Add Vinyl To Painted Canvas

Weeded and ready for placing on your canvas.

Add vinyl to painted canvas.

Place vinyl on cricut cutting. The only exception to this is when you are using glitter vinyl it needs a super sticky transfer paper. I prefer to use clear contact paper to transfer my vinyl. We layered about 6 different colors in each cup.

Adhesive vinyl on painted canvas. Well the solution is actually quite simple. It can be done. Make your acrylic poured canvas art by adding paint colors to one plastic cup.

The whole canvas was dry in under an hour and paint could still be applied to it and holy of holy s the vinyl stuck. Add a coat of mod podge over the top. Adding vinyl to canvas how to add vinyl to canvas with cricut maker. Applying the vinyl to the canvas.

Since you re using heat transfer vinyl it s going to transfer with heat aka your iron or a heat press. The idea is that it will prepare the surface of the canvas so that the vinyl will stick to it. Some of the transfer paper brands are entirely too sticky. Be sure to press it down really well.

Slowly pour the paint onto the canvas and move canvas around in a circular motion until the canvas is completely covered. A stretched canvas out of the packaging has a rough feel that your vinyl will probably not stick to. I often get asked how to do i get vinyl to stick to canvas. Next up same type of vinyl adhesive vinyl on painted canvas.

I ve heard mod podge will do the same thing. Ironing vinyl on a canvas. Want to ensure it lasts a long time. Here are a few tips and tricks for using adhesive vinyl on canvas.

I do want to mention transfer paper really quick. You might also try using the vinyl as a stencil instead and painting. This is the best technique for putting vinyl on canvas. In this tutorial i show you how to incorporate this method by using acrylic paint as a base.

For the best results put a book or something solid under the canvas and use the silhouette scraper to really burnish the letters onto the canvas before removing the contact paper. You can either use acrylic paint or modpodge before you lay the vinyl down. I think it was a beautiful addition to the wedding and it was such a sweet personal touch that didn t cost too much money. I painted the canvas with just regular white craft paint a couple of thin layers.

The dry paint creates a textured surface for the vinyl to stick to. Adhesive vinyl will stick to a painted canvas better than a plain one. Open the unicorn images in the cricut design space. But with a canvas there is a little give when you push on it and you want to be able to push firmly.

This gives the canvas as smooth a surface as possible so that the vinyl can stick.