Showing posts with label Fall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fall. Show all posts

Farmhouse Style Foam Pumpkins Decorated With Vinyl


Quick Tips:
  • Use 651.  You could also use 631, which is temporary, but the 651 is thicker and a bit easier to use on these.
  • Apply your design from the middle out, pressing the design into the grooves of the pumpkin as you work out to the edge.
  • If you are using rows of text, cut them into smaller sections rather than trying to apply the entire design at once.
  • More Ideas For Decorating Foam Pumpkins With Vinyl - https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/09/ideas-for-decorating-pumpkins-with-vinyl.html

Applying The Vinyl
Scroll to the bottom of this post for  step by step of the fonts and images used for this design.

Weed your design, apply transfer tape (I like the clear contact paper from the Dollar Tree)
Then apply the design to the pumpkin. 

Start from the middle and work out, pressing the design into the creases of the pumpkin as you work.  The vinyl does not always stick quick and fast  - you may have to work slowly and press repeatedly, removing the transfer tape slowly.

Once the transfer tape is removed, rub over the design again with a soft cloth, making sure all of the vinyl is firmly attached to the pumpkin.  It takes about 3 days for the vinyl to "seal" and be permanent.

 This is a painted pumpkin - I bought a bunch or orange ones on clearance a few years ago, and painted a few of them white.  This is Smoky Beige Krylon spray paint.

More Tips For Applying Vinyl To Pumpkins
https://brooklynberrydesigns.com/vinyl-monogram-pumpkin

The Designs

Truckenmiller - Font is Starfish


For this pumpkin, it's a monogram on one side, and this Halloween design on the back.
This makes it easy to flip it around for the week of Halloween, and back to the monogram for the rest of fall, through Thanksgiving.

This basic design is one I use a lot here on the farm.
The idea is from a flour sack from the Truckenmiller mill that is framed on our living room wall.  
It's pretty simple to create, although I would not recommend using the font I used for "welcome".  The extra stringy shadow pieces on the letter are very difficult to work with, especially on a project like this.

Welcome - Font is Algerian (Tricky to work with - easier in htv )

Star is from the shapes option in Design Space

Goats (sometimes I use cows) are a silhouette I downloaded and cleaned up
I simply go to google, type "goat silhouette" and search by images, to find one I like.

Lines are from the shape option in Design Space.
 Make a rectangle, unlock it, and make it thin. 
Repeat that, making the second one thinner.  Duplicate both lines for the bottom.

Hickory Springs Farm  - Font  is Brush Script MT
 (I use Fontlab Pad for proper spacing, don't forget to weld.)

D.W. Truckenmiller - Font is Rockwell Condensed

Watsontown Pa - Font is Agency FB

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Looking for more ideas for vinyl on foam pumpkins?
 Glow in the dark, paint pour, Rae Dunn inspired - and more!
https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/09/ideas-for-decorating-pumpkins-with-vinyl.html

 
A Wedding Version
https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/09/wedding-themed-pumpkin-decorations-made.html


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Where To Find Free Farmhouse Style Svgs

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Find More Cricut Project Tutorials Here:

https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/04/cricut-step-by-step-project-tutorials.html

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Wedding Themed Pumpkin Decorations Made With Cricut

A Wedding Themed Foam Pumpkin 

These were gifts for my neices bridal shower.  We have had a lot of family weddings in the fall, so I have made a few of these pumpkins.  For this one, I used an exacto knife to cut off the top, and added silk flowers
  • Foam Pumpkin From Michaels
  • 651 vinyl

The decoration on the top and bottom is called a laurel
Find Free Laurel SVGS here





 You can right click on this and save as, then upload to design space and use the eraser tool to remove the background.

