How to apply Holographic Iron-On Mosaic

Let me show you some important tips when applying Holographic Iron-On Mosaic. It is a different process than regular HTV that you will want to be aware of for a successful project. The good news is, it’s really easy, just different YaY!

Guess what? I ran into a few issues but not to worry as YOU will get to learn from myself and save money on your precious materials!

Included below is a video so you can see the process and how I figured out what was happening to my project in case it ever happens to you.

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How beautiful is Holographic Mosaic?

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Cricut's Holographic Iron-On Mosaic in it's original package, so beautiful! — Sitting on top of my large Cricut Self Healing Mat

close up photo of how beautiful the mosiac iron on is. I took it out of it's package to show a close up view. I used this product to apply a sea turtle design to a t-shirt. The mosaic looks a lot like rhinestones, very pretty! — Aurora Sampler – Holographic Iron-On Mosaic

8 Cricut Tips for how to apply Holographic Iron-On Mosaic

There are 2 clear liners instead of 1
When layering designs, do not layer on top of Holographic Iron-On Mosaic, Sparkle or Metallic Mosaics
You can use Everyday Iron-On Mosaic may be used as a bottom or middle layer. Layers applied on top of Mosaic Iron-On may take on the texture of the Mosaic Iron-On underneath.
Instead of weeding the individual iron-on dots, you’ll weed away the liner that carries the dots.
Once pressed, Let cool for approx. 1 minute. Grab and edge of the top liner piece and peel away from the image (warm peel). Leave the second liner in place.
To free the second liner from your design, use your weeding tool in a horizontal angle to gently lift an edge away from the image. Then use your fingers to peel the liner from the image (warm peel)
Use one hand to hold your base material in place as you peel away the second liner.
If you see a mosaic piece start to lift from the project surface, replace the first (top) liner over the image and apply heat for an additional 10-15 seconds.

These same tips were taken from Cricut’s Help page for Mosaic Iron-On here.

Supplies used for this project

Cricut Maker (you can also use the Cricut Explore Air 2)
Cricut Mats
Mosaic Iron-On
Glitter Iron-On
Easy Press
Easy Press Mat
Cricut Rulers

The video covers several key points

How I designed the image all in Cricut Design Space (Contour feature)
How I realized my Cricut Fine Point Blade was too dull for Mosaic (simply replaced the blade)
The T-Shirt I chose, may not have been the best for the first-time application of the Holographic Iron-on Mosaic.

Video: How to apply Holographic Iron-On Mosiac

Video: Next day testing again on a new shirt and design.

More Mosaic Pictures to familiarize with

It’s nice to get a view of what the mosaic actually looks like out of the packaging. Although it was quite the challenge of getting pictures of such reflective items.

showing the topside of the mosaic iron-on — Topside of the Mosaic / 2 different colors / shiny

showing the backside of the mosaic iron-on — Backside of the mosaic / 2 different colors / dull

Close up of the front of the mosaic iron-on — Close up of the lighter mosaic

close up picture of the back of the mosaic iron-on — Close up of the back of the lighter mosaic

Here is a close-up of the final project

picture taken up close on the t-shirt where I applied holographic iron-on mosaic. So much bling and in person to view it would be just amazing! — Loving the bling effect, in person it’s amazing!

I hope you plan on using the very exciting Holographic Iron-On Mosaic. The options are enormous for many future fun projects! If you do, be sure to post on my Facebook page here I’d love to see them!