Year: 2013

Season’s Greetings Card

Season’s Greetings Card

Originally posted on the Silhouette blog 12/22/2013 Today’s free shape is this group of birch trees.  Doesn’t this make a beautiful winter scene? I’ll show you how to put this card together.  First, open the birch trees shape and resize it to 5.0” x 5.0”.  

Uses for Silhouette Tattoo Paper

Uses for Silhouette Tattoo Paper

I have one more post referring to the Silhouette tattoo paper I used on this candle.  The tattoo paper is best used with a full sheet for a print & cut because of the registration marks and the need to apply an adhesive layer on 

When Projects Go Bad…

When Projects Go Bad…

Dun. Dun. Dun… You may have seen this recent project where I used Silhouette tattoo paper to decorate a candle. Well, for the sake of experimentation and frugality, I also tried the Silhouette clear sticker paper on an identical candle.  Pretty, right? Not so fast.  

Adhesive Cardstock Colors

Adhesive Cardstock Colors

  I’ve said many times that I love the Silhouette adhesive-backed cardstock. I still have every color of the older 8.5 x 11″ variety packages (and use them happily), but I love the newer colors as well. These are 12 x 12″ sheets that have 

Holiday Candle

Holiday Candle

I’m excited to show you this candle I made using the Silhouette temporary tattoo paper. It was originally featured on the Silhouette Blog, but now you can read all about it below. I love candles during the holidays!  Kelly here to share this candle I 

Neighbor & Teacher Gifts 2013

Neighbor & Teacher Gifts 2013

I decided to keep it simple this year for neighbor gifts.  I bought a big box of Orbit gum from Costco and made little wrappers for them using this Santa Suit Gum Wrapper file by Lori Whitlock.  It was made for a different type of 

Triangle-Fold Winter Card

Triangle-Fold Winter Card

(Original design team post was featured on the Silhouette blog 12/10/2013) Are you enjoying the holiday season?  Kelly here with another card appropriate for various winter occasions.  I found this cute triangle-folds card in the online store but decided to replace the cupcake that comes 

Tool Cup

Tool Cup

Have you seen these cute cups in the Silhouette online store?  Designer Samantha Walker has recently put out quite a variety of these cups.  Just search for “cup” under artist Samantha Walker in the Silhouette design store, and you should be able to see them. 

Polar Express Hat

Polar Express Hat

  It’s fun to have crafty skills to help others with their projects. My brother-in-law Jeremy Telford (a.k.a. The Balloon Guy) is playing the conductor during a “Polar Express” neighborhood Christmas party. He asked if I could make him a decal for a conductor hat, 

Silhouette Advent Calendar

Silhouette Advent Calendar

I was so excited when I found out I could decorate a Silhouette Advent Calendar for a design team project!  All of the Silhouette America design team’s advent calendars were posted on the Silhouette Blog.  It was hard to narrow down what I wanted to 

Card with Sketch Pen Tutorial

Card with Sketch Pen Tutorial

Originally posted on the Silhouette blog 11/28/2013 Kelly here!  I’m happy to be here with you again, this time for a Thursday Sketch project.  Stamped backgrounds have caught my eye lately in cards, and I think a lot of sketched shapes would make great backgrounds 

Thankful Mini Card Set

Thankful Mini Card Set

Here’s a thankful mini card set originally posted on the Silhouette Blog, which I’m now including here in its entirety. Hello!  Kelly here to share another card project with you.  Thanksgiving is quickly approaching here in the U.S. so I made a little set of 

Decorated Notebook Cover

Decorated Notebook Cover

  My daughter had a rough day last week and I knew a notebook would cheer her up, so we made this together.  I bought a lot of blank Hobby Lobby notebooks on clearance this past summer and made a Silhouette cutting file to match, 

Spooky Eyes

Spooky Eyes

O.K. I know Halloween is past for this year, but I promised to share this when I posted a sneak peak on Instagram.  This is definitely not an original idea; I saw it on Pinterest in several variations (all made from toilet paper rolls), but 

Winter Birthday Card

Winter Birthday Card

(Originally posted for the Silhouette Blog design team on 11/14/2013) In choosing a birthday card design for this chilly time of year, I opted for this adorable penguin as a focal point.  I enjoy paper piecing designs because it leaves so much room for tiny 

Christmas Card

Christmas Card

(Originally posted on the Silhouette Blog 11/4/2013) I make handmade Christmas cards every year to send to friends and relatives.  My goal is always maximum impact for minimum assembly effort.  (Never mind how many card versions I go through to find the perfect design!)  I 

Cheese!

Cheese!

  My Cameo has been helping with our Halloween costumes this year.  (Give me paper over fabric any day!)  My two daughters decided they wanted to be black cats and my youngest son wanted to be a mouse.  To continue on with the theme, they 

Baby Girl Card

Baby Girl Card

  My friend just had a sweet baby girl last week so I made her this card. There are several baby carriage shapes in the Silhouette online store, but this one just called my name. Even better, it was a great shape to use as 

A Little Reminder

A Little Reminder

  Need a simple reminder to mass produce with your Silhouette machine and pass out? I love how quick these little clipboards were to put together! I used the Clipboard by Jillibean Soup shape (ID# 30961) from the Silhouette store and turned the paper into 

Silhouette Design Team Announcement

Silhouette Design Team Announcement

I made it!!! When Silhouette announced last month that they were creating a design team, I was ecstatic! I was born to do this. 🙂 Silhouette has officially announced their fall/winter design team and I can finally share the wonderful news! I will spend the 

Science Project à la Silhouette

Science Project à la Silhouette

My 7th grade son has his first-term science project due this week. He had a few options to choose from and decided it would be fun to make a children’s book on lab safety. With a little nudge from his mom, he agreed it would 

Happy 3rd Bloggiversary!

Happy 3rd Bloggiversary!

I’m celebrating the 3rd anniversary of starting my blog today! {throwing confetti cut with my Cameo} I love what I get to do and share with you. When I started my blog I had four little kids ages 1-10, and so I named my blog 

Hexagon Card

Hexagon Card

I created this card with the hexagons back in May but never got around to sharing it until now. Today I turned it into a sympathy card, and below is what I did with it for Mother’s Day. On the upper card I placed a 

Gratitude Album

Gratitude Album

  Fall is in full swing here in the western U.S., and that means our Thanksgiving is approaching. I was asked to make a gratitude album for the Heartland Paper design team using the Basic Grey Capture album and page protectors. I must say this 

Thanksgiving Place Setting

Thanksgiving Place Setting

I made this very simple Thanksgiving place setting today. If I’m going to be making these for our very large family gathering, easy is good. Thanks to my Silhouette, these can be whipped out in practically no time! The simple act of inking the edges