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https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/07/free-wedding-svgs.html


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Fall Throw Pillows With Cricut

Throw pillows continue to be one of my favorite projects!  Unfortunately, I made these without taking notes, but I attempted to gather the free svgs, and design elements, that I used to create these, and list them below.
These pillow cases are SUPER easy to sew.  Four simple seams!  
https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/03/how-to-sew-simple-envelope-pillow-cases.html

This is one of the first fall pillows I made - and I bought that svg off etsy and customized it.  Since then, I have found two very similar FREE svgs that you can use instead - 

Remember that with an svg, you can always delete the extra elements, add new elements, and change the text and colors, to change these for any season!

To remove the date on the pumpkin truck, ungroup, ungroup, ungroup.  Then use contour

Free SVG From LoveSvg



I cannot find the exact flourishes I used top and bottom here, and I did not save this project.

The banner is from the KG Flavor & Frames Font - these fonts (there are 6 or 8 now) are my favorites for extras like this!  https://www.dafont.com/kg-flavor-and-frames.font

Simply type your text (in this case Family Farm) and attach to the text to the banner.  It will work the same as slice.






This was a freebie at some point -  but it's $3.49 now

It would be pretty simple to collect similar free elements and make your own version of this!

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Christmas Throw Pillows

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An Index Of Free SVGS & Projects For Fall

https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2020/08/crafting-with-fields-of-heather-in-fall.html

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3D Paper Turkey - A Cricut Project





This is a great Thanksgiving project for kids - it's pretty quick and easy to make!


 Cliff Notes:

  • Made with free shapes, all included in the step by step below.
  • Cardstock is from the packs at Michaels that are often for sale 4 for $10.  About 9 sheets of brown, 1 of black, 2 of orange, and a scrap of yellow for the beak
  • I used an elmers glue pen and a glue stick (but there are probably better options... those are just what I had on hand)

By Step:



It's easy to find a scalloped circle and upload it to design space.  For this project, I looked to see what is already in design space, and after searching for "scalloped circle" and filtering by free, I found this blue one that looks to be perfect for this project.  It has a green a on it, which is supposed to signify "free for access members", but I am NOT an access member.  I do not pay anything to use design space.  And this circle was still free for me.  If it is no longer free when you try to make this (the free items change regularly, but I suspect that since this is a basic shape, it may always be free) it is still very simple to google "scalloped circle" and upload one.
 
You can right click on these to download them, upload them to design space, cleaning them up, and then resize them to 3 wide and 6 high.  Cut 6 of each.

Using the same scalloped circle from earlier, unlock the size, resize it to 2 wide by 3 high to make it an oval, and cut 7 of them, for the head.

Make another copy of the feather insert, and size this one to 2 wide by 4 high.    This will be the waddle.

Right click on the image above (for the beak), save as, then upload it to design space, clean it up, and size it to 
W 2.782 H 0.783

Using the shape tool, add a circle.  Resize it to .05 and duplicate it - for the eyes.

This is what my design space looked like before I clicked on make it.
  • 6 large scalloped circles for the body
  • 6 feather backs (brown)
  • 6 feather "inserts" (orange)
  • 1 resized feather insert for the waddle
  • 1 beak
  • 7 scalloped ovals for the head
  • 2 0.5 circles for the eyes (black)

 Since I was using 8.5x 11 sheets of paper, I spent some time moving images around and attaching them, to fit the most on each page.  It took a few minutes, but wasn't too hard.

 After I put this together, I decided he needed a hat.  

 For The Hat

  • 1 circle 2.5
  • 1 circle 3
  • 1 rectangle 2 x 4.5

Assembling The Turkey

 Fold each of the scalloped circles in half.  Glue the outside sides together - leaving the center of the "taco" open.


Once they were all attached, I laid them flat and cut straight across the bottom so the body would sit flatter.

Repeat the same process for the head.  Include cutting the straight edge, if you want to add the hat.


Add the beak and eyes.  I struggled a lot with the beak and still think there's a better design..  but this is what I did:


Glue the inserts to the feathers

Add the feathers to the middle of the body.  Leave space in the middle (at the top) so there is room to attach the head.


For the hat, roll the rectangle, attach to make a tube, and add the small circle to the top, larger circle on the bottom.


Add the waddle in the middle of the body - and you are all done!

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