Weekend Vinyl Projects

I had some quick little projects I wanted to get done this weekend using some vinyl and my Cricut. 

My first project was to label some plastic squeeze bottle I got when I was at the coast to put oil in. I used the font on the Nursery Rhymes cartridge for the Olive Oil and Canola Oil. I cut  the letters at 1 1/4” out of black cricut vinyl. I used the kiss cut method with my blade depth at 6 and my pressure at 2. Cutting it this way only cuts through the vinyl and not through the backing. I pulled off the excess vinyl, weeded my letters and used some clear contact paper as transfer tape to apply the vinyl to the bottles.

My second project I did as a gift for my stepdad for Father’s Day. He has been going through a rough time lately, his estranged son passed away a month ago from cancer. So, I thought this might cheer him up.

I bought a reusable eco coffee cup from a local store. I used my Don Juan cartridge for the font and cut the letters #1 Boss Man at 1” out of red vinyl again using the kiss cut method. I used my scrapper from my cricut tool kit and more clear contact paper as transfer tape to apply the letters to one side of the cup. On the back I added a little crew cut smiley face from Graphically Speaking cut at 1.65”. I am pleased how this turned out and think he will like it.

It’s a Girl Mini Album

The challenge this week over at Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog  anything goes. Here is my first post as a Design Team Member. I recently bought the Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge and knew the book creative feature would make a great mini album. I also had the want to make a mini album for a co-worker who is having her first baby, a girl this summer. Mindy challenged us to go out of our comfort zone and make something we don’t usually make. Since I am a diehard card maker what a perfect time to challenge myself to make a mini album.  The album isn’t bound yet, I am waiting for my wires for my Bind-It-All to arrive probably Monday or Tuesday and will get it bound and a picture added to this post when I do.  I used the Elegant Edges and one of the images from the cartridge to cut the image for the cover. I cut the wording from the Nursery Rhymes cricut cartridge. I sprayed the green mat with some Honey Dew Mist Glimmer Mist and the pink with Pearl Glimmer Mist.

I used the Lace Edge image from page 44 of the handbook and use the book creative feature to cut my pages at 5” for my mini album. Since I didn’t have chipboard I cut each image twice out of colored cardstock and then again from my patterned paper. To cover the base pages I used some heavy patterned paper from K & Company.

I also used Images printed and cut from my Imagine and the Nursery Tails cartridge. Lace, and trims from my stash adorn many of the pages as well as some stickers and embellishments from K & Company and from my stash.

The tag on this page is actually from the Imagine More cartridge. It is the one with the little strawberry on it. I cut it at 3” and flooded the base layer with green, the next layer with pink and then left the lined paper image as is. I did not use the strawberry or the word Sweet. All of the frames in the book are also cut from the Elegant Edges cartridge. I left the back of the back cover as is. It is the same patterned paper as the front cover. This was a huge challenge for me as I do not scrapbook and have never made a layout. This is the second mini album I have made and the first of this kind. It was a lot of work but I am very happy how it turned out.

Welcome Little One

Here is another baby girl card I made this weekend. I think this little lamb is so cute. The card is 4 1/2" X 6".  The little lamb and all it layers were cut at 3" from the Create-a-Critter cartridge. The sentiment was cut at 1 /2" and is from the Nursery Rhymes cartridge. I added a sheer white ribbon to dress up the card. Card base is pink Bazzill card stock. I added a white mat cut at 4 1/4" X 5 3/4" and piece of pink gingham patterned paper cut at 4" X 5 1/2". I cut the sentiment from the same stock as the card base and cut the shadow cut from white card stock. Thanks for looking.

Baby Girl Card

Here is a quick card I whipped up last night for a former co-worker who had a baby girl over the weekend. The card is an A2 card made from white card stock. The patterned paper is from the K & Company Best of Brenda Walton paper pack. Ribbon is from a Martha Stewart pack that I picked up at Big Lots. The onesie was cut from the Straight From the Nest cartridge and was cut a 3 1/2" using the real dial size button on my cricut. This cut is on page 46 of the handbook. The cut is actually of three shirts/onesies hanging from a clothes line. To get the cut I wanted I set the cut up on Gypsy. Since we don't have Hide/Contour feature yet, I simply placed all the items I didn't want to cut off the side of the mat. The sentiment was cut at 1 1/2" cut from the Nursery Rhymes cartridge. The cut is from page 65 of handbook using the Font feature button. The shadow was cut using the Font Shadow feature button.  I embossed the onesie with my Sizzix three dots folder using my Cuttlebug. I adhered the cuts with foam tape to provide some dimension to the card. Once I had the card done I spritzed it with some Pear Glimmer Mist to give it some sparkle and added a small Prima flower in light pink and a darker pink pearl to the center of the flower.