Year: 2014

ADORNit Guest Designer Day 2

ADORNit Guest Designer Day 2

Thanks for coming back to see my next project for ADORNit.  I haven’t done a scrapbook page in ages, but this beautiful You & Me collection inspired me.  Here’s my layout: I used my Silhouette CAMEO to sketch my journaling directly on the page and 

ADORNit Guest Designer and a Giveaway!

ADORNit Guest Designer and a Giveaway!

This week I’ll have three projects to share over on the ADORNit blog as a guest designer!  And I’m hosting a giveaway for the You & Me collection (which I’ll be showing off on day #2). Here is my first ADORNit project, which uses the 

PixScan for School Work!  {Tutorial}

PixScan for School Work! {Tutorial}

Have you tried the new Silhouette PixScan™ mat yet?  Do you know what to do with it?  I am really loving mine, so I want to share a few examples of what you can do with it.  We’ve been using mine for school projects and 

Pocket Tag Tutorial

Pocket Tag Tutorial

Today I’d like to showcase these pocket tags by Kolette Hall and share an assembly tutorial. There are several variations of pocket tags by Kolette available in the Silhouette design store (numbers, alphabet, Halloween countdown, themed shapes, etc.), but assembly is basically the same for 

Caramel Apple, Anyone?

Caramel Apple, Anyone?

This has been the busiest start to the school year we’ve ever had.  I guess that makes sense, now that I’ve got all four kids in school.  At least part of every day.  But my Silhouette CAMEO has been getting a workout with school assignments 

3D Haunted House

3D Haunted House

  The first large project I made when I bought my CAMEO in 2011 was a haunted house, and I thought it would be fun to revisit this project and create a new house for my fall decorations. I started with the luminara haunted house 

School Tissue Box

School Tissue Box

Are you looking for a simple kids craft? How about cutting out some chipboard shapes, which your child can then wrap with twine or yarn? We added these chipboard shapes to a school tissue box for each child. I wanted to let my kids help 

Minnie Mouse Shirt

Minnie Mouse Shirt

While back-to-school shopping, my little girl who loves bright and flamboyant clothing saw a fancy Minnie Mouse shirt that she loved.  Too pricey.  But nearby were some inexpensive, plain but bright pink shirts. I knew I had all the materials (and my Silhouette Cameo) at 

Student Owl Card | Print and Cut Tutorial

Student Owl Card | Print and Cut Tutorial

Here’s a fun card you can use for students of any age using this week’s free shape. I chose to fill one of the frames with a cute pattern, used printable white sticker paper for all of the print-and-cut elements, and mounted them on chipboard 

Framed Fall Flowers

Framed Fall Flowers

Fall is just around the corner, which is my favorite time of year.  I’m happy to say goodbye to the summer heat and welcome the cool nights.  But there are still gorgeous flowers all around!  I wanted to fill my 2012 Advent Frame with beautiful 

Chevron Birthday Cards

Chevron Birthday Cards

I made this rainbow-colored set of chevron birthday cards for the young women in our neighborhood. The chevron square background is my own design, but the cute little sketched flags are in the Silhouette online store, all ready to be sketched and cut. Originally I 

Little Princess Purses {Guest Designer}

Little Princess Purses {Guest Designer}

I’m back on the Imaginisce Blog today showing a couple more Silhouette Cameo projects I created with the Little Princess collection.  I made paper purses for my daughters.  Click here to go to the blog post which includes details on design and material choices for 

Lunch Box Notes

Lunch Box Notes

  I made a set of notes and envelopes to have ready to write on and toss into my kids’ lunches this school year.  (Actually, I threw in some generic feminine cards with vellum envelopes, too.)  The more I have ready, the easier it is 

Little Princess Projects {Guest Designer}

Little Princess Projects {Guest Designer}

I’m so excited I was asked to be a guest designer for Imaginisce this month!  They sent me all the goodies from their Little Princess collection and let me play with them however I wanted.  Two of the projects are featured on their blog today, 

Rhinestone Owl Shirt

Rhinestone Owl Shirt

I’ve got another owl shirt tutorial up on the Silhouette America blog today.  This time it’s a rhinestone owl shirt for daughter #2.  She helped me position all the rhinestones in the right place (we used four colors).  Originally posted on the Silhouette blog, now 

Stuffed Owl Pillow

Stuffed Owl Pillow

OK folks, my Silhouette CAMEO has once again broadened my craft interests.  My daughter wanted an owl-themed birthday party, which we did.  I had purchased a yard of owl fabric to make some kind of pillow for her, and though time was running out I 

Map Decor

Map Decor

Do you know someone who likes to travel? I do! I made this map decor for my parents who will soon cross off their “bucket list” the feat of visiting every state in the United States. I had a nice geography lesson in the process! 

Tissue Box Cover Updated {Freebie}

Tissue Box Cover Updated {Freebie}

I’ve got a couple of guest designer posts for Imaginisce coming up, and for one of the projects I used my tissue box cover (a Silhouette Studio file).  I made this available as a freebie a few years ago, but I revised the file a 

Friendship Bracelets

Friendship Bracelets

I think July is as busy as December each year! Sorry I haven’t been posting much, but I do have a lot of projects completed and waiting to be added as soon as I get a little break from hectic life. The kids have been 

Thank You Card with Two-Toned Shapes

Thank You Card with Two-Toned Shapes

I created this two-toned thank you card after I saw this love-you card on Pinterest.  She used punches and scissors, but I used the fancy knife tool in Silhouette Studio (with washi as one layer) to change it up a bit. I used my knife 

Multi Layer Stencil Owl Shirt

Multi Layer Stencil Owl Shirt

My daughter loves owls lately, and she was thrilled when I told her she could pick an owl from the Silhouette design store so we could put it on a T-shirt. There are so many owls! She settled on this cute owl, which meant we 

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day!

I hope your Fourth of July celebrations were as exciting as this… And to my non-American friends, I hope you’re having a great weekend as well!

Stenciled Flower Card

Stenciled Flower Card

I made this card with Silhouette stencil material and dye-based stamping inks on watercolor paper.  I love the blending I was able to accomplish and the texture from the watercolor paper.  Stencils are so fun to use for flawless artwork!  And now that I have 

Hello Stamped-Sketched Card

Hello Stamped-Sketched Card

Hello! I think Silhouette stamps mixed with sketching is such a great combination! Today’s post features the Silhouette stamping material, combined with the sketch function of the Silhouette machines. I created this simple design with a word balloon from retro speech bubbles by putting 9 

Remote Control Caddy

Remote Control Caddy

  I found this fun file in the Silhouette Online Store and decided to make it for storing our remote controls.  There are a lot of organizational boxes in the online store, and I’ve heard some people express concern that they might not hold up