ECC Day 03 🌼 Add-a-Photo Bunny Frames

Welcome to Day 3 of the Easter Craft Countdown!

Today we’re making these adorable little Easter bunny shaped photo holders.

I’ll show you how to cut your photo so that it fits exactly into the middle of these little bunnies, and then we’ll use Cricut’s Print then Cut feature to add them in!

This project is part of 2023's Easter Craft Countdown.

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Materials supply list

Here is a list of the materials that I used to make this project.

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Cricut machine
Light blue Cricut cutting mat
Coloured Card (white, pale blue and pale pink)
Glossy photo paper
A colour printer
Collall All Purpose Glue
Needle Tip Applicator Bottle
3D foam pads

Rabbit frames

Video tutorial

Watch the video below to see how to make this project. Keep scrolling for a written tutorial.

Written tutorial (with photos!)

Here’s how to make your very own bunny photo holders using a Cricut machine!

Step 1) Download the cutting file(s) & unzip the downloaded folder

Purchase the Cutting File(s)

This cutting file is available as part of the
Easter Mega Bundle.

Find out more

Already purchased it? Check your invoice email for the link to download the files!.

Or, purchase this design individually from my SVG shop

Before you upload the SVGs to Design Space, you need to unzip the download folder that they come in.

Step 2) Upload the SVG files into Design Space

Open up Cricut Design Space and start a new Project.

Click “Upload” and then find your unzipped version of the downloaded files for this project.

Double-click into the “SVG Files” subfolder and then upload your chosen bunny design.

The steps in this tutorial work the same for both bunny designs.

Make sure you upload the files which start svg- in the filename!!

This is how it should look after you have uploaded the file:

The bright green shape in the middle of the frame is where we will be adding a photograph.

After uploading, the design will show in your “Recently Uploaded Images”.

Click on it and then press “Add to Canvas” to put it onto your Project.

Step 3) Resize the photo frame

Click the design on your canvas and use the width/height boxes near the top of the screen to make it the size that you want to cut it.

TIP: Make sure the padlock icon above the width/height boxes is CLOSED before you resize. If it appears “open”, click it with your mouse to close it.

I made mine 5 inches wide.

When you are done resizing, Ungroup the layers by clicking the design and then pressing “Ungroup” at the top of the layers panel.

Step 3) Add the photo

Go to”Upload” and add your photo. Choose “Complex” as the image type.

You don’t need to change anything on the next screen, just click “Apply & Continue”.

Choose “Print Then Cut Image” and then add the photo to your project.

If your photo loads in really big, resize it a bit smaller to make it easier to work with.

Drag the photo down in the layers panel so that it’s appearing on top of the green shape in the middle of the frame.

Move the photo over to the bunny and resize it until you are happy with how it looks in the shape.

Select your photo layer AND the green shape (press “Shift” on your keyboard to select multiple layers) and then press the “Slice” button at the bottom of the layers panel.

This will cut the green shape out of the photo.

You’ll be left with pieces which look like this:

Delete the green pieces and the “outside” part of the photo.

Drag the photo layer back down to above the base layer in the layers panel, then drag it back over to the bunny frame to double-check you are happy with how it’s looking.

The photo cuts out a little bit larger than the “gap” in the bunny shape, so that we have somewhere to put the glue when it comes to sticking it together.

Step 4) Cut out the layers

Save your project, then click “Make It” and follow the instructions on-screen to get everything cut out with your Cricut.

If you’re new to print then cut with a Cricut, check out this print then cut tutorial or watch the below video.

Note: Cricut are currently working on some changes to the print then cut feature, so your screen might look a little bit different to mine. The steps to print-then-cut remain the same, but instead of the black border around the photo, you might just see “corners”. These marks are how the Cricut sensors “read” the paper to know where to cut.