Valentine's Day

We celebrated Valentine's Day today. I was sick the weekend before and Valentine's Day. Sometimes it isn't a good idea to plan to create the night before a holiday. I am not a procrastinator just like to plan things late. :)

I made my daughter a simple shirt.

My supplies:

White t-shirt from Target

Plaid Simply Screen Paint in Cosmopolitan (sparkly pink)

Pampered Chef pan scraper

Freezer Paper

Cricut

Gypsy for my Cricut
While sitting on my couch sick I used my Gypsy to put my design together. I love how I can see exactly where I am putting the images and where they will be cut on the mat. First I created a large heart and then filled it with lots of little hearts and the word "Love".

Then I simply hooked up the Gypsy to my Cricut, loaded a mat with freezer paper (shiny side down), and pressed cut. I created a simple stencil that I ironed onto my shirt (shiny side down). Once your stencil is ironed down you can paint.

I squeezed some paint on and used the Pampered Chef pan scraper to "squeegee" it around the stencil. I love those scrapers. They are also great when caulking.

Once you have your paint on very carefully peel away your stencil.

Ta-Da!

I let it dry for a few hours. I didn't do a super thick coat so it dried fairly quickly. Then I heat set it with my iron. I covered the shirt with a thin piece of cotton before I heat set it to be sure that I didn't mess up my iron.
I also used my Cricut to cut out 2 1/2" hearts. I put candy on the hearts and stuck them all over her door. She loved this and the shirt. She is 4 1/2 so she is pretty easy to please right now. :)