Projects

Here are a couple cards I've done as well as a vinyl project I did above my Son's play area.

Here is a card for my Nephew's First Birthday:


Here is a card I made for my Papa in Florida. He made my son a really cute bear out of wood. :)


His name Wyatt is all vinyl but the truck I made out of paper and taped it up... My son had to be in the picture. He is a little ham and LOVE when the camera comes out! :)


Enjoy. Hopefully I'll have more time soon to work on my son's album. I said I wanted to try and stay ahead but I am sooooo far behind!! haha.

Vinyl

About a month ago i did Vinyl on my Niece's Wall... My Sister in Law made the files on a program she had from doing Graphic Design and she made them into .svg files that we cut out with my Sure Cuts Alot Program and Cricut!

We did it over 2 nap times at her house. Actually didn't take that long, just took a bit to figure out a few things and get in the rhythm... not to mention we had one of my nephews bouncing around "working" on one of the computers we had set up and two dogs running around which at one point stepped on the keyboard and locked her mac up. So part of being 2 days instead of one was we needed another file and her computer was stuck. :) Once Joey Monster woke up from his nap, work ended quickly. haha. She fixed her computer later that night and it was finished the next afternoon... Trick now is, keep the 2 boys from peeling them off the wall.





Hope you enjoy. We got the vinyl from CustomCrops.com but i wouldn't recommend it. It wasn't that sticky and trying to use transfer tape for the little trails for the butterflies was horrible trouble. Most was stuck by hand. And some of the vinyl sticks out. You can kind of see it on the butterflies wings a bit but it actually worked out, gives it a 3d look. :)

Canisters for Kitchen

I'm not a coffee drinker, I drink tea. But my husband on the other hand can't get enough coffee. The coffee pot sits on the counter and he always had the coffee canister, sugar container, and his spoon on the counter. For me, I don't like things on the counter, just looks like clutter to me (And I'm not a fan of clutter) so i found these great canisters that you can stack on top of each other. They are black so they match the coffee pot. They were very plain so today i added vinyl and put on Sugar and Coffee... I think I should have done the letters a tad smaller but that's okay. I can always redo them later on down the road. It will also give me a chance to see how well the vinyl holds on. Haven't used this brand vinyl for a while. Not very impressed with how sticky it is.

Hope you like them! :)

Glass Block Wedding Gift

I will be going to a wedding tomorrow for my husband's cousin Jaymie and her fiance Tim. I wanted to make them something special and have always wanted to try a glass block... I had so much fun making this and now I want to make one for my self! :)

I found a swirl heart design by doing a google search. I came across Wanda's Blog. She was nice enough to include a free download. I cut it out with vinyl using Sure Cuts Alot and my cricut. I used contact paper and transfered the vinyl to the glass block. I scratched at the vinyl to make sure it was fully stuck to the glass because i didn't want the Armour Etch to sneak underneath.

Once the vinyl was down all the way, i took armour etch and a brush and put a thick layer all over the front. The bottle says let it sit for 5 mins but i always let it sit longer. I believe it was almost an hour until i washed it off. On glasses i tried to etch when i first got Armour Etch I found that after 5 mins it's not that etched. If you let it sit longer, it gets a darker etch.

I washed off the Armour Etch and was ecstatic at how it came out. I got on Sure Cuts Alot and put their last name big and "Est 2010" on the bottom... i felt it needed a bit more so i added their first names on top, I think it added just the right touch. I then cut it out on Black Vinyl and transfered it with the contact paper onto the etched side of the glass... Some ribbon and lights and it looked great!


I couldn't be happier with my first glass block project! Hope you like it and feel free to ask any questions you may have.