It seems a while since I got my Cricut out but I had an idea of something I wanted to make and had a fun afternoon crafting. I recently bought some vintage stoneware pots from eBay and knew that they would look great with my favourite quotations on them. The pots were in good condition and I picked one with the smoothest surface as I wanted to apply vinyl decals.
Equipment to make vinyl decals with your Cricut
Cricut Machine
Cricut Blue Cutting Mat
Cricut Weeding Tool
Cricut Scraper Tool
Cricut black vinyl
Cricut transfer tape
Vintage stoneware pot
How to make vinyl decals with your Cricut
First of all I chose the words I wanted to making into my vinyl decal. I love the band Keane and chose the words “I open my eyes and it’s a lovely day” from Snowed Under.
I opened Cricut Design Space and typed the words into a new project, setting the size to fit round the side of my pot.
I wanted to use blank vinyl as I thought this would show the best against the colour of the pot. I placed the black vinyl onto the blue cutting mat and cut the design on the vinyl setting.
When it had finished cutting I carefully removed the vinyl and weeded it.
I applied Cricut Transfer Tape and placed it over the weeded design, scraping it with the scraper tool.
I peeled away the paper layer, placing the decal on the pot. Then I peeled the Transfer Tape slowly away, making sure the design stuck to the pot.
I smoothed the letters down with my fingers and placed my favourite flowers in my new pot.
You may be interested in some of our other Cricut posts:
Using the Cricut Maker to craft a quilt top
Cricut Maker Father’s Day frame
