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Stripflock...Learn All About This Fun Heat Transfer Vinyl!
Hey everyone, it's Jessica over at ExpressionsVinyl.com, and today I want to tell you all about StripFlock Heat Transfer Vinyl, or, as it's sometimes called Flocked HTV. Stripflock HTV, it is a little bit thicker material, but it has a nice, soft velvety finish, and it's really fun. I think it's kind of under utilized, so I want to tell you about it and why you should use it!Here we have all our different colors, all the basics are covered, it's just so fun. So these are the 11 colors that
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Nov 28th 2016
Layering Heat Transfer Vinyl On A Pillow
Hey, everyone! It's Jessica again with this Expressions Vinyl. Today, I'm going to show you how to make your own pillow with heat transfer vinyl. The other day I was in the store, and I found this pillow I loved but it didn't quite match my decor...Sooo, I took a picture of it with my phone to use as inspiration later. (I'm sure you guys have all done that before.) I loved it, but I wanted it to be pink for my house instead of turquoise. When I got home, I went on Google Images and put in "hello
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Oct 2nd 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
Hello There Handsome
Making a simple his and her pillow with the black stripflock vinyl makes a cute and easy project. I took some material and made a pillow case, but you can buy a case to make it easier.I found this "Hello There Handsome" and "Good Morning Gorgeous" project off Pinterest. Once I found the font I wanted to use, I needed to flip it to cut it out using my Silhouette.Once I cut and weeded out the extra material, I placed them on the pillow to determine where I wanted to put them. Once I had them in
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Mar 30th 2014
St. Patrick'S Day Tshirts
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
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Feb 23rd 2014