Cricut infusible ink markers

Well since I mentioned these in the last post I figured I better take time to talk about them. I love Cricut’s infusible ink markers. I tried an off-brand and while they worked, I prefer the tip of Cricut’s. I also love that they fit in the Cricut.

Essentially what you do, is color on a sheet of laser copy paper and then heat press it to your product. It will go on as a mirror image, so keep that in mind.

For the image I had the Cricut draw the image. I forgot to mirror it. So I drew “words” on the front cover. Then I colored in the image and pressed it to my shirt. I bought the image on etsy and love it. https://www.etsy.com/listing/756999174/girl-reading-books-svg-book-lover-svg?ref=yr_purchases The wording was an infusible ink sheet.

Maren and Stiles did the front of this for me. They did all of it by just drawing it. Maren is really good at writing words in mirror image.

This is the same tumbler that Maren and Stiles made for me for Mother’s Day. They had all my grandkids’ color on the paper. Maren helped with the words.

This was a fun project for a friend. I had the Cricut write the word Mommy, then her two girls colored it in and drew the hearts.

This tumbler was my first tumbler project and one of my favorites. I had the Cricut draw the images. Each one represents my husband, my three kids, and myself. Then I colored them in. I love the beautiful vibrant colors.

The knitter’s mug was also made with these markers. My Cricut drew the outlines and I colored it in.

These markers are such a great way to make fun personalized gifts. I love using them with children’s artwork.

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XINPOCUT and a mug press

So after playing with infusible ink sheets I decided that I needed a mug press and that I wanted to try other brands of sheets. I also wanted to play around with the infusible ink markers.

As I searched Amazon the brand that seemed to have the best reviews was XINPOCUT so I bought this set. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B09733BXBQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (rainbow)

I loved that it came in sheets. They were so much easier to store and add to the mat. The one problem I have with this set is that the carrier sheet is not as sticky as I would like. Small cuts pop off and get lost. I wouldn’t use it for something really detailed. I do still really like them. They cut well. I haven’t had the adhesive leave marks on my products. The colors are gorgeous. Just be careful to not lose pieces. I don’t use it for really detailed work.

The first, fourth, and fifth were made from this set. The others from markers.

I did like it enough that I purchased another set. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B09C6CP8BQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 (grunge damask)

This shows the problem I had with it not being sticky enough. The middle of the e and s popped out without me realizing it. I had to try and cut out another one and add it. The colors are gorgeous.

I really like these. I especially like the gorgeous, vibrant dark colors that pop. I just with the transfer sheet was a little stickier. Now that I know it is a problem I am careful and able to make sure and not loose pieces.

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I’m back

It has been a long time since I have posted here. Since the last time, I have added many hobbies to the ones I already had and have continued my old ones. My kids are all adults and I am now a grandma.

I have taken up weaving and making lots of different items with my cricut

My most recent hobby is making shirts, mugs, and tumblers using infusible. When I first started using infusible ink the information on the non-Cricut brands was hard to find. So I started experimenting. I figured I would post about what I had found out.

Here are just a few of the things I have been up to. I will post about the different brands I have tried in different posts.

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