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Layering Heat Transfer Vinyl On A Pillow
Hey, everyone! It's Jessica again with this Expressions Vinyl. Today, I'm going to show you how to make your own pillow with heat transfer vinyl. The other day I was in the store, and I found this pillow I loved but it didn't quite match my decor...Sooo, I took a picture of it with my phone to use as inspiration later. (I'm sure you guys have all done that before.) I loved it, but I wanted it to be pink for my house instead of turquoise. When I got home, I went on Google Images and put in "hello
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Oct 2nd 2016
Fun Fonts Round 2!!!
These fun fonts are actually FREE for personal AND commercial use! (So awesome right! There is one little catch! Make sure to head to THIS post to read all about it!)smitten KittenGrant's ghostSocially AwkwardOnly by RequestHiccupsGlider girlsHoney bunchesgoombellaI'm BoredKitty weedThe word good is using the fonts from above! see how well they pair with block fonts!My sure to check out all our fun font roundups HERE!
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Sep 29th 2016
Fun Beach Hat with Heat Transfer Vinyl - AND Learn to Curve Your Font!
These fun and festive beach hats are all the rage this summer! I have seen hot glue with sequins, ribbon, paint, and even embroidered! So we knew we had to use our favorite medium...Heat transfer vinyl! And we have a great tutorial for you showing you how to curve text!
Step 1: create your shape.
Since my hat was a circle I did a circle shape. (you can also do an oval or square or even a star using this technique!)
Step 2: Add your words
Click on the Text button and cr
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Sep 23rd 2016
Silhouette Mint 101
Hey guys, It's Jessica with Expressions Vinyl and today we are going to talk about the Silhouette Mintmachine. The Mint machine is a stamping machine that you can use to create your own stamps.We have some samples right here (below). You can use any font or image that's on your computer.So out of the the box, it comes with the little machine, and then it also comes with some ink and some stamps to get you started. You can go and download the software. You can also purchase additional inks. There
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Sep 19th 2016
Creating a Curved Design to Match the Curve of Your Piece
Hey guys, It’s Jessica with Expressions Vinyl and today I want to
show you how to curve your design to match a curve on your project. I have a platter that I bought from Hobby Lobby that is a
circle, and I want to make my design kind of curve around the edges of that. So
I'm going to show you how I set that up.We are going to be recreating the image on the left.
The first thing I did is to go over to the "Draw an
Eclipse" tool, and draw a circle that is the same size as my platter. I
meas
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Sep 15th 2016