• Gather supplies.

Prepare Floor Mat

• Ensure the floor mat is clean and fully dry before crafting.

Uploading the Design

• Open Cricut Design Space.
• Insert a variety of fall leaves onto the canvas and size them to fit on to your mat.

Cutting the Vinyl

• Ensure the machine is set to Cricut Maker 3 and select “Make It” in Design Space.
• Choose “Without Mat” as the option for cutting when using Smart materials.
• Set material type to Smart Stencil.
• Follow prompts for loading the mat into the Cricut maker and cutting the stencil. When prompted, unload the vinyl from the cutting machine. Repeat the steps until all pieces and colors of the design are cut.

Applying the Vinyl to the Door Mat

• Using the weeding tool, peel away the leaf shapes leaving just the surrounding blank space.
• Position the stencil on to the mat and press in place.
• Dip the paint brush in paint and dab the paint on to the mat transferring the leaf design. Mix in a few different colors of paint to create a multi-color gradient effect.
• Peel away the stencil and repeat in another area of the mat. Continue until your happy with the final look and finish.