PNC with MTC

Told ya I had a couple projects to share... After seeing what the the new beta version of MTC could do I took the plunge and made the purchase... Well the verdict is in and I LOVE it... if you haven't tried MTC head on over to the forum and take a look around; the new beta features include an awesome rhinestone feature, new shape options, textures and PRINT and Cut just to name a few!!!

So far I've only been able to play with the PNC feature which is very similar to  the Cricut Imagine; however, I can use any image, color, or texture that I want... How awesome is that?? Anywho, here are the two images that I have print and cut, not perfect but I'm getting there and I can live with the results:-)

The ice cream cone is a Lettering Delights image and the Bratz Doll is a coloring page that I imported and colored ( the pics are brighter then they appear)

I'm BACK with Stick Figures to share!!

Hi bloggers, once again real life has taken me away from the fun of creating but

 I'M BACK... and I have a couple cute projects to share.

My girlfriend asked me some time ago to make stick figures for her car & I finalllly delivered . Using MTC (my 3rd. cut ever using this awesome software) and outdoor vinyl I was able to create these cute little figures ( the women is approx. 5 inches tall and the little guy is around 3.5) the next time I make these I will go a few inches taller.

Royal Knights static cling vinyl car decal

Long time no see fellow bloggers:-)... Once again, life has gotten in the way of me having fun; however, I took a few minutes to try out the cling vinyl that I purchased from craftvinyl (btw,super fast service and the products are great). Okay, on to details about the project... my husband and a group of coaches/friends recently started an AAU Youth Basketball Team (Royal Knights) and of course we needed decals... so cricut to the rescue!!! My co-worker who is super kind created two awesome logos for the team to use (thanks Chris)!!!

 After tracing the image in SCAL2 I was easily able to cut the logo using vinyl (cricut vinyl and wallpops). Once cut, I used transfer paper and attached to the static cling vinyl... Super easy and it holds up well...

BTW, the pic was taken with the cling on the outside window for picture purposes ONLY!!! Cling should be applied to the inside of the window...

Football Magnet Madness!!!

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL????

Football season is finally here and my youngest son couldn't be more excited ( oh, lets not forget the husband)...Jaeden plays for the local Lions Club and DH coaches his team so you know I have to represent... 

Using the Cricut magnet material, chocolate brown vinyl, and a tutorial found over on Everday Cricut,  I  created this super cute... oh excuse me, macho looking football car magnet...                                                        

( I didn't add J's number b/c they haven't been issued uniforms)

Anywho, this was my tester so now that I have the technique down its on and popping!!!

I can see more magnets and football shirts in the near future...

excuse the fuzzy pic, its so humid here that my lense fogged up

Supplies Used:

Cricut Gypsy

Sports Mania- Football

Plantin School Book- Font

Cricut magnet material

Cricut chocolate brown vinyl

Blue wallpop vinyl

Deep cut blade housing

BTW, in order to get the white parts that are shown, I first hide them on my G, and cut only the outline of the football using the deep cut blade, press load mat and replace the blade with the regular blade housing. Hide the football outline and show the white parts, cut with your settings on 3,3,3 ( this will cut the vinyl but not through the magnet). Weed and apply your wording ( I used transfer tape for this step).

Goofin' Around Disney!

In April, our family went to Disney World for 7 wonderful days!!!

This was Trin and J's first EVER visit to Disney and they had the time of their lives!!!

The kids got to meet some great characters and of course I was on spot to capture the moment..

I really had fun creating this LO using a sketch from pencillines.com.

I also created and used a hidden journaling tag/ticket (behind Goofy's signature) which is something totally new for me!!!

J and Goofy...

Trin and Goofy

Supplies Used:

Mickey and Friends- Goofy & Spiral on the tag

Plantin School Book- Photomats

Fabulous Finds- Journaling Ticket

SCAL- Circle and Font ( Minnie)

Word- Journaling

Copy of Goofy's Signature from autograph book

Birthday Diva on Board!!!!

On Saturday, my daughter Trinity celebrated her 10th Birthday with an outing to the nail salon and mall with six of her friends (whew what a day, these little ladies have some energy!)...

Oh my, why didn't someone warn me before I agreeded to take on this Birthday wish????

All in all we had a wonderful and eventful day.

In keeping with the Birthday Diva theme, I altered a canvas bag for each girl using HTV and iron on bling... Oh what fun. In addition, I created Trinity her very own Birthday Diva t-shirt once again using HTV, SCAL and the I-Rock
( If you don't have this nifty lil tool, you should go out and get it  ...)

It's the Birthday GIRL!!!

Canvas bags purchased from Michael's

                                      

   Birthday Diva Shirt

Supplies used:

Michaels Canvas Bags

Target T-shirt

Heat Transfer Vinyl

Iron on Bling

I-Rock Bling and tool

SCAL

Edwardian Script Font

Princess Font ( for the nail polish and cell phone)

Please excuse the poor picture quality...

This was a last minute picture.

Dabbling in Photography...

Last week, our dear friend Anthony loaned me his older model Canon DSLR to "try out"....

You see, I have been debating on whether or not I need to upgrade from my point & shot (hmmm...) after very little practice I can say that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the DSLR...

I'm still on the basic functions of the camera; however, I can see us becoming fast friends!!!

Here are a few pics that I have taken over the last week.

Each day I learn something new and cannot wait to explore all the functions.

Now, I need to start saving for my upgrade, so PC please stop coming out with new carts!!!!

Son

With my Daddy's Hand- ds getting his hair cut by his daddy...

Flower from the front garden

I have a long way to go but I am having soooo much fun practicing...