 Hey guys, it's Jen from iCrateCrafts today I'm going to show you the easy way to make one of these a custom word search in design space I promise you this is the easiest way to do it. You want to stay tuned and check this out Okay, so I'm gonna show you the absolute easiest way you can make a word search in design space And I'm gonna tell you I've watched so many videos So this is going to be the easiest way normally they want you to go to the text box Right in ten miscellaneous letters and then ten down ten over. Oh my gosh. It's such a pain in the butt And then you got to resize and you got to align it. You got to arrange it. I'm gonna show you an easier way So I'm gonna bring up a different screen here. I'm an education comm I will leave the link down below and I logged out of this to show you exactly how you're gonna do it So this is a free site and all you got to do is add your Email address to here So I'm gonna show you starting from scratch how you do this So it's enter cert word search content. So I don't have to worry about the title here I'm just gonna write in a few names So I just put in a few names in here I'm gonna scroll down and you're gonna see this number as letters down number of letters across Don't worry about that. You're gonna want to click create and then it's gonna come up here on the side So you can see there's a few names in here. Let's see if I can find one really quick So here's Danny D and NY so it automatically moves this where it should be So it's it's it's the easiest way guys. I'm promising you guys. It's so easy to do this So I'm gonna go to download worksheet and it's gonna ask me to join education com for free I guarantee you this I promise you this is not going to spam you. It's not gonna do anything I've been on this for quite a while I'm just gonna show you step by step how you're gonna actually gonna want to do it So I'm gonna sign up for my child and I'm gonna put in an email address and Then I'm going to create account It's gonna ask us tell us about yourself I'm a parent my kids are in high school But I'm just gonna put first grade since they don't have that on here click continue And then we're back to this page So we're gonna go down here and we're gonna do create again since we had to create an account I'm gonna go to download worksheet now. This might be the tricky part for you guys So I have a Mac computer and I'm working on a Firefox So this might be different for you than it is for me So I saw up here my little download arrow came up and it's showing me that this is where my download is I'm gonna click on that. Here's the first one worksheet PDF. I'm gonna open that so open it up on a different screen I'm sorry. There's enough screens on here But I'm trying to show you step by step how to do each of these. So here is the word search here Okay, I promise this is easy But once you get it you're you're gonna fully understand what I'm doing So I need to actually take a screenshot of this because this is a PDF I cannot put it into design space as a PDF So what I'm gonna do is take a screenshot of this right here. So for my Mac I'm actually pushing shift command and four and then that's gonna give me this little arrow with the four lines on it And I'm just gonna go in and grab all of this and trying to get it to be the same height and width on each side So there it's saved right here. I'm gonna close this I don't well actually I will show you another part with this one. I'm gonna close this just for a minute I'm gonna go into upload I'm gonna go into upload image and then I'm gonna browse. So here it is right here. It's on my desktop I'm gonna change it to the date modified. It's 10. Oh five. So I'm gonna grab this at the screenshot So I'm gonna double click on that. So here it is right here. Then I'm gonna go into simple I'm gonna click continue. I promise guys This is the easiest way to do this instead of going in and writing all these letters yourself and then changing them This is the simplest way you can possibly do it. So anywhere that it is gray I want to click it so we get the checkerboards. Then you have to go in with each one of these letters That are gray and click it Okay, so I whoops I missed one So I think I got them all now you just want to get rid of all the gray in here So I think I got it all I'm gonna go to apply and continue And I'm gonna grab this one here the cut image now I'm gonna upload this you can change it up here if you want we're gonna change the image name to Mother's Day So if I want to go back and use this one again with the specific names for you know This is for the grandma. Maybe I can make one for the mom I'm gonna click upload and then I can go back and find the Mother's Day one I did one previously just to see if this works and it does so I'm gonna go to the one I just did upload here, and I'm gonna click add to canvas Here is the fun part guys So here it is now like I said if you want to go back to the other one the other page You can go back and get the answer key. So here it is here You can do the same thing you can download the answer key and then it's up in your Downloads here. So I'm gonna take