Plastic Wine Tumbler

The Dollar Tree had some of these insulated wine glasses last time I was there.  I've seen them all over the internet; some were decorated with vinyl, some were etched, and they were all really expensive.

These will make a cut gag gift for a busy mom!  The words on the side:  Mommy Juice.

It's another item I'm taking to the craft show on the 14th.

Miniature Suitcases

I have a set of three tiny suitcases.  This one measures just 11" x 7" and it's the largest of the three.  I used  Challenge Contour font and added some swirls with hearts using Oracal 651 white vinyl.  Then I added two Christmas floral picks and a wired ribbon bow.  This is another project for the craft show next month.

The medium sized one is 5 1/2" x 9 3/4".  I used Partridge font for the lettering and just added a tulle bow on top. The reindeer and snowflakes are Silhouette files.

The smallest one is 7 1/4" x 4 1/2".  I used Partridge font for the lettering and the candy canes are Silhouette files.

A Quick Christmas Cake Carrier

I'll add a red and green tulle bow onto the carrying handle to dress it up a little bit more.  This came from the Dollar Tree so I'm thinking it's going to be a single use item, but it's cheaper than a holiday tin!

Jingle Bell Frame

Some days everything you do just goes so smoothly, projects turn out just the way you want, everything cuts fine and your software never shuts down.  Then there are days like today.  ***sigh***

I decided since DH was out of the house, I'd make a shadow box frame with a vinyl saying and it is one of those days that nothing seemed to go right.  I fought with my vinyl lettering for about 2 hours before I realized  what was wrong and fixed the problem.

Silhouette America ran a sale on vinyl and I ordered eight rolls because of the price.  I hate that vinyl!  The backing won't stick to my cutting mat.  I still haven't found the right settings to get a kiss cut and it will not stick to my transfer paper well enough to pull the vinyl off the backing!  One positive thing about it is that it does weed quite easily as long as the shapes cut cleanly.

After working with the Silhouette vinyl for over an hour, I gave up and used my Oracal 651.  It cut like butter and went on easily.

The lettering didn't show up well in the photo so I added a black shadow to the silver lettering I like the way this frame turned out.  Hope someone likes it when I put it on display at the craft show too!

 The shadow was just what it needed for the silver to show up well.

Grandma's House Charger Plate

Cornerstone is the font I chose for this charger plate.  I love how easy it is in Make The Cut to create a shadow layer for text!  So much easier than struggling like I used to while using a Cricut and Design Studio software!

This is a design that I made myself...I know, don't faint!  I didn't copy it from something I saw online!

Green and Gold Charger Plate

Lobster 1.4 font was used for the center sentiment.  The wheat is from the Silhouette store, file #50134. I modified it slightly in my software so it would fit well on the outer border of the plate.

Snow Tree Charger Plate

This morning I saw another charger plate that had the snow tree in the center on it.  It's from the Silhouette store.  It cuts cleanly, but getting the tiny swirled branched onto the transfer tape and then onto the plate was a little tricky.  Even after washing the plates sometimes the vinyl just doesn't want to stick down.

I added a couple of extra birds to the design and then dotted the swirls on the outer rim with red Stickles.  We're not supposed to use Stickles on our Operation Write Home cards any longer so I need to use them up!

Snowman Charger Plate

I wish I could remember where I got the snowman and the words used on this plate.  It may have been a file that was shared on the Make The Cut forum last year.  The original design had more intricate snowflakes on it; I changed them to a simpler one that would cut faster and be easier to weed.

***Edited:  Thanks to Lillie Charleston, I now know that the file was placed on the MTC board last year by Brianna.**** 

Danita Kinney messaged me and gave me the source for the original snowman   http://oodlesofdoodles26.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html

Celebrate The Season Charger

Gold metallic vinyl was used to cut these shapes from the Silhouette store.

Merry Christmas Charger

A quick tip on how I space the designs on the outer rim of the plate.  Using two clear rulers, I find the center of the plate.  Then, it's just a matter of placing pieces of blue painters tape around the outside edge where I want the images to be placed.  You can step back and take a look to be sure they'll be where you want them.

 
Files used are from the Silhouette store.  I added some self-adhesive red gems to this.  After I got it all assembled, it looked as if it needed a little bling.

I was asked which files were used from Silhouette.  The candy shape is #34362, the swirl is the bow from a jingle bell file # 13733 and the words were created by Barbara Adkins using three free fonts and point editing.  It was shared in a Facebook group on October 2, 2013.

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee is one of my favorite Christmas songs.  Well, that, and I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas--but that's another story. ***and now that stupid song will be in my head all day!  Sigh!****

When I saw the center design in the Silhouette store I knew it would fit just perfectly on one of the charger plates I'm doing for a craft show.

Peace Love Hope Charger Plate

 

Gold metallic vinyl.  The design is from the Silhouette store.

 

Season's Greeting Charger

Since not everyone celebrates Christmas, I decided to make this charger.  The round frame with trees and the sentiment are from the Silhouette store.

Santa Face Charger

 

This is done in silver metallic vinyl.  It appears white in the photo.  The Santa face and candy canes are from the Silhouette store.  This may be my favorite charger plate that I've done, so far!

Jingle Bell Charger Plate

The font I used is Laurenscript, the jingle bells are from the Silhouette store and the candy canes were found online.

Everything looks matte in the photo but the charger is metallic red and the jingle bells are cut from gold metallic vinyl.

Peppermint Charger Plate

Another of Kat Schriber's ideas for charger plates.  The peppermint designs are from the Silhouette store.  The snowflakes are from a Cricut cartridge. 

Peace On Earth Charger Plate

Kat Schriber was kind enough to post photos of the charger plates she'd made to give some of us on the Old Cricut Community page some inspiration.  I thought the gold design on a green plate was really nice and so I pretty much copied hers.

The center design is from the Silhouette store.  I just added some swirls from a couple of Cricut cartridges around the outer edge.

The gold vinyl cuts differently than solid color vinyl.  I had to adjust my blade depth, etc. to get a decent kiss cut.  The first time I cut it, my Cameo cut right through the backing too.  I tried to salvage the design but it has thin cuts and they got wrinkled--which did not make me happy!  I don't like to waste materials.

Christmas cards for soldiers

This paper pack was picked up at Hobby Lobby and I have used the heck out of it this past week!  For a pack that only has 60 pages in it, I've already finished over 75 cards using the paper and have a lot of pages left.

Here are three of the cards that I've finished.  One of the patterned papers in this pack has holiday images that are 2" square so they fit great on the tags I cut with my Cricut.





The sentiment was printed on my computer, then I used a SU scallop punch on the strip and added some red dots with my SU marker.

Of course I had to ink the edges of the card or Okie would have really dinged me about not doing that!

The heart images are one of the preprinted squares in the pack.  I just added a red bow, inked the edges and mounted it on the card with some of my home made pop dots.

These cards are super simple to make but I'll still be proud to donate them for CFS.  As I've said before, I try to limit the amount of embellishments that are on the card front so they won't get damaged in the mail.

About every 6 weeks the Cards for Soldier group will announce a new challenge.  I committed to making 250 cards for the current challenge and have met my goal.  The majority of the cards are holiday type and I'm just about burned out on making them so it's time for me to switch gears and go back to making something different.

So, I can put away the Christmas themed paper, for now, and start looking for some inspiration for another type of card.

I encourage all cardmakers to pick a charity and donate some cards!