Posted by ">Meghan on 28th November 2009

Cool Scrabooking Cricut Project I Saw Today!

If you’re confused by cutting Vinyl, check out my other post with some great Vinyl Cutting Tips

You can decorate your walls using any cricut and some vinyl just like you see those expensive kits at Home Outfitters and other home stores. I’m going to show you how to make a beautiful phrase on your wall for any room in the house! If you want to save EVEN more money, I found out that you can use drawer liners bought super cheap at a wal-mart or dollar store. If you want conveneince, you can buy something called “wall pops” from most home stores as well. It’s not too thick and it’s removable without damaging paint underneath and they come in a wide variety of colors and patterns that would certainly compliment any kitchen or dining room.

When you cut vinyl, it has to cut through the paper backing it as well, and you must use the highest pressure, medium speed and blade depth of 5. It will take some playing with though, because not all products are the same. Don’t worry about dulling your blade on this stuff, it shouldn’t be any worse than regular paper or cardstock.

If you’re cutting through Wall Pops, use speed one, pressure three, and blade depth of two for optimal results.

Now also don’t worry if you don’t have the Cricut Expression, because you can cut them on the regular cricut as well! Your letters won’t be able to exceed five and a half inches though. If you have the cricut software for the regular cricut, it allows you to rotate the letters, allowing for larger ones but it would take some playing-with.

This project is just adorable, and simple too if you have the right tools (a Cricut, some vinyl) and a ladder!
wall phrase

You can even design these on the Gypsy, which is what I plan to do when I go to the store to check out colors and textures of the papers. It makes using the Cricut Expression easier to visualize when out of the scrapbooking room!