Easy 2024 Dollar Tree Valentine DIY Towels (Cricut)

Hey guys, it's Jen from I Create Crafts. In today's video, I'll be showing you how to create these cute Valentine's Day towels. I use Dollar Tree towels and some white flower sacks. These are so easy and very inexpensive to create, so let's get started. So, I found these files on Design Bundles. I'll leave the links below in case you're interested, but I have to say these gnomes are so stinking cute. They will be a bit more work with doing cute. They will be a bit more work with doing the HTV in the multiple colors, but they're so stinking cute, I can't help but want to do it. So, the only thing I need to do is change the size of these files and maybe the color a little bit. So, I'll tell you one thing, for this guy here, the gnomes, I'm actually going to show you really quick, I'm going to shrink my screen. I actually took the time and I How do I explain it? I put all the colors together. So, I'm going to make my screen bigger and show you guys what I mean. So, I took it and I can do a video on this if anybody's interested, but I just didn't want to waste anybody's time if you know how to do it. But, I just basically took all the red colors and attached them, all the pink colors and attached them, all the white, all the little hand colors, um all the gray, and I attached everything together that when I cut it out on HTV, I don't have to take each individual piece and put it together. So, it's going to make it so much easier for me when I cut it out and I put it onto my towels, but I just wanted to be honest with you and tell you that's what I did, so it's going to be a little bit easier for me. So, for this part, this one I'm not going to resize. I'm actually going to resize the one that I worked with down here, but also I just want to resize this one. Quarantine Valentine Vibes. Sorry guys, we're still in quarantine, but Valentine's Day is coming up, so let's have a little bit of fun. So, the towels that I'm using, I'm using um tea towels or flour sack towels as they're called from Walmart. And then I also have Dollar Store kitchen hand towels that I'm going to be using that are red. So, I know I'm going to be making a few of these, so the first thing I'm going to do actually is make a duplicate of this one. So, I'm going to go up here and push duplicate. And I did that because I want to have one white and I want to have one red because my tea towels or my flour sack towels are white and I'll do a red one on there. And then for the red towel, I want to do one white. So, with this one selected, I'm going to go up to the color box and change it to white so that I can have two separate ones. So, the other thing I want to do is figure out the size. So, I took the time and actually unfolded the flour sack one and I ironed it really well and I made it look really neat cuz I'm going to be selling these. You don't have to do that if you don't want to, but I just took the time and did it and I figured out the size. So, the size is going to be about a 4x4 for both of my towels. So, with one selected, I'm going to go up to the unlock box and I'm going to change it to be 4x4. Whoops, and it did not want to change on me. Four. So, that's the size that it's going to be. So, I'm going to do the same thing with this one, click the unlock box and then change it 4x4. And by all means, yours might not be the same as mine, so make sure that you take the time and measure. I take the easy route and I just take one of my mats and kind of hold it up to the towel and see what size I can get out of it. So, I'm going to do the same for this. I'm going to select the whole thing and I'm going to change it up here to 4 by 4 and we'll see maybe it'll be too small. Not sure why it keeps doing that. With it being a little bit smaller here, the roses chocolate candy open daily, I think maybe I'm just going to stretch it a little bit. So, since this is all one piece, I'm just going to take this double arrow and stretch it just a little bit. Maybe it'll help it for when I cut it out be a little bit um easier to read. But again, I'm just going to do it just a little bit more. Seeing how far I can get out with it and then we'll have to get the little heart. So, I'm going to actually find the heart here on the side. I'm going to look for one of the hearts here. Let's see. This one here and then just move Oops, now I missed it again. Let's just do this. So, I'm going to take him and just stretch the heart out just a little bit more to make it touch like it was before. So, you don't have to do this is if yours isn't the same size as mine, but I just thought it would make it a little bit easier to read and a little bit easier to cut out um with it. So, this one is finished. These two are finished. And like I said, I took the time and I selected all these together. So, I'm going to make my screen a little bit smaller so we can see this one. And then I'm going to take this one actually and resize this one. So, this one's going to be the 4 by 4. I don't know why it keeps doing that. There we go. So, I'm actually going to delete this one cuz that was the original one I had. I'll bring my screen back up to size and I'll show you guys what it looks like. So, it looks a little bit different than the one we were just looking