How To Layer Vinyl The Easy Way

by Micah | Home Faith Family

5 Materials

30 Minutes

Easy

There are so many easy crafts you can make by learning how to layer vinyl, and today, I’m going to show you how you can layer vinyl the easy way. You’re going to love these easy step-by-step instructions for your next craft project.

You'll first want to gather your supplies. If you have a white plate, mug, tumbler, etc. you want to decorate, you can use your die-cutting machine or your favorite stencil.

Once all of your vinyl is cut, you’ll want to prepare your crafting project.

Be sure to clean the surface of what you’re working with to remove any dust, fingerprints, or residue.

Lay the bottom vinyl layer to your main project, first. Securing the heart to the white plate was simple due to the large size where I didn’t feel using transfer tape was needed for this part.

The only difficulty I had was my OCD perfectionist tendencies came out as I wanted to make sure the heart was centered on the plate properly.

Next, you’ll want to remove the negative space around the “love” lettering, including any holes that might be present inside letters with loops (such as e’s, o’s, etc.). Place transfer tape on top of this lettering and secure both the transfer tape and vinyl together.

You’ll want to use vinyl transfer tape to perfectly align your vinyl to your project. I love transfer tape for any vinyl project, but when you’re layering vinyl on top of each other, this transfer tape is absolutely necessary if you don’t want your project to fail.

Go slowly on this next part since it’s very difficult to remove vinyl from a project once it’s secure. You’ll want to line up the lettering with the heart to where you desire for your project. Starting in the middle of the heart, lay the lettering and slowly smooth the lettering, moving from the inside to the outside.

Slowly remove the transfer tape and enjoy your new craft!

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