Swing in Tree Decor

Swing in Tree Decor

I’m sharing this sweet little swing in tree decor on the Silhouette America blog today.  It’s a great piece of decor for Valentine’s Day, but I think it can be displayed year round.  In fact, I made a second one and gave it to some 

Silhouette America Creative Team Call

Silhouette America Creative Team Call

Hey, Silhouette fans!  Silhouette has just announced their 2015-2016 Creative Team call on the blog.  I encourage you to try out.  The past 1 1/2 years have been a wonderful experience serving with them.  Very best of luck to all who apply!

Sketched Winter Card

Sketched Winter Card

Hello, Silhouette fans! I used this week’s free design to make a simple sketched winter card. We have several winter birthdays in our family, and I think this design is great for cards. I sketched the tree with its snowflakes and a sentiment on vellum, 

Tips for a New Silhouette Cutting Mat

Tips for a New Silhouette Cutting Mat

I just love a new, fresh cutting mat for my CAMEO.  My cuts are suddenly perfect again when the paper has a nice tight hold on the mat.  (It’s almost as good as a new blade.) Here are a few tips and tricks for getting 

Crafty Gift Swap

Crafty Gift Swap

I recently got to participate in a gift swap with the Silhouette Design Team. I’m not great at gift selection and gift-giving in general, so I decided to do completely handmade (with the help of my CAMEO, of course). I have a couple sets of 

Christmas Neighbor Gifts 2014

Christmas Neighbor Gifts 2014

  This year for Christmas neighbor gifts I gave these cute soap bottle boxes.  The month got so busy that I almost gave up on any neighbor gifts at all, but I found this cute 3D hand soap box in the Silhouette design store and 

Fabric Ink Wreath

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 

Christmas Cards 2014

Christmas Cards 2014

I finally finished my stack of Christmas cards and mailed them off this morning.  I didn’t realize I would have so many other things come up that it would take more than two weeks to make 28 cards!  That’s December for you. You may think 

Warm Winter Wishes Mug

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 

Paper Calendula Bouquet for a Friend

Paper Calendula Bouquet for a Friend

I made this bouquet of paper calendula flowers for a friend. I just wanted to give her something cheerful that shows I care about her, so I chose a vase of paper flowers. This paper vase was a bit bigger than I wanted at its 

Silhouette Design Team Blog Hop {and Giveaway}

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

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 

Sketched Cards with Silhouette Free Design

Sketched Cards with Silhouette Free Design

Hello, Silhouette friends! Let me share with you how I used this week’s free design on a couple of cards, in combination with metallic sketch pens and rhinestones for extra shimmer. This ribbon design has a lot of pieces to be placed, so I chose 

Handmade Card Collection

Handmade Card Collection

I was asked by a friend to make two sets of cards to give away at a “get-to-know-you” event.  I didn’t have a lot of time to create something from scratch, so I revisited several cards I’ve done in the past to come up with 

Halloween Birthday Party

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

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 

Another School Project with my Silhouette CAMEO

Another School Project with my Silhouette CAMEO

This is my junior-high-school son’s English term project.  What’s inside, you say? A word. The word “emerge,” to be exact. The assignment instructions for the various projects my son could choose from were a little vague, but one of his choices said he could make 

Halloween Block

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. 

PixScan:  Salvage a Print & Cut

PixScan: Salvage a Print & Cut

If you follow my blog, you’re already aware of some things I think Silhouette’s PixScan™ mat is useful for (I’ll list the links again at the end of the post).  Today I’ve got another idea for you. Maybe none of you have ever had a 

Owl Card | Text-to-Path Tutorial

Owl Card | Text-to-Path Tutorial

This week’s free design from Silhouette is an adorable owl.  I decided to make a friendly little owl card with two of these owls and lots of layers.  I wanted to create my own saying on a banner shape, so I used Silhouette Studio’s Text-To-Path 

3D Haunted House Assembly Tutorial

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

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 

Shadow Box Project and More PixScan!

Shadow Box Project and More PixScan!

For my final ADORNit project this week, I was given this shadow box kit.  I’ve got more details over on the ADORNit blog {here}!  If you’re a Silhouette user, read on… I used my Silhouette CAMEO PixScan™ mat a lot for this project, and I 

ADORNit Guest Designer Day 2

ADORNit Guest Designer Day 2

Thanks for coming back to see my next project for ADORNit.  I haven’t done a scrapbook page in ages, but this beautiful You & Me collection inspired me.  Here’s my layout: I used my Silhouette CAMEO to sketch my journaling directly on the page and 

ADORNit Guest Designer and a Giveaway!

ADORNit Guest Designer and a Giveaway!

This week I’ll have three projects to share over on the ADORNit blog as a guest designer!  And I’m hosting a giveaway for the You & Me collection (which I’ll be showing off on day #2). Here is my first ADORNit project, which uses the