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ilhouette Studio softwareHi everyone! I’m Melissa and you can always find me over my blog A Prudent Life, where I do tons of frugal DIY projects. I’d love you to stop by and say hi!After the cold winter, I thought we could all use a dose of spring. I’m going to show you how I transformed a $1 vase into a custom colorful piece using my Silhouette and some pretty vinyl.Here is the before:And here is the vinyl I used (colors listed as shown left to right).Oracal 631: Mint,Maize,Geyser Blue,Sof …

Hi Everyone, I'm Mandy and I blog over at the super-fun, always awesome blog, Sugar Bee Crafts. I love Expressions Vinyl and getting to showcase a project here each month. Today I have a fun feature to tell you about on your Silhouette Machine if you haven't use it before - the replicate button... for when you need 100 cats....A friend asked me about the best way to make a shirt with 100 cats. Her daughter's class was assigned to make a shirt for the 100th Day of School, and she rea …

I am always the one who forgets to wear green on St. Patrick's Day! Always. And someone always notices and pinches me. :( And now that I have two little ones, I want to be sure that they don't have to experience St. Patrick's day without wearing green!So I took this opportunity to whip up a couple of cute St. Patrick's Day tshirts for my kiddos.We used stripflocked heat transfer vinyl in green for my son, and glitter heat transfer vinyl in light green for my daughter.And I let my children he …

Happy Valentine's Day!Today, I want to share a subway art that I created. My favorite verse of all time is "Love is patient, Love is kind..." I wanted to create something that was dear to my heart as well as share with others.With "love' being in the air, I made this sign! To do this, you will need a piece of wood that's 11.5"x36". You can use whatever size you desire, but I chose mine to be on the bigger side. I then stained my board. This can be done a few different ways. The way that I stain …

I have been knee deep in my living room makeover and I wanted to find the perfect way to bring some pattern into the space, without adding more pictures on my wall. I knew that vinyl would be the perfect solution to my problem. I knew this would be the perfect opportunity to bring my love of geometric shapes and trendy colors together! I am now officially obsessed with my new gold geometric triangle wall art!Here is what you need...*Gold indoor vinyl from Expressions Vinyl*Vinyl cutter (Silhouet …