FutureSgtsWife

Who has a silhouette vector of grass like this? And the butterflies/dragonflies would be wonderful, too...

I did a search and no cupcakes have been posted... haha My daughter is turning 13 on Thursday and I thought I'd make her a cute shirt to wear to school. Of course, at 13, she wouldn't wear anything that said "It's my birthday"... but she would wear a shirt with a cute cupcake on it with a birthday candle. Anyone have one? Multi-colored is fine... Thanks!

Anyone have a heartbeat line? I'm making tshirts for a graduation from nursing school and thought that would be cute to put the line and 09 next to it... Thanks in advance!

I've seen that with the Cricut, you can cut out material and adhere it to an acrylic block to make a custom rubber stamp. Has anyone done this with a vinyl cutter? What thickness can I cut up to on my pcut?

I'm hung up on 2 aspects of the planning: 1. I want to give away shirts as the favor. But I'm hitting a dead end (no pun intended) on something "fun" to have them say. I was thinking... "I survived Britt's Crime-Scene: Sweet 16" or "I have an alibi, I was at Britt's Sweet 16" - or something of that nature. Any suggestions? and... 2. I want a luminol effect for the party. Not in a gross/gory/bloody way - but in more of a forensics/fun way. I was thinking of cutting a lot of wall vinyl out and contrasting with glow-in-the-dark subliminal messaging/imaging vinyl. Am I nuts to even think I can pull this off? Any other feasible suggestions?

Great job! I've made dozens of rhinestone shirts for the moms at dance - with their kids' names on the back, etc.... I'm making a few this weekend and will post a pic. I use thermoflex to do the outline, say.... "Britt's Mom" (I outline the letters in vinyl and put the rhinestones in the middle). I found the easiest way for me was to put the shirt on an acrylic board that I can use to carry the shirt over to the press (I hate working on the press itself for so many stones). Then I place each stone - and move the shirt over to the press -- carefully sliding the board out from underneath it. I CAREFULLY put my teflon sheet over it and press. I've NEVER screwed up a shirt that way yet. I did make a few errors when trying to put tape over the stones. I rhinestoned my daughter's dance costumes -- $100 in stones on her hiphop costume -- it's CRAZY.... and at the last competition, one of the judges said "wow, that shirt is awesome"... made it worth it!!

I know this is probably the dumbest question -- and I should have been able to figure it out for myself -- but my mind has a block - and I'm at a loss... Here's what I need to do: I need to airbrush on a cross shaped cookie. I have to add the baby's name. I was going to make a stencil out of vinyl - but WTF do I do with the middle of the lowecase "a" because once I peel the backing away, there goes the center of my "a". Is there a product that takes care of this? a technique? or do I simply have to use a font where it's all connected and make my stencil out of vinyl? Thanks, as always!! Lisa

I just did "superman" shirts for one of the dance groups for a recital... and switched the red and yellow... 30 shirts. All cut/weeded.... thankfully NOT pressed. That sucked!

It's durable outdoors up to 2 years. Therein lies my concern..... is it not easily removable from an inside wall? can I use Oracal 631 in black for the same thing if I'm only using it indoors? I need more time to be schooled on this stuff. Having a full-time day job sucks.

I've been sick for 10 days with bronchitis and have zero energy and less of a desire to play with this logo to make it weed-able. Customer said it doesn't need to look vintage -- it can be crisp/clean. Does anyone have some time to play around with it? Thanks in advance... Lisa

One of my clients needs 3,000 bbq grill baskets logo'ed. They're thinking silk screening on the wooden handle, but I was thinking more of a branding iron. Is there any vinyl that would withstand the bbq? If it was your client, what would you suggest? Keep in mind the liabilities with idiot grillers who would potentially hurt themselves with this tool.... So vinyl could melt and burn them, right? And a metal tag added to the handle would get hot to the touch. ugh... i have no desire to be challenged today.

They're a large grill basket - but the handle is probably 2" tall by 12" long.. then the basket, which is approx 14x14

I love field trips!

