Valentine Collage

Valentine Collage

For this project (originally featured on the Silhouette Blog 1/17/2014) I used the Silhouette advent calendar to make a Valentine-themed piece of home decor. It’s a Valentine collage! With Christmas over, I was sad to put away my advent calendar.  So I didn’t. 😉 I 

Custom Address Labels

Custom Address Labels

Originally posted on the Silhouette Blog 1/2/2014 Happy New Year!  January for me is a time for setting goals and getting things in order, like having cards ready to send.  I made some custom address labels using Silhouette Studio to design them, and I used 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

  Happy 2014! I whipped up these star toothpick toppers last night before our New Year’s Eve family party. Sorry all I have is my Instagram photo to show you. The idea wasn’t mine, but I was happy to use my Silhouette CAMEO to quickly 

Uses for Silhouette Tattoo Paper

Uses for Silhouette Tattoo Paper

I have one more post referring to the Silhouette tattoo paper I used on this candle.  The tattoo paper is best used with a full sheet for a print & cut because of the registration marks and the need to apply an adhesive layer on 

When Projects Go Bad…

When Projects Go Bad…

Dun. Dun. Dun… You may have seen this recent project where I used Silhouette tattoo paper to decorate a candle. Well, for the sake of experimentation and frugality, I also tried the Silhouette clear sticker paper on an identical candle.  Pretty, right? Not so fast.  

Holiday Candle

Holiday Candle

I’m excited to show you this candle I made using the Silhouette temporary tattoo paper. It was originally featured on the Silhouette Blog, but now you can read all about it below. I love candles during the holidays!  Kelly here to share this candle I 

Neighbor & Teacher Gifts 2013

Neighbor & Teacher Gifts 2013

I decided to keep it simple this year for neighbor gifts.  I bought a big box of Orbit gum from Costco and made little wrappers for them using this Santa Suit Gum Wrapper file by Lori Whitlock.  It was made for a different type of 

Tool Cup

Tool Cup

Have you seen these cute cups in the Silhouette online store?  Designer Samantha Walker has recently put out quite a variety of these cups.  Just search for “cup” under artist Samantha Walker in the Silhouette design store, and you should be able to see them. 

Polar Express Hat

Polar Express Hat

  It’s fun to have crafty skills to help others with their projects. My brother-in-law Jeremy Telford (a.k.a. The Balloon Guy) is playing the conductor during a “Polar Express” neighborhood Christmas party. He asked if I could make him a decal for a conductor hat, 

Silhouette Advent Calendar

Silhouette Advent Calendar

I was so excited when I found out I could decorate a Silhouette Advent Calendar for a design team project!  All of the Silhouette America design team’s advent calendars were posted on the Silhouette Blog.  It was hard to narrow down what I wanted to 

Decorated Notebook Cover

Decorated Notebook Cover

  My daughter had a rough day last week and I knew a notebook would cheer her up, so we made this together.  I bought a lot of blank Hobby Lobby notebooks on clearance this past summer and made a Silhouette cutting file to match, 

Spooky Eyes

Spooky Eyes

O.K. I know Halloween is past for this year, but I promised to share this when I posted a sneak peak on Instagram.  This is definitely not an original idea; I saw it on Pinterest in several variations (all made from toilet paper rolls), but 

Cheese!

Cheese!

  My Cameo has been helping with our Halloween costumes this year.  (Give me paper over fabric any day!)  My two daughters decided they wanted to be black cats and my youngest son wanted to be a mouse.  To continue on with the theme, they 

A little motivation…

A little motivation…

  I get the enjoyable job of helping our Young Women get through their Personal Progress requirements. We have set a goal for each girl to get a ribbon by Young Women in Excellence in November. I whipped up these little reminders to keep them 

Travel Chalkboard

Travel Chalkboard

  For our summer vacation we went to visit my parents in Oregon. It’s an 800-mile drive that we make in a single day, with four children between ages 4-13 in tow. This was a pretty good traveling year for us with wonderful technology available 

Child’s Bank

Child’s Bank

  I’ve been wanting to use this box I bought from the Silhouette Store for quite a while, and this week’s Silhouette weekly challenge gave me just the push I needed. And today’s free shape was perfect for the labels. I used this Hexagon 3-part 

Girls Camp Secret Sister Gifts (Day 3)

Girls Camp Secret Sister Gifts (Day 3)

  Here’s another secret-sister gift we’re giving at girls camp. This will actually be one of the more expensive gifts at a cost of about $0.53 each (not including the pink zebra-striped Teresa Collins Freestyle paper or the washi tape, both from my stash).  I 

Pinwheel Mobile Tutorial

Pinwheel Mobile Tutorial

    I love making mobiles. For this one I went with a Red, White & Blue theme. As a summertime mobile, I thought pinwheels would be pretty fun. Here’s how to make a pinwheel mobile of your own. Supplies: 6 pages 12×12 Doodlebug “Stars 

Easter Lilies

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 

Sweet Treat Bouquet

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 

Mother’s Day Mason Jar Bouquet

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 

Patriotic School Project

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 

SPRING 3D Letters

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 

Dial Calendar

Dial Calendar

When I saw this calendar design by Samantha Walker on the Silhouette Blog a while back, I had to have it and snatched it right up! Paid the whole 99 cents for it…didn’t even wait for a sale. (Big spender here, I know.) With my 

Perpetual Flip Calendar

Perpetual Flip Calendar

This is a project I’ve wanted to make for years.  I saved an image of someone’s flip calendar on my computer in an “inspiration” folder ages ago and am so happy to have finally made it!  I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the titles