I recently had the brilliant idea for Infusible Ink on DIY Apple Watch Bands. And after I did mine all I could think was I have to show them how to customize the Apple watch band with Cricut Infusible Ink too!
DIY Apple Watch Bands with Cricut Infusible Ink Sheets is a great way to get a lot of watch bands cheap. For these Cricut apple watch bands, I like to use up my Infusible ink transfer sheet scraps or you can cut the infusible ink sheets with a pair of scissors.
This is a great product to sell if you sell on Etsy or at local craft fairs. In its growing list of compatible products, Cricut doesn’t have an Apple Watch band. However, there are tons of other compatible products to use for Cricut blanks.
What Are Cricut Infusible Ink Products?
Cricut Infusible Ink infuses a color, pattern or design onto a poly blend fabric or a specially coated blank. As a result, you get infused ink that lasts forever and will never crack fade or peel if done properly.
Cricut Infusible Ink Transfers are designed to work in the same way that sublimation works. It doesn’t flake, peel or crack in the way that other methods like heat transfer vinyl can once your artwork is attached.
This is called ghosting. It usually means that in that area your Cricut Infusible Ink Transfer was not completely attached to your base design. Next time double check to make sure that there are no bubbles or gaps.
These blue specks are lint and debris, make sure you are using a lint roller prior to attaching your design.
I am always looking for unique watch bands and the Cricut Infusible Ink heat transfers come in so many different patterns and a variety of solid colors too. In other words, you can have a DIY Apple watch band to match everything.
Firstly, you should use a lint roller to remove any lint or debris that may be on your DIY Apple watch band. Now, flatten out your infusible ink on top of your base design use heat tape to tape it down securely so that it’s attached to the top of your base material.
DIY Apple Watch Band With Cricut Infusible Ink
Make sure all parts of the watch band are pressed to the infusible ink transfer. If you don’t make sure everything is pressed, you will end up with ghosting. After you have taped everything down, cut around the transfer sheet, next.
You don’t want to waste this entire sheet for a single watchband. You should be able to get a few projects out of 1 sheet.
To clarify, the great thing about this infusible ink project is there is no need for a Cricut Joy or Cricut Maker. There is also no need, to mirror your design, you don’t even need to add adhesive to the infusible ink. You can also use either a heat press or EasyPress 2 to press on the Cricut Infusible Ink.
This watch band comes with pins, a screwdriver. That is everything you need to put together your DIY Apple watch band project. It doesn’t come with any instructions, but it is fairly easy to put together.
Above all, you can use Cricut Infusible ink products with Cricut Blanks, or a variety of Sublimation blank products. Here are a few of my favorites.
- Sublimation Watch Band
- Pop Socket
- Sublimation Blank Gloss Coaster
- Blank Bleached Shirt for Sublimation
- Stainless Steel Bottle Opener
- Blank License Plate
You can find other blanks too, there are so many different kinds and they will all work with Cricut Infusible Ink.
DIY Apple Watch Band With Cricut Infusible Ink
Making your own DIY Apple Watch Band is super simple with Cricut infusible ink. There are so many different colors and patterns of infusible ink that having the designer apple watch bands look is a breeze.
The fun thing about this project is that it can be done using scrap pieces of infusible ink. You don’t even need to cut with a Cricut, just place the pieces on the design area, press, and boom a new smartwatch strap.
And you can make your own band to match your favorite face mask. You just need the blank mask for sublimation.
One thing you need to make sure to do is to measure the size of your wrist before you order the sublimation blank to make your own apple watch band.
Most sellers have a convenient sizing guide that will help you with choosing the correct band size.
Eventually, I plan to also make my own apple watch scrunchie band, like these ones.
They are adorable, but until then I will keep making these fun Cricut Infusible Ink Apple Watch Bands.
Making your own new band is so fun, let me know if you try it out!
More Cricut Infusible Ink Projects.
Cricut Apple Watch Band With Infusible Ink Transfer
DIY Apple Watch Bands with Cricut Infusible Ink Sheets is a great way to get a lot of watch bands cheap. For these Cricut apple watch bands, I like to use up my Infusible ink transfer sheet scraps or you can cut the infusible ink sheets with a pair of scissors.
Materials
- Cricut Infusible Ink scraps or full sheets
- Blank Apple Watch Band
- Heat Tape
Tools
Instructions
- Roll a lint roller over the watch band so that you don't end up with blue specks from dust and debris.
- Preheat the easypress to 385.
- Place the watch band blank face down onto the Cricut Infusible ink Transfer.
- Cut around it so that you don't waste any.
- Tape the watch down using heat tape.
- Once you have it all taped, place the band, infusible ink side up onto a sheet of butcher paper.
- Press for 45 seconds.
- Remove the transfer while its still hot, allow to cool and then assemble.
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Hi! I’m planning on trying this soon – the band came out so cute! The link for the band you used isn’t working, is there a certain material the band needs to be for this to work?
The link has been updated, here it is also https://tidd.ly/3qzuzPz