Hey Y'all from South Carolina
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 3:10 pm
This is a “Who I Am” post. Don't let the title fool ya...I'm originally from the Jersey Shore and now retired on the shores of South Carolina, so y'all is more fun to type than for me to say it...LOL. I am a homebody and a crafter which seems to be a perfect fit for me, but I do love my sandy beach's and ocean.
I needed a little church for a scene I was doing inside a large decorative fish bowl for Christmas.....and there it began. While searching for some patterns I have traveled the roads of Big Indoor Trains, Little Glitter House’s, Papa Ted’s and of course to here, Cardboard Christmas Forum...oh and also found Lucy's blog and on Facebook. I have made several of the little houses from here (thanks Howard...the pack o fun's), one or two from Lucy's blog site, I have a Tim Holtz die and made two of his and I think I have one or two from the Silhouette Store...which I have the smaller Silhouette cutting machine called the Portrait. I have been turning the patterns into cutting files for my machine. When I look into the how-to reduce of pixels to 800 for pictures I will gladly post some them.
I do have my first question, I was able to download and get some windows printed on acetate at Office Depot, but I would love to know where I can buy just plain red to make my own. Tim Holtz dies and some of the other patterns I have are larger windows and doors and it would just be easier for me to make them. So my question is: What are you using? Acetate? Vellum? Mylar? I have no idea what to look up or where to buy it from. I know Lucy uses some form of acetate? and inks them red...I got the red and yellow ink but not the material. I tried overhead projection material, made for inkjets... but it just would not dry. (Which truly baffled me..why say "for inkjet" if you can't inkjet them???) LOL
Enough for now,
Jeanne
I needed a little church for a scene I was doing inside a large decorative fish bowl for Christmas.....and there it began. While searching for some patterns I have traveled the roads of Big Indoor Trains, Little Glitter House’s, Papa Ted’s and of course to here, Cardboard Christmas Forum...oh and also found Lucy's blog and on Facebook. I have made several of the little houses from here (thanks Howard...the pack o fun's), one or two from Lucy's blog site, I have a Tim Holtz die and made two of his and I think I have one or two from the Silhouette Store...which I have the smaller Silhouette cutting machine called the Portrait. I have been turning the patterns into cutting files for my machine. When I look into the how-to reduce of pixels to 800 for pictures I will gladly post some them.
I do have my first question, I was able to download and get some windows printed on acetate at Office Depot, but I would love to know where I can buy just plain red to make my own. Tim Holtz dies and some of the other patterns I have are larger windows and doors and it would just be easier for me to make them. So my question is: What are you using? Acetate? Vellum? Mylar? I have no idea what to look up or where to buy it from. I know Lucy uses some form of acetate? and inks them red...I got the red and yellow ink but not the material. I tried overhead projection material, made for inkjets... but it just would not dry. (Which truly baffled me..why say "for inkjet" if you can't inkjet them???) LOL
Enough for now,
Jeanne