at because the pieces are behind each other. So, there's many different pieces here as you can see, but is this is what I'm talking about is I took the time and I put all of the colors together and I can move it now because I already have it the size that I wanted it. So, all the whites together, all the grays together, all the pink. So, when it cuts out, instead of it being cutting out little hearts, little pieces here and there, it's going to cut it all out as one whole piece. So, when I go to put it on my towel, it's going to be much easier rather than me trying to figure out um where to place each piece. So, this that is totally up to you guys if you want to do that. Like I said, I'll do a video on it if you're interested in seeing how I did that. Basically, I just clicked on it, held my command button down, and then I clicked on each color that I wanted to keep. So, you just have to watch how you put this on together. Um but it'll cut out just like this. So, I'm going to cut this out as it looks. I'm going to show you what it looks like. So, I'm going to click make it. And it's going to bring up all of my stuff. Whoops, somewhere I didn't attach. I have to find this one cuz I don't like it when it does it different. I like it when it's all connected together. So, let's look. Here, I made a mistake, too. So, we're going to go back. And by mistake, I mean I like it when it's all connected to each other and I don't have to worry about figuring out what how these words go together or what it's supposed to say. So, I'm going to go ahead and cancel that. And I'm going to go and find it. So, I think it might have been this one. Loads of love. You can see it's not attached down here. So, it will cut out like the way we just saw. And I'm thinking this one did it, too. So, I'm going to go ahead and click attach. And then knowing that I just duplicated this one, I'm going to attach that, too. So, that should fix the problem. So, we'll see. So, I'm going to click make it and we'll see if that helped. So, here these two pieces in white. Here's the gray part. Oh, that's much better. So, if you guys see what I mean, it's all one piece and you can see what it says, too. So, I'm going to just go down and check these. Yep, that's perfect. I got one little heart all by itself. And then I got all the hands and everything there. And there's part of the hat. And there's the cute little feet in the red hat. So, everything is perfect the exact way I want it. And now that I'm going to be using HTV heat transfer vinyl, the thing you please, please, please remember, I cannot stress enough, is to mirror your image. So, I'm going to go through each one of these and just click mirror so that I don't forget later on when I'm doing this. I've made the mistake way too many times and cut out way too many things and forgot to mirror it and then I'm like, "Shoot, I got to start all over again." So, I've wasted a lot of HTV that way. So, if you're using heat transfer vinyl, please make sure that you mirror it. And I'm going to move this over a little bit. I just try to allow myself a little bit of room with my scissors to get into each piece, but I think all these other ones are are okay with each other. So, the next part you're going to want to do is um I'm going to click continue this. So, what I use for my uh base material is I use this uh iron-on heat transfer non-Cricut. If you guys are subscribers of mine, you know I don't really use a lot of name brand um materials. So, I don't use a lot of Cricut. I buy whatever's on sale. So, I'm just going to go ahead and click this one. It's going to tell me I'm going to have to do a white, gray, black, red. Oh, boy, there's lots of them on here. But, I'm going to go ahead and cut this out. I'll weed it out and then I'll show you the next step of putting it all together and showing you how to put it onto your towels. And I'm also going to use my heat press for it. By all means, you could use a uh Cricut Easy Press or an iron, but I upgraded to my heat press and I'm never going back. So, um stay tuned, guys. I'm going to finish this up and then I'll show you the next step. So, I'm taking Dollar Tree um towels. This is just a regular Dollar Tree towel. It says polyester and it's red. And then here is the cutout of the gnomes. I love this. I think it turned out so cute. Let's see if I can find the other one really quick. Here's this one that I did. Um it turned out so stinking cute. I absolutely love it, but there was a lot of layers to this. So, you can skip this one if you want or you can do it, but I figured I'd show you guys the whole thing. So, I put this together how it looks and I'm just going to start from backwards. I mean, there's many layers like I said. Um I put them together so each layer each color would be a layer. So, here's like the white for the or the cream for the noses and then I have the white for their beards, their pink for the hearts, the red for the feet. So, there's a bunch of uh layers on here. So, I'm just going to take it and go backwards and start my way that way. So, um I'm going to I have my heat press at at 315 for 30 degrees. Um by all means you guys don't have to use a heat press, but if you know my channel, you know I love my heat press and I always talk about it. So, if you have