Crafting with heat transfer vinyl

Hello Friends! I wanted to pop in quickly today to share a cute project made with heat transfer vinyl (HTV). If you're not familiar with HTV, you are missing out on some fun! There are ton of videos on YouTube if you're interested. So, I recently purchased some gold glitter HTV and I could not wait to use it! I had some canvas totes that I bought from Michael's forever ago, and decided to finally open the package and use one for this project. I wanted to do something for the awesome young lady that braids my daughter's hair, so I cut out the name of her business along with a design from the Silhouette Design Store using my Silhouette Cameo. I'm not fortunate enough to have a heat press so I used my trusty home iron to transfer the vinyl onto the tote.

I was able to get the cutest model I know to hold the bag for me! :-) I really love how this turned out and the glitter vinyl looks amazing in person. I can't wait to give it to her and  you can follow her on instagram @ohmibraids to see her awesome work!

Well, it's shaping it to be a HOT day here. I hope you're staying cool and enjoying the sunshine as well! Have a great day!

Hugs,

Carol

Take Note

Hello Friends! Happy Monday to all of you! I hope you had a great weekend. My weekend was fabulous because my mom is here!! She got here on Saturday and we've been chatting and laughing every since. Paige has been full of hugs and kisses since she's been here so it's been great watching the two of them bond.

I'm popping in today to share a couple of notepads. You know I absolutely love a notepad, and these are so great to keep in your purse. You never know when you need to jot down a little note, or make a list for your groceries so it's nice to have a handy dandy notepad.

So, you know I have a thing for typewriters and I just found out a couple of days ago that Michael's is selling a We R Memory Keepers typecast typewriter!!! For some reason, I can't add the link, but I'll work on that because you really need to see it. The beautiful part is it comes in PINK!! What the what!!!! I want it SO bad, but it carries a hefty price tag...$199.00 and you can't use the coupon. I guess I'll need to start saving my pennies, and selling more cards so I can buy one! 

Okay, I digress...I used patterned paper and a print cut and cut typewriter from the Silhouette Design Store to make the notepads. These came together pretty quickly and I believe I made four of them. More than likely I'll add them to my back-to-school teacher gifts. :-)

Well, I hope you all have a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol 

A cute card for a cute little girl

Hello Friends! Are you having a good weekend? I sure hope so! I've had a pretty relaxing weekend, but I was able to get some stuff done around the house (that never ends does it?!). I also did a little crafting and that always makes for a fabulous weekend for me!

So, today's card I made for my friend's very sweet daughter, Grace. She is such a delightful little girl (she's 5) and we all hung out a couple of weekend's ago and she was such a joy to be around. Not only did we have fun hanging out but she gave so many of her baby things to me for my baby. I tell you what, when this little girl gets here she's going to be SO SPOILED!! I truly have the most amazing friends! Here's the card:

This card was made using my Silhouette Cameo and I just added the ribbon and the little pearls on the bottom. Gracie is definitely a girly girl so I had to do something pink! I also gave her a cookies and cream cupcake to say thank you. Her mommy said she loved it! :-)

 

So, that's it for me today I hope your Sunday is great and I will chat with you again soon!

Carol

Margarita's for Everyone!

Hello Friends! I hope you all had a great weekend! My weekend was really nice, we celebrated my husband's birthday and did some relaxing as well as some work around the house. It was a fun yet productive weekend.

Today I want to share some margaritas that I made for my dear friend Jeanette. Her company was celebrating customer service week so all of the manager's had a different theme for their group. Jeanette's theme was...you guessed it Cinco de Mayo! So, she asked if I could make some margarita's for her group (44) and at the end of the week (actually I think it's today) the reps that met their goals will be treated to virgin margaritas! Fun, huh?!

So, I plugged in Cammie (my Silhouette) and got to work! This is what I came up with:

Cammie cut the glass, the "margarita", lime, and straw. I added some glitter to the rim of the glass for the salt. :-) Then all I had to do was add some adhesive, and voila a paper crafted margarita! My friend put the margarita's on everyone's keyboard the night before they came in and she said they were just ecstatic when they saw them! This was definitely a super fun project for me, I absolutely love doing things like this.

 

Well, I hope your week is off to a great start and I want to thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Carol

Happy Wednesday!

Hello Friends! We've made it to hump day (yeah!), only a couple of more days to go before the weekend! So, I wanted to let you know that last week I submitted two cards to the Stamping Royalty Contest at PaperCrafts magazine. You can read more about it here: http://www.papercraftsconnection.com/blog/2013/04/stamping-royalty/. I submitted a birthday card and a hello card, wish me luck!

So, do you remember the card I made for my sweet friend Chi when she ran a half marathon? Well, she asked me to make another one for her friend that she ran the race with. I used the same runner silhouette but I changed the card up a little:

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the runner and the winding road. I'm not sure if you can tell from the photo, but I added a blue sky and some clouds to the background. This card was pretty quick to whip up and hopefully Chi's friend will like it. :-)

 

I hope the rest of your day is great, and thanks for stopping by!

 

Carol

The weekend is here, the weekend is here!

Happy Friday friends! It's the weekend, baby!! I hope your Friday is off to a great start and you have fun plans for the weekend. Today I'm sharing a couple of more thank you cards from my brother-in-law's batch:

 

I think I said in my last post that those cards were my favorites, well these are my favorites as well!! They just look happy to me. I think I used some patterned paper from Crate Paper for these cards, along with the book print and stamp from Papertrey Ink. That large butterfly you see on the bottom and the "tab" were made using my Silhouette Cameo, love that! On the first one, I splashed the butterfly with a little Mister Huey's Mist, and on the second one I decided to leave it as is.

 

I think I have three more thank you cards to share and I will do so in the coming days. Have a fantastic weekend, and as always thank you so much for stopping by!

Carol