On a recent trip to Walmart (waiting patiently for the new Lites to come in!) I found those large 18 gallon tubs with the string handles for $6 each. They have them in blue, red, yellow and green. I got the twitch when I walked by and knew they would be wonderful with vinyl on them. I needed a birthday present for a soon to be 3-year-old and thought of all the toys the family has in their home. I made a quick call to the family to make sure it would have a place for it and to find out what the birthday boy is in to these days and bought that bucket!
Once I got it home I started planning a racing themed bucket for my gift. I printed and cut all the vinyl using my Imagine machine and it goes on so nice. I used:
- Plantin Schoolbook for all the lettering: Roly Poly & italics
- Everyday Paper dolls for the cars and flags.
- The base Imagine Images for the circles and all the fill in colors.
I wanted two of the flags to be checkered flags so I hand colored them. I tried a few tests with different markers and ended up using Permapaque markers. They did not smear to the touch quickly.
I can not wait to give this bucket to the birthday boy. A totally awesome, hand-made gift for about $10 dollars (the adhesive vinyl was $10 for 5 sheets and I used 2 pieces). I have a feeling I will be heading back to Walmart to get some more of these buckets as other gifts!! Enjoy and as always comments are welcomed! Here is my final product! Very pleased.
I also wanted to mention that this is being posted to a fun link-up party. Made It Myself Mondays. The button to get to this great site will always be sitting on the side of my posts!!
Another wonderful idea! I may have to borrow this one too.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is awesome!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome project!!!! Just so much fun!
ReplyDeleteGreat Project LB thanks for sharing. Thanks too for the great comment you left on my blog.
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Deanne
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Wonderful idea. Never would have guessed that was printable vinyl.
ReplyDeleteJust adorable! Love it!
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Awesome! I just love what you did with the bucket! How much fun for the little one "who will I'm sure love putting his toys away now!"
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Great job! I love the design and color combination - which is not so easy to do when you first start working with vinyl. If you're interested, I can direct you to a few places where you can get a lot of vinyl for a fraction of the price that you pay for Cricut brand vinyl (one of them is PC's supplier). - Have a great day! - Sabrina
ReplyDeleteWhat a great and useful gift! I'm sure Charlie is going to love it, especially since it is personalized for him. Great job!
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Awesome! Love the bright colors.
ReplyDeleteReally cute! What a thoughtful and original gift.
ReplyDeleteThis turned out awesome! What a cute idea! I've never worked with vinyl before, but I may have to give it a try! :)
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Aw man - this is what I needed that orange bucket for! My Walmart has these in orange and I wanted to get one but I didn't know what for! :) This would have been a perfect post for your blog hop! Can't wait! I'm working on mine this week. I have my idea and my papers, just need to do it!
ReplyDeleteVery cute!
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Great project!!! Thanks for joining us at Patches of Pink!
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How cute! What a wonderful gift for someone. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Patches of Pink!
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