an iron, you can use an iron that way or a Cricut Easy Press. Um but I have the heat press. So, I have it laid down and I'm just going to hold it down for a couple seconds um just to get it nice and warm, kind of preheat it to make my uh decal stick to it. So, just nice and preheated heated. Now, I'm going to take my um decal and I'm going to work backwards. So, we're going to peel the back one off cuz I already put it all together. And the first one is just red hat and then his feet. Unfortunately, this is the second time I cut this out. So, it's going to be red on red, but what are you going to do? So, I have it on here. I'm just measuring to make sure it's in the middle and everything. Then you want to take your parchment paper or your protective covering, whatever you might have, put it on top of there and then press it for the 30 seconds. Oh boy, again, I love you guys. I hope you guys stick through this video because this is the second time I am doing this, but I'm always honest with you guys and I'm always truthful and um I wanted to give you guys a good video. Instead of voicing over it, I wanted to give you a good video. So, as we wait for this, I can just show you this quick again. So, this one was quarantine Valentine uh vibes. I thought that was pretty cute and kind of funny and I love the red with the white. So, this is going to be finished in 1 second. Pull it up. Pull your paper away and then carefully pull back your covering and this is the uh glitter um HTV. I don't know if it shows up too well in here, but I love it. So, that's just one part. We'll have a lot more parts to go on this. Again, I'm going to be working backwards from the way that I have this. So, I'm trying to hold everything together. So, here's the front. I'm just going to take from the back piece again and it's another glitter piece. So, this piece I'm going to be matching up with the feet. So, take your time with this, match it up correctly and go from there, but I'm just going to take my timer a quick and find where it goes. It is kind of more difficult because I am using the glitter and the red on red, unfortunately, but we're going to do our best here. So, I'm just looking to make sure I got it on there. And then again, just take your protective covering or your parchment paper, whatever you may have. This is a little bit harder because I I turned my um pressure on a little bit higher, so I'm I'm really have to push on this hard. Again, rather than holding an iron down on this or an easy press, I love this machine. I will leave the link below. I think the price went up a little bit from when I bought it. I think it was like $175. Now it went up to $199. I just looked yesterday. Um so, if you're interested in getting one, I'll leave the link below. It's definitely a great investment. So, this one is finished. Just going to pull it up. And I'm sorry this is a little repetitive. Um normally I don't do more than one or two colors, but this is going to be a multicolored one. So, stick with me, guys. Give me a thumbs up if you like this video. I'm working really hard on this, and this is my second time doing it. So, here you go. You got the two hats here. You have the feet on the bottom, the legs here. Again, unfortunately, it's red on red, but I wanted to show you guys how to do it. So, again, going back, I'm working backwards, so it looks like next is going to be the beards, if I'm not mistaken. So, I'm just pulling it from the back. Trying to find the one. Yep. The beard will be next. So, then the fun part, matching it up where you put the last one. And again, I'm sorry it is red on red. I'll do my best to show you guys, but I'm just matching it up here in between the feet with the beard up on top to get the correct distance with the beards. And then, once you have it where you want it, again, lay your paper down, and then press it. I'll fast forward this part. You don't have to sit here with me for 30 seconds waiting, but I will be here if you need anything. Okay, we are finished. I'm going to pull it up. I promise you this is not this difficult. It's just the multi layers on here that I chose to do this one, but I thought how cute and beautiful for Valentine's Day than some gnomes. Oh my gosh. Guys, I wish you could see this. I really do love the glitter HTV, and then it has little hearts on here. Unfortunately, I'm going to lose this. I didn't realize it when I put it on. I need to put another hat on here. So, I screwed up on there. But again, like I said, I'm always honest with you. So, um I got to finish that part. So, the next part is going to be um some hearts here and then also another pair of shoes. So, if you can see that. So, I'm just going to put that on. I'm just layering and layering and layering. And this one has the extra pair of shoes. So, I'm trying to see where the shoes should go on here. And then again, your paper. And press it. These other ones are so much more simple to make. It's just the one color, one thing on it. So, it's just one time thing. But I wanted to show you the step-by-step in case you're interested in learning how to do multi-layers. I do have this other one that I'm going to do as well. Um maybe I'll just put this one on a white towel. Like this. I bought these terry towels or I think they're called