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FUNNY FLOWER POTS

Add a little humor to your houseplants with these funny flower pots made using your Cricut. Adhesive vinyl plus cute flower pot SVG files are all you need to take your plants from humdrum to hilarious!
Keyword: Flower, Funny, Pots
Author: Cori George

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Instructions

  • Material Note: You can cut this on your Cricut Maker 3 or Explore 3 using Permanent Smart Vinyl. Using both on this project—Smart Vinyl for the black, but regular adhesive vinyl for the green leaves because wanted a green that doesn't come in Smart Vinyl.
    Upload the Funny Plant SVG to Cricut Design Space
    Upload the SVG file to Cricut Design Space (see Uploading SVG Files to Cricut Design Space if you need help).
    Choose which decals you want to use, and click the "eye" next to the other layers to hide them. For this project, using three of the decals and they were resized to fit the flower pots.
    That's it! You're ready to make your flower pots. Click Make It in the upper right.
    Cricut Design Space: resized funny flower pot SVGs on Canvas
  • Cut Your Vinyl for Your Funny Flower Pots
    If you have a Cricut Maker 3 or Cricut Explore 3, you'll see a Mat Selection window. I chose Multiple Ways because I'm using Smart Vinyl for the black layer and regular adhesive vinyl for the green leaves. You can choose On Mat if you're cutting using a mat. If you do not have one of these newer machines, you won't see this screen.
    Cricut Design Space: Mat Selection— Multiple Mats selected
  • On the next Prepare Screen, you'll see all of your images laid out on their respective mats (or just on the material if using Smart Vinyl).
    Cricut Design Artwork Review page
  • On the Make Screen, you'll set your material to Smart Vinyl or permanent vinyl. Make sure you have your fine point blade in your machine and place your vinyl colored side up. Insert your mat or material and your Cricut will cut your project!
    Cricut Maker 3 with Roll Holder attached
  • Cricut Maker cutting green vinyl
  • Weed Your Vinyl
    Next we're going to "weed" the negative space from around each image. There is an extensive post about Weeding Adhesive Vinyl, which you'll want to read—tons of tips and tricks to making it easier.
    Hands weeding adhesive vinyl decals
  • Use Transfer Tape to Adhere Your Vinyl
    Once all of your decals are weeded, it’s time to use transfer tape to adhere them to your flower pots. You can see an in-depth tutorial about Using Transfer Tape if you need it (plus troubleshooting tips if you’re struggling!).
    Start by cutting a piece of transfer tape the same size as your first decal. Peel off the backing sheet from the transfer tape and place the sticky side of the transfer tape down on your decal.
    Hands placing transfer tape on decal
  • You can use your hands or a scraper to burnish the transfer tape down on top of the vinyl.
    Hands using scraper to burnish the transfer tape to the decal.
  • Then flip it over, and peel the backing sheet away from the transfer tape. Your decal should stick to the transfer tape—you can use your fingernail to catch anything that isn’t sticking cleanly.
    Hands peeling back transfer tape backing.
  • Then flip it over and press it onto your flower pot, starting in the center and moving toward the edges.
    Hands placing transfer tape and decal on pot.
  • Use your fingers to burnish the vinyl into the pot—hands work a lot better than a scraper on curved surfaces.
    Woman using fingers to burnish the vinyl into the pot
  • Then peel back the transfer tape and your vinyl should stick!
    Hands peeling back transfer tape off pot
  • Instead of using transfer tape on the leaves, you can pick those up like stickers and place them by hand. If you prefer transfer tape, that works too!
    Hands placing green leaf decals.
  • These flower pots may not grant you a green thumb, but at least they'll make you chuckle as you try and keep your plants alive!
    Finished funny flower pots with plants on a teal background