Sublimate Your Way Towards an Unforgettable Christmas...

1. Best Friends-Inspired Christmas Ornament

2. Cute Family Christmas Ornaments

What tools will you need?

• 🎄 Blank Ornaments: The stars of the show. They come in glass, wood and ceramic options. Oh, and fun fact: pretty ribbons come included with these specific ornaments.

• 🏜️ Design Software: You can use Canva to upload and edit family pictures or fun Christmas images for your ornaments.

• 🖨️ Sublimation Printer

• 🧤 Heat-Resistant Gloves

• 📝 A-Sub Sublimation Paper

• 🛡️ Heat-Resistant Tape

Now, onto the fun part!

How does this work?

For this tutorial, we’ll focus on sublimating circular glass ornaments. But you can follow the same process for wood and ceramic ornaments.

Step 1: The Setup

Place all your sublimation items in one area so that they’re within reach.

Step 2: Creating your Designs

Check that the size of the design matches the circular ornament. Circular ornaments are usually 3.1–3.2 inches.

As to the design, you can opt for pictures of your favorite people or anything else.

Step 3: Printing and Trimming

Disable the mirror option on your printer once the design is ready. We recommend doing this since glass ornaments (by their nature) mirror designs, whether they're letters or images.

Print the design using the A-sub sublimation paper. You can print out as many as five designs on one of these sheets.

Step 4: Taping Your Designs

You’ll notice that the glass ornament has a frosted side and a shiny side. Tape your design directly on the frosted side. It should look like the images below.

Step 5: The “Butcher Paper Sandwich”

Fold up your butcher paper like a sandwich and place the ornament inside.

Note: If you wish, you could sublimate two ornaments at a time!

Step 6: Sublimating Your Designs

Open up your heat press and place the butcher paper sandwich. Make sure the frosted side is facing upwards.

Now, turn on the heat press and sublimate this at 360^oF for 240 seconds.

Step 7: Finally!

When time’s up, remove your ornament with your gloves and allow it to cool off for a few seconds. After that, gently peel off the sublimation paper to reveal your masterpiece.

And that’s it! Now, go hang your ornaments on your tree or mantelpiece. 🙂

A helpful extra

Okay! That’s it for today. Thanks for reading. Reply with the word “PrintCraft” and we’ll send you a $10 Amazon Gift Card for your next project.

Happy sublimating,

The PrintCraft Team

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