Here's the image location link... http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u337/HG_123/BREWKR3W.jpg

for mine, I used dingbats of laundry symbols.... it was basic, but clearly denotes a laundry room

most of my work is with heat-applied.... so a bunch of shirts from a customer that has come back many. many times

At work, I believe we use a zebra printer - high end capacity - as we print thousands a day.

Thanks Linda! It's worth a shot -- I have a HUGE clientele of new brides/new moms.... and to be able to send them edible cake decor so they can affix to their own cakes would be a big seller.

Not just using it for a stencil... but I came across a blog today (while I was supposed to be drafting an agreement, i might add) for a cake company that uses a Cricut for cutting fondant, gumpaste, modeling chocolate. HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!! That's all I needed to see -- and now I want to run home, adjust my blade, and cut food. I baked 145 cupcakes a few weeks ago because I wanted to try new frostings... imagine what the hell I can do with this? Here's the link.... http://www.cuttingedgecakeart.com/blog.php#03012010]http://www.cuttingedgecakeart.com/blog.php#03012010"]http://www.cuttingedgecakeart.com/blog.php#03012010

You're not kidding!! My sister's wedding cake was $2,000 (granted, it fed 300, but still...) I was thinking of buying a spare "cheap" one to try it out on... and Cricut is going to sell one just for cakes, but I don't want to buy cartridges, so we'll see. I've have my LP24 for a few years -- I may test it out using SugarVeil icing instead of fondant --- and if it doesn't work or jams it up, I'll get myself another plotter... maybe even upgrade. I have a very large cupcake business, and I'm thinking I can expand my products. I don't do vehicle or signs -- just wallwords, heat applied stuff, etc -- and I'm quite certain I can make more than I do on tshirts...

Thanks everyone!

For my day job (I'm VP of a major corporate promotions company that runs sweepstakes/games/contests/offers) - one of our clients wants to do a give-away on FaceBook to the first 100,000 fans... They get a free tshirt - one of three colors, in one of three sizes with one of three logos. (yes, that means 27 different options). We have our procurement department researching having the shirts screened - but one of the issues is timing. We won't know what sizes/colors of shirts until the end. So I was crazily thinking plastisol transfers. There would only be 3 logos - all 1-color - all in black. If I ordered those, they would just have to be pressed then. Our company could purchase a bunch of presses and hire staff to make the shirts. Am I crazy thinking this could work? Timing is our biggest issue - and stock (not knowing what colors/sizes upfront that would be ordered).... Thoughts?? Suggestions??

Oh Carol, it's just the start.... A few years ago, someone asked me if I could make them a bunch of mousepads. I figured I could use inkjet transfers, but did some googling... and came across sublimation. And within 2 weeks, I was printing/pressing photos on ceramic tiles, magnets, plastic, etc. Then I saw a catalog from Uppercase Living. I ordered a few items for my house and was disgusted with how much they cost. When they arrived, I noticed they were cut from Avery 631 vinyl - and did some more googling. And the snowball just kept rolling.... Now today I find out I can cut fondant with my plotter.... Jeez, we're going to need another house for my stuff! A $10 mousepad has turned into $6,000+ in equipment, thousands upon thousands of substrates/ink/vinyl/fabrics, many sleepless nights... and an obsession beyond comprehension!! Can't wait to see your works of art!!

Sorry for your loss.... and glad to see you're picking yourself back up and able to focus on something fun! Now, as for me, I'm a bit of a cupcake whore. Really. I baked 145 cupcakes 2 weeks ago because I wanted to try new recipes for icing. Yeah. Cupcake whore. Pink/brown are great colors for the name of the store. I think I'll have to make a trip to visit.... I'll check out your link now... just wanted to reply to the post first. Good luck!!!!

See, that's the crazy thought I put into my invites. Usually, they are hand delivered (like the Survivor torches that were left on each person's front lawn with handpainted coconut shells with their name in Hawaiian and a colored bandana...).I was also thinking of either making a puzzle and putting the party message in black-light only ink - and supplying a blacklight. Or having a web Flash game created for them to research a crime, find clues, and solve for the invite. But.... decor has to be vinyl-inspired - because when you can make just about anything, why not?