Fields Of Heather: Bigfoot Ornaments - Using Vinyl On Transparency (Acetate) Paper

How To Make Vinyl On Acetate Printable Bigfoot Ornaments - With Free SVGS

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Supplies:

Bigfoot Silhouette (Transparent PNG)
Free Santa Hat SVG
Round Plastic Ornaments from Michaels, the ones that come 25 to a tub for $19.99 (but they are always on sale for much less!)
Graffix General Purpose Acetate ($15 for 25 sheets) or this new to me brand, which is $10 for 30 sheets
Free Floating Insert SVGS
651 Vinyl in Black, Red & White (scraps are all you need!)
Snow/glitter from the Dollar Tree
2 inch tall mini bottle brush tree - Mini tree from any craft store
Glue - I used Super Weld - E600 or hot glue or super glue should work too! Tacky glue did not work for me.
Believe is in the Deadhead Font. (No longer free)

The Floating Inserts:

Free Floating Insert SVGS
I used the 2 5-8 size - I fit 12 on one sheet
Turn your cricut dial to custom and choose Foil Acetate, it cuts beautifully on that setting.

I used the 2 5-8 insert, for the round ornaments you buy at Michaels, 25 pieces in one plastic tub. To be sure I had the right size, I cut one from paper first.

The first step was to cut the floating inserts. I cut a full page of them, and to get the most on the page, I had to manually move them around and then select all and attach. I fit 12 onto one sheet.

The acetate I use is not the same I use for my printable acetate ornaments. This is actually the pack I bought by mistake, it will not work with inkjet printers. But it is perfect for this! I've seem others use Scotch laminating pouches, just using the top heavy plastic sheet. But I have never used them myself.

The Bigfoot Design

Bigfoot Silhouette (Transparent PNG)
Free Santa Hat SVG
Believe is in the Deadhead Font. One of my favorites, it is no longer free. It was one of the Free this week only premium fonts - see this weeks list here - https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2018/05/cricut-free-this-week-premium-fonts.html

To size the design, I added the floating insert, changed the color to white, and then resized the images to fit on the insert. Then before clicking make it, I deleted the insert.

(I put the text "believe" on the outside of the ornament, not on the floating insert)

For little designs like this, I like to layer the vinyl before I transfer it, then transfer the completed design all at once.

Putting It Together

I used Super Weld, because my husband had let it sit in the laundry room, and the tacky glue I tried first did not work. Super weld worked great! But I think E600, or hot glue, or even super glue, would all work too. Something that dries pretty fast is best. I used the tweezers that come in the cricut tool set to place the tree in the ornament.

Then I used a funnel to add the glitter snow, before rolling the acetate and inserting it in behind the tree.