that. I'm gonna click on that. I'm done with this now X out of it And now we can see here. Here's the answer key on here So it's David Danny Caleb and Kyle So there it is there. So if you need an answer key, you can see it here I'm just gonna move it. I have two screens. I'm moving it out of the way So we don't have to look at it anymore, and then I can kind of see what I need or Exactly where it is. So now I need to find brush strokes for this to put it into the name So I'm gonna go to images and I'm gonna type in brush stroke And these are just some of the ones that I already downloaded From design bundles and I think you know what I'm gonna use. I'm trying to see Flat ones. I'm gonna actually take this one here. You can see it says uploaded So I actually got these from design bundles comm and I'll leave the link below in case you're interested in it Or you don't have any and then it's just gonna bring them up here So you need to do just a few things in here You want to ungroup this and then you want to pick the ones that you want I obviously don't want round ones because I want to have a straight line So I'm gonna get rid of those then I can use these but I'm gonna change them all to the same color So I'm gonna select all four of them go up to the color box where it has a little question mark And I'm gonna change it just to a blue color. Now. I don't have to do anything else with this There's four of them. There's four names. So now I can go ahead and find the names I'm looking at my answer key. I'll show you really quick on the side here so I can see it So I see Danny or David is right here So what you're gonna want to do is work with your first little swatch So I'm gonna unlock it stretch it out a little bit and Then go over this and then move it with the little, you know the little arrow here and go over his name And then drag it to make it a little bit bigger And you're gonna do it however you want you can make it smaller like thinner if you want you don't you can Kind of play around with it and try to get however you want it But you can make it different sizes here as you see like this You can make it thinner if you want and kind of go over it and then just work with it To get on the name. So there it is. So there's David and then I'm looking at my answer key again I'll show you guys really quick. So here is Danny right here. So here's Danny right there So I'm gonna move this guy out of the way. I'm gonna take the next one do the same thing unlock it Kind of stretch it out a little bit doesn't have to be the same size You know, you can have fun with it, but we're gonna move this Whoops, so we're gonna move this and go on here. I didn't notice that it did just move this one So I'm gonna move this one Because I move the whole letters instead of the actual swatch itself. So there's that one Over Danny, and I'm gonna do the same thing with this one unlock it Kind of stretch it out and then find the next one, which is right next to Danny so we're gonna take this Just move it and once you get the hang of this. It's really actually fun to do You can do it like I said, you don't have to do this for Mother's Day It can be for anything you can do for Father's Day. You can do for Valentine's Day, you know Whatever you want to do. So here's the last one. I'm just gonna fast forward this one So you guys don't have to follow through with this one Okay, so there it is finished you can change this if you want to not have it so thick You can always just go in and kind of play with it and make it, you know A little bit thinner like this or you can leave it the way it is depending on how you want to do it But I would suggest leaving them all the same color because once you cut it out You want this all to be cutting out on the same Mat so to speak the same color. So and I will show you why in a second trying to fix this again So it goes over the letters and then just because I made that one a little bit smaller I think I'm actually gonna make this one a little bit Smaller as well So last thing so this part all your letters are all together, right? You don't have to worry about welding or attaching these and these are separate So what you want to do is select all four or however many you have and then go down here to the attach button This is where I said if you want to change colors It would be a little bit difficult because you'd have to go in and move, you know physically Cut out and put these on the pieces when you're done now this way with having it just one color It's that easy. So when you're gonna go to print it out This is all you got to do is print this out or I'm sorry cut this out Put it on your glass that you're going to be using and then go ahead and cut this out too So it's the easiest way to do this So that is basically it the only other thing you're gonna want to do is just change the size Of your words itself So to do that you just want to select both images So I have the blue and the black and you're gonna want to change it to whatever size that you have So I'm actually using a dollar store. It's called out of office frame So I'm gonna show you guys how to use that and to get