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Coffee Love Mug DIY

August 24, 2014 by Albion

I’m a bit of a swap junky and I love mug swaps. I originally made this mug for a swap, but I’ve since made it multiple times as gifts because people kept commenting on it. It’s a simple design but a lot of fun. Every coffee lover needs a Coffee Love Mug!

Coffee Love Mug

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For this mug, I used my Cricut Explore, two pieces of vinyl (red and brown), transfer tape, the weeder and scraper tools, and a white mug.

mug supplies

Cricut’s Design Space is a lot of fun to browse through. I knew that I wanted to to do something with coffee, whether it was the word itself or a picture, and a heart. There was no shortage of images to choose from and I enjoyed playing around. I liked how these two images (#M43AC8 and #M46080) looked together and stuck with it.

Cricut Design Space

I cut out “coffee” first. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of watching the Explore cut. Once the word was cut out, I pulled the vinyl away from the backing so that the word was all that was left.

coffee vinyl

I cut a piece of transfer tape so that it covered the vinyl. I put the sticky side down and used the scraper to adhere the vinyl and tape together.

vinyl and transfer tape

I gently pulled the tape up and the vinyl was stuck to it. I then placed it where I wanted on the mug and used the scraper to smooth and adhere the vinyl. Once the vinyl was scraped down, I pulled back the transfer tape.

coffee vinyl

coffee vinyl on mug

coffee vinyl

I repeated the whole process for the heart.

coffee love vinyl mug

These designs weren’t difficult to get onto the mug and I didn’t have any trouble with bubbling. My recommendation is to hand wash and dry them if you make something similar. I couldn’t get over how fun it was to make my Coffee Love Mug. It’s a great gift for any coffee lover in your life!

Coffee Love Mug

 

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Category: Cricut, makeTag: coffee, craft, cricut, cricut explore, mug, mug swap, vinyl

About Albion

I’ve wanted to be an archaeologist, in theatre, a judge and to run a museum. I’m now in my mid-30s and have no idea what I want to be when I grow up.

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  1. kim

    August 26, 2014 at 3:18 pm

    you really did an amazing job! this turned out so professional, and so unique as well 🙂

    Reply
  2. Elda

    October 6, 2015 at 5:09 pm

    Will the vinyl come off when you wash the mug?

    Reply
    • Albion

      October 6, 2015 at 5:23 pm

      It won’t if you hand wash it. You won’t be able to put it in the dishwasher. Hope that helps!

      Reply
    • Bre

      September 28, 2016 at 1:41 pm

      What kind (brand) of vinyl did you use?

      Reply
  3. maria

    December 13, 2015 at 3:17 pm

    love it!!! how long should i wait to wash it?

    Reply
    • Albion

      December 13, 2015 at 6:59 pm

      You can wash it immediately–just remember to hand wash it!

      Reply

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