Zebra Butterflies?!

It is my granddaughter's birthday on Halloween Day!  She will be 5 years old!  Wow, all my grandbabies are growing so quickly!  She loves anything animal.  I was told that she loves zebras and butterflies so I decided to mix them and make a wall canvas for her!  I tried applying vinyl zebra strips to the canvas but they would not stick.  I even followed suggestions I found on line about painting the canvas a couple of times first.  I did that and it still didn't stick.  Then about applying Mod Podge.  I did that.  It still didn't stick.  So I went the really easy route and bought fabric!  Doesn't that look nice!?  She has a lot of hot pink in her room so I decided to use hot pink vinyl to make the butterflies.  When I went to buy the hot pink, I found the "Pink Fizz" color at JoAnn's.  It sparkles!  That was enough for me!  I layered a few of the butterflies with the Pink Fizz and made the canvas sparkle a bit!  I got the butterfly file from someone on the MTC forum.  I can't tell you who as I got this shortly after I bought MTC and didn't label my files as to who made them!  I know, dumb me!  Anyway, I do thank whomever made the file so that I could make this beautiful canvas for my granddaughter.  I used MTC to duplicate the butterfly and make various sizes.  Then I cut them out with my Black Cat Lynx.  Such a nice combination to work with!  When I put the single-layer butterflies on the canvas, the zebra stripes showed through just a bit so it makes it look like the butterflies are pink zebra striped!  I didn't plan that, but it is a nice touch!  I hope she likes it!

It was hard to get a good photo without having the glitter vinyl shine.  I tried with a flash (top) and without a flash (bottom).  On some of the butterflies the vinyl looks orange!  I PROMISE it is hot pink!  Thank you for stopping by my blog today and I hope you have a wonderful week!  Just as a side note - today is my 23rd anniversary!  Happy Anniversary to me!  (and my husband!)

More Projects...

Here are some more of my projects for the holidays.  I am not sure where I got the first file, but after that one I used a lot of Kim Bright's files (you can find her files here:  http://blingology.blogspot.com)  that I purchased a while ago and just have never used.  I am sure glad that I finally did!  They are gorgeous files!  It takes a long time to cut them, and an even longer time to weed them, but it is SOOOO worth it!

In these first five projects I used vinyl using my wonderful Black Cat Lynx.  On this last one with the tile, I should have used a darker green, but I really liked the light and wanted to see how it would work.  Oh well, lesson learned!  On the glass block, I am not certain whether I like the ribbon or not.  I will have to see if I can come up with something else.  Then I think I will like it better!

This is just a paper project.  No vinyl here.  On the snowflake in "snow" I covered it in Stickles to make it sparkly.  It is really very pretty when you actually see it.

And finally, I made these sets of coasters by using 4x4 tiles and scrapbook paper.  However, I forgot to take pictures of them when they were all lying loose on the table.  The top left and middle ones are identical patterns on all four.  The right one has two with the top pattern, and two with a larger swirl pattern.  The bottom left has the words "Family", "Home", "Love" and "Life".  The middle ones are identical and the right ones all have a different picture of a butterfly with a different saying on it.  It has been a lot of fun to get a lot of crafts made.  I haven't crafted like this in a very long time!

I hope you enjoy my projects!  There will be still more coming very soon so keep checking!  Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing my projects!  Have a wonderful day!

Wedding Card and Tile

My friend is getting married Saturday and I made this card and tile for her and her new husband.

For the card, I cut a back panel and inked the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink "black soot".  I then glued that to the card base.  Then I used the basic shapes in MTC and made a lot of circles of different sizes.  I cut them with my Black Cat Lynx cutter.  Next I embossed each circle with a different embossing folder.  I glued the circles in place at random, putting them where I thought they might look good!  For the center circle I printed the words, inked the edge with Memento "Lilac Posies" ink, glued on a rhinestone for the "ring" and drew little small lines with a marker.  Inside a put a personal verse for the couple.

For this tile I used Oracal 631 vinyl.  I designed the saying in MTC, cut with my Black Cat Lynx, and put the vinyl on the tile.  I really like doing vinyl work.  It is so easy!

I hope you like my little projects for today.  I am so glad that you took some time to stop by my blog and have a peek.  Have a wonderful week!

Happy July!

