If you want to produce items with multiple colors then the iron on transfer paper is your best bet.
What can i use instead of transfer paper for vinyl.
If you were to produce a blend of color or to overlap elements using vinyl this too would be challenging.
Parchment paper is an economical substitute for expensive transfer paper.
After you have weeded your image you prepare the contact paper and apply it to your vinyl image.
I use some of my wife s parchment paper that she uses to bake cookies and it works great.
A 9 10 foot roll will cost about 8 or so.
Worked like a charm.
Especially when putting vinyl on a material that might tear or get damaged easily.
The paper is the right thickness for printing and will not stick to your clay.
It s time to get ready for summer and vinyl is the newest in thing.
How to transfer vinyl without transfer paper.
All of the big box craft stores that sell vinyl will also sell transfer tape although they may only carry one or two brands usually cricut and silhouette.
If the later you can use plain copy paper in a pinch.
I was putting vinyl on some particle board and wasn t sure if the extremely sticky transfer paper would damage it so i used your tip.
Are you talking the transfer paper you print on and then press the design on a shirt or are you just talking about the paper you use to place between between the transfer or vinyl and the upper platen.
The reason you want to use transfer tape is that even though vinyl looks just like a sticker it isn t as stiff as a sticker.
The steps you use to transfer vinyl using the cricut transfer tape are exactly the same using this alternative.
Is there an alternative to using the transfer tape.
This coat allows the image to transfer easily and without smearing.
For the most part you can buy transfer tape any where that you can buy vinyl.
I have heard that people use the glad press and seal or clear contact paper.
I have been making a lot of gifts lately using vinyl and my cricut.
It seems kind of expensive.
Peel back the paper backing and fold the edge like this.
I ve always been able to do that with transfer paper so it s great to know i can re use the con tact paper as well.
Place sticky side down onto the edge of the vinyl cut out.
It is easier to use vinyl cuts for single color designs.
Baking parchment paper has a slightly waxy coat.
I craft on a budget and vinyl transfer paper is expensive.
Purchased locally for less than 10.
Clear so designs can be easily placed on the board.