flower towels from Walmart. Um maybe I'll find another one. I'll press it. I'll make it nice and neat and then do uh another gnome one on here instead of the red one. So, it is done. Ah, a little too much pressure on here maybe. And sorry about my cat in the background. So, I'm just pulling this off. And with the next layer. Which uh-oh, I misplaced it. Is this the last heart here. So, I'm just going to put this one heart on here because after everything is finished, they're all going to be holding the hearts. So, bear with me guys. I promise I'm almost done. I'm going to press this for another 30 seconds and then I'll be right back. Okay, this part's done. This is is I'm saying the heat press is so easy. I'm not wasting my time. I'm not holding it down. I'm not guessing the time. You just push it down and let it do its thing. So, I did the last heart. So, the last part is actually the hands going on now. So, this is where I said it comes in handy when you just take all the colors and put it together. So, here are their noses and then here are their little hands where are going to be holding the hearts itself. So, I'm just trying to match it up here. Here, I'll show you guys what it looks like. So, it's just like that. So, their hands are holding the heart. So, my gosh, this is so cute. I am glad I used that red HTV. I really love how that turned out. So, last time, put it over and that's it. So, I'm going to let this go again for 30 seconds. I'm sorry guys for the repetition on this, but I really wanted to be honest with you. I've been getting a lot of good feedback how people love how I take the time and I show you things step-by-step. So, I appreciate those comments. Please have them coming. I really do love reading I love it when I see thumbs up. I love it when people share this because I do put a lot of thought, time, and heart into all of my videos. I do them all myself and I just love getting comments. So, if you guys would, leave a comment below. So, that is it. This was the last part that you had to do. So, I'm just going to peel back carefully. Oh my gosh, guys, I wish you could really see this in person because it is cute. Look at that. I love the glitter HTV on their hat, which is amazing. I love how that looks and I don't know if it shows up really well here. Maybe you can see it now. Their little hands are Oh, still hot. Their little hands are holding the hearts and they have hats and they have little feet here with little legs. I absolutely love how it looks. So, this one is finished. I promise that was the hard one. So, the other one that I I out, actually I cut it out too big. This was the second time I cut it and the first time I did it came out pretty small. So, I'm like, I need to make it a little bit bigger. So, I made it bigger and now it's too big for my towel. So, I'm going to put it on here if you guys can see this. This was this the special delivery one with the truck on the bottom with the glitter HTV. So, I'm actually going to press this really quick. It is also polyester. It is an oven mitt. Um on my last video, I showed you guys how to do these, but I'm just going to do this one really quick and I figured I'd show you um cuz this is the one I just cut out, but I'm just going to layer it again on here. Uh put it wherever you like. But, make sure it's on even. And then just do the same thing. I'm still at polyester, so I have it set at 315 at 30°. And I'll do that piece first and then I'll go back and do the second one, which is this one, the special delivery. Loads of love. So, I thought that was really cute. I do have the heart to go in between here. So, again, sorry for the long video, but I want to be honest with you guys and I want to show you step-by-step how things are done. So, I'm going to wait 8 seconds for this to be done and I'll be right back. All right. So, now it's done. I'm going to pull this away. I'm going to peel this back slowly. Oh my gosh, I love this glitter HTV. Look at that. Isn't it amazing? It is a little hard to see cuz it's on red. I know, I know. Please don't leave that feedback cuz I already know it's there and it's hard to read, but I'm not going to waste it. So, I'm just going to finish it up and then put this one on the top. Center it again. And then press it. But again, this is all you have to do for each one of your things that you're doing. You can do it on any towel, you can do it on like a blanket, you could put it on a pillowcase, whatever you want. But, this is just the easy way to do it and I love how these turned out. So, I'm going to finish this up really quick. I just have a few more towels to do and then I'll show you what they all look like after I'm finished, but please leave me a thumbs up and hit that subscribe button if you like this video. I'm sorry it's a little bit longer than my usual ones, but I'm always honest with you and I wanted to show you everything step-by-step. So, stay tuned to see what they look like in the end. I love how these towels turned out and I hope you enjoyed this video as I put a lot of thought and time into it and I hope you learned something from it. Please leave me a thumbs up, hit that subscribe button if you haven't already, and leave me a comment below. I love reading comments from my subscribers. Happy crafting everyone.