Summer Home Decor Vinyl Project - Collaboration With Craftlabel

Happy Wednesday!

With the summer holidays looming I thought I would share a project that can be done with children, either with some help, or if they are old enough, then they can have a go themselves!  The best part is they can hang it up for everyone to see or even make them as gifts!

I used an embroidery hoop as a frame and painted it with white acrylic paint.  It did not take long to dry at all.  I would recommend painting one side first, letting it dry, and then painting the other side as it can get quite messy otherwise.

For the focal point I used my trusty Cricut and some of the First Edition Digital SVG files.  These are incredibly versatile as they can be resized according to the size of your frame. 

I wanted a summer themed project and used the sun and ‘sunshine’ sentiment from the Baby & Children Digital set, clouds and raindrops from the Nature Digital set and ‘Hello’ from the Sentiments Digital set.  These were just downloaded onto my Cricut and I then resized to fit my frame.

I stuck all the vinyl elements onto Dovecraft Heat Resistant Acetate, which is clear, and the perfect thickness.  I then used a hot glue gun to adhere the embroidery hoop to the acetate.  I cut off the excess acetate that was overlapping the hoop with a pair of scissors.

I thought the frame needed a little something additional; leading me to cut out several raindrops using the First Edition Nature Digital set in both dark and light blue vinyl.  I cut 3 lengths of bakers twine and secured them on to my embroidery hoop.  I stuck a raindrop on one side then turned it over and stuck another on the other side so you don’t even need any glue!  I did that with all 7 raindrops.

To finish the project I added some more bakers twine to the top and knotted it so you can hang it with pride!

Why not take inspiration from this project and have a go in the summer holidays!

Shabneez

 

Products Used:

Acrylic Paints
Cricut Explore Air 2
First Edition 12x12 Bumper Pack Adhesive Gloss Vinyl  
First Edition Digital Dies – Baby & Children
First Edition Digital Dies – Nature
First Edition Digital Dies – Sentiments
Dovecraft Basics Acetate
Dot & Dab Patterned Glue Gun
Dot & Dab Glue Gun Sticks
Dovecraft Precision Scissors
Embroidery Hoop
Bakers Twine

All Tied Up - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

It's been a a fabulous week so far with celebrating my little one's birthday, half term and the icing on the cake - a visit from my Dad!

The Daring Cardmakers are all 'Tied Up' this week as Kathy has set the challenge to use some form of thread, twine, wool etc on your cards.  I decided to go for Baker's Twine which is ever so useful and I enjoy making use of it.

I have used the First Edition Bloom & Wonder paper pad and the monochrome paper is my absolute favourite from the pad!  I've teamed it with a fussy cut butterfly and foliage from the same pad together with a sentiment, leaf sprigs and squares cut from the First Edition Digital Die Cuts USBs.

I think you can just make out the sparkle from the black Dovecraft A5 Premium Adhesive Glitter Card that I used to cut out the leaves and the sentiment.  It was a time saver for sure, especially for the sentiment as I didn't have to use glue!

You can find lots more inspiration for the challenge HERE.

Enjoy your weekend and see you again soon,

Shabneez 

Products Used:

First Edition Bloom & Wonder Paper 12 x 12 Paper Pad

Dovecraft A5 Premium Adhesive Glitter Card

Dovecraft Coloured Cardstock

American Crafts Bakers Twine

First Edition Digital Dies - Florals & Foliage

First Edition Digital Dies - Sentiments

First Edition Digital Dies - Shapes