the wording off of it But so for mine, it's a seven by seven roughly So I'm gonna change it to be seven by seven. So what the selected I'm gonna go up to the unlock box and I'm gonna change the width to seven and the height to seven Just like that. So it changed everything for me So I don't have to worry about it and just to show you guys what it looks like So if I take just the blue part you can go to a range and move backwards There you go This is actually what it's gonna look like when you put it on so you're gonna want to make sure you put You know the black color on first and then the blue color behind it But that's what it's gonna look like so you're gonna want to change it to whatever size that you are going to be using Okay So once you get the colors you want once you get the way you want it to look you can go ahead and click make it Then it's gonna sort the projects by the color. Here's the black one. Here's a blue one. It's exactly how it's gonna cut out So I'm gonna go to continue And then I'm gonna show you which Setting I use for my vinyl you always have to check your vinyl What setting you're gonna need on it like if you're using a thicker kind of vinyl or if you're using like a Holographic is a little bit thinner than regular vinyl. You always have to watch out for that So what I always like to use is either the stencil vinyl here The premium vinyl if it's a little bit thicker and then you can always change the pressure on here So depending on what kind of vinyl you're using like if I'm using Oracle 651 This is what I use and if I'm using like the Holographic I'll go back here and I'll just do this stencil vinyl So whatever material that you are going to be using please make sure you choose the right material set on here I have a new blade in I'm going to be using my green mat. So I'm gonna set my colors up I'm gonna cut this out on the cricket and I'm gonna show you which picture frame I'm going to use this from the dollar store show you what the glass looks like so here It is out of office and then I will show you when that was cleaned already So I'll show you really quick how to clean this so originally I was taking acetone Just nail polish and rubbing really really really hard Trying to get the wording off. I found an easier way Okay, so I'm working on the backside here and I just have and please be very very careful with this I couldn't find my one with the handle on it But this is just a knife blade that I'm going to cut into this before I like I said I was taking acetone and rubbing on it took forever to get off this basically you I got to put it down You can get this right off and it's not scratching The glass at all It just takes a little bit of work, but it's a lot less work than it is with the acetone But please oh my gosh be very careful with this If you have to if you have to go to the store and buy one of these that has a handle on it I Just don't have one on hand right now I wanted to show you guys how I got this off. So see basically I'm gonna show you really quick this peels right off It is taking a little bit longer, but it's not gonna take as long as it would with the acetone And if you do use the acetone Please be very careful with that as well as that will you know take color off of stuff and if you do use it on here it will take the The glue off of the edges so your glass will actually come out So I would highly suggest using the scraper like that so if you can see it is gone There's a little bit on here yet where I can see it through the glass So I'm gonna take some alcohol Can't find it right now. I'm gonna take some alcohol and clean this really well off too But that's how it worked so it works really well Okay, so I have all this weeded out now and turned out really well What I'm gonna use is my paper cutter again, and I'm gonna cut a Straight line down so it makes it easier to stick it into the box itself With a straight cut line. That's where this Paper cutter really really comes in handy. So I'm just gonna trim off each edge to make it nice and straight So it will go evenly into the box So here is the transfer tape that I use. This is also called whiskers. It comes in a huge roll I actually just bought more but it goes a long way Flip the sticky side upside down and I'm gonna place this on top of there Everybody has your own preference in how they like to do this, but that's how I like to do it and just put it upside down and Just take my scissors And I'll cut off the excess for now and then I'm gonna take my squeegee Which I love this squeegee. It has the plastic top on the top and then it has a protective covering down here So when I go in to really press on here, I'm not gonna, you know break through the transfer tape into my vinyl I really really love that about this so you can really scrape on here So then I'm gonna take my transfer and I'm just gonna flip it upside down I grab a different corner. I'm gonna flip it upside down and then kind of work my way upside down Making sure that the vinyl comes off on the transfer tape and if it doesn't just use your thumb and then just push it right back down again This is why I like to work upside