Shirts & Tiles

December was very busy for me (OK for all of us!) and I am now just catching up on all my photos and postings.  These are some of the shirts that I have been making for my daughters dance studio.  I use Heat Transfer Vinyl and SCAL- some of these are pretty hard as the letters are small - but I am very pleased with the results.  The studio has been selling lots of shirts, and are thinking about some other items to personalize.  The tile is one I made for the studio owner for Christmas.  The studio changed names last year - thus the new established date.  Thanks for looking and I hope everyone is having a very Happy New Year!!!

Tissue Paper Tile

I have been wanting to try this for some time and finally had an 'occasion' to try it. I have to admit that it was not as easy as I thought it would be. There was alot of trial and error - I found out Modge Podge WILL come off once dried (don't ask LOL). This is for my Mom & Dad's anniversary today. I printed the picture on tissue paper, cut the words and the flourish out of vinyl and then coated the entire thing with modge podge. It has (or will shortly) cork on the back. My mom wants to display it on a stand....I will be trying some more of these for Christmas...wish me luck!!

Birthday Cards - Fun Shapes!!!

So my bestie said 'I am tired of folding cards in half!'. I have to agree that I have been having fun with the welded cards and 'shapes'. I made these two cards for my dad's B'day this past weekend. I LOVE the paper combinations, I think they came out so well and do not look 'girlie'!! The cute doggie is cut from Create A Critter (one of my favs) and the present is from one of the Christmas ones (can't remember right now...oops!). The paper is all DCWV and I used lots of bling (even though it was for my dad I could not resist the bling...) The stamp is from My Pink Stamper (they are so FAB). TFL!

Post It Note Holders

I got the pattern for this from my bestie Randi (THANKS!!!!). I made these for my daughters teachers...she has some great teachers and we wanted to have a little something for them before Winter Break. I used Christmas Cheer for all the cuts and lots of Stickles and rhinestones - I also used my trusty Cuttlebug to give some dimension. I need to make a run to Office Depot for the mini gel pens and then they will be complete. Thanks for looking!

Busy Weekend!!!

So I had a super busy weekend with tons of Girl Scout stuff to do. I did however sneak in some crafting time :0) I learned a very valuable lesson this weekend...don't start a large project with vinyl when you only have EXACTLY enough - something WILL rip, I promise. I jumped on the charger bandwagon - I have been wanting to do them since I saw everyone's last year.

I found these great chargers at Target for 4.99 a box. I used Kim Brights Beautiful Santa graphic and my Gypsy for the snowflakes and Believe. I must say, I cut this graphic last year with paper and it was much easier to weed in paper...not sure if I will do it in vinyl again. When I am able to finish the second one (when I receive the vinyl LOL) I will post it as well. Thanks for looking :0)

So Excited!!!!!

I am so excited!!!!!!! I just recently found out that the sock cupcakes I made for the Hospital Gift Shop sold! They were donated, so no profit for me but just the fact that they sold is so exciting to me. I recently made some t-shirts for my daughters Dance Studio (will post a pic as soon as I remember to take one LOL) and now they want MORE! And THEN, one of the parents saw the studio shirts and asked me to make four shirts (in one night - YIKES) for her daughters Pageant. Thank goodness for my trusty Gypsy...I have never designed so fast! I used the Hello Kitty Font and a crown from CAC. She loves them and now I am going to make shirts for her daughters Birthday. I am also going to make some car stuff for the studio. Who knew I could make some extra money with my hobby??? Well my bestie did of course...look what SHE does with her crafting! Thanks so much for looking...

Side-Step Card

My first successful Side-Step Card!!! I have tried this several times and could not just get it right...but this time it worked!!! I used Bazzil for the base and some more of the great DCWV Fall paper...I love the glitter paper. It is hard to tell, but the pumpkin (from PDDU) is on Glitter paper and I popped the sides up. The front layer is ribbon with a frame from Storybook pop-dotted up and then some bling (of course!) TFL