Day 146: Disney Movie Quote shirts

In preparation for our Disneyland trip we watched a ton of Disney movies, everything from Cinderella to Wall-E, Planes to Bedknobs and Broomsticks. They were already in love with the Pixar movies such a Toy Story and Card. Some new favorites are Mary Poppins, Robin Hood, The Sword in the Stone, and  Beauty and the Beast. The cheering when Gaston fell from the castle....oh my. In any case, when we were discussing our favorites the boys were quoting their favorite movies and one more Cricut iron-on vinyl shirt project was born.

Ben's shirt was the first one done. He's been obsessed with Peter Pan for months now, and he even had a Peter Pan themed birthday party. 

Max hemmed and hawed, but in the end he chose Buzz Lightyear, which was the first idea he'd had anyhow. I had to hide the finished shirt from my little tuxedo clad munchkin. He was not happy about all the new glitter duds I wouldn't let him wear!

Gabe wanted a Tow Mater Quote that we all say all the time while walking backwards and being goofy. Of course, he's a backwards driver, so on the back of his shirt is:

Now, the boys and I hatched this plan, so I wasn't sure my engineer of a husband would be on board with the Teal Glitter Disney quote t-shirts. Of course, I should have remembered this is the same dude who wore a t-shirt I made featuring the hand-drawn head of Ernie throughout college. Of course he wanted a Disney Quote shirt! And this is the quote he chose:

  

Peter Pan Quote Shirt CDS File

Buzz Lightyear Quote Shirt CDS File

Tow Mater Quote Shirt CDS File

Mary Poppins Quote Shirt CDS Cut File

Day 145: Creativity Cricut Shirts

Cathy really embraced the quote shirt idea. She had me design three of them because she couldn't choose her favorite. She teaches at an elementary school, so these will be handy for her in the fall!

The Font is from Artiste, and the Swirl/heart element I welded from Art Philosophy shapes.

This one is all Artiste Font.

This last one we added a touch of Disney with the Waltograph font.

Creativity is Not a Hobby CDS Cut File

Creativity is Contagious CDS Cut File

Intelligence Having FUN CDS Cut File

Tomorrow I've got one last set of Cricut vinyl shirts to share - all Disney Themed!

Day 143: Customized Mickey Head Shirts

So with my boys join me at Disneyland after convention this year we (I) wanted to have a family shirt for group photos. It needed to be simple, as I'd be handling production myself, but a bit customizable.

Cricut Iron-on vinyl to the rescue. It's like the summer of all things vinyl around here. So I got some plain red and red glitter iron-on vinyl and set to work. Each person got their name cut out of the Mickey head using the Waltograph font. Most of the boys got the red vinyl and the girls chose red glitter, though there was some switching based on personal preference. It's all good.

Max, my little tuxedo wearing fashionista decided that not only did he want a glitter head, but that his needed to have a bow-tie. Naturally. And since I was cutting him a bowtie...I cut a few more so some of the girls now had silver bows for a Minnie head, too. Max was the only one who wanted a bow-tie though. 

I chose black t-shirts for my little family group, others chose grey or white. The most important thing is that we were together making memories.  

Customized Mickey Head CDS Cut File

Day 140: More Cricut Glitter T-shirts

Today I'm sharing the second round of my team's glitter quote shirts. Sorry for the glare on the screen shots - I thought I'd taken better pics, but apparently, well, not. 

On this design for Bonnie I pulled coffee cup and scissor images from Design Space. The font is Artiste. If I could still drink coffee, I'd totally wear this quote!

I grabbed a shot of what the image should look like when you mirror it before cutting. This is Amanda's quote, perfect for any avid scrapbooker. I added our camera image from Artbooking at the top. Say cheese!

Our sweet Karin chose a quote to inspire herself through this next year. It's a reminder we can all use from time to time.

Today started at 5 a.m., heading out to the CTMH Operation Smile 5K Fun Run. I did not run, but I did enjoy a brisk walk through both Disneyland and California Adventure in my new Tink Shirt with my girls! Then it's Extravaganza day...class after class with some of the top artists in CTMH. Life is good!

Drink Coffee Make Things CDS Cut File

Smile & I Might Flash You CDS Cut File

Believe in Yourself CDS Cut File

Day 135: Glitter is My Favorite Color Shirt

So I went back and forth about this for a long time. My team made awesome glitter quote shirts for our Convention team shirt this year. Each of us chose a crafty quote that spoke to us. We cut them out of Silver iron-on vinyl on my Cricut Explore. Cohesive but creatively individual - that's my team! But that means I have a lot of quote cut files to share. Do I put them all in one super mega post? Do I share them one at a time and flood the blog with black t-shirt pics like this? I think I'm going to share them 3 at a time, because I have other stuff to share this week, too. 

