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Two personalized yeti tumblers, white with black tumbler decal with Cricut vinyl
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Vinyl Tumbler Decal

How to make a tumbler decal with Cricut vinyl! Follow this easy step-by-step tutorial for a personalized yeti tumbler.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Makes 1 vinyl decal
Author Pretty Providence
Cost $5

Equipment

  • Cricut Machine
  • Standard Grip Mat (green)
  • Scissors
  • Weeding Tool

Supplies

  • 1 Stainless Steel Tumbler with Straw
  • Cricut Permanent Vinyl
  • Cricut Transfer Tape

Instructions

  • Open design in Cricut Design Space and size it to fit your cup. Make sure your design is 'attached. 'Weld' if you are using cursive letters. Click 'make it.'
    'I'm So Fancy' words design in Cricut Design Space
  • Select 'vinyl' from the materials list if you are using a Cricut Maker. If using an Explore machine choose 'vinyl' using the dial on the machine. Check to make sure that the fine point blade is loaded in your machine. Choose 'continue.'
    Cricut Design Space screen with 'vinyl' chosen as material and tools loaded
  • Cut a piece of vinyl to the size needed for your decal, leaving a centimeter extra on the sides. Put the vinyl onto your green mat. Follow the prompts in Design Space to cut the vinyl.
    Cricut Design Space screen preview design before cutting
  • Cut vinyl.
    white Cricut maker machine cutting black vinyl on a green mat
  • Weed extra vinyl from around the words and inside the letters using a weeding tool.
    'I'm So Fancy' design on Cricut mat with weeding tools and scissors
  • Cut a piece of transfer tape and press it down onto the vinyl design. Burnish the transfer tape. (Burnishing: Rub back and forth over the tape with your thumb or the back of a weeding tool until it is good and stuck.)
    Slowly pick up the transfer tape and if any of the letters aren't coming up with it, put the tape back down and burnish again.
    Cricut vinyl 'I'm So Fancy' with transfer tape over it
  • Place the design with transfer tape onto the tumbler and burnish with your thumb.
    Cricut vinyl on a piece of clear transfer tape ready to be applied to tumbler
  • Pull transfer tape off of the design slowly, diagonally from one corner.
    Transfer tape with black vinyl pulling off of a white tumbler.
  • Done! Now you have a cute, personalized tumbler decal!
    Personalized tumblers with straws - white with black Cricut vinyl that says 'I'm So Fancy'

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Notes

  • Permanent vinyl is the best kind of vinyl to use for tumbler cups.
  • Cricut Permanent vinyl will last really well.
  • You can put this vinyl through the dishwasher but stainless steel tumblers hold up better if you hand-wash them.