Brewing Mischief Baby Grow

Hi everyone. It's Verity here from Pretty Little Button bringing you another project. Today's project features the glow in the dark heat transfer vinyl.  When I was browsing the Silhouette store for Halloween designs, I saw this design and instantly knew I wanted to make it into a baby grow. I thought it was such a fun little design that would be funny for a little baby grow as the meaning could mean an array of things! Whatsmore, as it was Halloween related I also used glow in the dark heat transfer vinyl, allowing your baby to join in the fun! Though can't guarantee the baby will sleep with the glow, so perhaps take it off before nap time!

Brewing Mischief Baby Grow details: 

Before I design my piece in the design space, I like to work out how big the decal will be on my item of clothing. I use a piece of a scrap piece of paper cut to a square and position this over the baby grow. I can then look to see if it is too big or too small for the piece of clothing. This piece of paper was cut to 5 inches, which was large enough for the baby grow. I also tried 4 inches which for me was a little on the small side. 

In the end, I ended up creating the design to be around 4.5 inches.

I loaded the Brewing Mischief design into my design space and right clicked to flip horizontally. I do this before the send panel as I wanted to position the design on my mat over a particular area. The top left-hand corner of my mat is starting to lose its stick. So it can slip a little when cutting in that area.

In order to cut out in another area of the mat, I set the page size in the page setup panel to the width of the media. This glow in the dark heat transfer vinyl is 9 inches wide. Now the boundaries of the media are visible, I can position the design over the media and mat in an area where it is more stick for the mat, but also isn't beyond the boundaries of my media. 

I don't have a heat press as I don't do enough HTV to warrant spending the money on one. I instead use an iron. However, I find the set up below works the best for me with an iron. I place a folded up towel and place this on the floor. The item of clothing is placed on top of this, and then I positioned the HTV decal over this. Lastly, I add a sheet of baking paper over the top to prevent and scorching.

I prefer ironing this on the floor as opposed to an ironing board, and this solid surface of the floor allows me to get good pressure when applying the heat. My ironing board isn't the sturdiest and therefore opted for the floor!

I wanted to show you this picture as it was fun; as I was heat setting the vinyl, it kept glowing briefly as I removed the iron. Obviously, it glows in the darkness of the iron over the top, and you get brief glimpses of it before it fades when you removed the iron. 

Brewing Mischief Baby Grow photos:

If this has inspired you to try this out, please post below. I would love to see it!

Until next time,

Verity




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Brewing mischief Halloween phrase, by Sarah Bailey Design ID #274820

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Halloween Wall Decor

Hi everyone. It's Verity here from Pretty Little Button bringing you another project. Today's project features the glow in the dark vinyl.  I used this vinyl to create a fun Halloween decoration to hang on the wall, either inside, or by our front door. So even in the dark people will still see your message, perfect for halloween!

Halloween Wall Decor details: 

To start, draw a panel representing your canvas, and make sure you adjust the paper size in the page set up to represent the width of the vinyl - this vinyl is 9" wide. 

 Next, insert the design into the design space and position over the panel representing the canvas. Centre this within the panel using the transform window below. This will allow you to see if you can make the design and bigger or if it needs to be smaller. 

This design is very thin, and maybe difficult to cut and weed. To get around this, add a small 0.05 offset to the letters and delete the inner design as you don't want this to cut later as well.  

In the send panel, make sure you select the glow in the dark vinyl in your material and test cut to make sure the settings work well for your machine and blade.

Once cut, weed the negative so only the design is left on your baking sheet. Cover with a piece of transfer tape and burnish until the design is transferred onto the transfer tape. Position over a painted canvas and burnish the design down onto the canvas. Remove the transfer tape to finish. 

Halloween Wall Decor photos:

If this has inspired you to try this out, please post below. I would love to see it!

Until next time,

Verity




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Sketch have a hugntingly happy Halloween phase by Kristen Magee, Design ID #48797

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Last minute Halloween costume. Applying HTV with an iron

When you child comes to you and says “actually I would like to dress up a bit for the disco at youth club”…. Tomorrow night!

If you have never used Heat Transfer Vinyl (HTV) here’s a quick overview how you can get started. In this project, I am going to use an ordinary iron to apply the HTV.

Begin by opening a new project in Silhouette Studio©
In the "page" settings create a virtual page to match your media and set your mat size to match the mat you will be using (HTV) comes with its own built-in carrier mat and it is not necessary to have a mat in position when cutting it is personal as to if you use one or not).

Go to the store and select one of the skeletons I have selected a design by Carina Gardner detail are at the bottom of the page.

Measure the top that your design will go onto and size the cut file to fit within the given space.

To make the best use of your media right click on the design and select ungroup. this will allow you to arrange the pieces to fit onto the media with as little waste as possible (this is a simple design so will be easy to reposition the pieces).


I am creating a t-shirt so I only need the upper body and have deleted the bones that would be used for the legs. It is requested that I make his body look small so his head looks big (apparently its a thing and it will be funny). If your design has text or a design the must be orientated a particular way it is at this stage you must mirror your project as we will be cutting from the back of the material ( the side with the glue).

When you happy with your layout click the SEND tab. if you have chosen to use the cutting mat load the HTV onto the mat and load the mat into the machine. 

If you are cutting without the mat ensure you have selected no mat in the page set up panel if you have selected this method the mat will not be visible on screen in the Design or the send Tab. 

This is important as it tells the machine how far to feed the material into the machine.

