How to Color Engraving made on a Cricut or a Glowforge | FIVE Methods Tested!

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Learn how to color engraving on different materials with paints and inks! Engraving is one of the more impressive crafts you can do with a Cricut or Glowforge. We’ve had fun learning how to engrave plastic and metal in different projects on both! But many of you have asked how you can make your engraved areas stand out more. I have an answer: COLOR! I’ve tested several ways to color engraving on different materials and am excited to share my great results! Let’s look at what worked best (or not at all) to color engraved plaque projects!

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MATERIALS LIST (contains my affiliate links):

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* Acrylic Blank no thicker than 2mm (for Cricut) – https://amzn.to/3A0wvpA
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Credits:
Introduction: PixelBytes (my child!)
Music: Cute by Bensound (licensed, royalty and copyright free)
Videography: Jennifer Marx on a Panasonic Lumix FZ-1000 DSLR 4K camera
Design: A Jennifer Maker original!