Month: December 2010

Christmas Ornaments with the Kids

Christmas Ornaments with the Kids

For a kids’ craft this week, we made homemade Christmas ornaments.  Yesterday we made and baked homemade clay which we cut with cookie cutters.  Today we painted them.  Some didn’t get finished yet, but we had a good time.  My girls were very interested in 

Cutting Cling Vinyl with the Slice

Cutting Cling Vinyl with the Slice

I have had some cling vinyl (Grafix brand) for a few years and have only traced and cut it out before.  Today I tried using the Slice machine on it and it worked great!  I cut the snowman out at a full 4″ and most 

December projects

December projects

The Christmas cards are finally done and in the mail!  I worked on them every day for a week.  It’s amazing how what I think is going to be a simple card turns into so many hours of repetitive work.  30 cards x 3 ornaments 

Christmas Card 2010

Christmas Card 2010

  I’ve finally designed my Christmas card!  I received the first three cards from others in the mail today, so it’s definitely time!  I used the Silhouette to cut out the ornaments from double-sided paper by Imaginisce.  The machine cuts so cleanly that I can 

A Wedding Gift

A Wedding Gift

I just love how this project turned out!  I saw this wedding gift idea a long time ago but couldn’t find my notes, so I just did this from memory. I used an 8×10 frame and its glass.  I cut out the couple’s name in