Mickey Mouse Nails with a Cricut
You will need:
- White Vinyl
- Nail Polish
- Cricut Maker (or another Cricut Machine)
- Cricut Bright Pad
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To get started in the New Cricut Design Space, hit the plus sign on the left-hand side of your projects or the green New Project button in the top right corner.
After you select New Project, a blank canvas will open up for you. The canvas is a grid, so you will be able to see exactly how big your project is. Each of the little squares is an inch. For these nail decals, the images need to be resized to quite small, so this will help you get the sizes right.
Uploading Your Own Photos to Design Space
- To upload your own photo to Cricut Design space instead, hit the upload button at the bottom of the left-hand menu. The following screen will pop up, hit the upload image button.
You can either drag and drop your file on the next screen or search for it on your computer by hitting the browse button. Right-click on the Mickey head below and save it to your computer. Then upload it to design space.
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Once you have selected your image, it will pop up in the box on the left-hand part of your screen.
Select what kind of image it is, a simple image is an image with high contrast colors and a transparent or blank background. A moderately complex image is one with simple details and color. A complex image is one with lost of details and low contrast. For instance, the Mickey Mouse head below is a simple image because of the white background and the dark, simple lines.
- The next screen will pop up, wanting your to erase any parts of your image that you don’t want in the final product. This is when you erase backgrounds and other objects. There are a couple of ways to do this. You can do it the magic wand (it looks like a plus sign on your screen) will try and select the parts you want to be selected and erased or you can use the eraser (it looks like a circle on your screen) which functions the same way the eraser tool the old-school paint did.
Save your image as a cut file and then insert it into your design. Resize your lighting bolt by grabbing the double arrow in the corner and clicking and dragging.
Resize your Mickey Mouse heads to be .2 x .16. You can do this by clicking the arrows on the corner and click and drag or by typing the dimensions in the bar at the top of the screen. Once you have resized it, copy and paste the image multiple times to give you the amount of Mickey’s you need. I did one on each nail and three on each thumb.
Paint your nails with a gel polish. I love Sally Hansen Gel polish, but any polish will work. Do two coats of color, letting the color dry completely in between coats.
When your painted nails are completely dry, peel the vinyl sticker off the backing and stick it to your nail. Do a top coat or two over top to secure the vinyl.
These have got to be the cutest nails ever! I need to do this when we take the grandkids back to Disney. They will love it. So cute!!
That is so cute! That would have been fun to do before we went to Disneyland a couple months ago. The next time we go I think I will do something like this with my nails.
I love a great looking manicure and polish like you gave yourself. I need to get the cricut to do this and make so many other things. Mickey would look so good on my niece’s nails.
Your nails look amazing. I never realized you could use a Cricut for nail stencils. Game changer. I’ve only used one for t-shirts and appliques.
Okay, first the beautiful cards, then the beautiful designs on clothes, now… nail art! I really have to get my hands on a cricut printer. Also, I think this is adorable and perfect for people who are planning to go to Disney! It’s a nice touch!
I love little details like this on my nails and I definitely need a cricut printer! I bet I’m going to have so much fun creating or choosing different designs. I love that it lasts long!
I love how these turned out! I had no idea you could use a cricut machine for your nails.
Oh my goodness this is such an awesome idea of something idea to with a cricut, I would never have thought of using one for nail art at all. Love your Mickey nails!
Nail decals are so adorable and I love that you can make them yourself using a cricut machine. That’s pretty amazing and fun! It’s so nice how it turned out too. I love it!
Oh my word these are so cute! I absolutely adore Mickey propaganda!
I am so making these a priority. My daughter and I would love to match these nails!
These nails would be great if you were planning a Disney trip! I will have to pass this post along to my Disney friends!!
Awwe I love anything mickey mouse! They remind me of something I would do if I were to go on a Disney trip! The white really pops with the red making it very noticeable. 🙂
These are the cutest nails of life. I absolutely love how they turned out. I know my girls would love rock do this
Those turned out so cute, and I never would have thought to do decals for fingernails! I know my daughter would create all sorts of fun decals.
Your nails look so cute! I had no idea you could do that with a cricuit!
Now that looks so beautiful! My daughter would love that design on her nails.