under 20 minutes with a Cricut Joy! Perfect for Cricut beginners.

For the last quick gift, I am using some of the Cricut Smart Iron-On Vinyl. I love the cute patterns and colors it comes in! The best part about this vinyl? No mat is needed! Just load it and cut.

HTV being cut.

I always load it shiny side down and make sure I mirror the cute image I found in Cricut Access.

HTV being weeded. 3 Last Minute Gifts with a Cricut Joy - ideas on how you can make a cute gift set in under 20 minutes with a Cricut Joy! Perfect for Cricut beginners.

Then I carefully weed my image,

Vinyl on hat placement.

center it on the hat,

Vinyl getting ironed onto hat. 3 Last Minute Gifts with a Cricut Joy - ideas on how you can make a cute gift set in under 20 minutes with a Cricut Joy! Perfect for Cricut beginners.

and use my Mini EasyPress to iron it on.

All items completed - they look amazing.

And that’s it—in less than 20 minutes, I’ve made a cute little gift trio for my friend, and she’ll never know that I waited until the last minute to make it.

3 Last Minute Gifts with a Cricut Joy - ideas on how you can make a cute gift set in under 20 minutes with a Cricut Joy! Perfect for Cricut beginners.

All thanks to this small but mighty machine!

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Angel learned sewing and pattern drafting from her mother. Eventually her love for sewing and pattern design evolved into FleeceFun.com! She continues to learn to better hone her design and sewing skills. Angel has a bachelor’s degree in Film Studies from the University of Utah, with a professional background is in film, television, radio and ad production. Angel currently divides her time between her online sewing and crafting blog www.FleeceFun.com, her ecommerce stores, her two teen girls, two boys, husband and on very good days also manages to get the dishes done.

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