Custom Wine Glass

I had fun this afternoon creating this custom wine glass with permanent vinyl and my Silhouette.  (Thanks Carol, for inspiring me to learn how to do this!!)

I used Oracal 651 Permanent Vinyl and clear transfer tape to create and place the message on the glass.  The text was typed with the “Gabriola” font.

HERE is a video with instructions and tips that I found very helpful.

I purchased several other colors of vinyl and am excited to continue playing with this technique!  So many possibilities!!!

I had seen a video that showed this vinyl being dishwasher safe.  My advice – hand wash only; don’t ask how I now know that!  😦

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Nurse Graduation Gift Box

I was asked to make gift boxes for several nursing students who will be graduating in a few weeks.  I saw this svg file called “Nurse Gift Box” from Dreaming Tree and thought it was perfect!.  The file includes a caduceus for the front of the “prescription bottle” part of the box (sample below), but I created the fake label for each box instead that could be customized for each graduate who is to receive the gift.  (It wasn’t obvious to me at first that the box was supposed to be a prescription bottle, and the label seemed to make it clearer.  I also thought it made it more graduation-y!)

This file could be purchased separately or as part of the “First Responders” set which also includes cards, a fire fighter box, and a police officer box.  I resized the file to fit on 8 1/2 x 11 inch card stock and used my Silhouette electronic die cutting machine to cut out the pieces.  There’s a video tutorial that shows how the pieces go together.  (There’s also  a video on the Dreaming Tree site that shows how it could be customized with school colors and a “congrats” die cut instead of the caduceus.)

The box, without the lid, is 4 1/2 inches high and 3 1/4 inches wide.

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I had a little trouble, at first, finding colored card stock that looked like a prescription bottle, so I created a white one as a back-up option.  As mentioned above, the file came with the caduceus which I really like in red on the white box.

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There are quite a few samples of fake prescription labels online, and I used the one I found HERE (and a bit of cutting and pasting in Printshop) to create mine.  Here’s a closer look at my sample.

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The card stock I used for this project is Core’dinations Valentia, white, and Recollections Red.

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3-D Penguin

My daughter loves penguins so when I saw the file for this adorable guy, I had to get it and give it a try.

The file is in an svg kit called “Frosty Friends” by SnapDragon Snippets at SVGAttic.com.  (I originally bought the file from the Silhouette store, but it appears to no longer be available there.)

HERE is the tutorial on how to assemble him.

I used Recollections black card stock along with a few scraps of white and yellow I had in my stash.  His scarf is a piece of Martha Stewart garnet glitter ribbon that I just cut and tied around his neck.

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