Robot with Balloon Sweatshirt

I don’t know about you, but it’s always a challenge for me to find blank clothing items for my son to decorate.  I love adding my own touch to his clothing, but find it cheaper to buy clearance items….that already has a truck or saying on it.  So, when I found this blank sweatshirt for $6 something at Target a few weeks ago, I snatched it up.  He wore it blank for awhile, until I finally decided to slap on some heat transfer vinyl.

I’ve worked with heat transfer a few times, and have always had a really hard time getting it to stick.  This time, I used a mini ironing board that I had been given recently, and set it on the floor.  This way, I could put all my weight into the iron, and I found that it worked really well!  I got my vinyl from expressions vinyl, and it is their easyweed.

I wanted something that didn’t involve lots of thinking, something I could slap on and be done.  So, a robot holding a balloon was of course in order! I did have to free draw the string to make it long enough for the robot, but it wasn’t hard.

My son is enjoying his new sweatshirt, and I’m loving the fact that this was a quick project that I did during the last few minutes of nap time!

Thanks for hopping over,

~Lynette

Quick Card

Hi friends!  I just needed a little card making fix, and the silhouette blog is hosting a challenge for paper this week.  So I hopped in---last minute while my earlier-today-throwing-up-child is napping.   This was a quick project (it would have been quicker had I set up the cuts right the FIRST time.  I had the offset shapes in the wrong groups at first.  What was supposed to be on top ended up on the bottom…so I recut!), because I had designed the layout weeks earlier.  I found the layout on pinterest here.  I loved it and knew I needed to make my own!

This is my version.  I chose soft flowery prints, because let’s face it, I’m ready for spring!  I stamped the, “hello,” but if I had been thinking, I would have sketch penned something that matched a little better, but I settled on brown ink and it works!

Thanks for hopping over!  I hear my son awake, and thankfully he is playing happily so maybe he feels better! :)

~Lynette~