Fun with My YuDu!

-
On Thursday, Michael's had the best price I have ever come across on the YuDu - reg. $299, it was on sale for $99. I made up my mind that I would sacrifice something this month & get it.

I made a call to the nearest Michael's & found out they had two left. I took a "lunch break" and headed out to the store.

The box was alot larger than I thought it would be. I had worked with the YuDu last summer, but never saw one boxed. Because it was so big, it stayed boxed in the livingroom until the weekend when I had time to figure out where to put my new toy... I mean investment ;)

I found a link to a video where the creative crafter used vinyl on the underside of her screen instead of hassling with the emulsion. I figured that would be a great way to try a few things out without wasting my emulsion & permanently setting my screen (there's no emulsion remover in the box - what's up with that ProvoCraft?)

I also found that the YuDu brand paint was a little expensive. Heading to the internet again, I did a little research & found that the paint needed to be waterbased & designed for screenprinting. So, I decided to venture over into the t-shirt section of Joann & see what the price difference was... Well, PC sells the YuDu paint (3 oz.) for about $7.99-$10.99 per bottle & Plaid Simply Screen (2 oz.) is $2.99. So, since I was under budget constraints, I decided to give it a try <-- I'll come back on Thursday & do a little comparison for my Thursday Test.


I like the projects I did so far - baby blankets for a friend's baby shower & "matching shirts" for me and my daughter.


Stay tuned this week for more adventures with the YuDu!

(Don't forget I still have Cricut Cartridges up for grabs - send your friends over for more chances to win!)

Comments

  1. MelissaApril 10, 2011 at 9:25 PM

    I got a Yudu too! Mine is still in the box though... My friend Laurie that has one suggested to me to purchase Speedball Screen Printing Ink which can be purchased at Hobby Lobby and just so happens to be on sale starting tomorrow for 30% off in the artist supply section.

    The baby blankets with name and birthdate are a great idea!

    Would love for you to share any good links you come across for when I decide to break mine out of the box. :)

    Melissa
    www.disneydreamerdesigns.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  2. Trish and TreasureApril 10, 2011 at 10:47 PM

    Hi, I'm just popping in to meet you. I'm a new follower and I'm here on the Love Link Up Party from K Andrews.Have a great day and love this project. Hope to see you over at mine!
    Hugs from Gold Coast, Australia
    Trish Munro
    http://trishandtreasure.blogspot.com/

    ReplyDelete
  3. jengdApril 10, 2011 at 11:14 PM

    Great projects! I'm thinking I should have visited Michaels on Thur. Phoo. :) Popping in from the Getting Cricky hop.

    ReplyDelete
  4. keshapoohApril 10, 2011 at 11:21 PM

    Great projects, Thanks for sharing. I'm stopping by to share some love from the love link up party and I'm a new follower.

    ReplyDelete
  5. lovemypaperApril 10, 2011 at 11:22 PM

    Hello great projects I'm a new follower from the love link up party. Just stopping in to say hello you have a lovely blog!

    ReplyDelete
  6. JulieKApril 11, 2011 at 9:11 AM

    Thanks for stopping by my blog. I am now following you!! I would have loved to get the Yudu also, but no luck finding it at my Michaels. :(

    ReplyDelete
  7. SherriC.April 13, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    great projects.......TFS!!!!

    Brodiec88 at hotmail dot com

    ReplyDelete

New comments are not allowed.

Popular posts from this blog

It's that Time! The Pursuit for 250 Followers!

-
Image
I have a plan & I need your help to make it happen. I am on a journey to reach 250 followers. I promised that when I reached 250 followers, I would give away a Cricut cartridge. Well, I am holding to that promise & I am taking it up a notch. SO FAR , I have 2 cartridges to give away - brand new, in the package, reward points in tact, never synced to a Gypsy. So, the plan is this - when I reach 250 followers , I will use a giant bowl (easiest method with all the entries I hope to get) to pick the lucky winner who will get to choose which of the 2 cartridges they would like to have. If I reach 350 followers in that same week , I will pick another winner and they will get to have the other cartridge. Sounds fair enough right? So how do you win? 1. You must be a follower of my blog - that's the whole point of all of this right? 2. Leave a comment on this post to let me know that you are supporting me in my quest to 250 followers. But, I think these things work
Read more

Using all the Cricut Cartridge Images - even the catridges you don't have!

-
Image
A little while ago I figured out a way to utilize the entire Cricut cartridge library without owning all of the cartridges. I posted a few pictures & promised to come back with the details – and here they are! … interested in hearing more? Well read on to learn how to get this wonderful Elmo image & many more! To do this wonderful trick, you start with your desired image in Design Studio. Here, I am working with an Elmo image from Sesame Street Friends. Here is the base for Elmo. I right-clicked on the mat to change the preview color to black. I added a layer (reordering it to be placed in front of the base layer by right-clicking and selecting "Page Order") using the "Body/White" function key to add Elmo's fur. I changed the preview color to red. On that same function, I pressed the shift key to add Elmo's eyes. Placing this layer in front of the others and changing the preview color to white. I added a 4 th layer (using page order to "Bring
Read more

Happy February: Angie's Paper Passion's 50th Birthday Blog Hop

-
Image
This has been a craft filled month! For the third time this month, I am in a blog hop! This time to celebrate BIRTHDAYS! Since, I celebrated my own birthday last weekend, I thought this was a great hop to be a part of... and Angie, a friend from the Cricut Demo Army, is celebrating her 50th birthday, so I had to join in! Happy Birthday Angie! If you are here for Angie's Paper Passion's 50th Birthday Blog Hop and you have just come from visiting Janice at http://www.cricutconfessions.com/ , then you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to http://angiespaperpassion.blogspot.com/ and start at the beginning. On to my project... For this hop, I created a card. I used my Cricut Expression & my Gypsy along with the Heritage (50th), New Arrival (card base), & Cake Basics (flowers and circle ring) cartridges. I went to my stash and found patterned paper by Martha Stewart an
Read more