To cut the Cricut craft vinyl on your cricut put the blade depth at 4 and pressure one back from maximum. This setting is called a kiss cut it will only cut through the vinyl and not the backing paper. I brayer my vinyl with the backing still on to my cricut board. The
Now carefully roll the cut item off the backing sheet as you apply it to your chosen item. You need to be sure all the little cut out pieces stay on the backing sheet you will use those for glass etching in the next step.
The finished item
Now for the Glass etching
This is what I have left after using the cut out.
Apply masking tape or transfer tape over the piece as shown.
Very carefully remove the backing sheet from the vinyl and maksing tape piece. Make sure that every little piece of the vinyl stays on the masking tape and the backing sheet comes away clean.
Now apply to your chosen glass surface. Slowly remove the masking tape. Making sure to leave every little cut out piece of the vinyl on the glass
Now apply the glass etching paste making sure to wear gloves and rinse tools well in water when you are done.
The finished item.
I have also cut fabric to decorate a cushion
You have to try this. Use Heat and Bond from Spotlight ironed onto the back of your fabric. Brayer it onto your cricut mat and cut. Iron finished piece onto your chosen surface.
Held a box class at Scottie Crafts on Saturday with a great group of Ladies. A good time was had by all. They got to create and decorate 2 beautiful Box/ Baskets, with ideas and instructions and a kit (thanks Scottie Crafts) to complete at least 8 more different designs.
Table set with amazing kits and an extra home baked goodies.
Here some of them are hard at play.
They also got to play with the ebosser. This is an amazing machine that will take any die A4 size and smaller. It is electronic and very user friendly. Due to arrive in mid November. I WANT ONE!!!!!
They got to play with Tim Holtz distress embossing powder.
I baked them a little treat and packaged it in another box design using Spellbinder dies. LF-008
Kay has brought in some amazing Halloween off the page projects she has created. She has used Graphic 45 papers, Tim Holtz embellishments and distress embossing powders, Spellbinders dies and lots of "found" objects.
Next is a big Halloween castle with a mini book inside all about Halloween. Lots of embellishments used on this are from Scotties as well as Spellbinder dies.
Another amazing project is the Halloween in Wonderland Shadowbox which also has a mini album created using the Zutter bind it all.
You can see all these in store.
Thank you Kay for sharing your amazing creations with us.
We love seeing your gorgeous projects.
I gathered up some of the new Prima Firefly collection that has just arrived at Scottie Crafts. The colours are just gorgeous -bright and summery!
Apart from papers, I have used the Firefly journalling notecard set, Prima flowers, a Crafter's Workshop chevron mask and texture paste. I also couldnt resist some of the Jenni Bowlin paint daubers that are on such a great special in store! I used the 'Speckled Egg' under the chevron mask and dabbed it over the flowers and papers when I had finished the LO. The bright speckles are flicks of Dylusions inks, which go great with these papers.
Look for all these products in Scotties now!!
Jeff and Aimee have a boat and one of their favourite things to do together, is to pack sleeping gear, a food basket and fishing rods and head out to Kawau Bay for the night. I love this pic of them looking so relaxed and happy!
For my design team layouts this month I received the absolutely stunning
'Nutcracker Sweet' papers from Graphic 45. These are a Christmas themes
collection but as both my girls are dancers I used the papers to do pages about
dance.
For my first page I
chose one of my favourite photos of Sophie with her grade 1 ballet class (she is the second from the right with her arms in the air !!). I used
a full sheet of Nutcracker paper for my background and I sprayed over it using
masks and a doily to create an interesting pattern. I layered various assorted
pieces of paper under the photo along with the doily that I had used as a mask
when inking the background. I machine sewed messy circles around my page's focal
point before adding some Prima flowers and bling to embellish the layout. I
finished with a 'Thickers' title and some fussy cut ballerinas. Oh, and of course
there are a few strips of Washi tape along the edges (I don't seem to be able to
design without washi tape right now :)
My second page is quite
different. I recently sat in on a one on one class that my elder daughter
Natalie had with her teacher before her Advanced 1 jazz exam. I took heaps of
photos of her dancing and I loved so many that I wanted to include lots on my
page. Grid designs always work well for scrapping a group of photos of similar
sizes. Here I printed out my photos at 2x3"'s.
