If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen that I recently got my hands on the Cricut Joy. It is a vinyl cutting machine, but mini. It only cuts up to 4.5″ wide, but can cut really long lengths (up to 20′ repeating) with no mat needed. I love that aspect of it! I always hate dealing with the mats and am perfectly cool getting the smart vinyl if it means I don’t have to use the mat. But if you want to use your old vinyl or cardstock, the machine does come with an optional mat.
Anyway! I have been having so much fun creating small and large projects around my home and studio My latest project are these DIY colorful cactus glasses with the Cricut Joy. I used one combo pack of 5 different colors of permanent adhesive vinyl and my Cricut Joy to quickly cut and apply the cactus decals to a set of cocktail glasses and a carafe from IKEA.
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Materials to make your own DIY Colorful Cactus Glasses with the Cricut Joy:
- Sampler pack of smart vinyl for the Cricut Joy in Hydrangea
- Cricut Joy (or other vinly cutting machine)
- Glases and pitcher or carafe
- Transfer tape (optional)
- This cut file
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The Cricut Joy makes it easy to cut through their design space. Just upload the file above into the design space and choose a cut file. The resize as needed to fit your glasses. Then simply load in your vinyl (the machine bluetooths to your computer or phone) and hit cut.
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Once cut, You can use transfer tape to apply them to your glasses or simply peel them off and apply them like a large sticker to your glasses over lapping the small ones onto the large ones.
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Place the colorful cacti all around your glasses and carafe and then enjoy a margarita for me!
This project took me only about 10 minutes to complete and I used just the one combo pack of vinyl for 4 glasses and 1 carafe. So the perfect simple and quick project for an afternoon activity!
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