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 I originally made this mug for a swap, but I’ve since made it multiple times as gifts because people kept commenting on it.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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I repeated the whole process for the heart.
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!
you really did an amazing job! this turned out so professional, and so unique as well 🙂
Will the vinyl come off when you wash the mug?
It won’t if you hand wash it. You won’t be able to put it in the dishwasher. Hope that helps!
What kind (brand) of vinyl did you use?
love it!!! how long should i wait to wash it?
You can wash it immediately–just remember to hand wash it!