How to Make an Acrylic Ornament with Vinyl and Paint

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Welcome to day 9 of my 12 Days of Christmas Crafting. Today I’m going to share with you how to make an acrylic ornament with vinyl and paint.

I love making Christmas ornaments. They’re typically a small and relatively easy craft to do during the holidays.

Previously, I’ve made clear acrylic ornaments. I’ve simply added vinyl to them. I’ve also added glitter.

Well here is another variation you can do. I love the versatility of these acrylic blanks. This time it is an acrylic ornament with vinyl and paint.

Supplies Needed

• blank acrylic ornament – these come in various shapes and sizes. They typically have a hole up top for you to thread ribbon on twine through for hanging.
• adhesive vinyl – I like to use Avery but there are many other brands out there as well.
• vinyl cutting machine – I use the Cricut Maker
• weeding tools & transfer tape – I use the Cricut weeding tool and use AT65 transfer tape.
• paint – acrylic, milk or chalk paint all work
• paint brush

How to Make an Acrylic Ornament with Vinyl and Paint

Note that your acrylic blank will have a plastic sheet on both sides to protect it. It’ll look translucent but underneath it’s clear.

Prepare your design. For these types of ornaments, I prefer smaller, one-word designs as I do not want the painted accent to cover the entire ornament so a smaller design is preferable. The paint is to enhance and highlight your design and so the larger the design, the more paint you would use. I still want some of the clear acrylic to be visible.

I cut my design out of adhesive vinyl. Check out my blog post, All About Adhesive Vinyl for details on cutting, weeding and applying adhesive vinyl.

For an acrylic blank, I like to apply my design on the backside so that anyone touching it (typically from the front) doesn’t mar the design. In order to do this, you will need to mirror your design so that it appears correct on the front.

Once your design is on, you just need to add the paint. Use simple brush strokes in one direction, covering the vinyl. Be gentle and use a light touch. You want it to be imperfect in a way.

Don’t use too much paint. Remove any excess. A dry brush is best. When in doubt, work from the centre out so that any excess paint is in the middle. Otherwise, you’ll end up with a solid line on the end, but you ideally want to see uneven brush hairs.

Look at how simple, yet elegant this Christmas ornament looks! I love the addition of vinyl and paint. You can easily customize it with any design, as well as any colour paint.

Be sure to come back tomorrow as we continue on with our 12 Days of Christmas Crafting.

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