Vinyl Wall Art

A friend of my daughter in law is having a new baby boy. The room is decorated so cute with car logos and license plates. We did a vinyl VolksWagon Logo and it turned out super cute.

Wall Art

Well did some experimenting today and so happy with the results. I used Edwardian Script Font and layed out this quote. Cut it on white vinyl and mounted it on the wall.

Christmas Wagons

Well, I asked my grandson what he wanted for Christmas about a month ago. "Well Mimi, let me think about it." Later he came back and told me that he would like a little wagon. Not a big one but a little one that he could use when he digs. He loves to work outside digging for worms.

Well, I thought how hard could that be........boy was I wrong. I bought the little wagon I had about 5 years ago. I looked everywhere. All I could find was wagons about 12" x 7"......too little. I was looking for something around 24" x 12". Well I should have known to just "google" I finally found the wagons. What I was looking for was called Tot Wagons. I found them from Morgan Cycle. I ordered them and had them within a week. I was pretty excited too, they were plain red, which meant I could decorate.......so, here's what you start with.

Two unassembled Morgan Cycle Tot Wagons.


First I used the Robo Master software that comes with my Craft Robo and designed decals for the side and back of the wagons. I used the dingbat font "Vehicle decals flame art". I designed flames for the side of the wagon and then added the boys names to each wagon.


The back of the wagons have the boys' last names on them. The wagons turned out super cute. I can't wait until they get them for Christmas.

Halloween Treats

Here's a special little halloween treat container that I made with my craft robo. Have I told you how much I love this little machine.

All of the cut outs are dingbat fonts that I cut out with black vinyl. They work fantastic on the craft robo. The hardest part of this whole project was finding the candy corn. Can you believe it!

Baby Shower Accessories

Ok I know I start every posting about my craft robo this way but did I tell you how much I love this tool. This is the best scrapbooking investment I have ever made. Here's my most recent. I had a girlfriend ask me to help make baby shower invitations. She wanted a baby bottle. I purchased this baby bottle and made a few modifications to it. I'm sure you realize this but the black background wasn't part of the card, only used it so the bottle would show up on the scan.


I also had another baby shower that I did and made some accesories. I also found some clip art and added the babies name. I love the feature of print and cut that you can do with the robo. You print out the clip art and then feed it through the craft robo and it cuts it out for you.

A fantastic designer at paperthreads.com, Jen Adkins, had a free file and that's how I made the pacifier.


I glued the baby bottles and pacifiers on to candy. A really cute accent.


I cut out letters on my robo of the baby's name and made a fun table decoration by hanging the letters on ribbon with mini clothes pins. The mommy and daddy to be loved it and decorated the baby's room with it.

Candle Holder

I previously decorated a glass candle holder with my Craft Robo. Well, it worked perfect for the wedding shower but it was the wrong color for the rehearsal dinner. We decided to change the color to a "hot pink" which will match perfectly. The font is Lauren Script and the flowers are from the Silhouette CD Wildflower. I actually took one flower from the CD and made 2 others in different sizes.

Craft Robo not just for Scrapbooking

Have I told you how much I love my craft robo. It is so versitile. I've used it for everything from making layouts, decorating my daughters wedding, to making cards. Today, I used it to decorate my centerpieces for a wedding shower. I started with a plain glass candle holder. I then cut a red heart and vinyl lettering from red vinyl and applied to the glass. I gotta tell you, it was a huge hit. So much so my sister is using them for the rehearsal dinner.


Heart is from the Silhoette Sweetheart Portfolio CD and the font is Lauren Script, one of my favorite.

I Did It --- I Did It

Having a little more time to play with my craft robo I decided to try and convert a cute jpg file to a file that could be printed and then cut on the craft robo. Keep in mind that a Silhouette uses the same software and you should be able to follow the same instructions.

I was successful and it is so simple.

I can't take credit for it. Click HERE for the directions.

First of all I downloaded a file from PC Crafter. They have some adorable clip art.

Next I followed the directions and here is my results.





I have a little bit more experimenting and learning to do and I definite can see that I need a new blade too. This poor machine has had a lot of abuse during my learning process. I'm just so excited that I had to post.

Craft Robo / Silhouette

I'm so excited. My friend Deb has just purchased a Silhouette and it has gotten me inspired to pull out my Craft Robo and start learning more about it. The Scrapbook Page actually has free classes on how to use it. The Craft Robo is identical to the Silhouette. If you didn't see a label they would look identical. They also use the same software.

I've had my Craft Robo about 2 years and have done very little with it. Sorry, but last year was a crazy year and time just got away from me. What I have done was fairly easy to do and it is a fantastic tool.

I've added some likes to my side panel on where I go to get free files. There are 1,000s of files out there and there are lots of yahoo groups that you can join that have gsd files to share. As soon as I get a little organized I will post some of mine that I have created and I would be happy to share my files with you.