Pillow Talk

Hello, Friends!  Marilyn here with a heat press / pillow project.  These cases would be a great wedding or bridal shower gift.

Finished Mr. and Mrs. pillow cases

Here's what you'll need to create this:

1.  Pillow Cases - purchased my set from Walmart for about $12.94.

Pillowcases purchased at Walmart

2.  Type in "Mr and Mrs" using font Chopin Script (free download from dafont.com).  Add a heart and place where the period would appear after Mr. and Mrs.  I sized my as large as I could fit onto an 11x17 page since I was using king sized pillows.

Type your last name smaller to fit the ends of the pillow cases.

Screen shot of Silhouette work area

3.  Print and heat press at 375 degrees for 20 seconds.  Use a hot peel process.

Last name on end of pillow case

4.  Put the pillows in your cases and enjoy!

Add a heart in place of the period after Mr. and Mrs.

Thank you for visiting today! ~ Marilyn

Wedding Towel Cake

Bridal Shower is tomorrow for my future daughter-in-law.  I purchased towels on her bridal registry and decided it would be more interesting and fun to give them in the form of a wedding cake.

Ingredients:

• Towels:  2 bath, 1 hand, 1 finger tip purchased at Bed, Bath & Beyond
• Cricut Cartridge:  Accent Essentials, Plantin SchoolBook, Storybook, Sweethearts
• Punch:  Heart punch from Martha Stewart
• Other:  Glimmer Mist "Iridescent Gold", Glimmer Mist "Lemon Zest", Glimmer Mist "Peach Delight", white tulle, gems, Stickles, corsage pins from Michaels, Popsicle Sticks from Michaels, green paint, hot glue.

Towel Cake

Towel Cake Recipe:

• Bottom Layer:  Roll finger towel and 1 bath towel together.  Wrap the hand towel around and secure in back with corsage pins.
• Top Layer:  Roll 1 bath towel.  Secure in back with corsage pins.
• * Bath Towels are folder length-wise into fourths.
• Tie white tulle around both layers.
• Bells on bottom layer:  cut image and shadow at 2" from Cricut Sweethearts cartridge; [Bells] found on page 56 of the folder.  Gem glued to center of bow image.  Tie onto tulle with white twine.
• Flowers = cut 20 each (all from white card stock):  one set at 2", one set at 1 3/4", one set at 1 1/2" - from Cricut Accent Essentials cartridge; [Accent24-s] found on page 54 of the folder.  Spray half of 2" and 1 3/4" flower cuts with Glimmer Mist "Iridescent Gold."  Spray other half or 2" and 1 3/4" flower cuts with Glimmer Mist "Lemon Zest."  Set aside to dry.  Spray all of the 1 1/2" flower cuts with Glimmer Mist "Peach Delight."  Set aside to dry.  Once dry, the flowers will be colored as white shimmer, yellow shimmer and peach shimmer.
• Flower Stems = paint round popsicle sticks with green paint and set aside to dry.
• Flower Leaves = cut at 10 (from green card stock):  one set at 1 3/4", one set at 1 1/2" = from Cricut Accent Essentials cartridge; [Accent41-s] found on page 72 of the folder.
• Flower Assembly = bend each flower petal in the center.  Glue together one each: 2" in white, 1 3/4" in yellow, 1 1/2" in peach. Other flowers will be assembled as:  2" in yells, 1 3/4" in white, 1 1/2" in peach.  Glue gem to center of each flower.  Glue one leaf to back.   Attach to green popsicle stick using hot glue.  I chose to make some flowers without the 2" flower layer.

• Poke the flower sticks around the bottom cake layer. 
• Top flowers are attached with foam tape.
• Car at top = cut image and two shadows at 3 3/4" from Cricut Sweethearts cartridge; [CarCuple] found on page 65 of the folder.  After assembled, hot glue a green popsicle stick to the back of the car's shadow.  Attach the second shadow to the back using foam tape around the popsicle stick.
• Date on back of car = cut at 1/2" from Cricut Plantin SchoolBook.

Cake Board

Cake Board:

• Flowers = cut seven flowers from white card stock at 1 1/2".  Spray with Glimmer Mist "Peach Delight."  Once dried, glue around edge of cake board.  Add a gem to the center.
• Names "Jessica & Dave" = cut letters and shadows at 2" from Cricut Storybook cartridge.  Glue around edge of cake board.  Punch two small hearts and glue on either side of the "&" symbol.  Add stickles to "&" symbol.
• Heart & Couple Silhouette = cut image and shadow at 5" from Cricut Sweethearts cartridge; [HeartCpl-s] found on page 40 of the folder.  
• Text "I Do . . . " cut at 1" from Cricut Sweethearts cartridge; [Ido-s] found on page 60 of the folder.

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DIY Wedding Gifts and Cards.   There's nothing better than giving something that you made yourself - and it doesn't hurt if you saved a bundle in the process!

Glass Etching - Storybook cartridge

 

To make a glass etched flute:

• Using vinyl, cut an initial from Storybook cartridge to a size to fit your flute.  Mine was approximately 1.5". 
• Use the negative of your cut and place on the flute.  (Remove the initial and use the stencil portion of the vinyl.)
• Use painter's tape to cover outlining edges of the vinyl.
• Apply a good amount of Armour Etching cream.  Be careful not to get any on the rest of the glass.   Wait about 30 minutes (even though instructions say less time.)
• Rinse under running water in your sink (yep, it's safe.)
• Remove vinyl and painter's tape and admire your etched glass.

 

* Note - I found that the less expensive glasses etch the best.  I purchased my flute in a package of 4 from Walmart.     The Armour Etching cream is expensive but lasts and lasts and lasts.   Use a coupon to purchase initially.

 

Sweethearts cartridge

 

• Cards created using Sweethearts cartridge. Card on right "His and Her Towels" is one of a set of 8 thank-you cards. The lace at bottom of card is actually paper that was punched from a Martha Stewart punch.

Accent Essentials cartridge

• The part that took the longest to create were these little pink rose buds on the package. Each rose bud was created by combining six flowers (cut at one inch) from the Accent Essentials cartridge. The leaves are from a punch.

 

Your Next Stop is L.E. Paper Studio:  http://lepaperstudio.blogspot.com

Here's the Line Up:

 

1. Start http://MyCricutCraftRoom.blogspot.com
2. Marilyn's Cricut Crafts - http://songofml.blogspot.com/
3. L.E. Paper Studio - http://lepaperstudio.blogspot.com
4. Sandy- http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com
5. Julie - http://www.thecricutchirp.com
6.Shelly ~ http://cardsbyshelly.blogspot.com
7. Faith Abigail - http://www.faithabigaildesigns.com
8. Erica Http://EricasProjects.blogspot.com
9. Craft Lovers http://CraftLoversComeHere.blogspot.com
10 Aisha www.londonskyedesigns.blogspot.com
11. End http://CraftingBlogEvents.blogspot.com

Wedding Gifts ~ Glass Etching

Wedding gifts & card. Glass etching on glasses were from stencil made using Storybook Cricut cartridge.

Cards created using Sweethearts Cricut cartridge. Card on right "His and Her Towels" is one of a set of 8 thank-you cards. The lace at bottom of card is actually paper that was punched from a Martha Stewart punch.

The part that took the longest to create were these little pink rose buds on the package. Each rose bud was created by combining six flowers (cut at one inch) from the Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge. The leaves are from a punch.