Better Blogging Day 7

A friend asked me to design some t-shirts for her team at work.  All of the members of the team have a thing for penguins so she asked that I include them in the design.  A while ago, she emailed me some images that she had in mind.  I was able to work with those images and the "program that shall not be named" to design a double sided t-shirt design for her.  I'm so excited about the final results.  The design work was done in Photoshop, the converted to SVG and cut from vinyl using "the program that shall not be named" and my cricut.  The vinyl negative was then used and applied to a clean YUDU screen.  I know that there are many ways to use the YUDU, but I have found that Perminant Outdoor vinyl gives me the best and most consistant results.  For the shirt back designs I used my YUDU, but for the front I thought I would try something a little different.  Be sure to stop back tomorrow for more details on the front of the shirt :)









The design in SCAL


Image negatives in the vinyl.  I cut the names apart so that the screen was set up with the main design and I removed the name after I was finished with it, washed the screen, then applied the new name.  It took a fair amount of time to dry the screen between each shirt, but in the end I am very happy with the results.


Applying the vinyl to the YUDU SCREEN.


Pulling the screen.

Better blogger day 6

Mass production on thank you cards.  I needed a bunch of thank you cards last month so I spent an entire afternoon working them  I did quite a few, and found that I was able to simply reverse the design to get two totally different looks.  I love the way they turned out. 

To make these I used the CTMH AP cartridge, bling, craft CS for the base, and some CTMH stamps

A couple of quick cards, blending CTMH with existing supplies.

This past weekend I made a couple of quick cards based on a pattern I found in the Close to my heart idea book.  The original card looks totally different, but if you look closely you will see a similar layout pattern.  Here is the original so you can compare:



To make the cards I started with craft cardstock that I had on hand.  It is not CTMH brand, but as I have a ton of scrapbook paper I wanted to experiment with mixing some of what I alreay own with some of my new CTMH goodies and ideas.  The card base was cut to 10 inches by 5 inches then scored to make a 5 inch by 5 inch card. 






Using the My Acrylix, Happy Clusters stamp set, I stamped the star image on white paper, then trimmed the star and inked the edges.  After that I placed buttons and gems on the star to using the inked image as a guide.  Finally I topped the star off with a small piece of twine. 

After that, the card went together quickly by trimming some papers I had on hand to fit the card base and adding a couple of gems to the card base.  I also used a stamp that says congratulations (not sure what brand, but not CTMH). 

There you have it, a couple of quick cards combining some old goodies and some new toys.