Vinyl signs and plate

I made this plate to donate for a whalefest they had here a few weeks ago.

I made this one for my mom and dad

this one for a friend

hung this outside

lilly picked the colors and helped line up the words, let's just say it has charm :)

Vinyl for Van and Truck

My father is retiring this june and has decided to be a handyman and actually get paid for it.  So I offered to do the lettering for his vehicles with my Cricut.  I had my friend that owns the silhouette cameo cut out the logo since my Cricut won't do that, and I think it turned out pretty good, and a hell of a lot cheaper then him having to pay for somebody to do it.  I ordered the vinyl from expressions vinyl and it was cheap!  

Fish Branch Art

I saw a picture on pinterest of butterflies or so I thought, they are actually origami cranes on a branch and thought we should do it with fish for our bathroom remodel that I am doing.  We went in the yard and grabbed a branch.  Then I cut out all the fish with the Cricut from the wildlife cartridge.  Then my daughter and I hot glued them all on a branch, I have to say it turned out pretty cool and I may make one with butterflies for her room.  it was fun, easy and cheap!

Spring Summer Wreath

Started this wreath a while ago but it took a little time to do.

used the pipe insulation again as the base

wrapped it all in this green material

wrapped it all in the fuzzy green knitting yarn I had laying around

cut flowers with the cricut

used pins to attach flowers and set the silly sheep lilly made on it, I plan on adding to it when I feel like it

freezer paper stencils on repurposed t-shirts

So I got busy with the cricut and cut out some stencils from freezer paper and then personalized a few shirts and bags that i made from old t-shirts and a cape.  The old t shirts I cut the sleeves off of them, and made the neck hole bigger, then sewed the bottom together.  I thought they would make cute bags for the kids to collect their goodies in.  

bag for friend

my daughter decorating her cape

For the cape, I just cut around the neck and left the back of the shirt attached.

using fabric paint

love this saying!

shirts I made for da boys

letting them dry

I used toddler shirts for the younger kids bags

lilly wearing her unfinished cape

Baby Name Sign for Ben and Ava

So I attempted to make a sign for my cousins little boy and I think it turned out pretty cute.  I started with a blank canvas and covered the entire thing with mod podge then smoothed a piece of material over it.  I let it dry a little then took my hot glue gun and wrapped the edges of the material around the canvas.  I cut out the shapes and letters with my cricut using the create a critter and Plantin schoolbook cartridge.  I used the xyron to stick all the pieces of the critters together, then I put mod podge on the letter B and stuck it on the material.  Then I used the xyron again with the permanent adhesive and stuck the rest of the cute critters on the sign.  To finish it I used the hot glue gun to glue the ribbon (I would have used blue but only had black, and I can't buy it on the island) to the back as a hanger.  I'm not sure if I should leave it like this or mod podge over the entire thing, any help is appreciated.

I did a few more and threw some mod podge over the one for Gracie.  I think they are cute and hope the kids like them

the mod podge still wet

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This sign I made for a friend's baby.  I had a hard time with it because the colors she gave me to work with were boy colors.  but it turned out ok, I cut the name and caterpillar out of scrapbook paper and the date and flowers out of vinyl.  I covered the board with acrylic paint and mod podge before I stuck everything on it, then modpodged over it all.

first vinyl wall stickers with cricut

I cut out this vinyl saying for a friend for her wall, and slapped the remainder of the vinyl up under my kids pics.  I have to say the Cricut makes doing this soooo easy!

the leftover vinyl I slapped on my wall

The Vinyl stickers my friend had me make!

Freezer Paper Stencil T-shirts

I saw this cool project on this site.  You take freezer paper and cut out the shape or words you want, then iron it to the shirt and paint it with fabric paint.  I used the Cricut to cut out the shapes, remember when you cut out the words to cut them out slipped and spelled backwards since you will be using the reverse side.  The first one my daughter helped with and it was our test shirt, hence the splats of blue everywhere!  

I made this shirt for a friend's daughter 

Used the cricut to make the cute birthday card!

Valentine's Day Crafts

Used the cricut to cut out vinyl then stuck it on a tile

This wreath was easy.  I cut all the hearts out with the cricut , then hot glued them on.  The instructions are here.  The only change was she says to cut 5 small red hearts, but we needed 6, and I added some extra hearts to the second one i made.

 Heart Crayons  - I peeled the broken crayon pieces in the house, chopped them up and filled the tray with the pieces.  A razor cuts the paper back fast and easy. 230 degrees for 20 minutes.

Cancer Cards

I made all of these using the cricut and the marbled paper is from the post on how to paint with shaving cream.  I donated these three to the Cancer Coalition on our island to use.