Month: July 2011

Sketch Pens by Chomas Creations

Sketch Pens by Chomas Creations

I’ve been using sketch designs for the Silhouette again, and this time with some new sketching pens!  Amy Chomas from Chomas Creations asked me to try out her sketch pens, and they are fun!  Two sets are available:  a 10-pack of glitter and a 10-pack 

Tutorial:  Dingbat Fonts into Embellishments Using the Silhouette

Tutorial: Dingbat Fonts into Embellishments Using the Silhouette

Here’s the tutorial I promised!  (Sorry it’s taken a while, but my July this year has been as busy as any Christmas season.) For those of you with a Silhouette machine, you probably know you can use any True Type font (.ttf) on your computer 

It’s in the Details

It’s in the Details

Remember this little girl?  I’m glad I cut extras the other day, because my daughter needed a card to go with a birthday gift for her friend’s Hawaiian-themed birthday party.  The birthday girl wears glasses and since I had extra sunglasses cut out but not 

Dutch Oven Cookbook Mini Album

Dutch Oven Cookbook Mini Album

This dutch oven cookbook mini album is what I’ve been working on lately. It turned into quite the adventure as I chose to do this album almost exclusively with the Silhouette machine, and my poor old Silhouette decided it was not going to cooperate with 

Happy Birthday, Nichole!

Happy Birthday, Nichole!

I used three Silhouette weekly freebie shapes in this project: the sun, the background polka dots, and the tire swing.  The sunglasses are also a Silhouette shape I’ve used several times (including kid-sized for my kids to play with).  The cute little girl stick figure 

Design Diva Submissions

Design Diva Submissions

I met my first deadline today with Heartland Paper as one of the Design Divas. I made a layout about myself and a few more cards. These were required for the entire design team. I can’t wait to go back to the store to see