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Update: All my custom Starbucks “Create Your Own Tumbler” inserts are now on their own page… Including the “How To” instructions I wrote up so you can create your own custom insert.
Enjoy!
Another idea I’m stealing borrowing (Yeah… That’s the ticket!) from TJ of zazzafooky.com is to create your own custom insert for the Starbucks “Create Your Own Memory” Coffee Tumbler… I had loads of fun creating my own inserts, and will probably make up a lot more. Starbucks also offers 9 ready made inserts available for download here at their website.
All you need to do to make your own insert is:
- Purchase a Starbucks “Create Your Own Tumbler” at starbucks.com, or on ebay.
- Download the template for the older 16 oz tumbler (psd format only), and create your own insert with it… The possibilities are endless!
- Print out your insert using a color printer with high quality photo paper for the best results.
- Carefully cut the insert from the page… Be sure to cut exactly on the boarder of the picture, and the white background. Do not leave any of the white background behind, as it will be seen when you put your insert in the tumbler.
- Unscrew the bottom of the tumbler, pull out the insert that comes with it, and replace it with the one you made, then screw the bottom back on tightly. Et voilà… You’re done!
I’ve done up three of my own so far:
Enjoy!!!
Please Note: All the Starbucks Templates on my blog have their own category now, so go there to view all the posts in it.
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December 21, 2006 - 5:02 pm
I loved the Create Your Own Tumber idea, and spend hours making my insert. But when I stuck a test template inside the mug, it got stuck! It happend twice, and I’m so bummed. I have no idea how to get the inserts back out and I’ve gone through two cups and stil no gift! Darn!
Still love the idea, though. Gonna keep trying.
June 13, 2007 - 1:38 pm
Does anyone know a good source for the tumblers other than
Starbucks? I need a large quantity and $10.99/each is a little
steep!
November 20, 2007 - 10:04 pm
do you have the template stored as psd file? If yes, could you email me, please? The link from above isn’t working anymore:-(
November 26, 2007 - 5:14 pm
I fixed the broken link for the template… Enjoy!
November 28, 2007 - 6:00 pm
I’ve been making digital photo gallaries for friends, grandmas, and family with this cup on my scrapbook factory deluxe program. They are great. I don’t use the template, just set up my page to be 9.5″ x 6.8″ and I make sure that the pictures are angled in at the bottom. I print and lay the template that comes with the cup on top and cut. Everyone has liked them. But my 4 year old took the bottom off and the paper got wet on the one I made for myself. I tried everything…even tweezers and can’t get it out. Now it is a waste of $11 because the water made it ugly. Does anyone have a good idea how to get the paper out. I can show you
December 10, 2007 - 11:16 pm
I recommend when you cut the template, make a small tab on the bottom like the example given with the tumbler. This won’t be seen when you close the bottom lid AND allows you to easily remove the design when you are in the mood for a change.
Sorry I don’t know how you can remove the insert if it doesn’t have a tab already.
February 5, 2008 - 8:04 pm
Is there a wholesaler for the tumblers, I would like to buy in bulk?
Tammy Sonnier
April 2, 2008 - 5:48 pm
A good way to get the art out is to take off the bottom, and then slam it down. The paper scoots down (usually) to where you can pull it out.
I know what you mean though – I made a christmas-themed tumbler (i’m an illustrator) insert for my wife, which later got water in it. When I went to change it out, the sogginess got stuck. I imagine you could leave it upside down and (the bottom) opened up, so it could dry over a couple days.
If anyone would like a tubler I’ve made, i could post them to print out. I did a scratchboard-style Christmas scene, a spring-theme with flowers for my wife, and my favorite, a Super Mario Bros themed insert for myself.
April 19, 2008 - 6:11 am
thank you soo much, i needed the template, mine got all wet and destroyed. Checked Starbucks, they didn’t have it on their site. So thank you!!!
April 23, 2008 - 1:54 pm
I am really interested in finding awholesaler to buy tumblers, coffee mugs and sippy cups, that you can put a monogrammed insert in them….not having much luck without paying $10 or more dollars….Does anyone have a site or sites I can go to…Thanks
May 12, 2008 - 9:28 am
Try http://sustainbyaladdin.com/shop/product_list.aspx?By=Cl&ID=Custom-Mugs they have several different sizes and styles of create-your-own tumblers.
