The Dye Sub Column


Get creative: Sublimate the season’s favourite skinny tumblers


Looking for a new product to off er to your customers? Andrea Evans, Sawgrass’ international sales manager, runs through a step-by-step guide to this summer’s must-have sublimated product.


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kinny tumblers are all the rage and are a perfect option for spring


and summer.


Easy to decorate and personalise with sublimation, this step-by-step guide will have you creating in no time at all. Choose from a bright, summer design, personalise with a name or simply add a logo.


Choose from simply silver or white through to glitter, luminous, colour- changing, glass or metallic tumblers. But remember to make sure that the tumblers you choose are sublimation-ready, so the sublimation


inks can be infused into the tumbler and never be washed away or fade.


To get started you’ll need:


• Skinny tumbler. • Sublimation paper. • Sawgrass printer. • Tumbler or mug press. • Heat tape. • Heat gloves.


Step one: Create your design You can create your design in any design tool but if you’d like to use a template, you can use Sawgrass CreativeStudio. Simply register for a


free account to access hundreds of sublimation templates and a skinny tumbler template is readily available. You’ll need to decide whether you want to decorate just a section of the tumbler with a logo or small image, or an all over design. We’re going to share how to do an all over-decoration, as it’s a little more complicated but looks stunning and professional.


For an all over design, you’ll need to print a full A4 sublimation page. We chose a pretty, spring floral background from CreativeStudio, resized it to A4 and then personalised it with a name. If you’re adding personalisation to any


The designs being created in CreativeStudio | 36 | May 2022 www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk


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