DIY Christmas Mugs
Make some cute holiday mugs with your Cricut machine in minutes!
What You Will Need
- Mugs I am using the camping mugs from Heat Transfer Warehouse but any mugs will work.
- Adhesive permanent vinyl
- Transfer tape
- Weeding tools
- Cricut machine (any machine will work with this project)
- Brayer
- Scraper
- Parchment paper (If you want to use the layering hack, you will need this.)
- SVG files
Instructions
- Upload the SVG file to Cricut Design Space for cutting.
- Change the colors of the pieces if you would like. Just be sure to pick any like colors and click attach before clicking make it.
- Once you click make it, you should see a series of mats in the color of your choice. Pick permanent vinyl as your material type.
- Put your vinyl face up on the mat. There is no need to mirror your cut for adhesive vinyl. If you mat is old, it is helpful to press the vinyl down using your brayer so it will really adhere to the mat.
- Then cut each mat with your Cricut machine. For pieces this small, I like to cut them first then trim around the cut area with scissors to save the rest of the sheet for another project.
- Then weed away all of the excess vinyl. You want to get rid of anything around the outside edge as well as things like the centers of letters.
- Now it is time to layer those colors! Add your first color to your transfer tape. I like to add either the color on top or the color that there is more of.
- Burnish that color down well and remove the backing paper.
- Then on that same piece of transfer tape, add your next color. You will add it in the same manner. You can either eyeball the alignment or using something like parchment paper as an aid for aligning the pieces.
- Once all of your pieces are on the transfer tape, you can add it to your mug. You can use the parchment paper for this as well or the wet vinyl application method.
- Press the vinyl down well and remove the transfer tape to reveal your mug!