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Hi Everyone - - it's Mandy from Sugar Bee Crafts, excited for my monthly takeover of the Expressions Vinyl Blog!Today I want to talk about "Dusted Crystal" vinyl. Huh?!? It's the most awesome thing ever - better known as "Etched Glass Vinyl" and when you're buying vinyl at Expressions Vinyl, it's listed under the "specialty vinyl". Which is the sub-category under Adhesive Vinyl. It makes something look like etched glass. With the ease of a vinyl sticker. SO great!For example, my kids ha …

Happy Friday to you all!I'm Summer from Made By Munchie's Mama and in March I shared this tutorial showing how I created a personalized toddler activity table for my boys. Well, today I am showing you how to create the matching stools for the table. I purchased these stools for $7.99 from Ikea on a whim. They took seconds to put together, just snap in the legs and they are ready for a cute little diapered booty. I decided to do car shapes since the table and chairs will be going in the boys' tr …

Hi there Expressions Blog followers. Can I tell you how excited I am to be here sharing my very first project for the Expressions Vinyl Blog?! I’m Carol, and I blog over at The Answer Is Chocolate where my creative ideas are fueled by, you guessed it…all things chocolate.Speaking of chocolate, when I think of it, I think of France. OK I think of chocolate when I think about anything, but back to France. I have a bare wall in my bathroom that was begging for something and I’d recently downloaded …

I have now had a Silhouette for over a year and I'm still learning new things about it! It has so many features and it does so many cool things, it's amazing!!! Just recently I learned how to make words going into shape, it's super easy and awesome!! I decided to make a fun spring plate.This is how I made it:1) I first drew a circle in Silhouette Studio.2) I then typed out the words that I wanted. I resized it. Then I double clicked it to get it into the editing mode. There is a littl …

Hi Everyone! I'm Stephanie and I blog over at A Geek In Glasses. I'm super excited to be part of the design team here at Expressions Vinyl Blog.I love T-shirts and fabrics that have a reverse print to them, when the image is a lighter shade than the rest of the cloth. I came up with a way to reproduce this printing using indoor vinyl. I used indoor vinyl because it is sticky enough to stay place and removes without pulling the fabric. The vinyl does not absorb the dye, so it is perfect for thi …