Birthday Fun With Vinyl

So, today is my brother's birthday. I always struggle with what to get/make for him, but not this year! Back story: At a cookout at my brother's house this past summer, he and my 7 year old son were dancing outside of his chicken coop singing (to the tune of the theme song for "Water Country"), "Chicken Country, Chicken Country, Chicken Country ... Lay some eggs!" Thus, the sign for his coop!

I got the fantastic shabby chic frame off of Amazon.com. Knowing that this sign would go outdoors, I got some gloss outdoor vinyl from CraftVinyl.com. All the cuts came from the Silhouette Online Store. I used Cricut transfer tape to line up each layer and that was it! It was so easy to do and I am very pleased with how it turned out. Hopefully, my brother (and the chickens) will like it, too!

Have a fantastic day!

Vinyl Wall Art

Happy Hump Day, crafters! It was soooo good to see Kelly, Laurie and Susan on Friday night. We had lots of fun! I played with vinyl all night, making some cuts for my DD's bedroom walls. Laurie let me use her E2, so that I could make nice big images. I used the Rock Princess cartridge for all the cuts - such a cute cart! I picked fun, tween colors, instead of going with tradional colors. I got them a while ago from our friend Nick at Craft Vinyl. They have great colors and all sorts of sizes from which to choose. All the images layered easily. I think that I forgot some layers on the motorcycle chick; I am going to have to take a look at it again. But DD loves them, and that's what counts!

VINYL CHALLENGE by CARRIE

Here is a GREAT idea and great Vinyl project from Carrie at DoubleClick Connections - AKA Abusybee Here is what she had to say:

"Our Town just started a recycling program! We are super excited! I ran out and purchased two new identical cans to fit in the kitchen. They looked great until this was all I heard... "Mom, which one is for recycle?" "Mom, did you say it's the right one or left one?" Etc Etc....So here was my solution! I used my Gypsy, letters from Wild Card and cut this out of vinyl! Now everyone knows which can is recycle!"

MORE VINYL WALL ART by DAWN

These came out great Dawn. Using the black vinly really gives it the feel of real rod iron.

These flowers are great too! Such detail. A perfect way to perk up a plain wall!

VINYL CHALLENGE by Rhonda at BumbleeCreations

This fun vinyl project was sent in by Rhonda at bumblebee creations This is her first time using vinyl. She took this frame and made it into this awesome sign. Please visit her blog for all the deets!

VINYL CHALLENGE - by Susan

Susan said "I am new the blog and I love what I see. I just started working with vinyl and thought I would give your challenge a go. I hope you like it. I used the Paisley Cartridge for the buttons, cut at 2.5 inches I used the Don Juan Cartridge for the word "buttons". I used my design studio to get the size I wanted, because I was working with such a small surface. The tin is from the clearance section at Michael's, and it cost .25 cents!!"

I love this, it is so cute and looks so easy to do. Thanks for joining our challenge, boy you are quick!!

VINYL CHALLENGE TRIFLE BOWL

This is sent in by Kate at Small Bits of Paper She says: "I've seen a few trifle bowls fancied up with a bit of vinyl and decided to give it a go myself. My trifle bowl is from Pampered Chef. I cut Bon Appétit and some leaves from Ashlyn's Alphabet. I chose this cartridge as it has accents and I needed an accent aigu for the phrase. (I bought Ashlyn's Alphabet especially for the accents.) I had measured the bowl first and adjusted the letters to get a height with which I was happy."

THE "WRITE" IDEA..Vinyl Challenge by Jean

This is GREAT. Here is a vinyl project sent to us from Jean at Jean's Crafty Corner. I just LOVE this image. Jean used brown vinyl on a wipe off board and got the images from Don Juan and Heritage CC. Please see her site for all the deets!

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

Well technically Tuesday..but , its like Saturday in Australia..so I'm late for them.. LOL Anyway, I was shopping with Laurie and saw the lil vase above for .50 cents and turned it into ....

THIS! with a couple inches of vinyl and about 6 mins. free time! The images come from Home Decor CC, the tea light from Yankee candle and some stones from the $1 store. Easy peasy and cheap to boot!

VINYL CHALLENGE

Hello Bloggers. Here are the rules of the Challenge:

1. Please follow if you wish, we love company :)

2. Please share this challenge on your blog with a link back here, we'd love our friends to meet your friends :)

3. Your entry should be a new altered project. You can alter whatever you wish.. picture frame, container, glassware..so many choices..We can't wait to see! Using VINYL on your project will be a plus, giving you and EXTRA entry. However, if you do not have vinyl to add to your project, its ok, you can still enter your project.

4. Please email your project to Achildinmind@aol.com before March 1, 2011

5. Have LOTS of fun!

THIS BEAUTIFUL INSPIRATIONAL VINYL WALL ART IS FROM DAWN.. LOVE IT!

AMAZING VINYL WALL ART by DAWN done on SILHOUETTE