For the first day, I thought I would show something so simple and so beautiful to dress up your house for the Christmas season. A holiday charger! It was one of the projects from the Nutcrackers in November challenges at the Make the Cut forum. The only requirement really (there’s that word again) was that the project had to be done using the Make the Cut software. I had never decorated a charger before. I had seen them, love them but thought it was going to be too hard to do. I didn’t want to fuss with trying to wrap the text around a plate, let alone if the design had swirls. I always do everything crooked. It drives my husband crazy. Everything always looks so straight to me when I make it but it turns out I placed whatever it was all lop-sided.
With the text to wrap function in Make the Cut, it is a piece of cake. All I had to do was make a 9″ circle with the basic shapes and grab my text (which I already brought to the mat) and hold the control button along with the left mouse button. When the cursor changes, let go of both keys and the text will wrap around your shape. Fix the text, how it looks best to you, in the settings, hit OK and it’s done. Then just delete the circle.
One thing you have to remember is when you bring your text in, make sure it is split by glyph or it won’t wrap nicely. With the wrap to text feature, I can make a few of these babies in a day. I used white matte outdoor vinyl with just plain contact paper as transfer tape. The second charger is for my mother-in-law (who forgot it at my house on Thanksgiving!). You can’t tell very well by the picture but it is a reddish-orange color. So pretty.
Since I made the Boughs of Holly file myself, it will be at the end of this post after the giveaway information to download if you would like. Hope you enjoyed my little project, come back tomorrow to see what else I have for you. Now the really (this is getting ridiculous) good stuff, the giveaway.
First, I would like to thank our lovely hostess of the hop – Belinda of Bee’s Hive O’ Drama. She also has provided my prize from her little patch of SVG heaven here on the interwebs – SVGs by Bee.
Now on to your next blop – it’s the adorable Melanie of In Love with a Bug. Be sure to show her some love! Oh, before I forget, if you wanted the Deck the Halls design, just visit my Die-Cuts page. It is all the way toward the bottom.
Have a great day and happy crafting!
Wow Becki..i love ,love,love it!!!
Came to admire after getting my post up and now drooling,lol!
Have a great day.
Tracy
xxx
I love those chargers! They really do add so much to the holiday decor, and they are so elegant. Your file is beautiful! Thanks for sharing it.
I don’t know why I hadn’t liked your FB page before! Liked now. Thanks!
Becki! Soooo pretty! Thanks for sharing your file.
Jamie
http://oohlalapaperie.blogspot.com
Already ‘like’ you on FB! =)
Jamie
http://oohlalapaperie.blogspot.com
Becki – These plates are fabulous! I am so impressed with your SVG/MTC skills! These are great for gifts! So happy to be in this hop with you too! Hugs, Melanie
I love your FB page too!
Love love love! What a great Daughter in-law! I will be picking your brain about tutorials on mtc VERY soon…after the crazy stops-you are just such a great artist!
Wow, these are beautiful. They look so festive, too. Great job. Thanks for sharing.
I remember you chargers from the challenges at the Make the Cut Forum. Beautiful!
One of my favorite holiday memories is taking our son for a ride to see all the holiday lights and for him not to be afraid. He is a special needs child and is so afraid of the dark. 2 years ago, he finally enjoyed the lights without being afraid.
Those are absolutely awesome Becki!! Love, love this. I haven’t dared trying vinyl so far, but I am so tempted!… 😉
very pretty project…i am a follower and my favorite memory would have to be the day my parents surprised me with a super grover and it made me laugh for a VERY LONG TIME…:) lindaplusthree at yahoo dot com
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I am also a follower on FB…:) lindaplusthree at yahoo dot com
Oh my goodness, these are both amazing. I just love them. Thanks for sharing the file.
I am also following you on Facebook.
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Thank you so much for sharing the file. I am gonna go cut it soon.
Now a follower of your blog and also of Jesus. 🙂 Also a homeschool mom of one soon to be graduate. 🙂 Cannot wait for that !!! Been married for 30 years on Dec. 18th.
One of my memories is when my sister and I got new bikes for Christmas. They were large bikes which was hard to handle but I remember riding it that very morning.
Merry Christmas to All.
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Becki, these are so beautiful! I especially adore the second one with the holly! I already follow you :). Would you believe that I have rolls of vinyl and never thought to use the stuff?
Now this is inspiration! TFS!
((Hugs))
Cher
I love what you’ve created with this charger. I am already a follower of your blog. Thanks for the inspiration. Judy stampinjudy2@yahoo.com
I just “liked” you on FB. Judy stampinjudy2@yahoo.com
This is a great project. Thanks for all the instructions on how to wrap text and all in MTC. I love the program and just have not tried to do that yet. I am a new follower. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com
Love your project!!!
You’re welcome and thank you ladies for the sweet comments!