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Cheerful Card

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I have a dear friend who recently lost the majority of the contents of her apartment due to water and smoke damage when the apartment above hers burned.  She will be moving to another apartment in the complex in a few days.  When she does I am going to send her a card I made using a file from My Scrap Chick.  They have some wonderful files and I can often find one that fits the occasion I am wanting to make a card or box or something else for.

This is the card I made for my friend – card front

Card inside

Materials Used:

Various Cardstocks

Vinyl – Oracal 631 type

Uni-ball Signo white ink pen

Settings:

Machine & Blade used:  KNK Force & red capped (standard Material) Blade

Cardstocks:  Blade Tension 2, Passes 1 or 2, Cutting Depth 60 – 75, Cutting Speed 25

Vinyls:  Blade Tension 1, Passes 1, Cutting Depth 20, Cutting Speed 20

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The words were handwritten with the Uni-ball Signo white ink pen.  The Firefly’s eyes, antennae, the bulb screw base and filament were cut from vinyl.  The remainder of the pieces were cut from cardstock.

 

 

And it all came tumbling down…

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Last year I posted pictures of a windmill my husband put up on our property. It took him months to get it done. I personalized the tail with our name and date of our marriage. I always wished I had made it bigger but once it is 30 feet up in the air there is no going back…or so I thought. The perfect storm of a very wet spring and straight line winds and down it came.

It pulled 3 foot long cement pillars out of the ground. It was all salvageable except for the 4 bottom “feet” and the tail. So I had a chance to do it again and here it is.

Materials

vinyl

paper transfer tape

Settings

15″ KNK Maxx

red capped blade

force 36

speed 300

I used the wet method to transfer the vinyl to the tail. You use paper transfer tape and a spray solution (Action Tac). You apply the paper tape to the vinyl and remove vinyl from the backing. Then you spray the surface with Action Tac and lay the vinyl onto the surface. The solution allows you to move the vinyl around a bit and get it exactly where you want it. Then you run a squeegee over the paper tape and it removes the solution and any bubbles. You end up with perfectly smooth vinyl and none of the annoying bubbles. Now we just need to get a boom lift to get the top back onto the 30 foot tower. My husband used 4 times the cement on each foot and says it isn’t coming down again. Let’s hope he is right!

A day to remember

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I was looking through my photos on my camera and came across this photo.

The story behind it is amazing. A young mom was on her way to work and her car slid off the road into the icy water. Another driver happened to witness it and stopped to help. The car had flipped so that it was upside down in the river, the mom trapped inside. 2 more cars stopped and in all 3 men, Hoppe, Effenberger, and Grover braved the cold water and worked for 20 minutes to free the young mom. Because it took so long to free her they were worried that although they had “saved” her she may end up having significant brain damage from lack of oxygen.The mom not only survive but had no significant damage. I wanted to do something to honor the 3 men but also to make something that would remind all 4 people involved of that day. Under each monogram letter and just above the full last name is the date 9.22.2015 as a subtle reminder of that blessed day.

Materials

12×12 ceramic tile from Home Depot

vinyl

Clear transfer tape

Settings

15″ KNK Maxx

red capped blade

Force 36

Speed 400

Giving

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When ever I can I like to give back. In the small town that I grew up in they have a group at the middle school called the Wise Guys. They are all middle school boys whose sole purpose is to do good, be kind. I first found out about them 2 years ago when a young father in the community passed away during surgery. He left behind 3 young boys and his wife was expecting their first daughter. The Wise Guys decided to plan a special day for the 3 boys. They planned a day of  sledding and then out to eat. Each of the 3 boys was able to bring a friend along. I was so touched by this that I told their advisor that I would help in a fund raiser. They developed an order form and sold personalized monogramed 12×12 tiles and the proceeds went for the trip. They sold 61. This year, the community lost a young boy. He was with his dad in a milk truck. For those of you not familiar it is a bulk tank truck that goes from one farm to the next to pick up the milk. It was a winter day and there was an accident and the young boy was killed, the father critically injured. The little boy had a sister in the 6th grade so once again the Wise Guys decided to give her a special day. They contacted me to see if I would be willing to do another fund raiser. This time I gave them several choices to pick form. They sold 140…needless to say, I have been busy.

Materials

12×12 floor tile from Home Depot

vinyl

Clear transfer tape

Settings

15″ KNK Maxx

red capped blade

speed 400

force 30

Although it was a lot of work it was very rewarding. And they are finally done and delivered!

Mother’s Day is almost here

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Years ago I made a plaque that  said  “To the world you may be just someone, but to someone, you may just be the world.” It is one of my favorite sayings. So when I saw on Pintrest where someone used this saying but substituted Mother for someone I knew I had to make another plaque. This could also be used for a Mother’s Day card.

Materials

blank wood plaque form Michael’s

paint

vinyl

Settings

15″ KNK Maxx

red capped blade

Speed 450

Force 30

I used 3 fonts for this plaque, Euphemia, arrow crafter and V Carmb. It was a simple as typing the words, selecting the words and breaking path, rearranging and resizing the words until I was happy with the design, and then determining how I was going to use the design. I had this plaque that I purchased at Michaels and it seemed like the perfect fit. I painted the plaque and let it dry. I then cut the vinyl and used clear transfer tape to transfer it to the painted plaque. I am not having any luck uploading the file to this page but will keep trying. Have a wonderful Mother’s Day. I am Blessed to still have my mom!