I had a specific project in mind…a distressed wooden plaque with some Halloween sentiments on. I was so surprised to realize that Vinyl is actually so easy to work with.

STEP 1

Gather your materials. I used a Wooden Plaque (on Sale for $5 at Michaels), Black & White Acrylics, Paintbrush, Sanding Paper (or I used a nail file…DH has been hiding his sanding paper away from me! lol) and a candle.

STEP 2

Paint the surface with Black Paint. Let it dry completely then rub the candle wax over the whole surface of the wooden plaque. Be sure to concentrate on the edges and corners.

STEP 3

Paint over the wax and black paint with your white paint. Let it dry completely.

STEP 4

Use your sanding paper/nail file and distress the surface and especially the corners to create a beautiful distressed and weathered effect.

STEP 5

Cut your Vinyl according to your Die-Cutter’s specifications.

STEP 6

Weed your image getting rid of all the unwanted bits of Vinyl you do not want on your final project. I used my craft knife and it worked fabulously.

STEP 7

Cut the Transfer Tape to fit your image. remove the backing and place sticky side down on your image and use a wooden stick to burnish it onto your vinyl image.

STEP 8

Carefully remove the Transfer Tape making sure the complete Vinyl Image transfers. if not just keep rubbing the image with your wooden stick till it comes off. Place it vinyl sticky side down onto your surface. Burnish again with your wooden stick.

STEP 9

Remove the Transfer Tape making sure the vinyl Image stays put. And now step back and admire…yep thats it so easy!

I am still busy setting up my Halloween decor but I think this looks fabulous on my mantel…

Hope you found this project easy and inspiring!

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I made my first ever Vinyl Project and was amazed at how easy it was.

Full Instructions on this project can be found here:

Haunted Wall Art

Hope you have a Spooktacular Halloween!

Open Silhouette Studio. Open Artisan Label001. Select all the shapes and go to Object – Group.

With the shape still selected open the Scale window. Select Lock Aspect Ratio. Resize them to 3.5 inches.

With Shape still selected Ungroup all the layers (HINT: When Ungroup is greyed out you have Ungrouped all of the layers) Carefully separate the second largest label (i.e. the midsized one). Select the Largest and Smallest Labels and Group them again.

I prefer to group my shapes because if I move them around they stay in position. Here is the Cut preview.

Now they are ready to be sent to your Silhouette.

I hope you enjoyed this quick and easy tutorial.

Included is 5 Labels with 3 Nesting Layers, perfect for making frames or your own paper labels/elements.

Artisan Labels Set 1

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PLEASE NOTE I do not offer GSD Files anymore but have replaced them with STUDIO Files for use in your Silhouette Studio Software.

I made the sweetest card with this template and even did a quick Silhouette Studio Tutorial for you.

So purrty! I used Sasafrass Lass Sweetly Smitten Collection and the gorgeous Woodgrain Paper is from Crate Paper’s Emma’s Shoppe…oh I love pretty papers! For the Butterflies I used my Butterfly Cutting Files.

Aannnd Drumroll – The Lucky Winner of this Brand NEW Set of Cutting Files is commenter #2

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I hope you have been inspired and be sure to come back next week for even more goodness!

I also acquired a Silhouette and man oh man do I love it! I will be mostly using the Silhouette from now on for tutorials BUT for those of you that still want to use your Cricut I will still be making SVG files. Unfortunately I am no longer able to give you GSD Files but will offer Silhouette Studio Files with all my NEW Products.

And now to whet your appetite I have been working on something NEW for the shop and here is a little sneak peek!

Can you guess what it is? lol! And no better way to get this blog going again than a fun giveaway.

One Lucky Winner will get a set of my newest cutting files, all you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post.

THE RULES

• Leave a Comment before the 14th September 9pm PST to stand a chance to win
• Want more chances to win? Blog/Twitter or mention the Giveaway with a link to this site…be sure to leave a comment for each action with a link to your post.
• The winner will be chosen using Random.org and will be announced on the 15th of September 2011.

So I hope that you are all excited to see me back in the saddle and hopefully this will inspire you to create something fabulous!

It is very easy and quick to make especially if you use my NEW Cutting Files – Paper Roses. I used the Scalloped Rose Template. For details on how to assemble them I created this youtube video:

I love Mass Production…

I used a 8×8 Shadow Box available for only $8 at Walmart.

I found the center of a 8×8 piece of White Textured Cardstock. I marked it with a pencil.

Starting from the Middle outwards I glue the roses down with my glue gun.

I prefer to use even numbers so I did 4×4 rows.

and here is the final product

Easy and simple and sooo stunning. I want to do a collection of these to hang over my headboard. So I hope you try this super easy project out and create something beautiful for your home.

Just on a side note I am leaving next week to visit my family in South Africa, I will be away for almost 2 months so if you have any queries or questions you are welcome to email me at marikoegelenberg(at)gmail(dot)com.

Happy Holidays!

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Paper and Elements from Season of Thankfulness Boutique Collab.

Inspiration:

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• Included is 2 Plain Edged and 6 Patterned Edged Rosettes.

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Inspiration

Looking for a how to? I did a post on how to assemble these rosettes HERE.

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• Included is 3 Paper Rose Templates

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Inspiration:

Want a tutorial on how to assemble these flowers? Be sure to visit this post.

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I will show you how easy they are to assemble and hopefully you will not have glue gun battle scars after this tutorial. lol!

You can get the Rosette Template HERE and all my templates are Hybrid Friendly.

Here are some more examples of Rosettes…

So pretty…they will be just perfect on a tree for Christmas or maybe I should grab some berry branches from the garden and make a custom arrangement in the hallway? Uhm yes I do need to use these pretties!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

Happy Creating!