Temporary Tattoos Silhouette June Promotion

Oh Silhouette, how I love thee, let me count the ways!    The Silhouette is my favorite  tool!  Well, let’s say it’s my favorite indoor tool! I have so much fun making things using it.   This month’s promotion is temporary tattoos.  Years ago, jamie and I were going to get tattoos together, but it never panned out, so she got one a few years ago without me. (it’s the teeniest cross on the inside of her wrist)  The guy didn’t even charge her for it because it’s so small. 

Okay, on with my post—temporary tattoos!  It amazes me that the Silhouette SD can cut out an image that you print out on YOUR printer!

I did my layout in the Silhouette program. I filled up the entire sheet so that I wouldn’t have much waste.  Look to the right and you can see the settings.

• Silhouette Temporary Tattoo Sheet
• pink cap
• double cut
• speed 3
• thickness 25

The way the Silhouette is able to cut out something you printed on your printer is with “registration marks”.  On my first sheet, I forgot to “show registration marks” so they didn’t print. 

You send it to print right through the Silhouette program, easy peasy!  (use the photo settings on your printer, glossy paper) Make sure you print on the glossy side of the white paper.

After the ink dries, you apply the adhesive sheet to the top of your printed page. In this picture I have them laying side by side so you can see which sheet is which.  Do you see the registration marks?

Peel off the little strip from the adhesive paper, then line up the two sheets. After you get them lined up, press down on the little strip, then raise the adhesive paper so you can remove the backing and apply the adhesive paper to the printed paper.

Pull the adhesive paper backing allowing it to stick to the printed paper.

Smooth it down with your scraper tool, or in my case, my aaa card.

Put that onto your carrier sheet, and load it into your machine for cutting.

It is so cool to watch your Silhouette SD “find” the images!

Gently peel the tattoos off of the carrier sheet.

Choose a tattoo to use.  Remove the shiny paper, this allows the tattoo to be a little sticky.  Apply the tattoo, holding a wet rag over the tattoo for 15-20 seconds until the paper easily slides off.

Find an oh so cute neighbor’s kid to test out your new tattoo!   Here is “J” sporting his new tatt!  

Look at that face! He’s sure going to be fighting the ladies off in a few years, don’t ya think?   You know I’ll always be honest with you, right?  I have never applied a temporary tattoo before so I used my “oops” sheet of tattoos, the one I forgot to put the registration marks on—I cut this pirate ship out with my scissors as a “test” tattoo.  When I applied it on this sweaty sticky tot, I messed up one of the flags. I felt it went pretty good since I had never done it before. Had I been wearing my glasses, I don’t think it would have happened at all.

Ya’ll know I opened a booth, right?  I signed the papers and then started moving stuff in within a couple of hours. I needed some price tags. Did I buy them or order them?  Nope! I quickly went to the Silhouette online store and purchased an image for a mere .99 cents and voila, I was in business. I made several sheets of the smaller tags, and then decided to do some larger tags for “big ticket” items!  hahaha get it? 

Are you wishing YOU had a Silhouette SD?  I wish all of my readers could get one. If you’ve ever wanted one, this might be the promotion for you!  Check out this month’s deal:

My readers will  get:

1 Silhouette SD

2 Packages Temporary Tattoo Paper

for $199 (U.S. only) ($120  in savings!)

Also, (wait for it…) 25% off all other products in the Silhouette shop (excluding gift cards and download codes)!  I know that I will be taking advantage of this sale to stock up on some supplies!

This promotion runs  today through June 29, 2011.  You do know how to get this great deal, don’t you?  Use the code REPURPOSED at checkout.   You can order from other bloggers and get the same deal, but when you order through my blog with my code, it helps me support my blog.  And…if you do that, I’m here to help you whenever you have a question about using your Silhouette.  I do not know everything about the Silhouette, but I will try to help you if you ever get stuck!

thanks!

gail

ps which tattoo should I use and where?  You can vote on the poll, and if you have a preference as to where I should put it, please leave that in a comment below.  (be kind please!)

 

What Tattoo Should gail Sport?
	Bulldog
	Blue Butterfly
	Rose
	Purple Butterfly
	Dragonfly
	Flag
	Hibiscus
	Pirate
	Pirate Ship
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