 In the materials, list select the "Vinyl glow in the dark" carry out a test cut to ensure a clean cut, adjust the settings where necessary. Remember you are cutting through only the thin white layer and do not want to cut through the thick clear sheet.

click Send and allow the job to complete. remove the media from the machine and remove all the unwanted areas of vinyl from the clear backing sheet. 

 Turn on your iron and set to no steam the recommended settings for applying this HTV is given in Degrees, as most irons don't have actual temperature readings you will need to gauge the correct setting for your iron. take a scrap of material and some of the clear carrier sheet Snip a piece off the corner. Place the piece of carrier sheet onto a scrap of fabric, to obtain the right temperature slowly increase the heat of the iron and press onto the carrier sheet remember to protect your iron as suggested on the packaging. When the heat starts to crinkle the carrier sheet turn the iron back down a little you now have a good temperature to work with.

 A heat press will apply an even pressure over the whole of an area at once, With an iron, we can only apply pressure in an area as big as the plate on the iron. Place the Iron on an area of the HTV and apply pressure allowing the Iron to move slightly back and forth. You want to maintain the heat in one area long enough to melt the glue into the fabric, I recommend the use of a timmer as it is very difficult to judge accurately the lapse of time. Proper application of HTV relies on the correct temperature for the correct length of time. 

Allow to cool for a moment and peel away the carrier sheet. If any areas of your design have not bonded correctly replace the carrier sheet and reapply the heat and pressure.

Glow in the dark HTV needs to be "charged" before it will glow. to do this hold a bright light in front of the design and allow the vinyl to absorb the light. If there is a Blacklight source the HTV will glow without the need for charging.  

Designs used:

Halloween skeleton bones by Carina Gardner

Design ID #49873

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World Card Making Day and FREE file of the Week

Hello Silhouette Fans,

Have you seen this week's FREE design in the Silhouette Design Store?  It's a fun Halloween design, and regular cut file called "BOO!".

Today is World Card Making Day and DT Member Karen has made a very special pop-up card to celebrate the event using the free design.

I've used part of the design to decorate a simple plain mug using Silhouette® Premium Glow in The Dark Vinyl. Visit my blog to see how I made it HERE

You can add glow in the dark elements to all your Halloween projects this year for extra spookiness. Silhouette have Glow-in-the-Dark media covered.  I used Silhouette Glow-in-the-Dark Premium Vinyl, but there is also Silhouette Glow-in-the-Dark Printable Sticker Paper, Silhouette Glow-in-the-Dark Fabric Ink, and Silhouette Premium Glow-in-the-Dark Heat Transfer Material.

We love to see what you guys make too, so if you do want to share your projects with us (we may even share them on here from time to time) please email them to marketing@graphtecgb.co.uk

Happy World Card Making Day!

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Giant Paperclips and Other Teacher Gifts

Hello Janet here,

Now that the end of the school year is approaching, I thought I'd share a selection of teacher gifts I've made for favourite teachers.  As they teach at secondary school, the usual decorative elements like apples, crayons and yellow school buses aren't really appropriate.  Now, if you are wondering at my choice of wording on the gifts, I did a quick poll and asked a few teachers what they could really use in the classroom. I chose my items and embellishments accordingly.

GIANT PAPER CLIP MAGNETS

First up we have my favourite; giant paperclips, using Sarah Hurley's set of two moustache paperclips (Design #45163).  Yes, it seems the modern teacher has a magnetic smart board - and modern kids still forget to put their name on their work! These are made from the Silhouette printable magnetic paper.

• The chrome one had brushed chrome vinyl attached prior to cutting, I just needed to increase the blade depth by one to compensate for the thicker media.  Do use the test cut feature to ensure you get this right for your media. The elements are cut from gloss black vinyl and glow in the dark vinyl. All lettering was made using 3 of my favourite Lori Whitlock fonts (links at the bottom of the page).
• The striped ones were partially print and cut, with the larger lettering cut from gloss black vinyl.  N.B. Take care as you add vinyl elements to the printed surface, as the transfer paper can pull some of the design away.

ROUND MAGNETS

Next we have some simple round magnets. Even the clumsiest of teens could make some of these . They are plain round plastic casing fridge magnets and are available to purchase online, but these were some in garish colours that came free with a household white board. The magnets were painted with 2 coats of bronze acrylic paint. The moustaches were cut from glow in the dark vinyl from Lori Whitlock's 6 Moustache Set (Design #21884).


PENCIL CONTAINER

Now, this pencil container is a very classy looking item considering its humble origins and useful since there is always someone who forgets to take their own basic writing supplies! The pot is made from a white plastic toothbrush holder, sprayed with mirror-effect copper acrylic paint (3 thin coats).  To remove the rattle-y-ness I added circles of thick black felt to the inside bottom of the pot and to the underside. Again the wording and elements are made from gloss black vinyl and glow in the dark vinyl with some additional arrows for emphasis (Design #45683) .

MATERIALS USED:

Giant Paper Clips:

Printable Magnetic Paper

Copper Metallic Vinyl

Black Gloss Vinyl
Transfer Paper

Round Magnets:

Round Plastic Casing Fridge Magnets

Mirror-effect Copper Acrylic Paint

Glow in the Dark Vinyl
Transfer Paper

Pencil Container:

Plastic Tooth Brush Holder

Copper Acrylic Spray

Glow in the Dark Vinyl

Black Gloss Vinyl
Transfer Paper

Pencils

Black Felt Circles

I hope I have inspired you to make something different for the teachers in your lives - I'm sure they will appreciate it!

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