Must Love Cars

Donna's totaled Camry...



Okay, I love cars. DH rebuilds the old school muscle cars. They are way HOT!

Remember when Jesse surprised me for our anniversary with a Dodge Magnum? The grocery getter on steroids, the Hearst (no lie some people did this google it for pics) and Space Shuttle all in one. So much money for a ride I could not stand. I cried all night. Lucky for DH the dealer let him exchange it the next day or he would have been living in it! And guess what, Dodge no longer manufactures the Magnum! Really? How could it be? Say it isn't so!

Then came my Durango, I LOVE THIS SUV! Was interested in the 2011 model before I saw them. After I saw one the love affair was over. They totally took an awesome sweet looking ride with soft lines and turned it into a bold, aggressive looking monster!
Shame on you Dodge:(

Okay, who names their cars? YES, I do! My Durango is named FRANK, thanks to the girls. I have a Jesus "FREAK" sticker on the back. Somehow they mistakenly thought it said "FRANK" and the name has stuck.

Now we have Donna, she trashed her ride back in August. I refuse to hand her another set of keys. Never, never, never ever will she get a set of keys from me! No chance. Not even if pigs are flying and Hell has froze over. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN! We have a running joke about a Barbie Jeep "Til I found this video on youtube linked to this post" Horse and buggy are even out of the question.
She has to earn her own. Work her butt off for a new ride instead of leaving it on a gravel road.

Product list...
Cricut Expression
Cricut Cars cut at 9"
BasicGrey DP
PTI ribbon and cardstock

Happy Stamp Day. God Bless!

A Look Back 2009 Part 2

So here we have the last 6 months of 2009, remember...
1) Use search function in sidebar to find older posts
2) There is a Download link to all my Free DS .cut files under blog header
3) I have proudly posted my favorite links and badges in my sidebars so many great ideas to be found.
4) If you have not signed up for my feed yet what a great way to begin 2010, you will get an email when I update the blog.

Enjoy, have a Happy New Year!
Off Road Mayhem part 2 December 17th
So hard to pick one fave for December I have been hard at it making Christmas gifts for my family but in the end the project I worked on for my Nephew took the top spot. I think based on the fact that I had a great time spraying the shirt is why it won and the second that I used what normally would have been trash (the liner tape for the vinyl) and figured out a way to use it.


November 9th I worked on my blog skin for the holiday using a download I purchased from Faith Sisters Store. This has been my favorite blog look of all time I had a wonderful year with Faith Sisters they have such a beautiful site and many free downloads.

October came and introduced me to digital stamps the one on this card was from MFT. I am not a big color girl on cards I was happy when I was able to PAINT this image and then print it out.
Sun October 4th WCMD challenge card


September 8th In my Cozy Chair
In August I designed this birdhouse cut on cricut ds to match the birdhouse in the new SU catalog. There is the free .cut file download you can find all my .cut files in the link under blog header. It also went with one of my favorite stamp sets released this past year PTI's Everyday Button Bits LOVE IT!
August 13 a tweet for you

Off Road Mayhem Part 3

Here is the final installment of Off Road Mayhem, I had a fun time working on these gifts. This one uses the Negative part off of day 1, now all three boys have a Off Road Mayhem version. I think the T is my fave, that was really fun to do;) To see more posts scroll down there are also tutorials.



Product list...
Cricut Expression
Cricut Cars Cartridge
Cricut Vinyl in green and gray
transfer tape

Off Road Mayhem, part 2

Today I am showing you gift number two made with the extra pieces from yesterday's post. I wanted to make it look like street gear so I used silver metallic paint and created over spray to cover the image and parts of the T. Do this outside in a well ventilated place so you don't over spray anything else;)


Here is a quick tutorial on how I did this T...
1) Launder T and dry
2) Cut the vinyl so it cuts through the vinyl and the backing
3) Weed your vinyl onto the transfer tape and set aside
4) Piece your backing paper onto a sheet of transfer tape
5) Spray with a light adhesive I used quilt backing spray
6) Place on your laundered T
7) Place cardboard inside your t to prevent spray from soaking to back side
8) Spray over design with spray paint
9) Let Dry
10) Peel off the backing from T and throw away
11) Launder T once again after it dries for a day

Note** you can also do this step with the negative in vinyl but I used this for a different project I will show you tomorrow**
Product list...
White T
Metallic Silver Spray Paint
Cricut Expression
Cricut Cars Cartridge
Cricut Vinyl Backing
Light Temp adhesive (I used quilt basting spray)

Off Road Mayhem! A layering Tutorial

I have made this Vinyl wall art for my Nephew as a Christmas gift. I used my Expression and the 12 by 24 mat, Cars Cartridge and two colors of Cricut vinyl grey and green. I used the Expressions fit to page key (I can't remember the cut size but this is a huge piece he is going to love it). To make this I had to layer the two colors meaning I had to make two different cuts, guess what I used the other cut to make an additional piece and I used the backing from the vinyl to create another, making that three projects from two cuts.


Video on youtube by Happy Happy Joy Joy...


How to layer vinyl tutorial...
1) Cut your background shape on the highest settings so you cut through the vinyl and the backing.
2) Leave the backing on this cut piece
3) Cut your next layer with all the settings at 3 so you don't cut the backing layer.
4) Make your cut
5) Apply your transfer tape
6) Weed your image (Transfer it to your tape)
7) Layer your image over your background cut.
8) Clean the wall where you wish to place your vinyl leaving no residue
9) Peel the backing from the background shape
10) Adhere to your surface

Rocket Man

LOL, so very funny this week we watched a great Disney movie "Rocket Man". I laughed so hard I thought I would POP, "It wasn't ME"! LOL! My sister called and she informed me that she had seen it a long....time ago, well it is worth dusting off this movie is very funny.
Rocket Man clip on Youtube
Well speaking of rockets my friends son will have a space theme for his new room so I made this for him with the cling vinyl.



Product List...
Cricut Expression
Cricut Design Studio
Cursive 101
Paper Doll Dress Up (Rocket)
Cars (flames)
Cling Vinyl from Grafix

Happy Stamp Day!