Make A Monogram With Temporary Tattoo Paper

Can you tell that Monograms make me happy? And temporary tattoos? Tattoo paper is my newest love – it’s so versatile – you can apply it to a variety of surfaces without much effort or prep. Today I’ll show you how to make a monogram with gorgeous floral elements and temporary tattoo paper. Add your monograms to gift packaging and they will be a hit!

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A Little More About Temporary Tattoo Paper:

I’m not gonna lie, I use Printable Temporary Tattoo Paper a lot. If you’re going to get crafty with me, I thought an introduction to this versatile medium would be useful, and will hopefully answer any questions you may have before purchasing and using it.

You can design and create your own temporary tattoos with Silhouette America’s Temporary Tattoo Paper. Typical temporary tattoos are perfect for kids’ and adults’ party favors and sporting events when applied to the skin. What’s even more of a bonus with this medium is that you can also use it as an image transfer tool to make monogrammed gifts and packages! The temporary tattoos you create can be applied easily with water to a smooth, surfaces. I took a risk and tried applying the temporary tattoos to muslin bags – let me know what you think!

Silhouette America makes a variety of temporary tattoo paper options:

1. Clear
2. Gold
3. Silver
4. White

For today’s monogram project, we will use the clear sheets, because you can print images on the sheets and the white space is clear.

What You Need To Make A Monogram With Temporary Tattoos

• Silhouette cutting machine
• Silhouette Studio
• Cutting mat
• Flower images
• Temporary Tattoo Paper
• Wet towel
• Scraper
• Muslin bags (3×4 in)

How To Make A Monogram With Temporary Tattoos

Step 1: Source Your Tropical Leaf Images

You can use Floral Images you own or you can purchase images from places like the Silhouette Design Store or Creative Market.

Step 2: Create Cut Lines Around Your Images In Silhouette Studio

After I downloaded and opened my flower images in Silhouette Studio, I traced and cropped the images to create cut lines around each image

Step 3: Make A Monogram With The Floral Images

After the flowers and leaves were separated and had cut lines, I resized them for my monogram letters. I typed the monogram letter using the text tool, then I started filling the letter with the leaves for the basic shape, then added the flowers to accent

Step 4: Get Your Monogram Letters Ready To Print

Once I was happy with the letters, I deleted the text shapes, then flipped each image so that they showed up the right way when the tattoos were applied

Step 5: Send Your Monogram Letters To Print

I used the Replicate tool to “fill the page”, then printed onto the temporary tattoo paper

Step 6: Apply Your Temporary Tattoos

After the ink was dry, I applied the adhesive sheet onto the top of the tattoo paper (ink side up), using the scraper to smooth it out and apply the adhesive. I cut around the each letter, then peeled away the clear adhesive layer and applied each floral monogram tattoo face down with a wet cloth

I tried it out with muslin gift bags and white paper gift bags, and so far so good! How will you use your floral monogrammed tattoos?

Looking for some more crafty DIY inspiration? Check out my other tattoo paper projects and craft a little longer with me!