Fabric Ink Wreath
It’s Christmas Eve, and I’ve got one more project to share with you before the big day. This wreath is one of the free designs given away for the 12 Days of Christmas. I chose to apply it with fabric ink to a 10” artist …
Crafty Projects and Silhouette Inspiration and Instruction
Holidays
Warm Winter Wishes Mug
Can you believe how close we are to Christmas? I used today’s free design for Silhouette’s “12 Days of Christmas” freebies to decorate this Warm Winter Wishes paper mug with white flocked heat transfer material. I made two mugs, filled them with fancy cocoa and …
Silhouette Design Team Blog Hop {and Giveaway}
Welcome to my little stop along the blog hop with all the talented ladies of the Silhouette America design team. I’m so glad you’re here! I’m first in line, although officially it starts at the Silhouette America blog. We don’t want you to miss a …
Pilgrim Hat Thanksgiving Decor
Here’s my latest paper creation. I made this elegant Pilgrim hat as our Thanksgiving decor at the accounting office where I work. I love decorating for fall! When I saw this 3D pilgrim hat in the design store, I knew instantly that I wanted to …
Halloween Birthday Party
This year I decided to be a good mom and have birthday parties for all of my kids. Well, three out of four got parties. Long story. Anyway, I figure if I am truly a crafty mom then I can make some fun invitations and …
Turkey Pencil Topper
Thanksgiving is quickly approaching here in the United States, which for my family means big get-togethers with lots of kids. I thought it would be fun to make a kids’ craft for the little ones to do while they wait for the food on Thanksgiving …
Halloween Block
Are you ready for Halloween? I had the chance to work with Echo Park’s Arsenic and Lace collection, which has beautiful Halloween colors. This 7” black-painted block has been sitting around my craft room waiting for the perfect project, and this Halloween block was it. …
3D Haunted House Assembly Tutorial
Here’s my assembly tutorial for this haunted house I made for Silhouette America. My instructions are for a CAMEO machine, but the original house file does come sized to be used with Portrait and earlier Silhouette models. If you don’t use a CAMEO, it will …
Positionable Skeleton
When I was little we had a paper skeleton my mom brought out at Halloween, and we loved to put him into crazy positions. I found this positionable skeleton in the Silhouette Design Store more than a year ago and finally put him together! This …
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 …
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 …
Father’s Day Firecrackers
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 …
Happy Pi Day!
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 …
Lucky to Have You
Hello, friends! I made every bit of this “Lucky to Have You” card with my Silhouette CAMEO. (Well, not the baker’s twine or the brads. But the gold brads were made by dipping plain silver brads into fine gold glitter.) Here is my post originally …
Valentine Collection Boxes
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 …
Stenciled Valentines for the Kids
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 …
You & Me Card
Are you excited about the new products released by Silhouette this month at CHA? I am! I made a Valentine’s Day you & me card for my husband using the new white corrugated paper and the new stencil material in my Silhouette machine. I love …
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
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 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 …
Season’s Greetings Card
Originally posted on the Silhouette blog 12/22/2013 Today’s free shape is this group of birch trees. Doesn’t this make a beautiful winter scene? I’ll show you how to put this card together. First, open the birch trees shape and resize it to 5.0” x 5.0”. …
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
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
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 …
Triangle-Fold Winter Card
(Original design team post was featured on the Silhouette blog 12/10/2013) Are you enjoying the holiday season? Kelly here with another card appropriate for various winter occasions. I found this cute triangle-folds card in the online store but decided to replace the cupcake that comes …
