How to Create Custom T-shirts Using Cricut Explore and Heat Transfer Vinyl: This is an easy tutorial for getting your designs on your t-shirt using heat transfer and Cricut. You can watch the video of the project here. Things you'll need: 1. Cricut Explo
Step 2: Cut stencils on your Cricut Machine Thestencil vinyldoesn’t need to be turned over on the mat or mirrored. Lay the stencil vinyl on the mat and choose “stencil vinyl” in Design Space. If you’re using an Explore machine as I was, you’ll need to move the dial on the m...
The Mini has only three heat settings—low, medium, and high. The heat settings guide on Cricut’s website tells you which setting to use for your project. But in general, low is for lightweight or delicate materials (e.g., foil iron-on), medium is for most fabrics and iron-on vi...
This is certainly not the first attack with a nail gun, on either side of the Atlantic ocean. In theUK, criminals attempted to rob a man, and shot him multiple times with a nail gun. Nor are unlawful uses of nailguns confined only to humans, as agooselearned. Perhaps we will now he...
I found that my vinyl bubbled a bit after being sprayed with the Sealer so I used my application tool to rub it back down. Worked like a charm! Then paint a very light layer of paint (the same that you used for the background layer on your wood) over the stencil and let it dry...
Apply a subtle pattern with vinyl cutouts (like I did tothis other IKEA table) Use iron-on wood edging or furring strips to give the table a modern two-tone look. Is This DIY Sofa Table Sturdy? It took me a long time to share this project here on the blog. Why? As you can prob...
Making The Design On the Cricut Maker MyCut 1 is really Cut 2. I skipped Cut 1 because it isn’t really necessary to the design. It adds depth to the camera but isn’t really needed. I used black vinyl for the camera. It’s perfect. You can situate your pieces anywhere on the ma...
I glued these on using a random glue I had in the shop that could be used to bond wood and concrete. And here is the final console table—it gives me so much room for my houseplants summering outside, as well as other random stuff we want to store on the patio....