How To Make Custom Door Mats With Cricut

I tried regular vinyl.

How to make custom door mats with cricut.

I couldn t find anything to save my life. This blog post is part of a seasonal blog hop seasonal simplicity hosted by the happy housie. Make sure to use outdoor acrylic paint. I tried stencil vinyl.

It s easier to make than you think and i ll show you the best materials and methods to use. There s nothing cuter than a custom handmade door mat at the front door to welcome family and guests. 24 48 hours should be plenty of time. I had been looking all over for the perfect sarcastic welcome mat to match my smart mouthed personality.

You have the option of cutting the freezer paper with the shiny side up or the shiny side down on the mat. Don t skip the hair dryer step. Make a diy personalized door mat using an inexpensive fiber mat paint and a stencil you can cut on your cricut. And these easy custom outdoor mats are so simple to make i m gonna need a new sarcastic welcome mat for every season.

Next cut your freezer paper to size and place it on your cricut mat. You can learn from my trials and errors and there were a lot of them. Every door of every house needs a custom welcome mat in my opinion. This is a.

I tried contact paper. Diy personalized door mats made on a cricut. Keep paint can about 5 6 from the door mat straight up and down don t spray at an angle. This will make your stencil actually stick to the doormat rather than not using it.

I tried parchment. Be sure and to dab your paint up and down when applying. This will help the paint only fall onto the open areas of the stencil and not blast under it. Personally i prefer to work shiny side up i feel like it adheres much better to the cutting mat this way so that means that i need to mirror.

May 9 2019 by jennifer 7 comments. Today we are doing step by step instructions and tips on one of our most popular projects the personalized welcome mat made with a vinyl stencil. What i tried in making diy doormats with cricut i watched the videos. Do 2 3 passes with the paint to make sure you have an even coverage across the design.

I read the blog posts. Let your mat completely dry before using. It withstands a lot better than regular acrylic paint. Let me show.