Crafty Projects and Silhouette Inspiration and Instruction
First, let me give credit to my source of inspiration. I found this cute spring project on Pinterest and had to make something like it for myself. Here’s Kim’s DIY spring art project from the Celebration Shoppe. And here’s my take on it: I made …
I spent hours drooling over all the pretty mobiles I could find on Pinterest, and then I combined several of my favorites to create this one. This is another project I submitted as a design-team member for Heartland Paper Co. It only uses a single …
I made a version of this Valentine hanging decoration a couple of years ago, but this is my new and improved version. I turned this in to Heartland Paper today, so if you live in or near Davis County, Utah, you can go see it …
This is the project I’ll be using to teach some skills at my Silhouette Basics class this Thursday night. Everyone is going to design their own place card from scratch using the Silhouette Studio drawing tools and this free Christmas-tree shape everyone with Studio has …
Here it is, folks! The tutorial I promised for making this Christmas Village from my previous post. The video assembly tutorial is in four parts so you can find what you need easily. Part A covers the stairs and window boxes. Part B covers the …
FRONT VIEW BACK VIEW I have a new respect for designers. I knew when I started this project that I wanted to make a set of houses for a Christmas village and that I wanted my new Silhouette Cameo, with its large cutting area, to …
I made this scrapbook layout based on a Mojo Monday card sketch. Very simple, but I like it. I used my trusty Silhouette to cut out the title and the snowflakes. Since I have a Silhouette Cameo now (yay!), I cut out the large circle and …
Use any kind of ephemera to create a mobile. Here’s a tutorial I’m sharing with you to create a Halloween mobile with ribbon, thread, and scrapbook paper. Materials: 10” metal ring (or you could use an embroidery hoop, painted black if desired). 4-5 yards …
Here is a card of my own design. I knew I wanted to use a spiderweb, and the rest evolved around that. Simple, but cute. You can see this card in person soon, on display at Heartland Paper. I used a spiderweb shape from my …
This is another card going to Heartland Paper for display. I used a Mojo Monday sketch for inspiration. Here are the instructions for this card: Materials: Pattern paper: Haunted Hallows “Damask” and “Witch” by Teresa Collins Orange cardstock for base Black cardstock Rhinestones by Teresa …
This Halloween Party Invitation is an idea I saw from a Flickr photo, and apparently the original idea came from Martha Stewart, but of course I changed it a little to use things I had accessible to me. I can’t compare to Martha Stewart, but …
I just delivered this to Heartland Paper. I wrote a tutorial for it, so hopefully that will show up soon on the Heartland Blog and I’ll provide a link then. This was a lot of fun to make, using Teresa Collins’ new “Haunted Hallows” collection. …
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 …
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 …
Here’s my exciting announcement: I have joined the Heartland Paper Design Team! Heartland Paper is a scrapbook store in Bountiful, Utah. I am so excited! I will be making projects to display in the store, and hopefully will be teaching some classes. If you live …
