Crafty Projects and Silhouette Inspiration and Instruction
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 …
(Originally posted for the Silhouette Blog design team on 11/14/2013) In choosing a birthday card design for this chilly time of year, I opted for this adorable penguin as a focal point. I enjoy paper piecing designs because it leaves so much room for tiny …
(Originally posted on the Silhouette Blog 11/4/2013) I make handmade Christmas cards every year to send to friends and relatives. My goal is always maximum impact for minimum assembly effort. (Never mind how many card versions I go through to find the perfect design!) I …
My friend just had a sweet baby girl last week so I made her this card. There are several baby carriage shapes in the Silhouette online store, but this one just called my name. Even better, it was a great shape to use as …
Need a simple reminder to mass produce with your Silhouette machine and pass out? I love how quick these little clipboards were to put together! I used the Clipboard by Jillibean Soup shape (ID# 30961) from the Silhouette store and turned the paper into …
I made it!!! When Silhouette announced last month that they were creating a design team, I was ecstatic! I was born to do this. 🙂 Silhouette has officially announced their fall/winter design team and I can finally share the wonderful news! I will spend the …
My 7th grade son has his first-term science project due this week. He had a few options to choose from and decided it would be fun to make a children’s book on lab safety. With a little nudge from his mom, he agreed it would …
I created this card with the hexagons back in May but never got around to sharing it until now. Today I turned it into a sympathy card, and below is what I did with it for Mother’s Day. On the upper card I placed a …
Fall is in full swing here in the western U.S., and that means our Thanksgiving is approaching. I was asked to make a gratitude album for the Heartland Paper design team using the Basic Grey Capture album and page protectors. I must say this was …
I made this very simple Thanksgiving place setting today. If I’m going to be making these for our very large family gathering, easy is good. Thanks to my Silhouette, these can be whipped out in practically no time! The simple act of inking the edges …
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 …
I made this card for my sister’s birthday and used the Silhouette stamping material to stamp the leaves, then covered them with glittery swirls using the Silhouette double-sided adhesive. I love making custom stamps, because I can easily design the card elements to fit …
Thank you, Silhouette, for coming out with something so fun to play with! O.K. maybe the idea of cutting your own stamps with a digital cutter is not new, but it’s new to me. I used to stamp quite a bit years ago, but that …
I just can’t wait to show you what I’ve been making with Silhouette’s new stamping material. I bought the kit a week or two ago but have been too busy to break it out until last night. I stayed up late last night cutting …
I tried something new. I’ve done plenty of vinyl projects for home decor, but I was asked by a family friend to put his store logo and hours on his new location. Here it is: I did my research on which vinyl to use (Oracal …
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 …
I had to make a birthday card in minimal time (again), and this time chose to sketch a simple design with my Cameo and color it. I chose a single cupcake from the candles Silhouette sketch file. I used a black American Crafts Ultimate Gel …
I made a couple of thank-you cards today. I pinned a card ages ago by Amy from Pickled Paper Designs because I loved it so much, and in the end I copied the layout pretty closely for this card. (There wasn’t anything to improve …
I made this card for my friend who lives out of state. We only see each other once a year (if we’re lucky), so I like to send an occasional card to keep in touch. I was feeling in a kind of retro mood …
I used these adorable animals from Lettering Delights to decorate a birthday present for my daughter’s friend who was having a jungle-themed birthday party. They are paper pieced and nice and sturdy, so if she wants to play with them she can.
My niece just finished performing in our community-theater musical production of “Fiddler on the Roof.” She played Tevya’s youngest daughter and did a fantastic job. It was a lot of work for an 11-year-old! She was out there singing and dancing with a bunch …
Here’s a get well card we gave to my husband’s friend who was in the hospital after a motorcycle accident. I copied it pretty closely from a card I saw on Pinterest. Because it was just very simple shapes, I created it all in …
I got all of my secret sister gifts finished for girls camp, and even had time to make 18 of these fabric pouches to hold them all! Originally I was going to use iron-on hem tape to make it easy, but truly it was …
Here is the fifth and final gift I made for our secret sisters at girls camp this year. I bought a bunch of 1″x8″ cello bags from eBay, filled them with mini jawbreakers, and used my Silhouette to make cute little toppers. I used the …
