3D Rosette
I’ll be sharing a tutorial in the next few days for a patriotic ribbon that uses a 3D rosette, but I think it will be simpler to show how to make the necessary rosette separately. 3D rosettes are fun to add to all sorts of …
Year: 2013
Excuses, Excuses
I do have some projects to post soon, but I’ve had a setback in my crafting abilities. I had a kitchen accident almost a week ago and lost a couple of fingertips on my left hand. I’ll spare you the details, but with the recovery …
Slide to Side Interactive Card (Tutorial)
Here are the instructions to my interactive whale card. The whale and spout were Silhouette freebies so you can make this card just like I did, or you can use this template to create any kind of moving card you want! (Think cars, birthday cakes, …
Interactive Whale Card
I thought this Silhouette free shape of the week was so cute that I had to turn it into a moving pull-tab card for my niece. I also used Silhouette Studio’s text-to-path function for a wavy sentiment. I used one more recent freebie for the …
Teacher Appreciation Bulletin Board
I volunteered to decorate the bulletin board for my daughter’s elementary-school teacher for Teacher Appreciation Week. The school asked for a 50’s theme, so this is what I came up with after some helpful tips from my peeps on the Silhouette Plus forum. (Thanks, ladies!) …
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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 …
Mother’s Day Mason Jar Bouquet
This year for my Mother’s Day project at Heartland Paper I decided to make a bouquet of paper flowers to go in a mason jar. I like looking at mason jar ideas on Pinterest, and now I have one of my own to add. I …
Making Paper Peonies
I used these paper peonies in Mother’s Day projects the last two years and want to share my technique in how to make them. Peony instructions: 1. Download my peony file and cut with your Silhouette from cardstock or pattern paper (it looks best with …
Card Set for Mother’s Day
A great gift for Mother’s Day or for any friend is a set of cards ready for them to send. For this project I made a set of 6 coordinating cards (2 of each kind) in a folio box. I shared this folio box Silhouette …
3D Cake Card
I love making cards and I love making 3D paper crafts, so this next project really appealed to me. Cecelia of Crafting Creatures asked me to try out her new cutting files for 3D cake cards, and I love them! She’s got her own …
Patriotic School Project
My first grader had a school project where she got to choose a symbol of our country, then make some kind of representation of it in any medium and write a half-page report. She chose the American flag, and I got to use my …
Mustache Card
I must confess… There are a few crafting trends that come along and are popular for a while that I just don’t get. Mustaches are one of those trends. I see them everywhere, but I just don’t think anyone getting my cards would appreciate a …
Birthday Card with Washi
I’ve been collecting Washi sheets and Washi tape, but haven’t used it much. (I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one.) It can join my collection of unused pretty paper. 🙂 But I did use it for this birthday card for my little daughter’s BFF. …
Valentine Treat Boxes
O.K., I know it’s now March, but I took pictures when I finished the 90 Valentines for my kids’ school parties last month and I am going to show them off! My days have been very full since then, so I apologize for the …
SPRING 3D Letters
I am ready for SPRING! Are you? I created this decorated 3D word for Heartland Paper’s design team, but if you can’t go see it in person, I’ve included lots of pictures. Surprise, surprise. 😉 Each letter is about 6 3/4″ tall. These Spring 3D …
Farm Animals Book (Freebie!)
I created a book like this years ago, based on an idea from a friend. That was before my Silhouette, so I stamped, printed, and cut everything myself. I laminated my original book and my kids have all enjoyed it, so I decided to …
Small Birthday Gift Box
I made this box for my niece in 12 minutes. My daughter and I had just enough time Friday afternoon to go buy a gift (earrings and lipgloss), eat a quick dinner, wrap the present, and get my daughter to her cousin’s party. Instead of …
