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Vinyl Queen of Everything Tote

May 17, 2015 by Albion

I was really excited to be able to chat with the lovely people at Expressions Vinyl when I was at Snap last month. I already loved their products, so it was fun to be able talk with them in person. To top it off, they gave us some vinyl to bring home to create something with. I ran straight for my Cricut Explore and played around with a few ideas. In my house full of girls everything is about princesses and queens, so when I saw this crown in Design Space, my Vinyl Queen of Everything Tote started coming together.

Vinyl Queen of Everything Tote

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I used:

  • tote bag
  • gold glitter heat transfer vinyl
  • black heat transfer vinyl
  • white heat transfer vinyl
  • Cricut Explore
  • iron
  • ironing board

supplies

I knew I wanted a layered look and it was easy to find elements to work with in Design Space. I picked out a woman’s profile, a crown, a banner, and the “queen of everything” phrase. I measured the space that I wanted to use on my tote and sized each piece accordingly. There’s also a neat feature in Design Space where you can sync cuts and colors to cut down on the back and forth, so I was able to put the crown and phrase and profile and bottom layer of the banner together. I used Woman #M33FB1, Queen of Everything #M44C2D, Banner Label #M46716, and Crown #M45AD6.

sync cuts

I always forget that I need to reverse the cut for heat transfer vinyl. Thankfully, Design Space always reminds me if I haven’t done it!

reverse the cut

I love watching this machine cut!

Cricut Explore

Once all of the pieces were cut out, I weeded out the negative space. I then ironed the tote bag so that the area I wanted my shapes on would be warm.

iron the tote bag

After that, it was just a matter of layering on the pieces in the right order and ironing each one on.

iron on profile

iron on cuts

iron on crown

Ironing everything on actually went pretty quickly since I had the pieces all ready to go.

iron on banner

iron on top of banner

I finished the tote off by ironing on the “queen of everything” cut.

Vinyl Queen of Everything Tote

I am so tickled with how my Vinyl Queen of Everything Tote turned out! Expressions Vinyl Heat Transfer Vinyl is a dream to work with. I love how clean the vinyl is. I plan on carrying around my new tote everywhere! I suspect, though, that making four princess totes is in my near future!

Vinyl Queen of Everything Tote

 

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Category: Cricut, makeTag: cricut, cricut explore, Expressions Vinyl, glitter, heat transfer vinyl, tote bag, vinyl

About Albion

I’ve wanted to be an archaeologist, in theatre, a judge and to run a museum. I’m now in my mid-30s and have no idea what I want to be when I grow up.

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  1. Lauryn Hock

    May 18, 2015 at 1:55 pm

    You did an amazing job!
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  2. Ilona @ Ilona's Passion

    May 18, 2015 at 2:25 pm

    Great tutorial and such a pretty bag!
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  3. Brenda

    May 19, 2015 at 6:18 pm

    That tote is super cute! I would like to try making one myself.
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