From a very high level, when sublimation ink meets a high temperature, the ink turns into a gas. In that gas state, it gets sucked into a poly substrate/blank (tumbler, tshirt, mug, etc.). This project now becomes permanent. It won’t matter how the blank is washed, the colors are in it forever and ever. It’s a major difference when you compare it to vinyl and heat transfer vinyl.

This personalized makeup bag …. In love 😍😍😍. There’s so much going on just to show you that it can be done with a sublimation printer (XOXO Craft Girls was a print on the @sawgrassink ) AND/OR with @artesprix fun sublimation ink pads with stamps and markers. Of course you need a heat press @craftexpressus to finish it all off.

In this tutorial I will introduce Artesprix’s new line of sublimation paint and use the Artesprix Blank-Of-The-Month, a bottle opener, to demonstrate using the new paints.

It’s all in the details … I love the raised glasses… the htv flock for the black in the shirt … and any time you have an enclosed area like the black butterfly, you can easily get rid of the seams running through by cutting a piece of black cardstock to add over it. In the end, with a 48 inch character, she will have probably a total of .5 inches in seams that won’t be noticeable.