Month: March 2015

New CAMEO USB port

New CAMEO USB port

I bought the new CAMEO 2 recently, and I must say I love it every bit as much as my original CAMEO 1. This is the one released late in 2014 with the large LCD touchscreen instead of buttons. I’ve been happily using mine for 

Thank You Card for Guys

Thank You Card for Guys

  What kind of a card do you make for the men in your life? Or even the men that are only acquaintances? That’s often a tough one. Here’s a card I made for a friend of my husband who surprised us the other night 

Umbrella Mobile

Umbrella Mobile

Here’s a cute fabric and paper mobile I created to celebrate spring! This is my 51st and final project for the Silhouette America design team. After two terms, I’m taking a break. (But you’ll still find plenty of Silhouette inspiration and instruction here on my 

Big, Deep Breath.

Big, Deep Breath.

I did it. I submitted my last scheduled design-team post to Silhouette last night. 51 projects in 18 months. And that was right after 2 1/2 years of design-team work and teaching Silhouette classes for a local scrapbook store.  Nearly four years of creative deadlines, 

Multi-Color Heat Transfer Tutorial

Multi-Color Heat Transfer Tutorial

I meant to share a more detailed tutorial on this multi-color, flocked heat-transfer project that was featured as a design-team post in February. My, how time flies! The original, condensed version of this post was featured on the Silhouette blog. Here are more details to 

“Spring” Shamrock Arrangement

“Spring” Shamrock Arrangement

I’m spotlighting the free design of the week on the Silhouette America blog today with this cute shamrock arrangement.  I made my own springy stems with floral wire and used gold glitter heat transfer material for some accents. Here’s the post as it originally appeared 

Girls Camp Pillow Treats: Candy Tubes

Girls Camp Pillow Treats: Candy Tubes

These are some of the “pillow treats” I made for our LDS Young Women’s girls camp last summer that I never got around to sharing.  I have a couple more to share with you soon. I found the quote by President Thomas S. Monson on 

Springtime Branches

Springtime Branches

Here’s a fun project to bring springtime into your home. A few simple paper blossoms added to real branches are a nice eye-catching display for springtime branches.  My family all did a double-take and had to check this out more closely to see if they