Happy Tuesday. Hope you all had an amazing Monday and your
week is off to a productive start. By productive I mean that it goes so fast
that it’s Friday before you know it. LOL. Before I start on what I intended on posting
about, can I say that we have this new bed with a base that inclines and it’s
amazing! I am currently sitting in bed with my bed inclined upright perfect
position for typing on a laptop, makes me feel a lot older than I am but did I
say it’s amazing???? To be fair we have a bed where the top and bottom incline
due to my husbands’ bad back but I’m loving the benefits.
So a post ago I told you that I was planning on making as
many gifts as I can to not only save money but to utilize my craft skills and
endless craft supplies that I keep amassing. Well I’ve stuck to my goal and
learned two new things about myself. One, I enjoy painting, well I consider it
more like doodling. I’m no Picasso but just using a paint brush to fill in
outlines or just to be creative is pretty relaxing. The second thing is that I
enjoy working with paper. You may not know this but I’m pretty new to the paper
game. I learned how to sew in high school and always felt comfortable with
fabric, but paper was a new arena for me other than making basic cards. Now I’m
creating paper wall art and layering paper for dimension… I know mind blown.
LOL We’ll talk about that in another post because todays post is all about
NINJA TURTLES. I can see the awe in your face. Although my son is pretty young
to be into Ninja Turtles, his 3 year old almost 4 year old brain loves them.
His best friend loves them as well so I decided to make something for both of
them using their favorite characters.
Enter my Brother ScanNCut2. I purchased this machine mid last
year after conducting a lot of research on cutters, dye cutting machines, Circuit,
Silhouettes, and all the fancy machines that are out there. I chose this
specific machine because I was planning on using it to cut fabric for my
projects and it seemed like the best fabric cutter. I have yet to use it to cut
fabric but early this year I actually plugged it in and started learning how to
use the features. My favorite feature thus far, the fact that you can scan an
image and then use it as a template to cut. Simply print out an outlined image
from your computer and then scan it into the machine and cut it. It’s that
simple. Well a little more complex than that, but still that simple. The
machine also has some templates and fonts which you can use as well. (Disclaimer,
Brother or any of their affiliates are not currently paying me or providing any
incentive for me to write this post on their product, but I wish they would!
These thoughts are my own). Ok so let’s get started.
The project, Ninja Turtle T-shirt Design. Ninja Turtle on
the front. Friends name on the back with his age. Since I didn’t have any vinyl
or transfer supplies I decided that I was going to just use what I had on hand
which in this case was fabric paint. I completed the back of the t-shirt first.
After placing a piece of cardboard in between the front and back of the shirt,
I used some stencils that I had on hand and painted the name and age on the
back. The next day after it was dried, I went online and found a template that
I liked of a Ninja turtle face, resized it on my copier and scanned it into the
ScanNCut. Once it was scanned I made some adjustments (removed some cut lines
on the template). I cut the pattern out on heavy duty card stock and used it as
a template to paint on the front of the shirt. To keep the template from moving
around while I painted, I used adhesive roll around the edges and affixed the
pattern to the t-shirt. Because it was fabric the pattern came off quite easily
and this reduced bleeding. I did most of the painting while watching a pretty
decent movie. Painting was so relaxing for me, I told myself I would make a few
more, which I still may. I also used the same pattern to make valentines cards
for my son for school. I used a heart template that was provided in the machine
and resized it to my needs. My son’s teachers were so impressed, but I must say
that it was a lot of friggin work gluing those small pieces. If I do a similar
project in the future, I will have to think of a way to get it all done in less
time with the same impact.
Ok get ready for the photo overload.
Valentines Cards for Pre-School
Button Art Turtle not made using my ScanNCut but we were talking about turtles weren't we? LOL This cute wall art with frame is now listed on my Etsy Store. HartfordCraft
Hope you enjoy my post and my favorite, the pictures! I’ll
be posting more of my creations using the ScanNCut since it has come in even
handier than I thought.
Thanks again for stopping by.
~Darley
