Custom Faith Motel Keychain Using Cricut

Here’s a fun and easy Cricut project that can be completed in less than 15 minutes! Craft this retro Faith Motel Keychain using your Cricut machine and two vinyl colors. It’s a great way to express your faith and it’s perfect for gifting to your Christian family and friends!

These retro motel keychains are all the rage right now! So of course I just had to try them out. For my Cricut project I decided to create a motel keychain for my Christian friend using a religious quote and some cross symbols.

I went through a variety of quotes until I found one that I liked and felt would fit best on this motel keychain. With this keychain template you’ve only got about 1.5 inches at the widest part and 2.5 inches at the longest part to adhere a vinyl design.

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In hindsight, I could’ve made the word “with” a little smaller. But I still love how it came out! I also love that there are two different fonts because it keeps it from looking too plain and blah. Don’t you agree?!

The majority of the font used in this design is a serif style font. Just a quick tip that weeding out a serif font in this smaller size was a bit of a challenge. While I got the job done, I wanted to share that so you are aware should you use this font and size.

Supplies

White Motel Keychain with Gold Metal (Hobby Lobby)
Cricut Design Space: Font(s) BFC Fashionable and BFC Fashion Statement
Cricut Design Space: Crosses #M482EDCE6
Cricut Explore – Cricut Joy – Cricut Joy Xtra
Cricut Cutting Mat
Cricut Permanent Vinyl Black
Cricut Permanent Vinyl Silver
Cricut Transfer Tape

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Custom Faith Motel Keychain Details

Due to the font style and size giving me a bit of a challenge, I did not grab process photos for this Cricut Project. But creating this design was fairly straight-forward and you will find the itemized steps below. These motel keychains also make great gifts any time of the year and can be used as keychains or bag charms.

Design Process

The Basics: Before even starting this process I first had to come up with the quote I wanted to use. From there I measured the available keychain space and then headed over to Cricut Design Space.
Choose Fonts: For this project I chose to use a serif-style font as the main font and decided to highlight a few words in a different script font. Overall the full quote area measured approximately 1.09″ wide x 2.85″ high. Next I assembled my quote in Design Space and adjusted the fonts to fit within the area of the keychain I had to work with.
Choose & Size Cross Symbols: Since I knew the available “real estate” on this motel keychain was limited, I decided to cut the cross symbols separately. That way I could separate them and place where I had available space after adhering the quote.
Adhere Fonts: Before adhering the permanent vinyl I used some alcohol to wipe down the design area. I started adhering the quote at the widest part of the motel keychain. Then I worked my way up and and then down (from that center) finishing the remaining words from the quote.
Adhere Symbols: The last step was to randomly adhere the cross symbols where there was available space.

Design Options

Stickers: The cold transfer sticker sheets that can be found at Hobby Lobby work great on these motel keychains. There are also sets that are already sized to this motel keychain.
Seal Vinyl Design: Everyone has a preference on how they like to finish their motel keychain crafts. You can leave it as permanent vinyl alone; or seal the design with UV resin or a two-part epoxy.

The friend I gifted this Custom Faith Motel Keychain to was also one of the same friends who received a Personalized Charcuterie Board. I’m happy to say she loved both!

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