Ringing in the New Year Blog Hop... My First Cameo Project!

Happy New Year and thanks for joining in on the

Ringing in the New Year Blog Hop! 

 

The idea behind this Hop is to bring 9 talented ladies together so they can show off inspiring projects they've made by using a "NEW" craft item.

So have ya heard of that "other" die cutting machine that starts with a S and does like a million things?  Yep- I jumped on the Silhouette Cameo bandwagon and I can honestly now say that my hubby DOES listen to me sometimes 'cause he purchased this amazing "NEW" gem for me.  (It was in my Amazon wishlist..heehee)

I still heart my Cricut machines, we've spent many hours and years together.  I feel like I'm having a die cutting machine affair though.  My Expressions seems to know it too 'cause it's beginning to act a little finicky lately.

So today, I get to share with you my FIRST ever Cameo project...Tah Dah!

What kind of Christmas present do you send to your parents that don't want anything?  A picture of there adorable grandkids made by there crafty daughter, that's what.

I purchased a natural wood frame from Hobby Lobby, stained it, distressed it with a sander and then adhered some whimsical vinyl cuts to it.  Just in case your wondering, only two of those kiddos are mine.  The other two cuties are my sister boys. 

I'll admit though, this vinyl project took me a little a longer to complete than it would if I used my old friend Cricut.  Mr. Cameo and I are still in that "awkward" relationship building stage.

 

I found my stick tree images from the Silhouette online store while I was searching out my original idea of using stick people images.  OMG's there are sooo many stick figures to choose from!  Maybe I'll cut out the whole fam now in vinyl and stick it on the back of my van...lol. 

I purchased the LD Carefree font and the smiling sun from the Silhouette store too.  The sun was a little tricky to transfer on the frame since the sunbeams are so small but boy, did Cameo cut it out like butter!

So there it is, my first Cameo creation..Yeah!.  I'm really excited to develop a deeper relationship with Mr. Cameo too.   Ahhh..pitter patter...

Since it's a New Year, how about some NEW crafty goods for you too? 

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I want to give a BIG thanks out to Jill for organizing this New Year's Blog Hop and for making me go first....yikes! 

 

 Now head over to  Shelly at My Paper Love to see what "NEW" crafty item she used.

 

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