HOW TO LAYER TWO COLORS OF ADHESIVE VINYL | LAYERING ADHESIVE VINYL WITH YOUR CRICUT!

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Materials Used

1) Surface for your vinyl
2) Permanent Vinyl (651)

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Step by Step Instructions

1) Open Design Space
2) Make a new project/canvas
3) Insert your image or make a text box and arrange your text
4) Once you have the image/text how you want it, size the image appropriate for your sign size
5a) IF YOU ARE LAYERING:
1. Go to shapes and pick a shape for your marker (I did circle)
2. Place it below your image I did about 1 inch and make the marker small (about half inch)
3. Make one circle to match the color of your first color layer and the other circle to match the other color
4. Put the circles directly on top of each other
5. Ungroup the image layers by clicking ungroup
6. Hide one color layer by clicking the little eye next to the layer you want to hide in the layers column on the right
7. Select the circle marker and the matching color of the image layer and click attach
8. Unhide the hidden image and now hide the other color and repeat step 7
9. If you have more than two layers repeat steps 3-7 until all colors have an attached marker
10. Now your layers are ready to be cut
5) Once you have it sized how you want, click MAKE IT
6) Select your cut settings – for the 651, I used Vinyl
7) Put your vinyl onto the mat – I used the light grip blue mat
8) Once the film is on your mat, load the mat into your Cricut using the flashing arrow buttons
9) Once loaded, press the flashing Cricut button to cut!
10) Once your vinyl is cut, use your weeding tool to “weed out” or remove the excess around the letters you want to stick onto the glass – don’t forget the middles of the letters!
11)For layering, apply your transfer tape to the first or base layer, peel off.
12)Then take that transfer tape with the base layer and layer it on top of the other layer LINING UP THE MARKERS TO ENSURE LAYERS ARE AS CLOSE AS THEY CAN
13) Using the transfer tape as the carrier sheet, stick your vinyl onto your surface
14) Using your scraper, press and smooth out the vinyl (the tape is still on the vinyl at this point)
15) Peel off the transfer tape – your vinyl will be sticking to the glass
16) You’re done! Enjoy!

[tashaunagardalen]

I laughed so hard at the slurp lol. Its basically what I do too. 😂

[tammy]

Thank you so much for the clear step by step instructions!

[karaledbetter]

hahah, "slurp!" so funny but i totally did that in my head!

[joannestark-augustine]

Lauren, love your tutorials, glad I found you. You make everything simple.

[noraarellano]

Yes Lauren! I was hoping you would do a video like this. Thank you.

[itsmikeytotheg]

Great idea. Though I would use a shape that has an orientation for a market, since the circle could be lined up but the vinyl rotated off a bit. Maybe I’ll use a triangle

[rogenak]

This is awesome!! Been waiting to see a video like this about layering vinyl!!
Thank you so much!!👍🏽💕

[heidiewing]

Excellent! Great dot tip for aligning!

[mislandi]

Love it. Can you do one with the weeding box?

[thatjerseyb]

i tried last night with a circle registration mark and for whatever reason I kept turning it, so the circles lined up, but the rest of the image didn't. I find it way easier to use either a rectangle or a star so if its twisted, its noticible.

[savvynessroks]

Could you do this with HTV on a t-shirt or sweatshirt?

[melbaallegro]

am new to Design Space and Cricut. my question is when u have to layer do u start from the top to the bottom is there a right and wrong wat to layer? Also do you have to slice an imagine from Design cricut or you just attached the way you did. and the MARKERS do u do one for each color