Carolyn J. Braden • 3 Minute Read
How to Make a Cricut Personalized Dried Flower Ornament
I love dried flowers. I’ve added them to my Bridgerton hair pieces in recent creations and thought to add them to a fillable ornament. Dried flower ornaments are beautiful on their own or even more special if you personalize them. Read on to learn how to make a personalized Cricut dried flower ornament.
This project came about because I ordered a bunch of dried flowers from Temu (their prices are great and there is a 30% off discount code in this article if you want to try shopping Temu) and wanted to make an ornament using them, but couldn’t quite come up with an exact design. Then my hairstylist told me her birthday was coming up, and I instantly had an idea.
The completed Cricut ornament
Your name is Carolyn, but this has a “K”….who did you make this for?
My hairstylist lives in Fort Myers and her salon got devastated by Hurricane Ian in 2022. Life was really difficult after Ian, not only because of the destruction but because it took away many thriving businesses.
It took the salon team a long while to find a new home for the long-running and well-loved salon because the old one had to be torn down. I remember seeing it when I first visited the area in 2010 and even was a customer that year as I dropped my Aveda face wash bottle on a hard tiled floor while visiting Sanibel Island (where I now live) and the glass bottle broke. They had the replacement that I needed and I visited the salon to get it.
I love the colors on this ornament
Her resilience, along with many others in the area, is paying off. In their new space, Salon by Design (an Aveda salon) is safer than their old location (which was across the street from the ocean, thus all the destruction), have a new space for former and new clients (like me!) and are beginning to thrive once again. I thought a blooming flower ornament was the perfect thing to create for her and I used colors that she puts in my hair, rose gold.
I colored and cut my own hair for a long time and when it got too long for me to handle, I sought out the new location of the salon when the new location finally opened (as I love Aveda because they are cruelty free which means no animal testing!) and they placed me with “K”.
She gave my hair and my soul a bit more color and I am grateful for that. I celebrate her with this ornament and I also celebrate all those that are now blooming in a beautiful way after that terrible and devastating storm.
I used mostly rose gold colors for this DIY ornament
Why Cricut Joy?
I decided on the Cricut Joy machine after reading many reviews on Amazon. I’ve ordered stickers for my glass dog food containers and glass soap bottles via Etsy, so if you don’t want to buy the machine, you can ask many Etsy sellers to make personalized vinyl stickers for you.
See my cute blingy holiday ornament craft tutorial in my 1-minute video below or via my YouTube channel @carolynjbraden:
I wanted to start to make my own vinyl decals so I purchased the Cricut Joy after doing some research. It comes with its own software to help you design many different vinyl decals and even can do beautiful cut out greeting cards.
For my first Cricut project, I had an idea to make a beachy ornament filled with sand and real shells from my current home, Sanibel Island Florida. Here’s that project here. In my beachy ornament project, I talk about free Cricut designs, the Cricut subscription I have, size of decals and more.
Video tutorial for this project coming soon!
How to Make the Dried Flower Cricut Ornaments + Discount Code!
Now for the DIY Cricut personalized dried flower ornaments. You can use my steps below to try this out on your own. You do not need to fill your ornaments with flowers…you can fill them with many materials including tinsel, feathers, sand and more. See some of my 10 minute tinsel filled varsity letter ornaments here. You can use other brands of vinyl, but I’ve only experimented with Cricut brand so far.
I purchased the fillable ornaments from Temu and if you shop Temu, use my discount code afe55197 or my link here to get 30% off your first app order. If you do not want personalized vinyl decals but still want to make ornaments, Amazon has these vinyl holiday stickers that you could try. I’ve not tested them, but they may be a good option.
Things You Need:
Cricut Joy Machine (I got a set that came lots of things, get it on Amazon or Walmart OR you could one of many vinyl decal Etsy sellers to make a personalized sticker for you as I’ve done before)
Gold Permanent Vinyl for Cricut Joy Machine (You can buy it on Amazon or Walmart and it comes in many colors)
Cricut Starter Tool Set (My Cricut came with these but you can buy them on Amazon and Walmart)
Scissors
Round Fillable Ornaments (Mine are round and flat-ish, about 3.15 inch and from Temu, but Amazon and Walmart have them too)
Dried Flowers (I got mine in a packet from Temu, but Amazon has similar sets too)
Chiffon Ribbon (I got mine on Temu in a set, but Amazon and Walmart has it too)
Mohair Yarn (I got mine on Temu, but Amazon has a similar version too)
How-To:
Measure your ornaments.
Open the Cricut Joy Design Space software on your computer. Click +New Project.
Title your project and click Text. A text box will appear and you can change the font and size in the tool panel of the software at the top of the screen.
I placed my text boxes at the top of my screen and sized it using my mouse to ensure it would fit on the ornament. My ornament was 3.15 inches and I made sure my design would fit in width and height. I added one text box. You can buy fonts, but I used ones that were included in my Cricut subscription.
After you get your design the way you want it, click the Make button. I selected “Without Mat” to answer the next box that asked “How will you load all your materials for this project?” as I was using Cricut Smart materials. Click Confirm.
On the “Review artwork” screen, review your sizing and design. This is also where you can double check the size and resize as needed. If everything looks good, click Continue. You can always click “Cancel” to return to the previous screen if needed.
On the next screen, your machine will connect and you need to select the material. I selected Smart Vinyl-Permanent. Then it asks you to load the material into the machine. Just unroll your vinyl and slide it into the machine and make it fit in between the markers and slide it towards the needed. The machine will position itself. Once loaded, click Go and it will cut your design into the vinyl.
Cricut ornament supplies
I then cut around my design with scissors and used the hook looking tool to pick off the BACKGROUND vinyl from my design.
I peeled that background off and it left the letters on the backing.
I cut a piece of transfer tape to fit over my design.
Using the transfer tape for my Cricut design
I peeled the transfer tape off its backing and put it onto my cut design.
Removing the transferred Cricut design from the transfer tape backing
I then used the scraper to make sure the transfer tape stuck to the design. This took several attempts. I peeled it away from my design slowly to make sure it stuck to all of it, placed it back down if it didn’t and scraped some more.
Transferring the Cricut design to my ornament
Once I made sure the tape stuck to my entire design, I peeled the transfer tape off the design and all it was on the tape.
I placed the transfer tape with my design onto the ornament (make sure you get it exactly where you want it as its permanent!).
I used the scraper to “transfer” my design onto the ornament by gently scraping over the transfer tape. I peeled the transfer tape up gently and the design was transferred onto the ornament.
I scraped a little more to make sure the design had no bubbles and was completely flat.
Adding the dried flowers to the ornament
I took the cap off the ornament and gently stuffed in the dried flowers.
I put the cap back on the ornament and cut some chiffon and yarn and tied it around the top of the ornament.
The final Cricut ornament design
Then it’s done for gifting or hanging in your home or on a Christmas tree.
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Carolyn J. (C.J.) Braden is the owner of Carolyn’s Blooming Creations is a regular contributor and editor for CBC. She has been featured in numerous media publications such as InStyle Magazine, on HGTV, on Bustle.com, and more. She is the author of the books Georgia McMasters in Amethyst Lake Cemetery, How To Be Yourself: 3 Ways To Help You Being You, and the illustrator for the children’s book Bridging Connections. She is a former classroom teacher that now dedicates her life to educating others on how to live their most healthy, creative and happy life. Learn more about her visiting our About Us page.