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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
Fun Whimsical Fonts (FREE for Personal and Commercial Use!)
That is right! Free fonts that you can use for personal and commercial purposes! There is one little catch--you do have to link up the source! (but totally worth it!) Make sure to check out THIS post to read all the terms of use!
This week is Fun Whimsical fonts!
Jailbird Jenna
Monster Paparazzi
Elise
Fontmoochers
Freeze
Bosshole
gentle redhead
Kwekel
larger mime
Rebekah's birthday
They add such an element of fun! Pair th
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Sep 1st 2016
Free Fonts - For Personal and Commercial Use
We know that a lot of our readers are small business owners! (and we love that!) So when we share "free fonts" we know that most are free for personal use and the people who are running shops can't use them (for free anyway!) So we are devoting the next few roundups to ENTIRELY FREE fonts! Personal and Commercially! Let me introduce you to Kevin and Amanda They have created so many awesome free fonts that they are willing to share!They do come with a catch:
Personal use or non-profit use,
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Aug 14th 2016
Elephants And Chevron
Our family recently welcomed a new niece into the world.The concept came from a tutorial over here: http://www.theribbonretreat.com/blog/car-seat-canopy-tutorial.htmlShe followed that tutorial pretty closely. The car seat needed to be measured first, front to back and side to side, to make sure that there would be enough fabric. She ended up needing a yard and a quarter front to back and 40" side to side which got her really good coverage.Then came the part when she needed my help. We found an i
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Apr 19th 2016
Framed Dr. Seuss Quote
Hi! My name is Amy from Art & Sole Designs and I’m very excited to have been chosen by Expressions Vinyl to show you how to make this adorable craft.To create your very own Framed Dr. Seuss Quote you will need:*1- 12x12 picture frame (I hand painted mine orange)*1- 12x12 sheet of colorful patterned craft paper*1- 12x12 sheet of lime green craft paper*Double sided tape or glue stick*Transfer tape*1- 12x12 sheet of vinyl in pastel orange*1- 12x12 sheet of vinyl inpink*12x12 sheet of vinyl in
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Apr 18th 2016