Cricut DIY Coffee and Christmas Cheer T-Shirt

<p>If this year has been moving full speed for you like it has for me, then this this shirt project is for you. This fun Cricut DIY Coffee and Christmas Cheer T-Shirt explains my mood for the entire month of December. </p>



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<p>The holiday season starts to get very busy in my household. This year has been extremely difficult for me so I&#8217;ve been finding joy in preparing my family for Christmas. I&#8217;ve been using my <a href="https://tap.fit/rJHQ24EhS">Cricut Air Explore 2</a> and <a href="https://tap.fit/rJHQ24EhS">Cricut EasyPress2</a> to design decor for our home and customizing some gifts. </p>



<p>Our daughter has been keeping us busy with different practices, recitals and things. So when I saw this images on <em><a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=604304&;u=1172785&;m=51766&;urllink=&;afftrack=">Cricut Design Space</a></em>, I thought it spoke perfect to my mood. As busy as it gets you can find me with my hot coffee that&#8217;s been reheated more than I&#8217;d like to admit and Christmas cheer in my heart. If you are a busy bee this holiday season lets talk about how to make this DIY Coffee and Christmas Cheer T-Shirt using your Cricut Explore Air 2 and EasyPress 2.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Supplies Needed For DIY Coffee and Christmas Cheer T-Shirt</h2>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li><a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=993649&;u=1172785&;m=51766&;urllink=&;afftrack=">Cricut cutting machine</a></li><li>Cricut EasyPress 2</li><li>Glitter Iron-on</li><li><a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1334639&;u=1172785&;m=51766&;urllink=&;afftrack=">Infusible ink</a></li><li>Weeding tool</li><li>Cricut blank shirt</li><li>Christmas coffee <a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=716564&;u=1172785&;m=51766&;urllink=&;afftrack=">(design space) </a></li></ul>



<p>So before we get started on how I created the shirt you have to understand that I did make an error. The entire design was supposed to be done with infusible ink however, I made a mistake so I decided to do an overlay with the glitter iron-on and I think that it came out great. Since it was shirt that I was keeping for myself I didn&#8217;t mind the little imperfection. </p>



<p>**You can overlay glitter and infusible ink but the glitter vinyl goes first then the infusible ink and that&#8217;s how I&#8217;d do it next time.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">How I Created A Coffee and Christmas Cheer T-Shirt</h2>



<p>The first thing that I did was went to design space and searched around for Christmas ideas that I wanted to use. Cricut is always adding new designs and you can add your own project as well. I found the coffee and Christmas cheer saying that I liked. It was originally in black but I change the font to red. </p>



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<p>I chose a red Infusible Ink ;and cut the image out. Placing the infusible ink sheet on the mat and then turning on the &#8220;mirror&#8221; setting is crucial. If you don’t do this, your project will look backwards once you transfer it. On your Cricut Explore machine ;move the Smart Set Dial on your machine to custom materials, then proceed to find and select Infusible Ink Transfer Sheet in Cricut Design Space.</p>



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<p>You will need a weeding tool to remove all the negative space from around the design. </p>



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<p>Next, make sure you heat your Cricut EasyPress 2 to the correct to temperature setting based on the heating guide provided by Cricut. This is where my mistake was made. I pressed my image multiple times and I scorched it. <strong>DO NOT</strong> do this! I repeat, <strong>DO NOT</strong> do this. See where the image looks a little faded. It was wearable, but definitely NOT how infusible ink is supposed to look.</p>



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<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-full is-resized"><a href="https://abreak4mommy.com/2019/12/cricut-diy-coffee-and-christmas-cheer-t-shirt/"><img src="https://abreak4mommy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Cricut-DIY-Coffee-Christmas-Cheer-T-Shirt.png" alt="Cricut DIY Coffee and Christmas Cheer T-Shirt" class="wp-image-9526" width="551" height="827"/></a></figure></div>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">How I Corrected My Oops </h2>



<p>I decided that the best way to make this work without losing my infusible ink and tee was to layer it with my beautiful glitter vinyl. I ran the same the image through the cutter again with the glitter vinyl face down and weeded it the same way.</p>



<p>I placed the shirt on the EasyPress mat and layered the glitter vinyl directly over the previous design. I pressed my vinyl for the time according the Cricut heat guide. I let it cool slightly and there you have it. <strong>It came out great! </strong></p>



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<p>I absolutely love this t-shirt so much. I have gotten so many compliments. I plan to make some more shirts and give them out as gifts. Be sure to check out more of<a href="https://abreak4mommy.com/category/howtodiy/"> DIY projects</a> and follow me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/abreak4mommy/">Instagram for more inspiration</a>.</p>



<p>Happy Holidays!</p>
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