Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Mulan's Mushu shirt

Living in an apartment and not having a crafting space has put a kink in my creativity.  So many projects and no place to work.  My husband is tired of my taking over the dinner table!  No creative space = no creativity.  We are fortunate to end 2016 better than we started.  My hubby has a new job so we will be moving states again in the next couple of months. 
I am finally sitting down and dealing with my stored pics to set up several posts to cover the move and, hopefully, I will be blessed with a new craft room.  First, we have to find a house!
So, here is another shirt I made on the Cricut with iron-on vinyl.  My daughter is a sassy, sarcastic teen and loves Disney characters with the same traits.  She asked for a Mushu shirt to wear on our trip this past summer and here is what we came up with. 
She was stopped by several people during the trip to ask where she got the shirt.  Her answer was "My mom made it!"  She even got compliments from Disney cast members.  I consider that high praise. 
Thanks for looking!
April

Friday, April 22, 2016

Peace on earth Christmas card

With the limited craft supplies and work area, I decided to go on a crafting binge to replenish my cards.  While I was at it, I was inspired to make my cards for this year featuring Stampin Up's Going Global and Holly Jolly Greetings.
The card base is kraft, with layers of Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White.  I stamped the base is Crumb Cake with the stars stamp from Holly Jolly Greetings.  I stamped the globe from Going Global in Old Olive on Marina Mist, then punched with my 2 inch circle punch.  The ornament bobble on top of the globe is punched in silver glitter using a mini cupcake wrapper from EK Success turned upside down.  I added a Cherry Cobbler baker's twine bow, using a micro glue dot.  I used the coordinating Holly Jolly dies to cut Peace in Cherry Cobbler, and the smallest banner die to make the flags.  On Earth is stamped in Night of Navy.  Inside, I used a sentiment from the SU Simply Snowflake set from My Paper Pumpkin.  Thanks for looking!  April

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom box

My son, an avid Pokemon fan, is chomping at the bit to play Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.  Each person can get a 5-card pack, each day.  There are a total of 70 cards, plus 2 special cards, issued only at the Halloween and Christmas parties.  Players often trade cards to fill gaps in the decks.  My son has researched and well prepared to help Merlin but we wanted a way to protect the cards while needing easy access.  He was certain a book was the best bet, but when we talked about constantly pulling them out for the game, it was decided a deck box would be the best option.  I got a basic baseball card deck box at Hobby Lobby for $3.60 with coupon.
I have some leftover printable shrink plastic from another project, so I chose an icon I found online.  It is still a bit dark for my liking, but it came out better than some others.  TIP:  lighten all images by at least 50% before baking.  Colors will darken as the image shrinks.  My largest complaint is that the image distorts a bit.  It was originally a circle and shrunk to an oval in the bake process.  Once cool, I used E6000 to attach it to the box before adding Liquid Glass to seal the image and give it an epoxy look.  Thanks for looking!  April

Monday, April 11, 2016

Disney shirts


Here are my Olaf and Mickey & Pluto shirts.  Mickey has Best Pals in Mickey Font on the back collar.  Olaf is from the Cricut Disney Frozen cartridge and the writing under him is Pooh Font.

Thanks for looking!  April

Friday, April 8, 2016

Avengers shirts




Here are some other shirts I have been working on for my friends.  The yellow shirt is icons for Thor, Captain America, and Iron-Man.  The orange shirt is the Avengers logo.  The blue shirt is the Captain America shield, using red and white iron on vinyl.  The back of the shirt is a portion of a quote from The First Avenger and is printed in Varsity Letter.  All icons are hand assembled on Cricut Craft Room.  Thanks for looking!  April