Glitter Vinyl Face Up Or Down

How to sublimate glitter heat transfer vinyl.

Glitter vinyl face up or down.

Glitter vinyl is a bit stiffer than standard vinyl so you may need to take extra care to make sure your vinyl is firmly secured to your mat before you start cutting or else you risk your designs not cutting well. If you can use your sublimation system to decorate dark apparel and add metal flake effects it opens up a whole new market. The iron on vinyl is put onto the roll carrier side out which means the side that curls down is the carrier side and the side that curls up is the vinyl side in the end if you re faced with two shiny sides the same color the slightly less shiny side is going to be the vinyl side. This is usually rolled up with the vinyl and can be found near the center of the roll.

On the cricut explore set the dial to custom. For my decal i decided to use expressions vinyl series 31 removable vinyl in bright berry. Regular heat transfer vinyl regular siser easyweed heat transfer vinyl htv can be cut using the iron on setting on the dial of the cricut explore. Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.

Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine. Whatever mat and machine you are using put your adhesive vinyl paper backing side down onto your mat so the colored vinyl side is facing up see image below. The process of using glitter or bling heat transfer film as a base for sublimation is similar to using enduratex sublitex but simpler. If your vinyl came on a roll you can cut off a piece to fit on your mat.

Htv glitter heat transfer vinyl sheet 21 pack 12 x 10 glitter iron on vinyl for t shirt starter htv bundle with accessories tweezers for cricut silhouette cameo 4 6 out of 5 stars 232 25 89 25. Place glitter cardstock onto lightgrip cutting mat. When you first go to stick your glitter vinyl to your mat you may notice that is has a strong tendency to curl up on itself. If the vinyl does not separate from the liner simply burnish the transfer tape onto the vinyl and peel away again.

Always do a test cut to verify settings. Select images and size and load the mat into the machine. Glitter vinyl rolls include a sheet of stronggrip transfer tape for use with glitter vinyl. Load mat into the machine.

Select glitter cardstock from the list of materials if using a cricut explore machine turn smart set dial to custom. Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.