Thrift Store Redo - Simple Vinyl Transfer (Cricut)

I found this basket with lid, perfect for transporting pies or casseroles to a pot luck, at our local thrift store.  Since I'm more likely to use this in the summer than winter, I wanted to redo the lid.  I may eventually sew a new liner for the basket as well, but for now this one will do.

This is a very quick and simple project!  I painted the lid in Perfect Crust by Valspar - as close as I could get to the smokey beige spray paint that I love, but shouldn't use in the house.  :-)  (It's way too cold to spray paint outside!)

  I put the design together using free fonts, and black silhouettes from google images.  This design is almost identical to what I used on the curtains in my laundry room, so it only took a little tweaking...  I cut it from 651 vinyl, which I buy from Amazon.  

Once cut and weeded, I transferred it to dollar tree contact paper, which is my preferred transfer paper.  

Place the contact paper over the design, and rub over the design.  I use the cricut tool, but the pampered chef pan scraper, or an old credit card, would also work for this.

Then I flip the design upside down, and starting at the corner, pull the backing, diagonally, off the vinyl, which should now be stuck fast to the contact paper.

Flip the contact paper over and place over the surface you are placing the design on.  Again, rub with the tool (or old credit card, or whatever).  Then gently remove the contact paper - the design should stick to the surface, but pull slowly, and again working from a diagonal.

Place the contact paper back on it's original backing - you can reuse this again, and again.  One roll of $1 contact paper will last a very long time!

It takes about 48 hours for the design to be permanent, but it will hold up quite well almost immediately.

These were two earlier thrift store redos -