My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open

I often times tease that I've run out of hard drive space in my brain and that I need an upgrade.  Or when I have trouble remembering, I say that those memories are on a tape drive and have to be accessed remotely.  So when I found this in the Silhouette Design Store I knew I wanted it on a shirt.

Too Many Tabs T-shirt Recipe

For me the hardest part of making a shirt can be figuring out what colors to use.  I have a stash of t-shirts and HTV vinyl, so I went digging for some fun colors.  The offset is a light pink.  The flat vinyl is Siser Electric in Cherry.  And the Siser glitter is confetti which has a pink in it along with silver.  I also put together a video on how I used the Silhouette Design and added the offset along with using the colors to make it easier to cut out.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Galatians 1:  18   Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas[b]and stayed with him fifteen days. 

Peace Love and Flip Flops

Yep - another t-shirt.  This time I actually have 2 shirts to share.  One my size and one my granddaughter's size.

Peace Love and Flip Flops T-shirt Recipe

Flip flops are one of my faves.  I found this image in the Silhouette Design Store and did a few modifications.  The colors were perfect for a pink shirt that I had for my granddaughter so I cut it out in miniature.  I tried to balance the glitter so I only used glitter on the peace sign and the flip flops.  I used a Gildan shirt for mine and a Hanes t-shirt for my granddaughter.  Can't wait for summer!

Thanks for stopping by the blog.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

Here is the video tutorial on how I modified the Silhouette image for the shirt:

April

Galatians 1:  12   I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.

Craft Your Stress Away

This t-shirt was not meant to be.  This is the second iteration of this shirt and I messed this one up too.  Fortunately I did it on a less expensive shirt.  The mistake was made on a $3.88 shirt from Wal-mart.  That sounds cheap, but since I make so many shirts, messing up a $4 shirt hurts way more than messing up a $2 shirt from a Michaels sale.    And the shirt might be cheap, but vinyl is not.  Of course this is all relative when I take into consideration it can cost me as little as $10 to make a shirt.

Craft Your Stress Away T-shirt Recipe

My first attempt at this shirt used a darker pink vinyl for the background color.  The Siser Confetti Glitter vinyl is perfect with just about any t-shirt.  This vinyl has such beautiful color.  And YOUR STRESS was done in white.  I will post a picture of the boo boo at the end.  You will recognized my mess up right away because you have seen the good one.  But the good one has issues, too.  I decided to use a different shirt color for the redo.  You can't go wrong with hot pink.  I put the background vinyl down.  Then I decided to put the glitter and white vinyl all down at the same time.  I cut very close to the YOUR STRESS and made sure it wasn't overlapping any vinyl.  Everything looked perfect.  Then I go to peel up the vinyl.  UGH!  The masking tape for away was under the bottom of the f in craft.  Back to the Silhouette to cut out the bottom of the f.  Fortunately glitter vinyl is very forgiving.  I wouldn't have been able to recover as quickly with flat vinyl.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 4:  10   I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!”

Let Me Adjust My Crown T-shirt

I have been working on t-shirts with fun sayings and Silhouette Design Store has a multitude of fun sayings that I can use.

Let Me Adjust My Crown T-shirt Recipe

Unfortunately getting a good picture of this shirt was really hard.  The Siser electric vinyl kept blending in with the white vinyl behind it.  I pulled the design in from Silhouette Design Store and created an offset.  Cut it out with the Silhouette Cameo and pressed it on a Gildan Navy Blue shirt.  

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 4:  2  Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.

Glitter is My Signature Color

I try to make myself at least 2 t-shirts a week.  Why?  I guess I am obsessed.  I am actually trying to create more smaller shirts as I've lost some weight and Dana says the shirts I wear are too big.  I've discovered the woman's cut shirt which is cut differently and Dana is happy with the fit.  I do love me some glitter so here is one of the shirts I made last weekend.

Glitter is My Signature Color T-shirt Recipe

I again started with a t-shirt from Time and Tru found at Wal-mart.  It is a relaxed fit woman's cut t-shirt that is super soft.  I got some new glitter htv from Siser in the color mermaid.  It's like a mixture or blue and green and is gorgeous!  As you can see I played with the colors and coordinating.  I found the quote at the Silhouette Design Store.  Brought it into Silhouette Studio and offset it.  I cut it out of Siser htv using my new Silhouette Cameo 3 (I am in love). 

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.  

April

Ruth 3:  18  Then Naomi said, “Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today.”

University of Louisville T-shirt

So this has been a rough year for the University of Louisville, but I am still a fan.  I went to school at the University of Louisville and will support the players through good and bad.  This year has not been good.  They were in the NIT tournament so I decided to make a shirt showing my support.

U of L T-shirt Recipe

I started with a shirt from Wal-mart called Time and Tru.  This shirt is cut for a woman's shape, but it's a relaxed fit and is very soft.  I am really liking this brand of shirt.  I don't normally wear black, but I decided the red glitter would look good on it.  I found the fleur de lis image and brought it into Silhouette Studio V4.  I traced the fleur de lis and then used the text feature to type Louisville.  I found a font that I liked and then used the oval shape to curve the Louisville.  I added an offset using the offset tool.  I cut out the images in Siser heat transfer vinyl.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 3:  14   So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.”

