 Hey guys, this is Jen from iCrateCrafts. In today's video I will be showing you step-by-step how to create your own DIY Valentine mug with decals using your Cricut machine. I'm using dollar store mugs Which makes these mugs easy and very cheap to create. Now, let's get started All right, so I'm starting in design space and I pulled up these images already this cute little gnome guy I purchased him from design bundles I'll leave the link below in case you're interested in him And then these ones I bought quite a few years ago. I'm not honestly sure where I got them from it was either design bundles Or even Etsy But I pulled this one in because I thought it would be kind of cute to go with the gnome So I'm just gonna take this double arrow and make it a little bit smaller so I can kind of go next to it And I was thinking I'd give it just a little bit of a curve Unfortunately, I only have three red mugs that I bought from the dollar store That's all that they had at the time So I'm going to be working with just three of them and I think My favorite definitely is this little guy this little gnome and the be mine So I think I'm gonna make two of these and then I'll make one of these and I'll show you what I'm gonna do with this in a minute So I'm gonna actually duplicate this one so I have it selected I'm gonna hit the duplicate button and it's gonna be over here. So I think I'm gonna put it up at the top maybe So I'll have one down at the bottom and then one at the top. I think that is super cute But the only thing I have to do is I'm gonna see if I can maybe I Don't know if I could like attach it here Maybe you can still see the E and make it a lot easier to weed things out I can see here. It's touching a little bit. So I think I'm actually gonna leave it Just like that. So the next thing you want to do is You can change the color obviously I think since my mugs are red I think I might keep one black and then I might do one a white color But the next thing I'm gonna do is select both images that be mine and the gnome And I'm gonna weld it and the reason I welded it instead of attached is because if you ever cut anything out That was attached like this and it wasn't a welded you will see the little cut marks in between each one of these pieces So your best bet is to weld it So I'm gonna go ahead and do this one too right away just in case I forget to do it later So I have both images selected I'm gonna go to weld so these are both connected So the last thing I want to do is just change the color. I guess that I want one black and I think I want one white So I'm gonna go up to the color box up here, and I'm gonna change that to white So these are finished except for the sizes. So the next one I'm going to do is this exo exo and then the lips So these are two separate ones, but I'm like this is really cute But it needs something else so I went and I found these lips in my uploaded section So I'm gonna put these together And I was thinking on maybe Turning them a little bit. So with them both selected. I'm just gonna give it a little bit of a curve And I think I might shrink these up a little bit. You know me that big a lips, right? So I'm gonna put this there my only concern is The little lines in between here of trying to weed those out So I'm trying to make it so it's just a little bit bigger that it might be a little bit easier for me to weed out So I'm gonna turn this maybe a little bit more But I definitely like these this guy like I said, I'm not exactly sure where I got it Maybe design bundles a year ago or so. So I'm in love with these three I'm actually gonna delete this one because I'm not gonna worry about that one Okay, so the last thing for this is I want the X's and the O the X's and the lips to be the same color So to do that you can tell that this is already all attached together I'm gonna go up to the ungroup box up here and I'm hit the ungroup button So I'm gonna take the X the two X's I'm gonna hold down the command button So I've got I have both X's here and I'm gonna change it to let's see I think this is the red color of the lips. So that should be the same so It's gonna cut out these two separately and then these two separately I'm excited to see how that's gonna turn out like with the vinyl. Yeah, it must that she wants to see How the lips are gonna turn out So the last part on this is I'm not gonna attach anything because if I do it's gonna change the lips differently I'll show you what I mean So if I select both of these and I go down to the attach button it does that so I'm not gonna do this I'm gonna go ahead and push the back button and I'm gonna leave it the way it is So the two X's are gonna cut out with the red lips And then the two O's are gonna cut out with the black part here So I'm finished with this actually, you know what I'm jumping the gun I need to resize this so the way I resize mine and figure out the sizes of my stuff as I just take a green mat And I hold it up to whatever I'm doing So I'm gonna grab my green mat right now while we're doing this And I'm gonna hold it up to my mug and see how big I want it and looking at my mug Unfortunately, it's not the same dimension going up and down. It's kind of smaller at the bottom and bigger at the top So I'm just