Cut a piece of freezer paper 12 inches by 24 inches.

Log into Cricut Design Space and upload the your cut file. Insert onto your canvas.

Measure the area of the doormat where you want your design to be, then size your design accordingly. Do this by clicking on the design and using either the arrow that appears in the bottom right-hand corner of the design, or use the Size tool in the top toolbar.

Click Make It. Position your “design” where you would like for it to cut from your freezer paper. For my doormat I wanted my “Hello” in the bottom right hand corner, so I put my “Hello” down in the corner of my freezer paper. The rest of your freezer paper is going to act as a spray shield so that you don’t get spray paint on the rest of your doormat.

When it comes time to select your cutting material, you will need to create a custom material setting for freezer paper. To do this select Material Settings from the bottom of the materials list. You will then see a slider where you can select the blade pressure. Change it to 135. Select “off” for the Multi Cut and “Fine Point Blade” for your Blade Type. Don’t forget to name the material Freezer Paper. Once you have done this once, you’ll be able to select Freezer Paper from the dropdown list of materials.

Lay your freezer paper shiny side down on your 12x24 inch cutting mat. Make sure that the freezer paper is really pushed into the mat. I like to do this using a brayer tool. Load your mat into the cutting machine and have your Cricut cut.

Weed your freezer paper. You will want to keep the freezer paper that surrounds the word as well as the pieces from inside the loops of the letters, so for my Hello design that meant the loops inside the h, e, l, l, o.

Heat your Cricut EasyPress to 300F. Carefully peel the freezer paper off of the cutting mat and lay it on top of the doormat in the area where you would like to stencil. Make sure you add the centers of your letters. Press the freezer paper to the doormat using your Cricut EasyPress, heating for approximately 30 second.

Now it’s time to paint! You may want to cover the rest of your doormat with parchment paper to protect it from overspray. Following the instructions on your bottle of spray paint, use the spray paint to paint your design. Allow to dry and then decide if your letters are dark enough, if they aren’t add another layer of spray paint.

Once your paint has dried, carefully peel away the freezer paper revealing your design.

Optional: Spray a layer of clear protective spray paint on top to seal your doormat.