Crafty Projects and Silhouette Inspiration and Instruction
I know Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but I need to share what I did for my kids’ Valentines this year. I used a pen in my Cameo to write “I choo-choo-choose you. Happy Valentine’s Day” on train shapes, then had the blade cut …
I’ve been playing with my sketch pens again lately in my Cameo, and this is the Valentine card I made for my husband. I used a black glitter Silhouette sketch pen to sketch the typewriter, a dark silver gel pen in the Chomas Creations Silhouette …
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 …
I finally got my Christmas cards finished and in the mail last night, a few minutes before the last pickup. I wasn’t procrastinating…I just couldn’t come up with a great design. Until I tried these clear plastic sheets in my Silhouette (see my previous post). …
What do you do with 2 inches left on a roll of fuzzy black vinyl? Make silly mustaches for your kids, of course! I took the free shape from Silhouette offered this summer around Father’s Day, altered copies with point editing to create different styles …
I wasn’t planning on making an advent calendar this year, but when I saw this beautiful set by Elle’s Studio through JessicaSprague.com, I changed my mind! (You can purchase this advent calendar at 35% off through the end of December.) It comes in PDF form …
Here’s what I came up with after deciding not to make multiples of this frame with vinyl. I used the same shapes in Silhouette Studio, but printed them on cute Christmas pattern paper in black ink. I like the variety of color on these. Merry …
I grabbed about 15 of these $1 frames at my local Dollar Tree store, and this is what I did with the first one. I decorated it with white vinyl on the glass, and backed the windows with red pattern papers. This was my brilliant …
I have a confession to make. We’ve had our Christmas lights up (and lit most nights) since the 15th of November, and even have our Christmas tree up and decorated in our living room. My husband has been playing Christmas music since the day after …
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 …
Sorry I haven’t posted anything lately. I’ve been getting to know my new Cameo machine. I love it so much and am having no troubles whatsoever with it. Here is my first big project I made with it: This is a cutting file from the …
I tried the Silhouette Temporary Tattoo Paper yesterday for the first time. I had heard you could use it on candles, so this was my first project using it. These gorgeous Halloween images came from a free downloadable set by April at SecondsisterSuaviloquy, called The …
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. …
I thought I had posted this last fall but apparently I didn’t. We made these houses about the time I created my blog. These are Halloween houses cut by the Silhouette (purchased from the Silhouette store but no longer available). I made them bigger than …
Bring on the Bling! I used the glitter sketch pens with the Silhouette for these cards and am really happy with the result. Version 1 (more pink): Version 2 (bringing out the yellow and blue from the pattern paper): Together (you can really see the …
I made this sign a couple of years ago but thought it would be fun to share today, with Easter approaching. I used the Silhouette to cut the rectangles and words out of shiny Bazzill cardstock. The eggs are just ovals, but look like …
I can’t bring myself to buy boxes of valentines from the store. I just can’t. Even with three kids in school this year, my crafty self just won’t allow it. So I had to plan for 60+ homemade valentines. Where do I start? The Silhouette, …
I’m sorry I haven’t posted in a while. I had to finish my extended family’s calendar, and then decided to upgrade to Windows 7, and the combination of the two has taken all my spare time since my last post. No crafts made. But the …
For a kids’ craft this week, we made homemade Christmas ornaments. Yesterday we made and baked homemade clay which we cut with cookie cutters. Today we painted them. Some didn’t get finished yet, but we had a good time. My girls were very interested in …
I’ve finally designed my Christmas card! I received the first three cards from others in the mail today, so it’s definitely time! I used the Silhouette to cut out the ornaments from double-sided paper by Imaginisce. The machine cuts so cleanly that I can …
I know we’re past it, but I want to share my Halloween projects. My oldest son wanted to be a peregrine falcon for Halloween. I don’t buy costumes and I don’t sew much, but I do like to make the kids’ costumes. For this one, …
Now that it’s getting closer to Christmas (yikes!), it’s time to think about neighbor gifts again. I haven’t decided what to do yet this year, but here is last year’s project. For 30 frosted glass ornaments I cut out a snowflake from vinyl using the …