I used my favourite paper from
this collection to frame the LO (first gutting it so that I could save the rest
of the design for another project). I then layered several more papers beneath
the grid of photos - distressing and inking all my edges. I fussy cut some tags
and cards and tucked them beneath the edges of my photos. The flowers and bling
are all 'Prima' and so are the cute canvass butterflies (which I coloured using
Tim Holtz distress inks). The date and journaling tags are from one of
my October Afternoon collections - I think 'Woodland Park' and the title letters
are a mix of 'Prima', 'Kaisercraft' and AC 'Thickers'. I added some machine
stitching and of course those strips of washi tape to complete the page.
Almost all of the items for both these pages are available at Scottie Crafts
- along with a whole lot more for you to drool over!
The new fully automatic and large format embossing & die cutting system.
The
eBosser is universally compatible with most cutting dies &
embossing folders! Use your favorite folders & dies or our large
format embossing folders to create projects fast & easy!
Fully
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emboss materials up to 8.5 inches wide & 12 inches in length.
The
eBosser is a one-step automatic embossing & die cutting system.
Simply turn on & insert your folder or cutting die with our platform
system. Designed with safety in mind, the eBosser is perfect for home,
school & professional use.
The eBosser is able to cut through
multiple layers of fabric in one pass. Spend less time cutting &
more time creating! The strength of the eBosser does not stop there: cut
or emboss leather, wood & metal with ease too!
Take a look at the capabilities of this amazing new machine by Craftwell! Emboss & Cut with ease!
Wendy shows you all those quick and easy projects you can create with the Couture Creations nesting dies. Have a look on our website, we have just received NEW Couture Creations cutting diesHERE.
·Emboss
both pieces through the cuttlebug with the dot folder.
·Score
a line from the top right and top left corners to the centre of the bottom of
the rectangle (Through the longest measurement). Fold both rectangles on this
line.
·Glue
together at base.
·At the
pointed end of the box, punch a hole through both back and front pieces at the
same time. Repeat for both sides.
·Thread
a ribbon through all holes to hold the top of the box closed.
·Cut a
tag in white using the --- die. Ink through the shape while the card is still
in the die. i.e StencilYou can stamp
small images on the edges if you wish.
·Make 2
roses as described in the Wedding Candle wrap.
·Emboss
both pieces through the cuttlebug with the dot folder. At this point you could
emboss a pattern onto the circles through with the cuttlebug.
·Score
a line across both circles to leave 5 scallops one side of the line.
·Fold
and glue together by overlapping the 2 folded sections.
·Cut a
strip of card approximately 2.5cm wide and 30cm long for the bag handle. Apply
ribbon of your choice down the centre of this strip.
·Score
2.5cm from each end of this strip,fold
and glue this to your folded joined area of the circles.
·Cut a
tag in white using the --- die. Ink through the shape while the card is still
in the die. i.e StencilYou can stamp
small images or message on the tag if you wish.
·Cut 2
of the largest size scalloped rectangle in black card stock.
·Emboss
with your chosen design
·Score
at first scallop dip on both ends of both rectangles across the shortest side
and fold.
·Score
across the centre of each rectangle also and fold.
·Glue
the 2 rectangles together on the small scored section
·Cut a
small strip of black card about 2cm longer the base measurement of the box and
the same width.
·Score
1cm in from each end on the longest measurement.
·Glue
these tabs inside the base of the box.
·Cut a
strip of card 2.5cm for the handle, glue ribbon down the centre. Make a small
crease in each end of to about 1cm up so that you can glue the strap into the
crease of the box.
·Cut a
white scallop circle and a smaller black one. Slash between each scallop
towards the centre of both circles,
·use
the stylus and soft mouse pad to sculpt each petal by pressing down and
“drawing” in a circular motion.
·Glue
the smaller flower onto the larger. Place a pearl in the centre
·Fold a
piece of ribbon and place it behind the flower then glue to the front crease of
the box
Candle Wrap is 2
rectangles joined together. Overlap at the front of the candle with 3
scallops and apply pearls for buttons. Printed paper under layer and a
bow for a bow tie. Add a rolled rose (see below) to the lapel.
Not all Bev's Bargains are showing on our website as we want to keep some Bev's Bargains exclusive in our store. Have a look at that video, just to give an idea of our Bev's Bargains Bins!
