Crafty Projects and Silhouette Inspiration and Instruction
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
Every once in a while, I don’t use Silhouette Studio for designing. Because this was an invitation with all text and because it would be printed at a print shop, I opted to use Microsoft Publisher instead. I was asked to make over 100 invitations …
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 …
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 …
Congratulations, Nance (a.k.a. Jun Bug House)! Thank you, everyone, for the sweet comments on my blog and on ADORNit’s blog. Nance, please send me an email with your mailing address to kellyslater42 at yahoo dot com.
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 …
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 …
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 …
I almost forgot… It’s my blog’s 4th anniversary today! Thanks to all my loyal viewers who come visit on a regular basis. And thanks to my new visitors who’ve found me from other blogs, Pinterest, and Instagram. I hope you all come back often! Lately …
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 …
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 …
Have you tried the new Silhouette PixScan™ mat yet? Do you know what to do with it? I am really loving mine, so I want to share a few examples of what you can do with it. We’ve been using mine for school projects and …
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 …
This has been the busiest start to the school year we’ve ever had. I guess that makes sense, now that I’ve got all four kids in school. At least part of every day. But my Silhouette CAMEO has been getting a workout with school assignments …
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 …
Are you looking for a simple kids craft? How about cutting out some chipboard shapes, which your child can then wrap with twine or yarn? We added these chipboard shapes to a school tissue box for each child. I wanted to let my kids help …
While back-to-school shopping, my little girl who loves bright and flamboyant clothing saw a fancy Minnie Mouse shirt that she loved. Too pricey. But nearby were some inexpensive, plain but bright pink shirts. I knew I had all the materials (and my Silhouette Cameo) at …
