Day 2 of 30 days of Craft Tutorials for National Crafting Month
So as many of you know, I got a Cricut and Gypsy for Christmas, and I have been learning how to use. Well first off, I LOVE my Cricut!!!! and I LOVE my GYPSY!!!!! Ok now that I have that off my chest, let’s get to this little tutorial. I am like many crafters/scrapbookers out there and I collect paint chips. Every time I go to WalMart, Lowes or Menards I grab a few in contrasting colors. Well the other night I was sitting in my office organizing things and stumbled upon a stack of paint chips. My Gypsy was laying on my desk and I though why not try to cut something out on a paint chip with my Cricut. Well it looked great and I got to playing around with it and came up with a little tutorial on how to do this particular project (later in the month you will need this technique to complete another project)
How to Create Names on Paint Chips
Materials:
- Paint Chips – at least two of the same size in contrasting colors
- If using a Cricut:
- Cricut
- Font Cartridge – I used the Plantin Schoolbook Font Cartridge for these
- Cutting Mat
- Tool to peel off cutout
- If NOT using a Cricut:
- Lettering stencil in your choice of font (could easily make in a word document using word art, print off, cut out letters, tape in place on paint chip)
- Exacto Knife
- Glue Stick or adhesive of choice
Step One: Put your paint chip on your cutting mat
Step Two: Choose what you are going to “say” and get it lined up on your paint chip
Step Three: Cut
Step Four: CAREFULLY peel off your paint chip, trying to leave the cut-outs on the cutting mat. Take care not to lose any pieces, we will need those little hole fillers
Step Five: Line up and glue your two paint chips together – taking not to line up carefully
Step Six: With tweezers or your choice of tools – attach the little hole fillers to your letters- be careful to line up words and lines 
And you are finished.
Now to use these cute little paint chip name art – –
- Frame them for wall art
- Scrapbook Page headlines
- Tags for Presents
- Depending on the size of paint chip you used – cut the finished pieces into a pennant and use for a banner garland
More coming in a later tutorial using this technique…