White Glitter Acrylic Family Birthday Board Tutorial - No painting, glitter or epoxy needed! 2018

Welcome back Rhonda Fox as our guest blogger today! This is such a detailed tutorial you are going to want bookmark or print it out!

Let's dig in!

Materials Needed:
* items have links to the items
* 1 set of CC 1 5/16" round acrylic disks Select 2 holes White Glitter
* Angel Wings Charms 

* Celebration Birthday Anniversary Family Sign Board - White Glitter

* Siser Glitter Heat Transfer Vinyl - Black Glitter

* 1 sheet of black permanent vinyl 
* Heavy Guage Silver Tone Oval Jump Rings
* Double J Earring Wires - Backs are optional if you want to 'lock' the discs on the board

  Transfer tape
  Cutting machine

  Cutting Matt

  Weeding Tool

  Parchment Paper

  Work Gloves (no bumps)- optional

  Heat Press - set to 320

 First you will need to get your template attachment, sent in your shipping confirmation email from Craft Chameleon. Open your email attachment following the instructions given and save the file where you can find it again.

This is what the template looks like when you open it. 

Here, using the Silhouette Studio software, I have added an oval shape to fit the shape of the actual celebration board using the ellipse tool. Center the oval on the top line of the rectangle as shown above. Highlight both oval and rectangle and go to the Transform Panel and choose HORIZONTAL and the middle alignment. This will center the oval across the top of the rectangle.

 

Go to the MODIFY Panel and with the oval and rectangle highlighted, choose WELD.

Your design should now look like this. 

Draw another oval and place within the shape you just completed. Edit until you find the shape and line thickness you like.

Now you can design with your own fonts, words and flourishes.

Cut your flourishes, heading, months and special dates from the black glitter HTV using the appropriate settings for your machine. In addition to those, I use the over cut (triangle in the lower right-hand corner) option. If you are using Siser glitter HTV remember to mirror your graphics.

Make sure to remove the protective plastic coating prior first so you don't forget later. It will be messy if you forget and ruin your acrylic. 

Cut a sheet of parchment paper large enough that when you lay the acrylic on the paper you will have enough to fold over on top also. DO NOT use a Teflon sheet, the striations will show in the plastic.

Using the htv carrier sheet, place your htv design on the acrylic celebration board and then fold the parchment paper over to cover the htv and board. The yellow in the photo is heat transfer tape.

Cover the base plate of your heat press with parchment, place your acrylic with the design side down on the parchment paper.  If you place the design side up, your acrylic will have a matte finish, not the current gloss finish. Cover with parchment.

Press with firm pressure for 15 seconds or until you can remove the carrier sheet without pulling off your design. After carrier sheet is removed, replace the board face down on the parchment paper and cover.  Press again for another 15 seconds.

Carefully remove the HOT* acrylic by lifting it with the parchment paper and placing it on a flat smooth surface. Place something heavy on top to help keep the acrylic celebration board flat until cool. *This is when you may want to use some work gloves without gripping bumps as the bumps leaves marks.

Add the months above each hole on the board with Oracle 651 black vinyl. It's really easy using the file with the months that came free with the Celebration Board. They are spaced and ready to cut! Cut and apply.

Again make sure to remove the protective plastic from all the acrylics.

Cut names and dates, then apply. I placed the names on the glitter side and birth date on back (not glitter) side of each the disc.

Add 2 of the oval jump rings in the holes under each month. I found by doing this the discs hang more evenly. However earwires can also be used.

Slip the discs on the Double J earwires. If you would like to "lock" them into place try silicone earring backs. Using earwires also makes it easier to add a new birthday, wedding or anniversary dates later.

As I assembled the discs, I added an Angel Wings Charm for family members who had passed. I added the DOD on back of the disc underneath the DOB. You might like to also add charms for anniversaries or other special dates.

Attach a chain, ribbon, or jute string for your hanger and you are done.

This is a great project that brings a lot of satisfaction. What's more important than family? Be sure to post your take on the Celebration Board!

Thank you so much Rhonda Fox. This is inspirational!

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ARGGGHH 🏴‍☠️ Talk Like a Pirate Matey. Tutorial and blanks for the best DIY Pirate Loot! 🏴‍☠️ 2018

Today we welcome back Darci as our Guest Blogger. Did you know in less than a month it will be 'Talk Like A Pirate Day'? Yes September 19!  

Well, today's blog post tutorial would be a fun way for your little pirate to parley with mateys and foes alike! In addition, these would be a big hit at a birthday buccaneer party or Halloween or every day pretend play!

So let's get to it!

