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Using The Mat Grid
Hi everyone!! I'm Mandy and I blog over at Sugar Bee Crafts!I am excited to be part of the design team over here at Expressions Vinyl Blog and am looking forward to my chance to share my ideas with you monthly. Today I want to share something I love about vinyl and my Cameo....One of my FAVORITE features of the Cameo is the grid. I use it ALL. THE. TIME. Do you ever turn your grid feature on?? You should! See this screen shot - the "page" tab is open over on the right and where th
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Mar 27th 2012
Scrap Busting Projects!
this project isn't a project...it's what you do AFTER you have finished your project!!!!I'm a hoarder saver and so when I get done with a vinyl project..i keep the scraps...and they start to pile up.So I love when I think of projects that will use up some of my gigantic pile.I had some blocks...and i was cutting these out for my family home evening blocks...and there was so much wasted space...so i just threw in a polka dot here and there where it would fit.and just painted the block....and
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Mar 20th 2012
DIY Toddler Activity Table
Hey, there Expressions Vinyl Blog readers!I am Summer and I blog over at Made By Munchie's Mama.Today I am going to show you how I turned an $8 Ikea side table into this toddler activity table.And away we go!!!Supplies: $8 Ikea side table and Expressions Indoor Vinyl {I used indoor so that I could easily remove it and add new activities as my sons grow}I used the Silhouette Studio to design the table decals. I measured the actual table and then set the page measurements accordingly. The Cameo
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Mar 15th 2012
Revamp Your Furniture With Vinyl!
Hey guys! McKenzie from Girl Loves Glam here! We all have that one piece of furniture that we know needs a major facelift. In my case, I have several pieces. Well did you know you can give your furniture some TLC with vinyl? It is an easy, inexpensive alternative to refinishing your furniture. I have a dresser in my baby's nursery that didn't match the rest of her decor at all. This is after! I still want to get some new knobs for it, but the vinyl made a HUGE difference. It went from
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Mar 12th 2012
Shoes And Vinyl! Who Knew?
I have these shoes.and i've had them for years. at least six.and they are getting worn....fronts too...and so when I saw this houndstooth vinyl (in PERMANENT) I knew I could recover them and give them a second life!!!i just worked piece by piece..... (i always cut the vinyl larger than the spot i was filling)and used my fingernail to make the indentions of where i needed to cut....and then just used an exacto to make an exact cut...for the heel...i just used pieces...the houndstooth is easy to m
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Feb 15th 2012