Silhouette Baby projects

I've been crafting like a fiend.  I forgot to take pictures of all the Christmas ornaments I made.  D'oh!  But here are a couple of projects I've worked on recently.

I finally tracked down some freezer paper after looking all over town.  I bought all the freezer paper Ace hardware had in stock (2 rolls) so I could make some stencils.  Using fabric paint and freezer paper I created all these:

The one with the Lucky Duck (upper right corner) will probably be his coming home outfit...with pants, of course.  These are all 0-3 months so I will be making some more in bigger sizes.  It was a fun project.

My other Silhouette project for Baby Lucky is this set of 4 5x5 inch canvases to hang in his room.  I made them using the Silhouette Fabric Interfacing.  So cool!

I only had sewable interfacing, I suspect Clean Cut might have worked better for this.  There is a little bit of fraying on the edges of the fabric but I kind of like the effect.  I adhered the animals with Mod Podge.  So far they have 2 coats of Mod Podge but they may need a couple more.  I am pretty happy with the way they came out. 

I have a lot more projects to do in the next couple of months. More to follow...

J's birthday!

It's my wonderful husband's birthday!  He left work early and went for a 45 mike bike ride - one mile for every year - and them can home where E and I were decorating his cake.

Mmmm...yellow cake from a box and homemade chocolate butter cream frosting.  Delightful.  

J is a pretty serious cyclist so it was a bike themed birthday.  E and I gave him a super nerdy cool NASA bike jersey.  He quickly dubbed it the best bike jersey he's ever seen.  I made him this little bike sign, too.

I took an 8x8 canvas and painted a layer of white acrylic.  I cut this cute bike out of vinyl using my Silhouette, put it on the canvas and then painted the whole dang thing with light blue acrylic.  I purposely left it a little  "rustic" looking. When the blue dried I peeled off the vinyl to reveal the white bike underneath.  It has little heart on the chain and in the wheel - so cute!  I found this great quote from JFK which I though J would like. I cut the quote out of brown vinyl and, using transfer tape (where would I be without it?) applied the lettering to the canvas.  I sprayed the whole deal with Krylon matte craft sealer stuff.  I love the way it turned out and J seemed to like it, too. 

Silhouette love

Back from vacation and ready to craft! 

I am blessed with an amazing family and extremely lucky to be married to one of the best men on the planet.  Seriously.  He recently proved that to me once again when he bought me a Silhouette SD for my birthday.  I have been lusting after that thing since the first time I saw one.  I haven't had much time to play around with it yet but I've done a couple of little things.I made this little tote bag for Miss E for our recent mother-daughter train trip to Portland.  She LOVED it.  I used the smooth iron on transfer in pink and blue.

The color looks terrible in these pictures because I had to use my iPhone.  I misplaced the cable for my camera during vacay so I'm stuck with my phone for a camera until Amazon delivers a new one.  But I digress...

I also used some delightful pink vinyl to monogram my laptop.  You know, cause I can.  I LOVE my Silhouette.  Love love love it!

I confess, I put my initials on my iPhone too. 

There are so many things I can do with the Silhouette I don't even know where to start.  What should my next project be?