Mother's Day Soap Dispenser + A Giveaway!

 

This soap dispenser is such a quick and easy project! You've got plenty of time to make it for Mother's Day.

Cricket Vinyl Supplies was kind enough to send me some vinyl for this (and other upcoming) projects! Here's what they sent...

- 2 9" x 36" sheets of lined transfer tape

- 2 9" x 36" sheets of Transparent Glossy Vinyl (Orcal 651)

- 1 9" x 36" Light Grey Matte Vinyl (Orcal 631)

- 1 6" x 12" White Glossy Vinyl (Orcal 751)

I'm really impressed with the vinyl from Cricket Vinyl Supplies, especially with the transfer tape. Other transfer tape (from other companies) that I've used has the grid lines on the paper backing, but not on the sticky paper. Cricket Vinyl Supplies has transfer tape with grid lines on the sticky paper which makes transferring projects  and lining them up SOOOOOO much easier, in my opinion. The vinyl is also really easy to weed and work with, which is very important when crafting.

To make this soap dispenser, you'll need...

- White Glossy Vinyl (Orcal 751 - the super sticky stuff)

- Transfer Tape

-Oil/Vinegar Dispenser (I purchased mine from Wal-Mart for about $3)

I created my text in the Silhouette Studio.

I used a font called CF Jack Story (don't ask me where I downloaded it from). To fit on my dispenser, I sized it to about 4.5" x 1.7". I changed the line spacing also to make the letters closer together.

After creating it, I used my Silhouette to cut the vinyl and used the transfer tape to transfer the vinyl to the glass dispenser. Make sure to clean the glass dispenser well so that there isn't any dirt under the vinyl to keep it from sticking.

And here she is in her rightful place on the counter. I actually made two of these, one for my mom and one for me. I liked the idea so much as I was making one of her, that I decided I wanted one too!

And because I think we need more honesty in the blogging world, this is what my counter ACTUALLY looked like as I was taking pictures. Yup. Just keepin' in real. :) 

Cricket Vinyl Supplies, The Scrap Shoppe, and Someday Crafts want you to get in on the vinyl crafting action, so they're giving away a Cricut Expression Machine to one lucky person! I know I have (and advertise for) another famous craft cutter machine, but I have also done a lot of work with the Cricut machines. In fact, they were the first machine that I used, back in my days of working at Michaels. They're very easy to use and understand they have a LOT of crafting capabilities!

  

 You can find out more information about the giveaway by visiting the giveaway information at Cricket Vinyl Supplies or by watching this quick video.

  

This giveaway includes the following items:

-Cricut Expression Machine (open box, but not refurbished)
-Power Cord
-1 - 12" x 12" Cutting Mat

-1 - Cricut Plantin Schoolbook Font Cartridge
-1 - Cricut Accent Essentials Lite Cartridge
-Owners Manual
-Deep Cutting Blade
-Instructional DVD
-FREE Shipping
-10 - 12" x 12" Assorted Colors/Styles of Vinyl

-1 - 12 x 12 sheet of Transfer Tape

To enter the giveaway, just use the Rafflecopter widget below. This giveaway will be open from May 6th 2013 through May 19th, 2013. The winner will be announced May 20th, 2013. Good luck!

Also, if you already own a craft cutter and just want to get in on the vinyl cutting action, Cricket Vinyl Supplies is offering a 15% discount to all Someday Crafts readers. Just use the code "somedaycrafts" (minus the quotes) at checkout for 15% off all regular priced vinyl. This code will be good through May 31st, 2013.

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