Best Buddies 2018 Walk T-shirt

Since my friend Sherry and I started our t-shirt company, we have been making the official shirts for our Buddies R Forever walk team for the Best Buddies charity.  This year the shirt is my second favorite color.

Buddies R Forever T-shirt Recipe

The purple heather t-shirt is by Fruit of the Loom.  White Stretch HTV was used for the image.  Love the look and what a great cause.  Our walk is in April and this is our 2018 team shirt.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 3:  6  So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.

I'm Not Weird

I was surfing through the Silhouette Design Store and found this fun sentiment.  I've been trying to mix it up in the color department.  I actually made a mistake on this one, but it ended up turning out okay.

I'm Not Weird I am Limited Edition

As has been my habit lately, I bought the image from the Silhouette Design Store; pulled it into Silhouette Studio V4 and created an offset.  I didn't use any glitter on this one - can you believe it.  I did use one of my new favorite vinyls - electric red from Siser.  I actually intended for weird and edition to be in electric red, but it just didn't work out that way.  Another exciting thing about this shirt - I used my new Silhouette Cameo 3 to cut out the vinyl.  

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 3:  4   When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”

Flying Monkeys

A lot of my cards and shirts are requests from customers.  And a lot of my customers are my friends from work.  I have a particularly high maintenance group of friends from work.  LOL . And I am not afraid they will see this post because I've made it no secret from them that they are high maintenance.

This shirt was requested by my friends from work for another friend at work.  It was a short notice request, but you know I work better under pressure anyway so it wasn't a big deal.  There were several iterations of the design, but the shirt ended up being adorable.  And my friend who received the shirt as a gift gave me a great big hug for the stress of working through the design with my high maintenance customers aka my friends from work.  ;-)

Flying Monkeys T-shirt Recipe

Like I said there were iterations of this design.  The skirt was my favorite and started with this design in the Silhouette Design Store.  This is what I was given to start with in coming up with a design:

This is the design without the skirt:

The group ended up liking the design with the skirt once the flying monkey quote what centered in the skirt.  And of course the red shoes had to be glitter.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 3:  1  One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home[a] for you, where you will be well provided for. 

I Speak Fluent Sarcasm

What is unfortunate about that blog post title is that it is true.  Ask anyone who knows me.  I just can't help myself.  I think it is genetic - I got it from my Dad.  Not my Mom - she's just too nice to be sarcastic.  I on the other hand, am not.  So I decided to use one of my Wal-mart t-shirts to share that information with anyone who sees me.  No one will be able to say I didn't warn them.  And with glitter.

I Speak Fluent Sarcasm T-shirt Recipe

As is the norm for me I found this saying in the Silhouette Design Store and decided I must have it.  There are several 'sarcasm' sayings that you will eventually see on one of my shirts.  Sarcasm Loading, If Only Sarcasm Burned Calories and I Will See Your Sarcasm and Raise You Some Sass.  As always I use Siser HTV in Easyweed Stretch, Electric and Glitter.

I discovered something recently - my wardrobe comes from Wal-mart and Jiffy shirts.  I recently had to go shopping for some new pants.  In the last year I've lost 30 pounds and I have - had - no black pants.  I was volunteering for a charitable event last Friday and needed to wear something besides jeans and I don't like wearing skirts/dresses.  I just don't have the legs.  But I digress.  So I went shopping and not for craft supplies.  I love shopping for craft supplies.  I do NOT like shopping for clothes.  I don't mind grabbing a pair of jeans from Wal-mart or including an order for a shirt in my size in our jiffy shirt orders.  But having to try on clothes in a dressing room?  Ugh.  Pants off, pants on, pants off and pants back on.  Walk, walk, walk.  Pants off, pants on, pants off, pants on.  The only good thing was the size I am wearing.  I am happy to report I found 2 pairs of black pants, a pair of navy pants and a pair of jeans.   So I said all that to say - when you see my t-shirt blog posts - you are experiencing clothes shopping with me.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 2:  21  Then Ruth the Moabite said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’”

I Get Distracted by Shiny Things!

I was shopping at Wal-mart for the normal stuff....bananas, grapes, butter, Swiffer and cat litter.  I always walk through the women's clothing to see if they have any t-shirts on sale and that's when I found some shirts I hadn't paid attention to before.  This shirt is really soft and it's cut for a woman but is a relaxed fit.  I am loving this color and this shirt.  I bought 4 different colors and here is what I did with the first one.

I Get Distracted By Shiny Things T-shirt Recipe

I started with this great new shirt.  It's soft and such a fun purple.  I purchased the saying from the Silhouette Design Store.  I opened it in the Silhouette Studio software and started working on the colors.  As always I used the offsite tool to create an offsite around the saying.  I usually use .075 around my words.  It gives the saying just a little mat to make the words pop.  Most of the time I will cut the mat out in the same color.  Then I make the words different colors depending on which word I want to emphasize.  In this case Shiny and the stars are in glitter.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 2:  16  Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke her.”

