I wanted to share my latest little Cricut home project, its a quick and easy project that can be print and cut on a Cricut or indeed cut out by hand. All you need to make my Printable DIY Mini Bunting is a pair of scissors, printer, string and sticker paper and you have beautiful DIY Mini Bunting.
Today I am also going to share how to make your own bunting in Cricut Design Space, of course you are welcome to use my free DIY Mini Bunting Download. But this tutorial will take you through choosing your own colours and patterns for a totally bespoke design to match your party of home decor.
How To Make Printable DIY Mini Bunting In Cricut Design Space
What Can These Free Printable DIY Mini Bunting Flags Be Used For?
- Cake Bunting
- Cup Cakes
- Scrapbooking Layouts
- Craft Peg Boards
- Gin and Cocktail Bars
- Cards
- Wedding Invitations
- Dolls House Decor
You Will Need
- Printer
- Glossy sticker printer paper.
- Scissors
- String
( The following only if cutting and printing)
How To Design DIY Mini Bunting
Start for choosing a triangle in shapes, you will find this is the left hand bar. Click on the corner padlock of the triangle and unlock, this will enable you the drag the triangle a little longer, thus creating a bunting shaped flag.
Now duplicate the triangle and flip the duplicate image, now position together, right click and weld the images together.
To colour your flag click fill, choose print and pattern. You can now choose a fill pattern and duplicate your flag until you have 6 copies. Put 5 to one side and change the pattern on flag 6, duplicate and repeat until you have enough flags for your project.
To edit a chosen pattern click edit pattern on the bottom left corner of the pattern box. Here you can change, rotate and scale the pattern to fit your project.
Lastly arrange the flags together, click on attach on the bottom right corner and attach them to save space on the cutting mat. This enables you to control white space and wastage on the cutting mat.
However if you don’t want to make your own flags, simply scroll down to grab by template.
How To Get The Templates For My Free DIY Mini Bunting
Simply click here or the image below to get your free downloadable DIY Mini Bunting in png and pdf form.
However, make sure your pop-up blocker is turned off. Here’s how you upload the files to Cricut Design Space.
If You’re Having Problems?
Check out my trouble shooting page, hopefully it will answer any questions you may have.
What Comes In My DIY Mini Bunting Sticker Download?
2 sheets of pretty mini bunting flags PNG and PDF format.
How To Cut Out My DIY Mini Bunting Stickers?
Cut Out By Hand
Open the PDF file and send to the printer. Use a guillotine to cut each sticker out into squares, or free hand and cut around every sticker individually.
Or Alternatively Cut As A Print And Cut Project On Your Cricut Machine
To do this click new project and upload in the left hand bar at the bottom.
Click on upload image and select browse.
Choose your PNG files, there are 2 separate sheets, you will have to do one at a time.
Select complex file from the options, then continue.
Now choose print and cut and save to save your diy mini bunting to design space.
Choose your image and press insert, the image pulls in quite large, simple drag smaller on choose the image size 6.553 by 9.237 this was the largest I managed to get mine to fill more page. However you can go smaller if you want your stickers to be smaller.
You can now send your project to print, before cutting on your Cricut.
A Few Useful Tips And Hints For Using Cricut Print And Cut
- To save time calibrate your printer before using with you Cricut.
- Load your paper the correct way into the printer. Obvious I know, but I have made that mistake many times.
- When you cut these flag make sure you load them into your Cricut in the same direction as design space dictates or the cut will be wrong.
How To Construct Your DIY Mini Bunting
Simple fold each flag over the string leaving a tiny gap in between each flag to allow movement. Cut to the required length leaving enough string on each end to tie a knot to attach your bunting.
DIY Mini Bunting Printable Flags
Free Printable DIY Mini Bunting to print and cut or cut by hand, with step by step tutorial to make flags in Cricut Design Space.
Materials
- Glossy sticker printer paper.
- 10 sheets for £2.99
- Or 50 for £8.99
- String
Tools
- Printer
- Scissors
- ( The following only if cutting and printing)
- Cricut Maker
- Cutting Mat
Instructions
- How To Design DIY Mini Bunting
Start for choosing a triangle in shapes, you will find this is the left hand bar. Click on the corner padlock of the triangle and unlock, this will enable you the drag the triangle a little longer, thus creating a bunting shaped flag.
Now duplicate the triangle and flip the duplicate image, now position together, right click and weld the images together. 
To colour your flag click fill, choose print and pattern. You can now choose a fill pattern and duplicate your flag until you have 6 copies. Put 5 to one side and change the pattern on flag 6, duplicate and repeat until you have enough flags for your project.
To edit a chosen pattern click edit pattern on the bottom left corner of the pattern box. Here you can change, rotate and scale the pattern to fit your project. - Arrange the flags together, click on attach on the bottom right corner and attach them to save space on the cutting mat. This enables you to control white space and wastage on the cutting mat.
- How To Cut Out My DIY Mini Bunting Stickers?
Cut Out By Hand
Open the PDF file and send to the printer. Use a guillotine to cut each sticker out into squares, or free hand and cut around every sticker individually. Or Alternatively Cut As A Print And Cut Project On Your Cricut Machine
To do this click new project and upload in the left hand bar at the bottom.
Click on upload image and select browse.
Choose your PNG files, there are 2 separate sheets, you will have to do one at a time.
Select complex file from the options, then continue. - Now choose print and cut and save to save your diy mini bunting to design space. Choose your image and press insert, the image pulls in quite large, simple drag smaller on choose the image size 6.553 by 9.237 this was the largest I managed to get mine to fill more page. However you can go smaller if you want your stickers to be smaller.
- You can now send your project to print, before cutting on your Cricut.
A Few Useful Tips And Hints For Using Cricut Print And Cut. To save time calibrate your printer before using with you Cricut.
Load your paper the correct way into the printer. Obvious I know, but I have made that mistake many times.
When you cut these flag make sure you load them into your Cricut in the same direction as design space dictates or the cut will be wrong. - How To Construct Your DIY Mini Bunting
Simple fold each flag over the string leaving a tiny gap in between each flag to allow movement. Cut to the required length leaving enough string on each end to tie a knot to attach your bunting.
Notes
What Can These Free Printable DIY Mini Bunting Flags Be Used For?
Cake Bunting
Cup Cakes
Scrapbooking Layouts
Craft Peg Boards
Gin and Cocktail Bars
Cards
Wedding Invitations
Dolls House Decor
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