gonna actually hold my mat up to it and it's about Let's see almost a four So I'm gonna do three and a half by three and a half and see what that looks like So with the selected I'm gonna go up to the unlock box up here and then just type in three point five By three point five and we'll see what that looks like. Oh, not too bad. That's pretty cute So I'm gonna do the same thing with this unlock it three point five By three point five and then we're gonna switch and do this one So we're gonna unlock it and then change it to three point five by the three point five and I had this trouble with the last video. It's unlocked and it keeps changing on me for some reason I'm not sure. Does anybody know why it does that? It's unlocked, but it still changes my number Oops, so watch I do it and I'll change it again I'll stop See it's unlocked here and it still wants to do it. Sorry guys learn with me Kind of tell me what I'm doing wrong if you guys know but it's unlocked and it keeps changing. Here we go Okay, finally. So this together is the three and a half by three and a half These are two set for two the three and a half by all means please measure your mugs because your mugs might be different Size than mine. So I wish I was able to buy more of these but they only had the three at the dollar store So I'm gonna work with these three. So this is finished The only thing I have to do since I resized it recolored it is go to the make it button And then it's gonna show me what their preview preview looks like which is amazing. I love it So here's the two O's that we were cutting out I'm gonna move this a little bit further away from each other that I can get my scissors in between here And then here are my lips and my X and my O so I'm gonna Give it a little bit of space in between So I'm gonna start with the white one and go to the continue button and then it's gonna ask me what material I want to set at so I'm just using regular oracle 651 the permanent vinyl So these are my favorites that I had favorited and I always use this stencil vinyl here And I don't know. I think my Blade is really dull So I actually go to the pressure here and I do more because sometimes it doesn't cut all the way through to my vinyl So you can either replace your Blade or you can just try the pressure for right now I'm just doing more pressure to see if that does it which has been working for me I'm just trying to troubleshoot things instead of going out and buying a new one So I'm gonna cut this out I'll weed it out and then I'll show you the next step of putting it on to your mug All right guys. I made another boo boo. I share my camera with my daughters They have their own blog called triplet blogs and that was in slow-mo again Unfortunately, so everything that I was just taping you guys did not see So I started the x o x o on here And I kind of went up higher for the x down a little bit lower for the o up high for the x and down for the Oh, and I was gonna wait to show you the mouth. So here's the mouthpiece and for the red I actually use the h TV. I'm sorry. I use the glitter vinyl so this is a little Holographic and then a little bit of glitter and then I also have this guy the little gnome and I have this part So I was doing all of it and white as you remember, but this white was really bad I don't know what kind of vinyl I have for but I need to get rid of it It was so hard to weed so my be mine didn't cut out So I cut this out in red as well. And then another thing that I was showing you guys in slow Mo was I did this one. So it's the be mine and the little gnome on it So I'm gonna show you how to do that again, but forgive me for that I need to purchase my own camera. I guess so I'm just taking a piece of transfer tape That I already had cut out and I'm just gonna put it on top of the lips here I'm gonna use my squeegee and work really hard and push really hard on this to get the file off And I always like to work upside down to make sure I get all the pieces off And then I'm gonna take the mouth kind of line it up where I want it So I'm gonna put this kind maybe on an angle a little bit Doesn't have to be perfect because it's the way you want to do it So there that one is I'm just gonna use my fingers and get the bubbles and stuff out of here And then once you got it on you just want to peel back your transfer tape slowly To make sure that nothing comes off And one thing I did say when it was on slow mo is wash your Cups your mugs first. I use some alcohol and some paper towel And I wiped it really well to clean it and I actually washed these in the dishwasher before I did this So whoops gonna piece of transfer tape stuck there. So this one is finished the XO XO and Then also this one that be mine. I really do love this I was kind of hesitant on doing black on red for Valentine's Day, but I actually really do like this one So I just have one more left here. Here's the white guy the white gnome with the be mine So I'm just gonna finish him really quick. So I'm gonna take a piece of transfer tape And cut it off. I just use this contact transfer tape and it's less expensive And it's not as sticky because I don't need it to be too sticky. So I'm just gonna cut a piece off of here Kind of guesstimate how big I need it