You Are Amazing
Here’s a card I made for my wonderful mother-in-law, who helped me teach an “All Wrapped Up” class in our neighborhood this week. She poured her heart and soul into it from the moment I asked her to do it with me, and the class …
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The Most Brilliant Color
Have you heard? I’m back on the Silhouette Creative Design Team! (I enjoyed the 6-month break, but I missed it too much to stay away for a whole year.) Here’s my first project back on the team. I used my Silhouette Curio and Silhouette’s new …
Silhouette Lesson: Move Window & Rotate Window
Here’s another Silhouette Studio lesson that teaches all about how you can use the Move Window and the Rotate Window. I find I frequently use certain parts of the Move Window, and rotation options found in the Rotate Window can be very helpful. Remember, the …
Silhouette Lesson: Line and Drawing Tools
An all-new lesson is available now to learn about the Line and Drawing Tools in Silhouette Studio! Don’t forget you can find the password for each of my video lessons in the description below the video. (Just copy and paste.) Line and Drawing Tools This …
Silhouette Curio Stipple Feature
I’m excited to show you the new Silhouette Curio stipple feature! I bought the Curio as soon as it was released last month, and I have been having fun playing with its different capabilities. I think the stipple feature is really fun, especially for converting …
3D Birthday Cake Card
I love these type of 3D cards in the Silhouette design store. They are pretty fast to cut with my CAMEO and to assemble. Most of the thought and planning (the slow part for me) is already done and included in the design. I made …
Family Home Evening Board
Do you have any of those projects you’ve been meaning to get to for a very long time? (The kind that you live without but really want to make but never find the time?) This Family Home Evening board was one of those projects for …
Bee-lated Birthday Card
Hello! I really did not intend to take the entire month of August off, so I apologize if you were relying on me as your sole source of inspiration. 😉 We went away for two weeks and dropped our four kids off at my parents’ …
Tutorials and Lessons Update
Did you know I have 98 tutorials and 14 video Silhouette lessons available? My tutorials page is currently up to date, so if you’ve already watched the 14 lessons I have available for basic Silhouette Studio or are looking for some more advanced techniques, you …
Felt Cupcake in a Box
My daughters recently checked out a library book with all kinds of felt crafts, and they made a lot of hand-cut and hand-stitched felt cupcakes. They wanted to give one to their little 6-year-old cousin who was having a birthday, so I made a cute …
Pioneer Trek Vinyl – part 2
This is a continuation of my Trek Bucket Vinyl Art post from May. After I added the vinyl design of handcart pioneers to my son’s Trek bucket, I wanted to add the motto for our stake’s Trek, which is Philippians 4:13. I love this scripture. …
Secret Sister | Nail Polish Box
Here’s the third and final secret sister gift for Girls Camp this year. Each girl is supposed to receive her favorite treat, drink, and nail polish. This is how we are presenting the nail polish. You can see the other secret sister gifts for 2015 …
Secret Sister | Juice Box Tote
Here’s another secret sister gift for my daughter to give to her friend at Girls Camp. This friend likes apple juice, so I designed a custom tote box to hold four Minute Maid juice boxes. I’m sharing the cutting file as a freebie (see below), …
Secret Sister | Pop-Top Can
It’s time for Girls Camp again this year, but this time I’m only making 3 gifts instead of 75-90 as in years past. I’m not currently serving in the Young Women’s program, but luckily my daughter is old enough to go to Girls Camp for …
Juice Box Tote | Assembly Tutorial
I’ve been working on some secret sister gifts this week, and after wasting a fair bit of time trying to modify existing 3D holders to fit these Minute Maid juice boxes, I decided it was easier to design a tote box myself from scratch. I …
Silhouette Lesson: Common Functions
Common Functions This Silhouette Studio lesson covers basic, frequently-used functions. I explain the variety of saving options and what they do, along with several ways to copy & paste and to group & ungroup. All of the functions discussed in this video apply to both …
Silhouette Lesson: Grid Window
The Grid Window is a very helpful feature for Silhouette users. I use it all the time! (You’ll see me use the Grid feature throughout my video lessons.) This lesson covers basic features for all Silhouette Studio users, but I also show a few extra …
Silhouette Lesson: Text Tool
There are many things you can do with text in Silhouette Studio, and this lesson is a basic introduction to the Text Tool. Silhouette Studio: Text Tool This lesson explains how to use the Text Tool in Silhouette Studio (both Basic and Designer Edition). Learn …
Silhouette Lesson: Quick Menu & Shortcut Buttons
Here are two more Silhouette lessons covering many of the buttons/icons at the top and bottom of your Silhouette Studio screen. Remember, passwords to these videos are in their descriptions. Email subscribers, you must be on my website to view the videos (click the post …
My Favorite Script Fonts
I had a reader ask me what my favorite script fonts are, so I decided to include them in a post that could benefit all of you. These script fonts are ones I’ve actually used and liked. I provide the links below, but I couldn’t …
Silhouette Lesson: Design Page
Design Page Settings Window This Silhouette lesson discusses your options on the Design Page Settings Window in Silhouette Studio. For Basic and Designer Edition, all recent versions. (Recorded with v.3.3.451.) Password: page
Birthday Watercolor Card
This was a fun watercolor card to make. I used several colors of dye inkpads and a sponge to dab colors all over a piece of watercolor paper, then used a refillable water brush to blend the colors. I think it looks a lot like …
Silhouette Studio Lesson: Library
This Silhouette Studio lesson talks about the Library in your software. How to search for shapes you already have, how to sort your shapes, how to use and create folders and subfolders for organizing your designs, and more. It should also apply to organizing patterns …
Silhouette Studio Design Store
I really am starting at the basics, here. These three lessons (also found on the SILHOUETTE LESSONS master page) cover the basics of the Silhouette Design Store. How to access it, all your account settings and goodies, and how to purchase designs. The last video …
