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Ready for your coffee date with your bestest friend? Well not quite yet, we are still in lockdown but that’s alright! Lets do the next best thing and make them a Custom Cafecito Starbucks cup. This will be quick and easy tutorial to make on your Cricut.
Materials
- Starbucks Cold Cup or Hot Cup – I get mine from Starbucks
- Vinyl color of your choice – I use Oracal and buy these from Amazon but you can find them at Michaels, Hobby Lobby, Joanns
- Transfer Tape – to lift vinyl off of Cricut mat
- A dab of alcohol on a napkin to wipe the surface of your Starbucks Cold Cup
Tools
- A cutting machine such as the Cricut Explore, Cricut Maker I have these one
- Tools to weed out the fine details today I am trying out a new one I ordered on Amazon which is this one.
- Scraper tool or old gift card, I use the scraper tool from this Cricut Set
Instructions
Gather your materials and prepare the scene
STEP 1: Download your FREE SVG from the Library (you will need to sign up to gain access!)
Once you have downloaded your file, upload your SVG into Cricut Design Space. (everything is sized specifically for the cold cup or hot cup, just make sure you choose the design for the cup you are working with)
STEP 2: Cut your Design on Vinyl Sticker Paper
Hit the Make it at the top right-hand corner of your screen and load your vinyl regular side up
Weed out the negative parts of the design
STEP 3: Transfer the Vinyl with Transfer Tape
Lay your piece of transfer paper on top and go over it with a flat edge, the Cricut Scraper tool works for this or even an old gift card.
Lift the vinyl
STEP 4: Carefully line your circle up with the Starbucks logo (check out video below)
Balance your Starbucks Cup by placing it on top of a rag or t-shirt just to keep it from rolling around. Start from the middle and then slowly lay it down (this can be a learning curve but you will get it, just take your time!) Once you have it placed and before you remove the transfer tape, press firmly over the design with your fingers and go over it with your scraper tool or old gift card.
Remove the Transfer paper and make sure the vinyl is pressed down on all edges.
STEP 5: Listo! Admire your custom Starbucks cup and decide if you will send it to your friend or keep it! Then make another one to send!
Optional
I added my friend’s name in the back of the cup, I used the font “Babbete” from Cricut Design Space but of course you can use any font you like!
Add Some Extras!
Head over to my shop and you can add some more designs, in this case my friend also loves Pan Dulce so I added conchas and a Maranito and Cookie to her cup. You can find different SVG designs for Starbucks in my Etsy shop here!
