You won't believe what you can do with vinyl and styrofoam

[Silvertip]

My mom just told me about this on the Cricut forum but then we can do anything they do with Inkscape and Sure Cuts A lot. Here is the site

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make_Fo ... ed_Granite

I thought this was so cool. They made a plaque with someone's name. It looks so very easy. The site has you cut out the letters by hand, but the person on the Cricut site used vinyl she cut out with her Cricut. I can't wait to try it it really looks easy. I haven't tried it yet. I have to dig out the styrofoam from somewhere (My garage is truely a spooky place). But if you want more answers go to the Cricut site and looke at the March 9 newsletter. Hope everyone enjoys this.

[firstcut]

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That was my post on the Cricut forum! Here is my blog post with the one I did with my Cricut:
http://cleversomeday.wordpress.com/2009 ... ur-cricut/

[Ingraham4]

This has to be one of the COOLEST things EVER! I can't wait to try this...... my hubby is searching the garage for some foam right now. Thanks for posting!

[Rorysnonna]

ok as a halloween freak I can see some really cool tombstone style stuff with this technique. LOVE IT!! Thanks for the link!
Lysa

[firstcut]

yes, this technique is apparently very popular for fake tombstone makers. Here's a link w/detailed instrux for that:
http://www.mourningcemetery.com/Project ... /index.htm

[Silvertip]

I MUST GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE! I didn't know Kay was in this forum and she is the one who posted it on the Cricut Site. But it is one of the more cooler things to do that I have seen. Thank you Kay for sharing.

[lkc]

These are great projects! I have a related type I'll share...I did it using the 2" denser foam, stencils and a dremel tool. I wanted to create a cornice but because we have block or brick wall I had to attach to the wood frame around my windows so decided to try a create a dimensional cornice for my bathroom window that could be support by shelf brackets attached to the wood frame. I would be easy to make any design or lettering and tape the design or use repositional adhesive sprayed on the back to hold it in place and dremel away...it's fairly quick and a fun project...I did it a few years ago and had it stuck away but thought I'd share the idea...I thought of building a faux mantle doing the same thing. The thicker foam has a tongue and groove feature so I took advantage of it on top. The "stone" color was sponged on using a mottling of gray and white.

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