Baby Gift (Vinyl)

A friend of mine just had a baby girl.  She is one of my daycare moms and I am so excited to have a girl coming!!!  We are boy heavy over here!  I have been wanting to make one of these Baby Subway Art Frames for a while now.

I found this float frame at Michaels on sale.  I removed the pictures and used goo gone to get rid of the sticky residue from the tape that held the pictures on the glass as well as the price tag.  I never understood why they put sticky labels on glass!!!

The dimension of this frame is 6" x 12", but the inner glass measures 5.5" x 11.5".

I put a rectangle on my mat sized to 5.5" x 11.5".

I opened a new Layer (while leaving the rectangle visible) and started putting some words and numbers on my mat.  I typically try out a couple of different fonts before I find what I want.

I ended up using Nursery Rhyme for: Mackenzie, Marie, and It's a Girl.

I used Plantin' Schoolbook for:  7pounds 9 oz and 21.5 inches.

I used Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art for:  October 9, 2013.

I used the settings 3-3-3 for a kiss cut for my vinyl (Speed 3, Pressure 3 and Blade Depth 3).

Here are my tips for creating you own Subway Art:

Play with several types and sizes of fonts

Look at Pinterest for different ideas

If you need a comma or period, sometimes you need to use the semi colan and hide the piece you don't need

If you don't have a float frame, hot glue the glass to the back of the frame

Cut with paper first - especially if you only have one piece of vinyl to work with!

I used Cricut Transfer Tape to transfer the vinyl onto the glass then assembled the frame.

I sometimes use clear contact paper from the dollar store instead of transfer tape as it is not as sticky as the regular contact paper.  If I used regular contact paper, I "dirty" it up first by sticking it on my jeans so it is not super sticky.

Square 1 Subway Art

I used Square 1 Masterpiece Repositionable Adhesive Backed Fabric for this project.  One of the benefits of this product is that it can be removed and re-used.  You can find out more about this amazing product and/or order some HERE.

I really like subway art and wanted to make some for my in-home daycare.

I found two different subway art posters, one for every day and another for birthdays.  I purchased a hard canvas sized 8x10 at Michaels to adhere the subway art to.  

I plan on adding to my Subway Art collection for holidays as well.  I found these on Pinterest and you can find them HERE and HERE.

I printed them out onto a sheet of Adhesive Backed Fabric and let them dry a few minutes.

The "Let Children Play" image had a blue border around it so I used my paper trimmer to trim it down.

I stuck it down on the center of the canvas.  

I then peeled it off and put it back onto the paper backing.

I trimmed the "Happy Birthday" image a little too short on the bottom.

In order to fix this, I just stuck it down on my paper trimmer and trimmed off the top!!

Worked like a charm!!!  I then peeled it off my paper cutter and put it back on my canvas.

This looked a little bare so.....

I added some tulle!!

I switched back the "Let Children Play" art and displayed it in the daycare kitchen.

I am having fun exploring this product!!!  You can use (and re-use) it in many ways!!

I am linking this up at Pink Cricut's Link Up Party!