Canning Label Tutorial

 I plant a large garden every year and then every fall I do a lot of canning. As you remember I did a cute tutorial awhile back for a canning jar box and so I thought I would elaborate on the way I use my Cricut with my canning.  For everything I can, I made labels for the lids so I thought I would share how I do that.

First, I went and downloaded the Circle 1 Dingbats Font  (you could also use Circle 2 Dingats Font) and install it on my computer. 

I then open a new project on my Cricut and add a circle shape. 2.4 inches for wide mouth and 2 inches for regular mouth. I also like to turn the color to a light color so I can see my dingbat over top.

Then I add text and change my font to LW Circle 1 Dingbats. I selected the letter E for my dingbat

I then shrink my dingbat down to fit within my circle. This ended up being 1.845 x 1.868 on a regular mouth sized label. 

Then I change my Operation from basic cut to pen. I use the .4 mm fine point pen.

I then go in and add text as to what's in my jar. The top font is LW Thankful and the bottom is LW Longhand. 

Make sure to change your operation again to pen.

I will add the year as well. Once I have everything on my label and layed out how I want it, and everything except the circle (shown in pink) is changed to pen, I select the entire label, circle, words, dingbat, and on the bottom right, I click "attach".

This keeps everything in place on the label when cutting and drawing the label. 

At this point, you can select the label you have created and copy and paste it to make more of that same label. You can also copy and paste it and increase or decrease the size the make both regular mouth and wide mouth labels.

If you would rather have a cute label for the jar instead of the lid, the Label Shape Bundles 1-5 would make great jar labels (instead of using the circle). I also used the Mason Jar Dingbats on the label from the labels shape bundle below. 

This is what it looks like all drawn and cut and on my jars. 

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!