This is my Team Shirt quote - are you surprised? The font on all three of these quotes is from Artiste. We will wear these shirts at the opening session on Thursday. We are putting the quotes on Black t-shirts to make the silver glitter really pop!  

This is my design process for Elaine's shirt. Once you have everything where you want it, change all the colors to the same color. Choose "Select All" and click "Attach" on the Layers tab. When you go to cut, be sure to click the box to mirror the image so everything will read correctly once you've ironed it all onto your shirt. 

Some of us also opted to put the CTMH logo and our websites on the back of the shirts, across the shoulders, like Carolyn's design. None of the files below include the CTMH Logo (or our websites), as CDS wouldn't let me share any files saved with that image in it. I'll do a post later on how I got the logo into CDS. That'll have to wait until I get back from sunny SoCal! 

My Favorite Color is Glitter CDS Cut File
Distracted By Shiny Things CDS Cut File
Leave a Little Sparkle CDS Cut File
I highly encourage you to grab some iron-on vinyl and give this type of project a go - it's addictive and so much fun!

Day 134: Tinkerbell 5K Cricut Shirt

Next Saturday will be the second annual CTMH Operation Smile 5K Fun Run. Last year my team tried to order matching shirts from an Etsy shop. she got behind, so offered to ship the order to the hotel. Supposedly she shipped the order, but it was accidentally routed to WDW instead of Disneyland through a carrier error and lost. Excuse after plausible excuse came, but a year after we had paid the gal was still unable to fulfill our order and we finally demanded a refund.  

I still wanted a Tinkerbell work out tank, so I offered to design and cut this shirt for the girls. It was so easy! The font is Waltograph, and I bought Tink in Design space. I had a little trouble with my Hot Fix tool not wanting to set the rhinestones, so I ended up applying them with an iron, setting up the swirl with my tweezers. All our Tink shirts are cut, so we'll be sporting our sparkly Pixie Dust at the Operation Smile run on Saturday!  

Here's the Tinkerbell cut file if you want it - don't forget to Mirror the image so it'll iron-on correctly!

Day 132: Mickey SOTM Blog Hop Pin

Today I learned that the SOTM Blog Hoppers are making badges for Convention so we can find each other and meet all the awesome artists who make our blog hop something special every month. 

As I'm leaving in just a couple of days, I didn't have a lot of time to pull together a cute badge. I do, however, have a Cricut Explore. So I quickly pulled a cut and write file together, loaded in a .03 My Legacy Writer, and cut a White Mickey head with the "SOTM Blog Hopper" sentiment written on the head in the Artfully Sent font. Then I colored the white cardstock head with a red Shin Han marker, detailed the font with some shimmer gel pen, and ran my clear Wink of Stella brush around the outer edge. I carefully glued on some tiny letters from the negative of a project I'll share next week to spell CTMH, then topped it off with a dotted ribbon bow. Can't wait to meet up with the SOTM Blog Hoppers next week!

If you are a SOTM Blog Hopper and want to make one of these, here's my Cricut Design Space file.

Day 131: Ariel Disney Cricut Shirt

I have cut so, so, so many Cricut iron-on vinyl T-shirts this last week, getting ready for the big trip to California. I'm planning to share the designs (and cut files) over the next week or so, so I hope you like my Disney Glitter T -Shirts!

I'm going to hit Disneyland with my Mom and her adopted daughter first, so I wanted to do something special for the two of them. They both love the Little Mermaid, so for my mom I whipped up this Cricut Glitter Iron-on that I put onto a black tank top. I purchased the single Ariel Image in Design Space. The bubbles are from Art Philosophy, and the Font is from the Artfully Sent cartridge. 

Making an iron-on with the Cricut was so much easier than I anticipated. I made each design in Design Space, then you choose "Select All" and click "attach" on the layers menu. When you go to cut, choose Mirror image so it will cut backwards. You apply the vinyl with the shiny, glittery side facing down. I watched this super helpful video, then went to town!

Here's a link to my Design Space cut file, in case you want to make one for yourself! I'm back to more top secret convention prep - but next week I cans tart sharing some of these projects keeping me elbow deep in Liquid Glass!