Crafty Projects and Silhouette Inspiration and Instruction
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
I was asked to help with a neighborhood party where the organizers wanted to set up an area for taking pictures. They asked me to make photo props and help take pictures of everyone, so of course I said yes. I love an excuse to …
This is what the kids and I made for Father’s Day this year for our “Dynamite Dad.” They are about 6″ to 7.5″ tall and are filled with his favorite treats. Here are the full details for these Father’s Day Firecrackers, originally posted on the …
Summer vacation starts today for my kids, so I’m on the lookout for ways to keep them busy. Of course I turn to my CAMEO first. 😉 My preschooler has spent the year learning his letters and their sounds, and I’d love for him to …
My daughter needed a quick gift for a birthday party and I had no time to go shopping for a gift. So of course I turned to my Silhouette Cameo. I found this cute bag from the online store, resized it as large as would …
You may have seen this idea on the Silhouette blog by my talented fellow design-team member, Annie. I think we bought the shapes in the Silhouette online store at the same time because I had created my own set of monsters by the time I …
My mom likes a lot of color and sparkle, so I made this small plaque for her. This quote comes in the Silhouette vinyl starter kit, and I tried something new by adding an accent layer of double-sided adhesive so I could glitterize the …
I made this mobile as a baby gift in less than a day. I had the concept in my mind for a while, but I actually chose all the designs and cut and assembled the whole project the day of the baby shower. I …
It has come around again: state floats for a school project. My son ended up with the state of Oregon a couple of years ago, and my daughter managed to get the same state this year. I grew up in Oregon and the kids’ …
This is a project I’ve wanted to make for a long time, and I had to recruit my husband and his workshop to help me. He was excited about this magnet board, too, so he was very willing to help. We wanted a place where …
Wedding season is upon us! I attended two bridal showers this week and love making handmade gifts, so these are my gift of choice this season. Let me tell you how I made these fabric wrapped canvas panels with quotes. I bought a 3-pack …
O.K. I know 3.14 is past, but I didn’t have these pictures ready to post until now. We had a fantastic neighborhood party to celebrate Pi Day (March 14 = 3/14 on the calendar), and everyone got to bring a pie for dessert. My husband …
Who likes to be the star of the show on their birthday? Every kid I know. This is a fancy ribbon that can be worn by the birthday boy or girl on his or her special day. Sometimes it’s nice to draw a little attention …
Here’s a tutorial for making perfect stickers to put on craft sticks for simple children’s craft stick puzzles. This would even be fun to make a secret message to be unscrambled. This is my take on several related ideas I saw on Pinterest. Original tutorial …
Happy Valentine’s Day! I made this decorative chalkboard for an easy way to write love notes to my husband (and an easy way for him to write them to me). 😉 I couldn’t find exactly the right fabric I wanted for a background design, but …
Both of my girls needed collection boxes for their school Valentine’s Day parties, so I grabbed my Silhouette Cameo and whipped these up. “What does the fox say?” is cut in black vinyl with LD Carefree font. (This phrase is the name of a silly …
My kids and I made these Valentines using the new Silhouette stencil material. I created the stencils using my Silhouette Cameo, and they painted them with watercolors. It was a great kid-friendly project! (And our 75 homemade Valentines are done ahead of schedule.) Original …
When I started making tutorials about Silhouette Studio back in 2010-2011, I was sharing what I had discovered in order to ease the learning process for others. Well, I’ve learned a few more tricks the past few years and still want to share them so …
