Month: April 2013

Wedding Card

Wedding Card

  Wedding season is coming upon us now that the weather is getting nicer. I’ve wanted to do a more formal 3D cake card from Crafting Creatures ever since this birthday card turned out so nicely. This time I used Silhouette double-sided adhesive with their 

Sweet 16 Card

Sweet 16 Card

I can’t believe I’m old enough to have a 16-year-old niece! Time flies when you’re having fun, I guess. I cut out the “16” from yellow paper sized slightly smaller than my card front, placed the grey striped paper onto the yellow card base, and 

Easter Lilies

Easter Lilies

  My daughter read a poem in church on Easter Sunday that involved Easter lilies, so I made these pretty paper lilies the day before as a visual aid. You can find these Easter lilies in the Silhouette store (design ID #26771), designed by the 

Life Captured

Life Captured

My scrapbook pages have been few and far between the past couple of years, so I’m happy to have completed a layout this week, thanks to the Silhouette blog and free shape of the week. I didn’t follow their layout exactly, but I did use 

Letterpress Success!

Letterpress Success!

I don’t often impulse buy, but when I found a special one-day deal on the Lifestyle Crafts L Letterpress set (replaced with this letterpress starter kit) with extras, I bought it.  The video made it look so easy and cool!  After my order was placed, 

Letterpress Thank You Cards

Letterpress Thank You Cards

I bought a Lifestyle Crafts L Letterpress bundle deal towards the end of last year, and have found a good use for it. I’ve made 75 of these letterpress thank-you cards and counting… Since I’m packaging them in sets of 25, including envelopes, I also 

Sweet Treat Bouquet

Sweet Treat Bouquet

  Here’s a fun gift my mom taught me how to make years ago. I gave these out near Valentine’s Day to a few of my neighbors, but you could do this any time for a sweet treat. I took some thin bamboo skewers, stuck 

Necklace Pocket

Necklace Pocket

My youngest daughter has a BFF (“best friend forever”) in her gradeschool class, and when she found out she was invited to her birthday party, she insisted that I get them matching BFF necklaces. We have a Children’s Place store nearby, so that was an 

Home Sweet Home Card

Home Sweet Home Card

  I made this card several weeks ago for some good friends of ours who recently moved into a new home.  I created this house by tracing some free clipart in Silhouette Studio and bulging out the sides with my point-editing tools.  I had my