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Hello, hello! It's Michele from The Scrap Shoppe, and today I'm sharing one way I beat the post Christmas blues. Tell me I'm not alone in getting so sad when the Christmas decor comes down. The house feels so empty! I like to make up for it by staying partially decorated... with winter decor! So a fun winter chalkboard platter was in order.I've included some details instructions so you can easily make something similar yourself.I found this awesome metal platter at Joann's. I'm pairing it with s …

This imperfect use of vinyl is another fun reason I love vinyl so much. Come learn how to make this sign today!Hi everyone! Kiki from Kiki and Company here to share a fun little story and tutorial with you. A few weeks ago, I was making my projects for this month and I was trying to think of something fun for a wall in my house. I have this wall that has this really special painting of our family and had picked up a "7" sign at Hobby Lobby to go under it, but knew I wanted one more to share a li …

It's Jessica here from Expressionsvinyl.com! Today I want to show you how to put layered vinyl on a round ornament! If you have ever tried this you know it can be tricky! But don't worry because I have tips and tricks for you! An ornament has a compound curve. It has curves up and down and side to side --which means putting vinyl on it can be tough. Sometimes you get ridges and it doesn't want to lay nice and flat.Or it buckles and you lose part of your design!  …

Hey guys, it's Jessica here today from ExpressionsVinyl.com, and today I want to talk about fonts and how to best identify a font that is easier to weed. I've cut a whole bunch of fonts and today I'm going to go through them and tell you how to identify different attributes that will make your life a lot easier!Bernard MT Condensed - This one, as you can see, has nice, thick edges. That one is going be really easy to weed. You just wiggle your vinyl, or wiggle your weeding vinyl across and it's …

Hi, guys! Michele from The Scrap Shoppe here to share a quick and easy and GLOWING Halloween craft with you!Halloween is one of my favorite holidays to decorate for. I love incorporating some of my everyday favorite things into holidays, and for Halloween that usually involves some of my favorite musicals like Phantom of the Opera and Wicked. And it's also a great time to put that glow in the dark vinyl to good use!This Wicked sign is in my favorite Halloween colors: purple and green. And it's t …