Often times you can tell a persons style by their purse, shoes or yes...cell phone. In today's techie age cell phones have become a further extension of our personal style.
New Designer Ania Lexander has a project today that is a light bulb kind of moment. It's simple for sure...but yet simplicity at it's best. Seriously...GlueArts Accent it All...to personalize your cell phone case? Get back!!!!
And our New Designer Grace Tolman has a beautiful idea for taking a simple square tile and turning it into a unique piece of artwork! Keep this craft in mind for the upcoming Mother's Day holiday too!
Springtime Quote Tile
Designer: Grace Tolman
Supplies:
GlueArts Accent it All Vinyl
GlueArts Extreme Adhesive Squares
Cricut Expression & Storybook Cartridge
Tile
Instructions:
Step 1: Gather your supplies- Accent-it-all Vinyl sheets, 12x12 tile, die cut machine and cartridge, quote of your choice, small flowers and GlueArts adhesives.
Step 3: Start cutting your shapes and letters out. *Make sure you test your sheets a few times through your die cut machine to check the right speed and pressure to properly cut the vinyl. I found mine needed slow-medium speed and slow pressure.
Start cutting the background first. Mine was a tree brand on the brown vinyl.
Step 4: Cut a strip of green Accent-it-all sheet and trim on edge to mimic grass. Pull out some of the strips to make the grass life like. Adhere to the bottom of the tile.
Step 5: Start adding the quote. I found that if you use a flexible ruler to put together the quotes by lines, it is much easier and straighter.
Step 6: I decided to cut out a big leaf and make it go under the word for more emphasis.
Step 7: I added the words Resurrection and Springtime with a different color Vinyl than the other words to give them more emphasis. I also made the letters a bigger size.
Step 8: Cut out the flowers from the wire stem. Cut from the very top of the flower so that the flower will lay flat on the tile.
Step 9: Adhere the flowers to the tile and vinyl using the Extreme Adhesive Squares.
Step 10: Add a couple of flowers with stems on top of the grass on the bottom left which will create a visual triangle with the project.
Viola! Your project is done! Here's where it is going to be displayed in my home...
Seriously....why didn't we all think of this idea sooner???!!! We know you're going to try this one! And teenagers will love this too!
Just insert the Picture Keeper drive into any USB port on your PC, click "Start Backup" and Picture Keeper automatically finds and saves all your pictures. That’s it! They all fit right there on the Picture Keeper drive. What's more, subsequent backups are fast because Picture Keeper will only copy the newest images when you use it again to save your recently added or changed pictures.
And guess what....we've had such an amazing week of ideas...truly one of our best weeks...that we're giving you a bonus day this week! Tune in tomorrow to see Designer Linda Albrecht's Accent It All project and that means another day and chance for you to win! See you tomorrow!
Step 1: Gather your supplies- Accent-it-all Vinyl sheets, 12x12 tile, die cut machine and cartridge, quote of your choice, small flowers and GlueArts adhesives.
Start cutting the background first. Mine was a tree brand on the brown vinyl.
Viola! Your project is done! Here's where it is going to be displayed in my home...
Accent it all - Cellphones
Designer: Ania Lexander
Supplies:
GlueArts Accent it All vinyl sheets
Die cut shapes, scissors
Cellphones to decorate
Instructions:
Step one: Gather your diecuts and colors of choice
Step two: Put together the shapes, feel free to layer up - if you do a mistake, don't worry, as the vinyl can be repositioned and reused.
Step three: Add the shapes to your cellphone
Seriously....why didn't we all think of this idea sooner???!!! We know you're going to try this one! And teenagers will love this too!
Have you taken a moment to visit this week's sponsor? We hope you do! Picture Keeper is the simplest automatic picture backup device. Simply plug in and save! No software to install and no password to remember. Picture Keeper is perfect for archiving your family photos, saving wedding and new baby photos. Mother's Day is just around the corner...I know my Mom would love this...what about yours?With a PK-4, it's a snap to save up to 4,000* pictures! And because there's no software to tht much easier.
Just insert the Picture Keeper drive into any USB port on your PC, click "Start Backup" and Picture Keeper automatically finds and saves all your pictures. That’s it! They all fit right there on the Picture Keeper drive. What's more, subsequent backups are fast because Picture Keeper will only copy the newest images when you use it again to save your recently added or changed pictures.And because Picture Keeper’s software runs right from the USB drive, you'll be able to easily save pictures on multiple PCs (WIndows AND Mac OS) up to the drive’s capacity).
Users can also choose the more "advanced" options which allow you to select additional types of files or directories you want saved.
Picture Keeper is giving away a PK4 (retail value $29.99). And we're adding in a sheet of each color of our Accent It All Vinyl and a roll of our Extreme Adhesive Squares. To enter today we first ask that you visit Picture Keeper's Facebook page and click to be their friend, post on their wall and let them know Glue Arts sent you, then come back here...post a comment letting us know you've friended them and posted a hello. We'll pick a random winner from those that leave a comment! And you're also welcome to leave some praise for our our projects today. If you leave two comments letting us know you've said Hello to Picture Keeper and then a praise comment...we'll you'll have two entries to win!!
And guess what....we've had such an amazing week of ideas...truly one of our best weeks...that we're giving you a bonus day this week! Tune in tomorrow to see Designer Linda Albrecht's Accent It All project and that means another day and chance for you to win! See you tomorrow!
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