Materials Needed:
* items have links to the items

* CC tooth fairy canvas bags
* 1 set of CC 1 5/16" silver mirror acrylic circles (select no hole)
* CC Pirate acrylic & included free svg
* CC Pirate ship acrylic & included free svg
* 1 sheet of black permanent vinyl 
* 1 sheet of black htv 
* Ball Chains (optional)
transfer tape
cutting machine


Pirate "Coins"

Import the pirate and ship designs into your cutting machine's software and size them to fit inside a 1.25" circle.  Load your vinyl into your cutting machine, cut and weed. I used the default cut settings.  

 Apply your designs with transfer tape. 

I placed the pirate design on one side of the acrylic and the ship on the opposite side.  Make as many pirate "coins" as you'd like.

Pirate Coin Bag

Import the pirate design and size it for a 3" square bag.  I made my design about 2.75".  You could also add a name to personalize the bag if desired.  

Flip the image/name horizontally (aka mirrored) and load your htv into your cutting machine.  Cut and weed your htv.  I used the default cut settings.  

Press the htv design on the bag for about 20 seconds at 315 degrees. Remove the transfer sheet and fill the bag with "coins."  This coin bag is perfect for pirate pretend play, Halloween costumes, Talk Like a Pirate Day or Birthday Party Favors.

BONUS: Pirate Bag Tag

You can also use the 3" Pirate (and/or Pirate ship) acrylic shape for bag tags by adding vinyl and a ball chain.  The bag tags are great for backpacks, lunch bags or Halloween pails.

Plus now you have a pirate cut file for tee's, bags, cups and more! All for $.90!

🏴‍☠️Thank you Darci for sharing your creative juju with us once again! 🏴‍☠️

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We Can't Get Enough Unicorns! More Unicorn Party Favors both Vinyl and Etched Tutorials!

Welcome today's guest blogger back, Alyssa Cardin! 

We are preparing for a sleepover birthday party for 9-year-old girls, so I thought it would be fun to personalize hairbrushes and compact mirrors as favors. It looks like a lot is going on here, but customizing with vinyl and etching the mirrors is probably easier than you think!

Supplies:

Items listed with an * are clickable links to the products

* Black hairbrush

* Metal Compact Mirrors
 
* Oilslick Adhesive Vinyl 

Electronic Cutting & Etching Equipment   

Transfer tape

Cutting Mat and weeding tools

SVG or other digital design

Let's make the hairbrush first!

First open the image you plan on using. Next let's work on the name in the middle of the image. The name Abby is written in the font: Too Freakin Cute Demo.

Type this out, resize if necessary, then place the name on the image.

Once the name is properly placed,  You will need to subtract the word from the image. In the Silhouette Studio software, open the modify panel. Making sure both the image and the name are selected then click subtract all. 

Then you can move the name away from the image and delete the name. 

Place the oilslick vinyl on the cutting mat and load in the machine. Select vinyl as the material, set the cut settings and click send. Do a test cut, this material feels a bit thicker, so I used the following settings: blade 2, speed 3, and force 10. however I am also using an older blade, so these settings may be too much for users with a newer blade. 

Now the design is cut and weeded 

Time to apply transfer tape to the front of the design and rub the back.

Peel the backing off from the vinyl and apply the vinyl to the brush.

Follow the same steps if you want to place a vinyl image on your compact mirrors.

Want to etch your compact on a Curio? Follow the steps below.

To etch the mirror, open the mirror and put it face down on the embossing mat. I found this to fit in the curio best this way. Have the front cover toward the bottom of the mat. My mat is still pretty sticky, so my mirror didn't move while etching. But I have also used painters tape around the edges of irregularly shaped items to keep them in place on the mat.

Select your design and size it to the appropriate size. Make you leave enough room around the edges. My designs were about 1.5 by 1.5. 

Click on the emboss menu.
Select Deboss and then use these settings:
Cross Hatch
Spacing - .004
Angle - .5

Close up of etch lines

Set material to metal etching sheets and make sure you select the etching tool. I do speed 3, Force 26, and pass 1 with Platform 3 (2 plus embossing mat). Again, these settings work for me but other settings might work best for others. Check that the mats slide smoothly and freely under the etching tip on your Curio. Then take a deep depth and click send.

I usually put the mirror through 2 or 3 times before taking it out. As long as you don't move the mirror between passes, you can send it back through and it will etch in the same spot.

When satisfied with the quality of your etch, remove the mirror from the mat. I find it helpful to peel the mat away from the mirror. There will be extra dust on the mirror from etching, but brush that off away from the mat. You want to be careful to not to get dust on the mat, the dust makes your less sticky which leads to you mat replacement sooner.

Once the dust is brushed off you should have a beautiful etched mirror!

Thank you Alyssa! I know there were quite a few excited girls at that birthday sleepover!
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