BABY STEPS: Nursery Wall

Hello Everyone!

I am so excited to share this special project with you!  My daughter, Samantha and I traveled to Memphis, Tennessee last week to spend some time with family.  My cousins, Jes & Jonny are expecting.  So while we were there we helped decorate my cousin's nursery as our gift to her and the baby.  Her due date is February 24th so we are currently on 'baby watch'!

Our supplies for this project were very affordable:

- Cricut Expression 2
- BABY STEPS Cricut Cartridge (font)
- PLANTIN SCHOOLBOOK Cricut Cartridge (leaves)
- Brown Vinyl (3)
- Pink Vinyl
- Lavendar Vinyl
- Transfer Tape
- Chocolate brown paint
- Paint brush

I even made a short video to show you how cute it is!!  More detailed instructions are below.



Click HERE if you can't see the video above

I used brown vinyl and cut everything with a 12x12 cricut mat on my Cricut Expression 2.  Abigail's name was cut with the font from BABY STEPS Cricut Cartridge at 10".  Thanks to my gypsy, I was able to position all the letters on just 2 pieces of 12x12 vinyl.  I then cut them out with my scissors and laid them out on the dining room table.

It was helpful that the table had lines on it, so I just used those to line my letters up.  You can also use a yardstick or just the edge of a table to make sure you transfer the name/word straight.

I just 'eyeballed' the spacing between the letters, but you could use a ruler if you want to be exact.  To keep the letters from moving around, I used a small piece of scotch tape to hold them in place.

The transfer tape comes in 12x24" pieces and there are two sheets in each pack.  Abigail's name measured approximately 40" long, so I used both pieces of transfer tape.

To do this, all you need to do is overlap the transfer tape.

My font was cut at 10" and my transfer tape is 12" tall... but I still had a few letters go above and below the lines.

No worries though... just take a scrap piece of transfer tape and overlap it to extend over the letter.

Don't forget to burnish the entire thing with the provided popsicle stick or bone folder.

Gently peel the transfer tape back.

Ta da!  Ready to apply it to the wall...  except, did anyone notice that I misspelled her name?  Yikes!  I left out the second 'i'!  Good thing I noticed before applying it to the wall, but even if I hadn't, vinyl is removeable... so it is still fixable.

Using either your gypsy or Cricut Craft Room will allow you to get the most out of the vinyl you are using.  I was able to cut 112 leaves out of only 8 pieces of 12x12 vinyl.

We layered pink vinyl leaves over the brown vinyl leaf shadows (PLANTIN SCHOOLBOOK).  Normally I would be OCD about the leaves being green, but because the nursery colors are these pretty pastels with a brown and white base... the pink leaves looked awesome!

(Cousin Mandy helped with this part!  That was alot of leaves!)

Here is the nursery BEFORE...

I could have cut my tree trunk and branches out of vinyl too and pieced them together to make the whole thing.  But it was way easier and less expensive to just purchase brown paint and paint the tree onto the wall.  Samantha and I free-handed the outline of the tree with a pencil and then started painting.

Just remember to keep you strokes going all in the same direction.

Here is our completed project!

I was inspired when I found this project on PINTEREST.  It was originally hand painted by a lady named Sharon Kuplack who owns 'Whimsical Walls".  Talk about talented!  Oh, my gosh!  I truly enjoyed browsing her website and would recommend her to anyone.  Of course, she lives in Wisconsin and is not readily available to everyone, but I truly appreciate the inspiration she gave me!

Let's start this week out right with a giveaway!  I have another STENCIL Project Cricut Cartridge to giveaway!!  Leave a comment and tell me if you have tried cutting vinyl for your walls yet!  

Creatively yours,

Tammy