Halloween Plate Decals

For my second Halloween project, I wanted to make decorative plates. This was a pretty easy project. The most difficult part was designing the decals themselves, but there are plenty of graphics out there on the internet to use or you can just buy decals from a party store

Materials

Plates

SVG Files for Decals

Vinyl 

Transfer Tape or Masking Tape

Cricut

Sure Cuts A Lot Software

Exacto Knife

First, you'll need to setup the decals to cut. With your Cricut connected to your computer and the Sure Cuts A Lot software open and installed,
import the SVG file into Sure Cuts A Lot.

Measure the center of the plate where the decal will go and then scale your design to that size in Sure Cuts A Lot.

Cut the design with the proper settings in place. You want your blade to cut through the vinyl completely but not through the paper backing.  I had my blade pressure set to 3.

After you cut the design, peel out all the unnecessary parts left behind.

Then cut the design off the sheet of vinyl so you don't waste any vinyl and peel off the out part of the design.

Lay your transfer tape (or masking tape) over the design.

Peel the backing paper off the vinyl and place the it over the center of the plate. Smooth it over and slowly lift off the transfer tape. If the decal starts to lift off the plate  press the tape back down and rub that area better before continuing to lift it off.

The finished plates

I used the reversed portion of my pumpkin decal as a window decoration :-)