And then just take the edge off Which sometimes it gives me problems There we go Whoops thought I had it there we go and then Got some dog hair on here Then you just want to take your transfer tape put it over your file use your squeegee really well And make sure you get your file on there Not only are you making your file go on to your transfer tape, but you're also making sure that you get any bubbles out So go ahead and flip it over. I like to flip it upside down See if any pieces come off perfect And then because we're working with a curved surface one thing I like to do is actually take my scissors and just cut I'm actually gonna trim away all of this extra here But one thing I like to do is just go in and Cut little notches in here and then that will help you be able to you know Push this and get it on properly rather than it being one big piece because It's round. It's a rounded surface So that's just a little tip you can do it or you don't have to do it But it just makes a little bit easier if you just give it a little bit of little notches in between here Making sure that you're not nicking your file itself So once you've got it where you want it or how you have it Just gonna want to place it on here and kind of eyeball it where you want it to go You don't want to make you want to make sure it's not so close to the handle kind of more in the middle Maybe but I'm just gonna place it right here Then I'm gonna work my way down and Then here's where the little notches come in handy now you can push it each way In the transfer tape will give a little bit more than it would if it was just flat So I'm just gonna take it and I'm trying not to get any bubbles or any wrinkles in here So I'm just taking it and pushing it with my fingers and it feels pretty good I don't think I have any bubbles in here But you never know until you peel it off. So once you get it on really well take your time and push it on You want to take back your transfer tape And this is a little bit more difficult if you do cut it because it's going to be in pieces now But just take your time and pull it back Make sure you don't pull any of your design up I like this one better It's much cuter when it's white so One thing I can see already is There is a few bubbles down here. I don't know if that shows up on camera but the way I like to do is just take your weeder and Carefully go under where you were just where where your bubbles are and lift it up gently without pulling your ripping your file So that's fixed there or another way if you have more than just a little bit there is you can take a hairdryer on Low heat go over it and be careful with your fingers because it's hot and just push it and that will push the bubble out as Well, that's why I also do it too. So this one is finished with the gnome Now we just have the be mine part I really love so I'm just gonna take another piece of transfer tape that I had here previously and then just go Over it with the scraper again And then again, I like to work backwards Make sure I get everything off because see if I pull I can see it. I didn't get that piece It just makes it easier for me. That's pretty to the way it is. Hey, so Just find the front and this one. I'm not too worried about Cutting the sides of it. So you just want to figure out where you want to put it I think I'm gonna put it where did I put that one? So I put this one up on the left hand corner so I might Put this I kind of like it down here I think I'll put it right next to him right here Then I can just take it and smooth it with your finger There These are so simple and so fun to make I Sold it quite a few last year at the store that I sell up the street So I'm gonna be making some more of these and trying to sell them there So then when you're finished, you just peel back and it is done. Look at that. I love that one I hope that shows up but that's really pretty how that is there So so be a great gift for anybody or a Valentine's gift for somebody or like I said if you're gonna try to sell it I would let this cure for you know 24 to 48 hours Let the vinyl be able to set to your cup and I would put instructions in here as well to Kind of tell people wash it by hand. Don't put it in the dishwasher I know people say that they can put it on the top rack, but I've done that and it just comes off So I always like to leave a little note on the inside saying Hand wash only don't put in the dishwasher. Don't put in the microwave But that's what I do So I love how these turned out if you guys did please give me a thumbs up and hit that subscribe button If you're not subscribed already as I have many more Valentine's Day things I did quite a few already So if you want to go back and check those out, but I really love how these turned out I like the white one a little bit better because you can see it more But also here is the XO XO in the mouth and I love how these turned out So please hit that subscribe button if you haven't ready and happy crafting everyone. Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed this step-by-step tutorial on how to create your own dollar store Valentine's Day mug I had a lot of fun creating these and I know I will be creating some more soon Have fun and as always happy crafting everyone