Merry Christmas

Wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas!

Highlight A Place For My Cards

When I first started blogging I would highlight one of my fave cards from SCS weekly. I spend so much time in my cozy chair blurffing that I am going to start sharing with you in more detail some of my favorite blogs. Today I am going to take you on a Journey to A Place for My Cards Jeannie Phillips is the author of this blog and a fellow Cricuteer. I love to see her creative cards and I have even CASED a few of them. The Elf post she has up right now is so very CUTE! Jeannie has been in the Cricut Chirp multiple times, you can sign up to receive the chirp in your email when you visit here

She also produces a blog where you can win a free card you can find that here. Here Etsy store can be found here.

So grab a cup of coffee and check out Jeannie she is one creative lady and inspires me daily.

Below is my CASE card, you can find Jeannie's inspiration creation here. I also have a free .cut file posted under my blog header so you can recreate this yourself.

Need one of These?

Getting snow where you are? We have a storm headed our way for Wed and Thurs of course heavy snow for then. Don't have plans to travel until Saturday so we are good to go there worried about the church Christmas program the girls have been singing their little hearts out hopefully the show will go on.
I won some blog candy from Amy at Scrappingmommy.com in it she had some bella images I totally love this parka one and I colored her to match our DD's parka. Had some trouble with the flocking, I have come to the conclusion that this stuff just is not for me.



Product list...
DCWV glitter stack
Bella image
SU markers
flocking
Cricut expression
Cricut Winter Woodland cartridge
Bling
pop dots

Winter Woodland Wall Art

Okay, today I have some vinyl to show you that I have put in our own home. I used my Expression and the fit to page feature on the 12 by 24 mat to get this wall art. The bird was cut out at 6" and is the perfect size for the fit to page branch. It was funny how the family noticed it, it is not so bold that it jumps out at you it blends in with the color of the living room walls.


Product list...
Cricut Expression
Winter Woodland Cartridge
Cricut Light brown vinyl
Transfer Tape

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