Month: January 2011

Who Likes Unicycles?

Who Likes Unicycles?

Here’s a card and a mobile I made for my brother with the Silhouette using the print and cut features.  The unicycle comes as a cut design, but I didn’t want to cut and then glue all the tiny little pieces, especially multiple times for 

Butterfly Frame

Butterfly Frame

I made this frame to hang in my girls’ room.  The 8×10 frame was only $3 and I designed the background with embedded butterflies using pretty much the same techniques as in my monogram tutorial.  I really like this look, and I love to touch 

Tutorial:  Valentines with Welded Words

Tutorial: Valentines with Welded Words

I’ve been spending a lot of time on the Silhouette Blog and the Flickr group for Silhouette, and it’s obvious there are a lot of questions out there.  I wish I could just spread all my knowledge I’ve learned about the Silhouette the past couple 

Fuzzy Vinyl Monogram Tutorial

Fuzzy Vinyl Monogram Tutorial

I am so thrilled to show you this!  This is the project I worked on in December before getting to my Christmas cards.  This is fuzzy vinyl on a glass 8×8″ shower block.  I finally made one for myself. My sister-in-law wanted to make these 

Lots of Layers

Lots of Layers

I made this birthday card for my wonderful mother-in-law who enables my crafty habits.  She’s been letting me use her Slice machine, so I made her this card using the Basic Elements Pink design card with the Slice.  I added a lot of flower layers, 

Bookmarks using the Silhouette

Bookmarks using the Silhouette

I got out the Silhouette again today after a great tutorial on the Silhouette Blog.  I made bookmarks for two of my kids using the modify tools.  It really is great being able to edit and combine shapes to make unique projects that aren’t limited