I Love My Husband Shirt!

 I Love My Husband Shirt! I had a request to do the vinyl for this version of this shirt. "I love (it when) My Husband (doesn't play video games) I had my silhouette cameo cut it out of flocked heat transfer vinyl...in reverse. Weeded out the excess vinyl.  Place it plastic side up on my shirt and iron it for a couple minutes.  Remove the plastic and ta-da!  Good for a funny shirt! Loads of laughs! And check out this I love my husband shirt too! This post published on Doodlecraft first 

Portal and Portal 2 Geek Chic T-Shirts!

 Portal and Portal 2 Geek Chic T-Shirts! We had the best Portal Birthday party ever! So this is Portal week. A week filled with fun geek crafts and party ideas! First.  T-shirts. I made a bunch to give some of the guests. We do what we must, because we can.  ~ I used reflective heat transfer vinyl for the giant aperture logo. When using heat transfer vinyl (HTV), always cut it in reverse (mirrored)  Then weeded out the excess vinyl.  Place plastic side up on the shirt and iron it!  Then peel off the plastic. Peel gently, re-iron if necessary.  Looks awesome!  Next we did the portal jumper. Half in, half out. One on the front of the shirt. Iron with a tea towel for a minute or 2 and then iron on the plastic.  Peel off the plastic and let cool!  Here's the front!  And the back!  Next, the companion cube! In gold glitter vinyl!  Looks so cute!  I love the glitter htv. ...

The "Do it Yourself" DIY Shirt!

The "Do it Yourself" DIY Shirt!  So, my daughter (11) is a hilarious artist! She doodled this little guy on a paper... He's balding and yelling "do it yourself!" We thought it was hilarious and worthy of a DIY t-shirt! I scanned her art into photoshop and then traced all the lines on a new layer. It's just so hard to get clean/crisp lines from sketchy lines...so it was a little labor intensive.  Then I deleted the image and left my traced image.   Saved it off and imported it into Silhouette Studio. Then it's just as simple as tracing and selecting cut lines. (more silhouette details on this tutorial ) Now lay out the heat transfer material on the cutting mat. (I'm using flocked) Reverse the image if you have text (since it cuts from the backside) Then have it cut according to Silhouette directions. Weed the excess vinyl Place on shirt and cover with a tea towel and iron on high for a couple minutes. Once i...