Hi friends!
I have this fairly new addiction for mugs. It started with Christmas mugs but now I want at least one mug for other holidays. Here we are approaching St. Patrick’s Day and I just couldn’t find a really fun or cute mug to purchase. Well, that just means I had to make my own using Artesprix sublimation inks.
General Supplies needed. You can find the products listed at the bottom of this instruction.
- Sublimation ink
- Paintbrush
- Cup of water
- Paper towel
- Paint palette or tray
- Copy/printer paper
- Stamp of your choice
- Sublimation ink pad
- Stamp block or positioner
- Sublimation mug
- Protection paper or parchment paper
- Mug press
- Heat resistant tape
Instruction
1. Measure the mug top to bottom and then from handle to handle.
2. Draw the rectangle out on printer paper. I prefer slightly smaller. Cut out the rectangle. This is your canvas. Pencil will not transfer to mug so don’t worry about lines and writing.
3. Set up your canvas paper in a stamp positioner. I put another piece of paper underneath as I know the stamp will go off the edges.
4. Using a sublimation ink pad and a stamp, stamp your image(s) to the canvas. NOTE: your image will be reversed on the final object, all words, numbers, etc. will need to be mirrored. There are several ways to do this but it isn’t included in this tutorial as I am not using them in this project.
5. Using sublimation ink to color in the stamped images and background. I traces the outline of the clovers with a green marker as I wanted them to be prominent. I use a paint palette tray so I can add one drop of ink in a well and water that down. Please note: the darkest color will always prevail on the final product so if you do any layers, regardless of what form of ink you are using, the dark color will over power the lighter ones so take that into account if you layer colors.
Any part of your canvas that doesn’t get painted will be the color of the mug.
6. Let dry.
7. Wrap your artwork around the mug and tape securely with heat resistant tape.
8. Cut a piece of protection paper and wrap that around the mug. This is needed because we are not using sublimation paper and the ink can bleed through the paper and get on the press.
9. Set the temp on the press to be in the 360-400 degree F range and the time to be 150 to 300 seconds.
10. Place mug in press and activate press.
11. Do a peek test to make sure the image has transferred. If not, press again. Otherwise, let cool.
12. Once cooled remove your artwork and marvel and the beautiful mug you just created!
These inks are so vibrant and beautiful. I hope you’ll fall in love with them as I have! You can learn more and see more project inspiration in the Artesprix Iron-on Ink Inspirational Facebook Group. Please use tags #Artesprix and #IrononInk for your projects on your social media posts so they can find them.
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Check out the supply list below for all that I used to decorate this mug.
~Paula
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