It is that time of year to turn our hearts, even more so, to our amazing country and our celebratory birthday!  I just wanted to show my decor for my home during this holiday.

I love my stars and stripes curtains.  For the window over my sink I just have the stars curtains.  It makes the entire room very festive!

My shelf is a work in progress to this day.  I am never quite satisfied with what I have.  The baskets on the right side are heart-shaped and have red and blue weaving on them, but I am still looking to replace them.  I just have not found that "perfect" something that I want.  I would like you all to notice the beautiful white star tray that I received from my very dear and good friend, Carolee, or Klee to those of you who visit the Make-the-Cut Forum.  She cut all the design out of vinyl.  Isn't it just adorable?!  Thank you again Carolee!  It's perfect for my shelf!  I was going to put it on my hutch with my other star plates, but it was too large.  I like it better here anyway!  :)  The pictures under the shelf are ones that I made.  For the one on the left I used red ribbon on white cardstock to make the stripes.  Printed on the white stripes is the 13th Article of Faith from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  I used a small patch of blue starred cloth for the corner and put a red cloth heart in the center of that.    Blue mat, frame and voila!  The one on the right is a cross-stitch that I did with the first verse of the Star Spangled Banner.

Also I would like to call attention to this darling star-shaped candy dish.  Carolee also gifted this to me with the cute star spangled mints!  The dish was much fuller when I received it but my son has been enjoying the mints!  LOL!

Lastly, my hutch.  There is just something about the great colors of red, white and blue that just brings me such joy!  My heart swells within me when I think of our wonderful country and of ALL the sacrifice that has gone in to making it so great. I have four brothers that have served in the military over the years, three of which went to Viet Nam.   I sincerely hope that our country can continue to be great and not get run into the ground!  Happy July 4th everyone!

For those of us here in Utah, Happy 24th also!  It is a state holiday here so I get to continue to use my decor all month long!

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a look at what I have to offer today.  I hope your entire week is a wonderful one!

He Is Risen

So, I believe that I should put all my projects on here, whether they turn out well or not!  LOL!  This was one that I tried to do for a challenge on the Make-the-Cut forum.  It was a vinyl challenge.  We were to make something that had to do with Easter and it had to have vinyl in the making.  Well, I found this coloring page image of the Savior on line and brought it into my Make-the-Cut software, made a file.  I cut the Savior, the clouds and the saying "He is Risen" out of vinyl using Shadow (my Black Cat Lynx!).  Then I used some Perfect Pearls Sunflower Sparkle to get the gold behind the Savior.  I used Perfect Pearls Turquoise to put blue around the clouds.  It is very sparkly!  It is a 16 x 20 frame so my photo is far away so I could get it all in.  I had a hard time getting a good shot because the light was reflecting on the glass.  I am almost certain I have mentioned that I am not a good photographer!  Not my best results on something, but hey, I tried!

I really like the vinyl used on the saying.  It is a very shiny gold, but has the effect that someone scrunched it up and then tried to flatten it out again.  You know, like when you crinkle Reynolds Wrap foil!

Anyway, I hope you all have a great day!  I hope my next project will look a bit better than this one but I have to say, I learned a lot!  Thanks for stopping by!

I was perusing the Make-the-Cut forum the other day and noticed they were having a "Nutcrackers in November" crop.  There was a charge plate challenge and I have always liked putting vinyl on plates, so I decided to make one and include it as an entry in the challenge.  Here it is!  I found this pattern on line about a year ago so I don't know who to give credit to for this amazing design!  Doing little projects like this gets me closer to being in the Christmas spirit, however, I want to thoroughly enjoy the Thanksgiving season to its fullest!  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Subway Art

As I mentioned earlier, I am NOT a photographer and it was really difficult to get a good shot of this.  It is actually a floating frame but I had to put a white board behind it so you could see the words.  I designed this using several different fonts I found on line and brought them in to my Make-the-Cut program.  I cut the vinyl on my trusty Black Cat Lynx cutting machine.  Then I put the vinyl on the glass.  I still have to use some silicone to make the glass stay in the frame but I was in too much of a hurry to post this as I think it is so cool!  When my husband gets home and can find the silicone, then I will take out the little black holders that are just barely peeking over the sides of the frame and adhere the glass in place.  I hope you like this as much as I do!  Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!