Layering Adhesive Vinyl

Amazon is a great resource for all kinds of vinyl crafts and was the first place i browsed for my latest project.

Layering adhesive vinyl.

I needed a way to better organize my vinyl and of course i needed to make a label. It s quick and easy when the design is only one color but i often fall in love with designs with more than one color. Layering adhesive vinyl a quick tutorial. And you get an awesome result with all the layers.

Add a registration mark to the bottom or side of the design. Notes on layering adhesive vinyl. It helps that there s all sorts of amazing colored vinyl out right now like these amazing bright shades from joann. Applying adhesive vinyl to mason jars.

Find the updated svg file image on my blog. My second layer was the body color of the bugs which i again cut out of the oracal 651 series. Don t forget to rub the surface with rubbing alcohol to eliminate dust and oil. This one i did a while back is off by a fraction of a millimeter but that gap sticks out like a sore thumb.

It looks kind of scary but i m going to show you my technique and that it s not scary at all. Thursday july 13 2017 i am an avid amazon shopper and recently a new prime member. It s always best to limit yourself at one or 2 layers on top of each other unless it s an artwork or something that won t be manipulated at all. This is possible to do in either studio or in design space and the registration mark can be a square circle or even a triangle.

As you can see these projects have tons of layers. The first step is within the design program. In the last few years i ve come to really love iron on vinyl but lately i ve been returning to adhesive vinyl for a lot of projects like pantry labels tumblers and more. Layering adhesive vinyl tips.

Adhesive vinyl is one of the staple materials that many cutting machine crafters love to work with. It s sticky it gets static cling and that bottom layer jumps up to kiss that top layer before you have it centered correctly and it can be challenging to pull the layers apart without ruining them. I m leaving this in to show it s not always as easy as it looks. Just a heads up this method is meant for adhesive vinyl since it uses transfer tape not meant for htv.

Layer adhesive vinyl step 1. One of the biggest hang ups i hear when talking to readers or my friends about adhesive vinyl is how difficult it is to layer correctly. I ve done this successfully dozens of times but every once in a while you get a screw up. Sometimes eyeballing it is fine for getting things lined up but what if you need to line.