Category: vinyl

Tuesday Freebie and New in Shop

ALL WEEK, this SVG file is FREE with any $1.99 purchase!

We have a FREE file with purchase all this week! Simply add this Pop Up Drawer Lace Heart file  to your shopping cart along with ANY $1.99+ purchase from the SVG Shop and this file is yours FREE. Be sure to use Coupon Code: LACEHEART (case sensitive) at checkout. This offer is good through next Sunday.

(Your cart must reach at least $3.98 before the coupon will be applied and then $1.99 will be subtracted from your total at checkout. The files will be available for immediate download after you pay for your order by visiting MY ACCOUNT>COMPLETED ORDERS>ORDER DETAILS inside of your account. Only one discount code per order allowed.)

In addition, don’t forget about this special ! You can get this Free Kit of the Month with any $20 purchase (Purchase must be in one transaction.) Simply add the 2019 February Kit of the Month to your shopping cart along with ANY $20.00+ purchase from the SVG Shop and this file is yours FREE. Be sure to use Coupon Code: FEB19KOTM (case sensitive) at checkout. This offer is good through February 28, 2019!
Your cart must reach at least $27.95 before the coupon will be applied and then $7.95 will be subtracted from your total at checkout. The files will be available for immediate download after you pay for your order by visiting MY ACCOUNT>COMPLETED ORDERS>ORDER DETAILS inside of your account. Only one discount code per order allowed.)
Check out the new SVG files releasing this week!   
Just like always, the NEW SVG files will be ON SALE 25% OFF through the weekend in the SVG Shop! These downloads include SVG files that may be used with Cricut Explore, Silhouette (DE upgrade required), Eclips, Brother Scan and Cut, and any other software that will open SVG files. No coupon code necessary, the newly released files are all discounted in the shop! Be sure to go get them while they are on SALE this week. 
This week I have two fun Valentine Card Bundles, and we also have files from Dresden Carrie, Kolette Hall and Pebbles in My Pocket.

Thanks for visiting the blog today! Please let us know if you need any help with your files. We want to make sure everyone is happy with their purchase. Have a great week! SHOP HERE

Buffalo Plaid and Vinyl with Cathy

I don’t know about the rest of you…but I’ve kind of become obsessed with Buffalo Plaid…from shirts, to purses, to home decor and when I found these Buffalo Plaid dishes at Hobby Lobby, I knew I had to have them and add some of Lori’s designs to them.  They were just screaming to have some vinyl added to them.

First a mug that I made for my special guy, every time I tell him that I love him, he replies with “I love you more!” and of course Lori had that design already in her shop so it was perfect.  Here’s the link for Silhouette and the link for SVG here.

I had to have more Buffalo Plaid, so I got a couple of plates that I thought would be fun to use for Christmas Cookie plates, but I’m not sure I can part with them, lol. The first little plate I used this Silhouette file or this SVG file.  I love how this turned out.

And just one more to share with you…for this one, I used Silhouette file or this SVG file.

I had so much fun with these little projects and adding vinyl is so quick and easy…the possibilities are endless with all of the files that Lori has created.  It’s an easy way to really personalize or had that perfect touch to lots of projects.

Bless This Home Sign Tutorial with Cathy

Hi everyone!  I have a super simple tutorial to share with you…adding vinyl to create your own wooden sign.  It’s been quite a while since I have created with vinyl and I thought maybe that is so for some of you or this is an easy way to give it a try.  This was super simple and quick to do, and it turned out perfectly.  It will make the perfect gift or I just might keep it for myself.  Lol.

First, gather your supplies.  I use Orcal vinyl 651 in mattle black, a 10 x 10 white washed wooden canvas from Jillibean Soup, cricut transfer tape and some fabric flowers.  I chose fabric flowers over paper crafted flowers just so might sign would last longer and I wouldn’t have to worry about the flowers being fragile.

Then I picked a beautiful design from Lori, wreath bless this home, silhouette store or wreath bless this home in Lori’s Store.  I just love all of these different wreathes she has designed…simple and gorgeous.  I sized it down on my silhouette to be approximately 8 x 8 so that I could center it on my wooden canvas.

I then cut it out with my setting set on 2 for the blade and 8 for speed, it cut perfectly.  Next weed your design, I just use a little paper piercer to weed mine.  The paper piercer is sharp and small enough to get into the delicate pieces to weed.

Your next step is to layer your weeded design with transfer tape.  I cut mine to exactly the size of my weeded design, 8×8.  Peel back transfer tape and carefully adhere to your design.  Rub over it firmly, making sure your design adheres to the transfer tape.

Carefully place onto your wooden canvas and then burnish.  I used a plastic hotel key, like a credit card to burnish the vinyl.  It took me a bit to do as the wood was a bit rough and took a little extra effort to get the vinyl to adhere.  Once your design is adhered, slowly pull back the transfer tape.  Have your credit card handy to burnish some places a tad more if you see any of the vinyl not sticking.

Once my design was adhered, then I added the flowers, Echo Park Celebrate Autumn enamel dots, a little twine, a few buttons….but it still need more.  I then added some paper leaves that I cut with Lori’s  Thankful Leaves Die Set using the Celebrate Autumn Solids Paper Pack.

Loving how this turned out, I will be trying another one soon and maybe even try stenciling a design with one of Lori’s amazing files very soon!

Welcome Sign featuring Vintage Sign Font with Ashley

Happy First Day of School for some of you out there today!  Two of my kids are headed to the first day–both in high school.  I also have a Freshman in college who will be starting in a couple of weeks.  I am featuring a sign today using the Vintage Sign Font found here in the Shop or in the Silhouette Store.  This font has great letters for signs as well as some special characters.

To find those special characters, you can see them in Silhouette Studio.  Or if you are using another program.  The special shapes are found on these keys: []|<>? (look next to P on the keyboard and next to M).

I used Oramask 813 purchased at Expressions Vinyl to make the stencil for the board. I also decided to get the Silhouette Roll Feeder since my sign is 5 feet tall.  I would highly recommend the roll feeder.  It kept the vinyl moving nice and straight.  One caution is that as you get to the end of the roll of vinyl, be careful that it doesn’t get stuck as it is moving in/out of the machine.

I used the alphabet and the leaf which can be found with keys [ ].   The board is common board–5′ tall and 9″ wide.  The tall board makes a great front porch statement!