June 4, 2008 - 2:32 pm
Help,
I can’t figure out how to open my tumbler to switch the art. I am almost positive it opens. It is a Starbuck tumbler with a green rubber base and a green and black lid. The existing art is black and white coffee based words outlined. Am I crazy? Please help.
thanks,
Lono
Parker, CO
lono33@comcast.net
June 4, 2008 - 9:09 pm
Hey, Lono
If your Starbucks tumbler did not come with the “Create Your own Tumbler” cardstock template with all the pictures on it already in the cup, then you do not have a customizable tumbler. All the ones I’ve seen have a black base with this insert. Any of the seasonal tumblers with pre-printer inserts are not designed for customizing. If you can get it taken apart, you still may not be able to remove the insert. It isn’t designed for that.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
July 22, 2008 - 1:07 pm
I finally got the gummed up color-ink-jet artwork out of my tumbler but it left residue that looks like crap. Any advice to get it out?
I’m trying thin plastic cardstock but no dice.
August 18, 2008 - 10:18 am
Thanks for the tumbler template. I just printed up my business postcard as a tumbler template. You made life a little easier for me!
September 6, 2008 - 4:30 pm
I have the template as a psd file. I think I am brain dead at the moment. How do I customize it? Does it have to be done in photoshop? I am using a MacBook. thanks in advance for the tips
October 26, 2008 - 12:15 pm
When I use the link for the tumbler template I get just a blank page. Thoughts? Is this all I’m supposed to be getting? Thanks!!
October 28, 2008 - 12:35 am
To download the tumbler template right click on the link, and choose the “save link as” option…
Right now the template is only available as a psd file, which requires Adobe Photoshop, or their much cheaper Photoshop Elements (I highly recommend this program!) to open. I could save it as a .gif, but I think that the quality of the printed template would turn out poorly.
December 8, 2008 - 12:37 am
Thank you for sharing! It´ll be much easier now to create the mug!
December 16, 2008 - 9:53 am
i searched this online for awhile until i found this template. i was able to open it in photoshop, but is there anyway to add more than just one big picture. i’ve never used photoshop before hehe….
December 17, 2008 - 4:25 pm
What you need to do is to select all of the white part of the template using the magic wand tool, and then do a “paste into” (found in the edit menu) to insert the picture you want to put on the template. For placing multiple pictures on the template there are two ways to do this:
1. Do what I suggested above, moving each picture into position manually using the move tool, as you fill up the template.
OR
2. Make a separate graphic up, creating a collage of your pictures, then flatten the image, and selecting the entire graphic, and then do a “paste into” the template, then tweak the position of it.
Good luck!
January 18, 2009 - 8:25 am
i purchased this tumbler, and instead put in paper noxflakes that i made by had. i recently put a hot drink in it and the snowflakes got all wet and broke. they are now stuck in the tumbler at the top how do i take them out???????????
May 21, 2009 - 5:39 am
hey,
thank you so much for your instructions and the blank template! i was looking for a while and finally found your page. all i need to know is, how big are your tumblers? because i´m from germany and i think we have different sizes. here i can only by a 12 oz one.
greets and thanx again!
May 24, 2009 - 2:56 pm
The template is for the large 16 oz Create Your Own Tumbler… This template, the image down sized, should fit the smaller 12 oz one. Color the printable part of the template black, and progressively make the image size smaller, printing them out with regular paper on a laser printer, until you hit upon the correct size for the 12 oz one. Make sure you constrain the proportions of the image as you make it smaller so it’s proportional. If you do this, and are successful, please let me know what the template size needs to be, and I’ll make the 12 oz template available for people to download here.
Good luck!
May 29, 2009 - 2:43 am
I just downloaded this template and I compared the size of this template to the insert in my Starbucks tumbler and the insert in the tumbler is larger by about 1/4 to 1/2 all the way around than your template so now I’m working in photoshop to make it big enough to match the original insert.
June 9, 2009 - 1:57 pm
I am desperate for the Create Your Own Tumbler template for the 16 oz tumblers. After printing off a number of copies, I realize I had the wrong size – it was for the 12 oz. Thanks.
June 18, 2009 - 8:03 pm
Sue,
The templates/inserts I offer are for the older 16 oz tumbler… Unfortunately Starbucks changed the size on their new 16 oz tumbler.