Applying Vinyl Lettering To Canvas

Now that your canvas is prepped we are ready to stick on the vinyl.

Applying vinyl lettering to canvas.

For the best results put a book or something solid under the canvas and use the silhouette scraper to really burnish the letters onto the canvas before removing the contact paper. Join me as i teach you how to make beautiful crafts and quilts using differen. Place the canvas on a hard flat surface so that you can rub the vinyl on later. Once the letters were sticking to my transfer paper i carefully pulled the paper back making sure all the text stuck to the paper.

How to apply vinyl to canvas using the cricut maker crafting made fun and easy. The dry paint creates a textured surface for the vinyl to stick to. I do want to mention transfer paper really quick. But with a canvas there is a little give when you push on it and you want to be able to push firmly.

Applying vinyl to canvas is similar to applying vinyl to a wall or other surface but requires a few extra steps after you ve prepared it as described above. Set the canvas on a firm surface. That is a cooking spatula to rub down the vinyl and get the letters to stick to my transfer paper. The secret to getting 651 vinyl or any kind of vinyl to stick on a canvas.

The only exception to this is when you are using glitter vinyl it needs a super sticky transfer paper. I hate losing the dots on the i s. Ironing vinyl on a canvas. Since you re using heat transfer vinyl it s going to transfer with heat aka your iron or a heat press.

I prefer to use clear contact paper to transfer my vinyl. The secret to this is to find a board that. Some of the transfer paper brands are entirely too sticky. The key is to paint th.

Applying the vinyl to the canvas. Weeded and ready for placing on your canvas.