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...

Leather Mouse Pad!

Leather Mouse Pad! I've used a big piece of leather on my desk for more than a year now. I love it.  It's soft and looks great. It works great for the mouse pad too! My son decided to do a leather project and  make himself a mouse pad as well! We took a scrap of leather... and marked out the biggest rectangle possible on it. We used an old mouse pad and a ruler... And marked it with a mechanical pencil tip. Then he cut the rugged leather with a hobby knife. He loves doing his own projects! Ready to use! It's slightly bigger than standard size, so he loves the freedom! But not quite as big as mine...dust and all!  :) This post published on Doodlecraft first