The promotion with GREAT savings ($7.50 for vinyl and transfer paper) using code “SHOWOFF” at checkout runs through 4/26.
This giveaway is now closed. Winner is Ruth: ”I have been wanting to add a compass rose to an end table in my living room, so I think that would be my first project.” Congratulations, Ruth! I hope to see the table! I will contact Ruth by email.
One of the things I love about owning my Silhouette is the ability to create cute customized vinyl labels…
labeled storage dresser in hallway
And since welcoming CocoRosie to our family recently….
{awe! those eyes!!}, anyway…I wanted to transfer pet food to an airtight container rather than dishing out from a pet food bag. Nothing pretty about those, ya know? I love glass jars but the cat food and dog food look very similar, so cute labels are a great solution.
It’s super easy to design my labels using the Silhouette Studio and purchasing/ downloading ‘silhouette’ shapes (and extra fonts) from the Silhouette store. Most run around .99 and stay in my ‘library’ for repeated use.
Cutting the vinyl is a cinch too…just load the vinyl, set the blade and click “send to Silhouette” to cut.
Peel away the un-used/negative part of the vinyl design (also called weeding).
You’ll have a vinyl “sticker” but peeling away the letters and placing by hand for me means creating a slanted label that isn’t ‘level’ and guessing on spacing. This is where transfer paper comes in handy. It “transfers” the vinyl design while keeping the design exactly spaced/level as it shows on the paper.
How Transfer Paper Works: Simply cut a piece of transfer paper to size.
- Peel away the waxy backside (the transfer paper is the sticky/tacky paper).
- Place the transfer paper over the vinyl design you just weeded.
- Rub (I use a gift card/credit card).
- Then peel the backing away (waxy thicker paper). The design is now stuck (backward) to the transfer paper.
- Place the design/transfer paper onto the glass. Rub with a credit card.
- Peel away transfer paper. Vinyl design stays adhered to the glass.
Here’s what I whipped up in less than 30 minutes {containers are from Garden Ridge and scoops from a local commercial restaurant supply store}:
Labeled Pet Food Containers
See MORE of my Silhouette projects here.
If you’ve been waiting for the monthly promotion to get a Silhouette, now is the time!
Silhouette April Special (just use promo code “SHOWOFF” to get the discount)
Promotional Pricing Details: sale runs from 4/18-26th at Silhouette America.
- 1 Silhouette Portrait™ + 1 roll of black vinyl, 1 roll of white vinyl, and 1 roll of transfer paper: $139.99
- 1 Silhouette CAMEO® + 1 roll of black vinyl, 1 roll of white vinyl, and 1 roll of transfer paper: $269.99
- All premium vinyl bought outside of a machine bundle is 25 percent off with promotion code: SHOWOFF.
Note that the vinyl discounted in the promotion is all 9” x 10’. Also, and this is very important, vinyl is actually discounted BIG TIME. It used to cost $14.99 and is now reduced to $9.99 with an additional 25% promotional discount. I’m going to be stocking up!
How to Enter to win a Silhouette Portrait:
Giveaway runs from April 18th to the 20th. Open to US residents. Silhouette provided me with the vinyl for my project, the Silhouette Portrait for 1 lucky DIY Show Off reader and a small percentage of sales generated with the “showoff” promotional code. Thanks and GOOD LUCK!
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More to come this week:
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