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Check out what the ExpressionVinyl Creative Team is whipping up to inspire you. We are having fun here createing some cute and easy ornaments.Learn to apply vinyl on a round ornamnet, Layer while on a curve, and use scraps in more way than one.Jessica is showing a unique way using some homemade slime, a plastic ornament and some vinyl.Vinyl Used: Oracal 631 GoldImage Used: Kolette Hall split snowflake #67571 (Silhouette)Font Used: Magnolia Sky First make your slime with the items shown m …

Hi crafty friends! Connie here from Kutie Kaira Designs showing you how to create an adorable candy jar covered in glitter vinyl confetti's and finished off with pink pom-poms. This candy jar just makes me so happy. It's super easy to make and is the perfect project to use up those vinyl scraps that you have laying around. I have more scraps than I care to admit...but I can't ever throw away precious vinyl scraps. Who's with me?! Let's get started! Things you will need: -Cutti …

If you've spent more than ten minutes in the craft world over the past year, chances are you've seen one of Heidi Swapp's adorable light boxes (or some variation of it). But... did you know you could use your cutting machine to make custom inserts for it? It's so easy! First, because I have two (the mini and the full-size) lightboxes, I took out an existing insert I had and measured it. This is the size that I'll cut my transparency sheet to. Remember transparencies?! Overhead projectors were so …

Hi everyone, it’s Bonnie from expressionsvinyl.com. I am extremely new to vinyl and I wanted to try a project that I thought would be somewhat simple. It's a New Baby Name Sign. I thought this would be an easy project because I knew exactly what words I wanted on the sign, but I didn’t realize I would have such a hard time choosing fonts, colors, and actually designing the sign! That part was hard! What made it even harder is that if you ask others for advice everyone has their own opinion about …

Hi, I'm JoAnn with Expressionsvinyl.com and today we wanted to cover just the basics of adhesive vinyl. We have several different types available. Oracal 651 and Series 51 are permanent adhesive and have a glossy finish on them. Oracal 631 and Series 31 are removable with a matte finish. One quick and easy way to tell what you've got, whether it’s adhesive or heat-transfer, peel the corner back. If the adhesive is on the color side, that's what side sticks, then you' …