DIY Merry Christmas Vinyl Decals Gift Jar

Wash and dry well your jar and lid.

Firstly decide on the design and size of your decal. Place it in the Silhouette Studio design space.

DIY merry christmas vinyl decals Gift Jar template on the silhouette studio app

You can snag the Merry Christmas stickers cut files HERE!

Since we are using 2 colors and we want to decorate 2 sides of the jar, one side will be Merry Christmas in Red and the Snowflake in Gold. The other one is in the opposite scheme.

So duplicate the design and on the mat, place 2 pieces of vinyl, one red and one gold.

Put them in the right place according to the silhouette studio positioning.

Set the material to vinyl and set the knife to the suggested settings and hit Cut.

Once the design is cut, using the weeding tool peel away the negative space, so all that remains on the vinyl backing is our design.

As we mentioned we want the snowflake in the other color. So what we do is separate the snowflake from the rest of the design doing a delicate cut on each snowflake end where it connects with the Merry Christmas part.

Then using a transfer paper, carefully extract the snowflake from both designs and then replace them with the other color by aligning them carefully in each design.

Remove carefully the transfer tape.

Then cut bigger pieces of transfer paper and apply them to each design and smooth it down using a scraper tool.

Time to apply the designs to the jar.

Make sure the jar really dry and dust-free.

Lift the transfer paper off the liner.

Place the vinyl decal design where you want it and carefully use the scraper to go from the center to the edges to transfer the vinyl to the jar.

Make sure you don’t leave bubbles or creases behind.

Then carefully peel the transfer paper off and make sure that all the vinyl is stuck down on the jar.

If something is coming back, place it back and rub again the vinyl firmly and try lifting it again.

Do the same with the other side of the jar or on another jar.

That’s It! There you have your decorated Jar.

But we are not done yet! Now we will work on the lid! Yay!

Cut a piece of white vinyl bigger than the lid so you can cover the side of the lid.

You can alternatively paint the lid with a 2-in-one prime and white paint if you have it.

Remove the backing and place it centered on the lid.

Make cuts all around the vinyl that will be on the sides.

Start sticking each strip. they will overlap each other. That’s ok.

Add your washi tape {duct tape, ribbon} along the side to hide the overlapping vinyl.

Press well so the washi tape gets even and well stuck.

Cut the edge excess.

There you go!

Now you have a white base to decorate it as you like.

I decided to use some cute labels I designed that you can download HERE too.

Apply the label to the center of the lid.

And now we have a super cute lid!

I used some cute Christmas tags that I already had, you can use any tag you love. I cut it and made a hole to

Insert the tag in a strip of twine and wrap it around the jar’s neck.

Your gift jar is ready to ROCK!!!!