I'm So Lucky

Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day, but I had a Send a Smile 4 Kids Design Team card to share so I am sharing my 'St. Patrick's Day' card today.  It's not officially a St. Patrick's Day card, but it is green and has a 4 leaf clover so it's close.

I'm So Lucky Card Recipe

I actually designed this card myself.  I must say that I was inspired by - you know who I am going to say - Jennifer McGuire.  I often times like to take Jennifer McGuire tutorials and adapt them to my cutting machines.  She did a video on See-through Die Cut Cards.  One of the cards was hearts that were stacked and they were cut using steel dies.  I created my own stacked clover using a Silhouette nested clover image and my Silhouette Cameo.  The sentiment comes from My Favorite Things.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 2:  15  As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves and don’t reprimand her.

Crazy Doesn't Run In My Family

It Gallops.  LOL . I found this saying in the Silhouette Design Store and knew I must have it.  I also had some animal print pattern HTV that I thought would be perfect for this project.

Crazy Doesn't Run T-shirt Recipe

I brought the image into the Silhouette Studio V4 software and added an offset.  I really like the way the background vinyl allows the foreground vinyl to pop.  Although this animal print isn't quite the same as the horse to which the saying refers - I thought it was perfect.  I found some brown vinyl in my stash and thought that would make the perfect background vinyl . The foreground vinyl that isn't animal print is Siser Black Stretch.  The brown is Siser as well.  I don't know if the animal print is Siser or not.  I pressed the vinyl on a Gildan Ladies cut shirt in brown.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 2:  13   “May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”

Be the Change you Want to See

I worked on several t-shirts last weekend and this is one of my favorites.  I like shirts with a message especially when it is pretty.

Be the Change T-shirt Recipe

This Gildan t-shirt is one of my favorite colors.  I used a t-shirt this color to make one of my Christmas shirts and since I can only wear that for a limited time in the year, I decided to make another t-shirt using this color with a saying that I can wear year round.  I've told you how excited I am about the new electric vinyl that Siser has come out with.  I used the blue and red on this shirt and I love the way it turned out.  Siser is my favorite heat transfer vinyl and it pressed beautifully as always.  As is my normal mode of operation - I got the image from the Silhouette Design Store and I added the offset in Silhouette Studio V4.  And there you have it.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 2:  7   She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.’ She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest in the shelter.”

With Enough Glue Sticks I Could Rule the World

Thank goodness my crafty mojo has returned from vacation.  I have a big list of to dos and missing mojo sometimes makes that list harder to complete than it needs to be.  One of the 4 shirts I made myself a couple weekends ago has a saying I just love - With Enough glue sticks I Could Rule the World.  I put this saying on one of the shirts I ordered so Dana would quit telling me my shirts are too big.

Glue Sticks T-shirt Recipe

I had a lot of fun making this shirt.  I played with the colors and expanded my horizons on multiple colors and coordinating colors.  I just love the color of this shirt.  I don't know the official name, but it's a blue green with a dark heather running through it.  I've used the green blue glitter with this color shirt before, but the flat turquoise blue vinyl looks really good on the shirt, too.  I'm a big fan of a flat vinyl offset.  For this one I used white.  I've also been playing using a coordinating flat vinyl with glitter vinyl.  

The image is from the Silhouette Design Store.  I used Silhouette Studio Business Edition to add the offset behind the saying.  Vinyl was cut using my Silhouette Cameo 2.  I so need a Silhouette Cameo 3.  LOL.  Please excuse the wrinkles.  I folded the shirt and it sat for a couple days before I took the picture.

Thanks for stopping the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 1:  11  But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands? 

Craft Room Sayings on my T-shirts

My inspiration finally returned and I made 4 shirts in one day.  Three of the shirts are craft room related sayings and one was a horse I'd cut out a while back, but hadn't found the color shirt I wanted to press it on.  Yay for crafty mojo.

Check out my first shirt in a while.

Messy Craft Room Shirt Recipe

Dana has been telling me that my shirts were too big.  I have lost quite a bit of weight in the last year and evidently I am supposed to buy smaller shirts.  Now I like room in my shirt.  I like to make t-shirts so that I can wear a long sleeve shirt under them in the winter and wear them as one layer in the summer.  So to appease Dana, I tried on a medium.  I don't like a medium.  It is just a little too snug for me.  Dana's voice kept ringing in my head - buy a shirt that fits.  You need to wear a smaller shirt.  So when I was placing an order for t-shirts for our company, I ordered a large woman's cut t-shirt.  Now this I can live with.  There is still room.  I can wear a long sleeve shirt under it.  And Dana came me the approval.

On this shirt I used white vinyl in the background (Siser Stretch - is there any other - I don't think so).  Messy is in purple glitter from Siser.  The rest of the purple is Electric Purple from Siser.  I am loving this Electric HTV.  The colors are awesome.  The red is my favorite so far.  The image came from the Silhouette store.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  Tune in next time for another paper crafting or t-shirt project.  Have a great day and enjoy the journey and some chocolate.

April

Ruth 1:  9 - 10  Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept aloud 10 and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”