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Paper flowers around an oval piece wood with the saying, "Love Grows Here" on it
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USING IRON ON VINYL ON WOOD

Using Iron On Vinyl on wood is an easy way to add style to any project!
Keyword: Iron On Vinyl, Wood
Servings: 0
Author: Cori George

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Start by downloading the SVG file by clicking the link in the supplies list, or creating your own design in Cricut Design Space or another design program. Cut out the file on your Cricut Explore, making sure to do three important things:
    Set your machine to iron on
    Place your iron on vinyl shiny side down on the mat
    Mirror your image
    Cricut Explore Air 2 Setting - Iron On Vinyl
  • Once your file is cut, weed out the excess vinyl. You'll see that this image is backward, but once it is flipped over to put it on the wood it's facing the right way.
    Weeding the project
  • Project entirely weeded, still on Cricut mat
  • Turn on your EasyPress and set it to the proper wood setting for iron on vinyl (download a heat settings chart here)—300° and 40 seconds.
    Heat settings for the Cricut EasyPress -- 300 degrees for 40 seconds
  • Then press down your vinyl using the EasyPress. Normally a pressing cloth is not used, but found that the wood was just ever-so-slightly bowed. Using a piece of cotton fabric between the EasyPress and the vinyl meant that the EasyPress could easily slide around, making sure all of the pieces of the transfer were pressed.
    Then carefully peel off the backing plastic. If parts of your vinyl haven't adhered to the wood, just give them an additional press. That's it! It's so easy to adhere iron on vinyl to wood that you'll find yourself making all sorts of projects using this technique.
    Paper flowers around an oval piece of with the saying, "Love Grows Here" on it