HCC 2022 Day 18 šŸŽƒ Add-a-Letter Layered Monogram

This lovely layered Cricut design can be personalised by adding your own letter or word to the middle.

I’ll show you how you can add any letter with a spooky Halloween font in Cricut Design Space.

This is great because it means you can customise it for whoever you want and make it completely unique to them.

This project was part of 2022's Halloween 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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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 Halloween monogram papercraft project using a Cricut machine!

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

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Before you upload the SVG to Design Space, you need to unzip the download folder that it comes in.

Step 2) Upload the SVG file 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.

Go into the “Cut Files” subfolder and then select the file called SVG_Halloween_DIY_Alphabet_CraftWithSarah.svg

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

All the layers should appear “on top of each other” as per the image above. If you see all the layers next to each other instead, that means you’ve accidentally uploaded the wrong file type. If that’s the case, click “Cancel” on the bottom-right of the screen and try again.

Make sure you upload the file which starts SVG_ in the filename!!

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.

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 cut my design at 7 inches wide. I don’t recommend going smaller than about 5 inches in width as some of the cuts will get a little bit too tiny and hard to stick.

Step 3) Add your custom letter or word

Go into “Text” and type out your letter. I am doing a “S” for “Sarah”.

Choose a spooky font. I’m using Dripping Zombies from Creative Fabrica.

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Use the fonts dropdown to change your letter to your chosen font.

Position the letter over the layered design and size it so that it’s just smaller than the dark green border in the middle of the design.

Click your letter and then press “Offset”.

Choose an Offset amount and press “Apply”. I chose 0.12.

Select the original text layer and the offset layer and resize them together so that the offest layer touches the darker green border in the layered design.

Click on the layered design and press “Ungroup” to separate out all of the layers.

Hide the original text layer by clicking the eye icon next to it in the layers panel.

Select the offset layer and the dark green border layer from the layered design.

Press “Weld” to join them together.

Design Space Weld Icon

If there are any small areas left in the layer that your Cricut would struggle to cut, use “Contour” to hide them.

The Contour window lets you click on parts of that layer to hide them.

Drag this layer down to underneath the original text layer in the layers panel.

Turn the original text layer back on by clicking the eye icon again.

Step 4) Cut out all the layers

When you’re happy with how the project looking in Design Space, save the project and then click “Make It” and follow the instructions on-screen to cut out all the layers.

To change the paper size, go into the dropdowns over on the left side of the screen and choose the paper size that you want to use. You need to change it for every single colour.

To save space on your cardstock, you can move things around by clicking and dragging. Make sure when you’re moving things about that nothing overlaps because otherwise, it won’t cut out properly.

TIP: New to cutting cardstock with a Cricut? Check out this in-depth tutorial which goes through every step of the process, including tips for getting the best quality cuts from your Cricut.

Step 5) Stick the project together

Use 3D foam pads and glue to stick the layers together.

Use this guide to see the order to stick the layers together in.

A high-quality, un-watermarked printable version of this assembly guide is included in the folder when you download the cut file.

My favourite glue to use on papercraft projects is Collall All Purpose Glue.

It’s SO good because it doesn’t “warp” or bend the cardstock like some glues do. You can use as much of it as you want and the card stays perfect – and it dries perfectly clear too!

To make it even easier to apply glue to layered card projects, I highly recommend getting some of these needle tip applicator bottles to put the glue into.

The nozzles are REALLY tiny which makes them perfect for putting glue in the pieces of cardstock that make up this design.

The foam pads that I use are from “Dot & Dab”, but any foam squares will work. If yours are big then you may need to cut them smaller with scissors to fit inside the edges of the layers.

When adding the foam pads to the larger layers, make sure you add some in the middle of the pieces of card so it give stability to the middles. If you don’t add any foam pads in the middles then it can “sag” under the weight of the other layers which doesn’t look as good.

Halloween monogram layered papercraft

After sticking all the pieces of card together, you’ll have a wonderful layered Halloween project all ready to be framed.

You could also put it on a greetings card or even stick it straight to the wall with some blu-tack or command strips, or prop it up on a shelf.

The below video has some tips on how to frame your craft project, including my Number One hack for making sure that your design will fit perfectly every time without wasting any of your craft materials.

Happy crafting,
Sarah x