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DIY Wood Slice Garden Markers with Cricut Joy

Jane & Sonja
These adorable rustic wood slice garden markers made with the new Cricut Joy are a great way to keep track of what you planted.
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Ingredients
  

  • Cricut Joy
  • Cricut Smart Vinyl Permanent in Beachside Sampler
  • Cricut Transfer Tape
  • Weeder
  • Scissors
  • Wood slices 2.25” diameter
  • Wooden skewers
  • Drill

Instructions
 

  • Prepare the wood slice by drilling one small hole into the slice.
  • Insert wooden skewer into drilled hole. Repeat with all wood slices and put aside.
  • On a new canvas in Cricut’s Design Space, select Images from the toolbar.
  • Select the vegetable images you want to use, such as tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, peppers, cucumbers.
  • Insert the vegetable images onto the blank canvas.
  • Select the image and hide all the drawing lines from the layers toolbar.
  • Select the image again and adjust the size to 2” high (or wide), whichever side is biggest.
  • Select one image and then click on “Ungroup.”
  • Move to the Color Sync tab to sort images by color of Smart Vinyl
  • Add text for the back side of the garden markers.
  • Select Text from the toolbar and type out the vegetable names and adjust the size to fit the wood slices.
  • Weld the lettering together and move the text layer to the appropriate color sync layer.
  • Ensure the cutting machine is set to Cricut Joy. Select “Make It” in Design Space.
  • Set material type to Smart Vinyl, Permanent.
  • Follow prompts for loading Smart Vinyl into Cricut Joy and cutting.
  • Cut around each image and lettering with a pair of scissors. Using the weeding tool, peel away the excess vinyl around the cut images (and lettering) and discard.
  • Cut a piece of transfer tape a bit larger than the size of the image.
  • Peel away the transfer tape backing and place the transfer tape overtop of the cut vinyl. Gently rub the vinyl to help it stick to the transfer tape.
  • Peel away the vinyl backing, leaving just the image adhered to the transfer tape.
  • Position the image with the transfer tape on to the center of the wood slice and press in place.
  • Slowly and carefully remove the transfer tape leaving the vinyl image on the wood.
  • Repeat with the lettering on the reverse side of the wood slice.
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