Come take an Elf break and enjoy a warm cup of North Pole Premium Cocoa.
With some special touches it makes the perfect place to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. This is a nice place for conversation at a party or a fun break from being an honorary elf. This is so fun to customize with your own favorite toppings or use the suggested signs.
Items needed:
- Mini chalkboard signs
- White Cricut premium vinyl
- Frosted Glitter premium vinyl
- Transfer tape
- Weeding Tool
- Scraper
- Jars
- Candy Canes
- Marshmallows
- Cocoa
- Ribbon
Open Project
For this project we will cut the white vinyl, but don’t remove the vinyl from the mat. Since the wording is on the small side, we will be using a technique called reverse weeding. I love this, especially when the project is small or has a lot of detail. Once the project is cut, place your transfer tape on top of the entire image including the excess vinyl.
Carefully burnish the top and then remove the transfer tape with the entire piece of vinyl and flip over. To remove, rock the vinyl side to side. Taking care of the thin outer pieces, don’t rip as excess is removed. Now, using your sharpest pointed weeding tool remove all the inner pieces and place image onto your small chalkboard sign. Finally, burnish the word onto the sign and carefully remove transfer tape.
Reverse weeding technique
For Candy Cane jar:
For best results clean jars by washing with soap and water, to ensure proper adhesion. I found that leaving the cut snowflakes on the mat works best to remove excess vinyl. With a little extra care, rock the excess vinyl back and forth, while using tool to release small parts if necessary. Once all the excess is removed, pick up snowflakes with transfer tape, and starting with the center place on jar. You will need to start burnishing to one end until placed. Then start removing a small section of the transfer tape to complete the other side, this insures that the design wraps completely around the jar. A beautifully tied ribbon on the top of the jar completes the look and it’s ready to fill with yummy treats.
I love this project, it’s always fun to create new projects to enhance the holiday spirit and create new traditions. My cricut machine makes it so simple to create this project and complete.