Cricut Holiday Door Hangers 12 Days of Christmas DAY NINE

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You can make your own door hangers!

I have wanted to make my own door hangers for a long time and I finally did it! YAY!  This 12 Days of Christmas has been good for me.  Last night the kids, DH and I all played several rounds of the Bingo game I made.  They loved it!  I walk past my vinyl angel decor and feel pleased that it’s somewhere we can all enjoy it (on the way to the kitchen, LOL).  In the kitchen I have the advent calendar I made.  It’s sitting on the island.  Each day I notice that someone has moved the magnet to a new day.  That makes me so happy.

To create these door hangers I used the My Community Cricut cartridge.  You can also find door hangers in the Batman, Superman, Locker Talk and Sesame Street Elmo’s Party cartridges.  They aren’t all shaped like this one, but they are door hangers. 😉  I used multi-cut 2 AND the deep cut blade.  I’ve found that my Cricut prefers a fairly thin chipboard for cutting.  I suggest looking for chipboard that is the thickness of a cereal box (or using a cereal box). 🙂  Here are some projects where I’ve cut cereal boxes with my Cricut.

After I cut the chipboard door hanger centers, I switched to the regular blade and cut some paper by Bo Bunny to cover each side.  I cut the hangers and their covers at 8″.  I was able to get 3 hangers out of one sheet of 12 x 12 cardstock.

I used my ATG (adhesive tape gun) to glue everything together.  If you don’t lay your paper down just right and you’re a little off you can do what I did and sand the edges down a bit.  I then went over the edges with some chalk.  Problem solved!  Hey, it happens to everyone. 😉

I love to use reversible paper.  It’s such a nifty little trick to be able to flip paper over and know the other side will match.  Easy as pie…not homemade pie from scratch, but store bought pie.  Here I’ve also laid a little piece of red scrap paper behind an area I punched out using a Martha Stewart snowflake punch.  That allowed the negative space to show as a snowflake.

I used the Winter Frolic Cricut cartridge to decorate my door hangers.  Here’s Santa being assembled.  I had to recut one of the red pieces because my Cricut freaked out and made a weird cut.

Winter Frolic is a pretty cartridge, but there are a lot of pieces to many of the cuts.  I find it easier to use vinyl with this cart, but I heart vinyl so that shouldn’t really surprise anyone. 😉  I actually used vinyl on the bird hat and the ribbon over the birdhouse.  I even used Stickles on the vinyl ribbon!  The paper the birds are cut out of is paper I created using my Cricut Imagine.  It’s leftover from this project.

Need vinyl?  I like to buy mine from Expressions Vinyl.

Here are the cartridges, Stickles and Cats Eye Colorbox chalk I used.  I love that Winter Frolic cartridge!

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168 Comments

  2. I’ve always liked door hangers but never thought to make them myself. Thanks to your great instructions I’m going to make some for gifts.

  3. This is wonderful! I love it! Think I will make a couple of these for my teachers ans one vEry special one for my beautiful niece. Thank you again for such great ideas. Like always you ROCK!

  4. I love the door hangers. I need to make one of those for my husbands office door when he needs quiet time to do his paper work. Great Idea.

  6. So cute, I didn’t realize that there was a door hanger on some of the cartridges, I guess I need to choose one to buy since I don’t have one yet. Thanks for sharing your creativity.

  13. I just looked at the door hanger on locker talk Tuesday. Now I know what to do. I just need more craft time! Your ideas are AWESOME!

  15. Way too cute. I love it when I have some of the same supplies you do.. like the My Community cart AND BECAUSE OF YOU I’VE BEEN SAVING MY CEREAL BOXES.
    Yep!
    Also I like that you take a picture of what you used.It can be time consuming listing every single product that one uses for a project.
    I’m surprised Zippy didn’t stick his head thru the hole!
    Also thank you for leaving links to where you buy your products and great deals.

  18. These are great….love all the stickles…and that lil bird house is sooo sweet! I should have started Christmas crafts back in July!! TFS!

  19. I need to learn how to love stickles. I like it on other people’s projects but not on mine! You inspire me to keep trying

  20. I love to make door hangers. I used my gypsy to tweak the size of the hole because with the Batman cartridge they didn’t seem to fit over the door knob. You hangers are beautiful and give me some motivation to work on christmas ones!!!

  23. That is really cute. Was thinking of using door hangers with my clip it up to divide embellishments so it is easier to locate.
    Now that I see I will create.

  24. I better start eating more cereal! I think making these for the teachers doors would be nice. Thanks Joy! So do Zippy and the Cricut get along? It looks like they have become pretty friendly!

    You know… ZIppy could use a little sweater…

  29. I love these door hangers…I’m sad that the 12 days of christmas ideas are almost up. thanks joy

  30. Looks like you and Zippy had some fun making these cute hangers. I like how you used the punch and negative space. Thank You for sharing your craft today and for chances to win such great prizes.
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  31. I love them! I will have to make some for my boys. They love decorating! Thanks again for the great ideas!

    Holly

  32. I love your door hangers. I’m wondering if I could create a door hanger shape using my Gypsy? I don’t have any of those cartridges. Hmm……

    Thanks for the giveaway! I really want a Scotch ATG gun, so that would definitely give me the nudge I need to get it!

  35. I just love when your able to make quantity at one time.

    Super idea!

    TFS

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  36. Santa Baby leave a Custom Crop gift certificate under the tree for me. I’ve been a really good girl, Santa Baby, just wrap it and put it under the tree.
    Cute door knob sign’s Joy.

  38. You sure make me smile. 🙂 all your little side comments crack me up! I really love the door hangers. They are really cute. And I am thinking of some cute gift ideas right now. Thanks Joy for your creativity and making all of us smile. Have a great day!!

    Jess

  40. Super cute door hangers. I love it! Tell Zippy I said hi. He looks like he is having so much fun :0)

  42. Oh Joy! You never cease to amaze…Along with everything else I need to craft, you’ve got me looking through my cartridges for sweet little nuggets like your doorhangers! I am seriously loving your ideas!
    -tanya
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  43. Love those door hangers! Don’t have any of those cart’s though. Hmmmmm … might have to go cart. shopping! 😉

  44. I just knew you would come up with another great idea today. Thanks Joy. Super giveaway also!!!!!!!!

  46. This would be such a fun project to do with my girls! They LOVE door hangers! Especially ones that they can use against each other…..KEEP OUT (this means YOU!) or DO NOT DISTURB! LOL! Thanks Joy!

  48. What an simple, adorable way to decorate a door and cute too! Thank you for putting the links I had missed the bird frame and that and the vase is gorgeous.
    Cathy S

  50. Cereal boxes, Joy you are brilliant! This is a great idea…may have to make a shhh, baby sleeping one for my twins’ bedroom!

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