Chirstmas Ornaments

These are the ornaments I made for my ornament exchange at work. I put the person's initial on one side and a snowflake on the other. I could not imagine doing this without the cricut. I just pretty much followed the instructions here and added some fine glitter and beads on the inside when I was done. Using the glass etching cream was very simple. My biggest obstacle was trying to smooth the vinyl on slightly rounded surface, even though I used scissors to cut lines for it to overlap a bit. Some sites said they were able to reuse the vinyl a couple times, but I could only use it once, mostly since it was not flat and and water got on the sticky part in some places when I rinsed it off.

Young Women Tiles

I am currently making 20 of the above tiles (with different names of course). This has been a big project but a very fun and educational project. Some of the things I have done/learned are 1) for each side I have had to adjust the size with the cricut design software (the software is a have to have item - love it!) and I also centered each line so that I could save time with the transfer process. 2) After cutting out each of the edge pieces and each name I cut them into strips and peeled off the vinyl that surrounded the words. This way the words stay lined up and spaced the way I want them to be. Then I just apply the transfer paper over the top of the vinyl and transfer it to the tiles. 3) I used 3 different cartridges to cut from and I found that it was not a huge inconvenience to switch the cartridges out because the computer is telling the cricut what to cut, it just verifies that you own the cartridges when you first tell it to cut and then doesn't really use them. I didn't have to reinsert them when I cut the same page over and over again. I would never spend the money for the jukebox that they sell. It just isn't worth the price.

Removing Vinyl

Donette asked the question "can you remove vinyl from the wall if you put it on?" I have looked it up online and the answer is yes. If you can get an end peeled up it usually just pulls off. If not, you can use a hair dryer to heat up the vinyl and this will make the sticky part loosen up. This makes it easier to remove. However, once you adhere it to a surface, removing it makes that vinyl no longer usable mostly because it doesn't stick as well. Hope this helps.