down because then I can see if anything is coming up We did not have a problem. So here it is. Let me grab My picture frame So here it is So you have to realize that there's two sizes obviously This is the back side and has the glue stuck on the back So you don't want that to show so you're gonna start at the front and you want to make sure it's nice and clean Like I said, I use some alcohol and clean it really well, and then I'm gonna take my transfer And this is where it comes in where it's already cut down to size so you can put it right in here Right in the middle and make sure it's good on all sides Looks good Perfect, and then you just want to take your little squeegee again and not as much pressure because it is glass But I'm just gonna go on here and push it down so that my transfer and my vinyl sticks to the glass instead of the transfer tape And then you have to realize with dollar store Items they're not always the best so I don't know if you can see this It's kind of coming out a little bit So you might want to go back and put some more glue on here when you're all finished But then when you're done just you want to take a little weeder and Then just start on one edge whoops Started an edge and then just start making your way down Right guys, so I am finished with this I think it turned out absolutely amazing So the wording is on the front and then I'm going to be putting Blue swatches on the back of it so that the letter stick out on the front You can see it here with the white and then if I remove it It's kind of harder to see so I'm wondering if I'm finished if I should put like a white Piece of cardstock in the back or not, but we're gonna see what it looks like so like I said the last thing I have to do is just put the swatch on and I already cut that out and I Weeded it and I used the same transfer tape that I was just using and I put it on here So now I just got to line this up. I think this goes this way So I'm just gonna hold it on the back here and show you kind of what it looks like So I need to get David on here and then Danny. So that looks really good. I like that All right guys, so I'm learning and you're learning with me. So I made the mistake I should have flipped this blue parts, but not realizing that It needed to be mirrored so to speak So I'm actually going to cut this apart and put them on manually like I said I didn't want to but because this is flipped backwards now. This wouldn't fit on it properly So just make sure that if you're gonna do this make sure you mirror the image So when you do put it on there, it will fit properly So I have to go this way with the David and it wouldn't have fit otherwise with the other ones So I'm just gonna line it up here And because the vinyl is on the back side, I'm not going over vinyl so I can scrape this on really well And then just peel this back And I'm not gonna peel up the vinyl because it's on the other side So here I'll show you this one. So this one says David and then I have to find the other ones Danny goes straight up and down here So I'm just gonna cut these apart really quick Again, like I said, I'm always truthful with you guys if I make a mistake I don't want you guys making the same mistake I do so I'm gonna tell you when I make the mistake and I did this time So I'm gonna see if this one fits for the Danny one and the Danny one is back here. So I'm gonna go over Danny Maybe and then peel it back There we go. And then I have Caleb and Kyle's I hope this video tutorial is helping you guys out I'm kind of learning as I go I just know the way that we did the lettering on the front It was so much easier than doing it other ways that I've seen people do on design space where they have to put All the letters in on design space and then you have to go in and change the letters So I think that way this way was a lot easier. So here it is here. We have David Danny Kyle and Caleb I think that's absolutely amazing. I think she's really gonna love this for you know, Mother's Day She's my aunt's but I'm gonna give it to her for Mother's Day But I think this is really beautiful. You can make an extra copy, you know, give it to the mom Or you know, like I said, you can make this for Valentine's you sweetest day, you know, just because you can give it to grandma's, you know, anybody would really enjoy this I know I would so I'm debating whether or not I should put something behind it See now, it's kind of hard to see or just leave it the way it is So I guess that's up to you how you guys want to finish it off But I hope this tutorial helped you out Give me a thumbs up and hit the subscribe button if you're not subscribed already for more great video tutorials Learn with me guys. I'm still learning the ways of some things But I hope this way was a lot easier for you rather than going in design space and doing it They're really long ways. So happy crafting everyone. Leave me some comments down below I love hearing from you guys tell me what I could do different Tell me if you like this and I would love to hear your stories. Did you guys make one of these ready? 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