Birthday Bag
My daughter needed a quick gift for a birthday party and I had no time to go shopping for a gift. So of course I turned to my Silhouette Cameo. I found this cute bag from the online store, resized it as large as would …
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Mixed-up Monster Magnets
You may have seen this idea on the Silhouette blog by my talented fellow design-team member, Annie. I think we bought the shapes in the Silhouette online store at the same time because I had created my own set of monsters by the time I …
Glitter and Vinyl and Rhinestones, Oh My!
My mom likes a lot of color and sparkle, so I made this small plaque for her. This quote comes in the Silhouette vinyl starter kit, and I tried something new by adding an accent layer of double-sided adhesive so I could glitterize the …
Easy Baby Boy DIY Mobile
I made this mobile as a baby gift in less than a day. I had the concept in my mind for a while, but I actually chose all the designs and cut and assembled the whole project the day of the baby shower. I …
Silhouette Studio 3.0.343
I just wanted to give you an update on my thoughts about the newest Silhouette Studio release (version 3.0.343 released 4/16/2014). I’m pretty happy with it. This fixed some bugs and disappointments with version 3.0.293, and more fixes will be made in future updates. I’ve …
Feminine Birthday Card
I made this card for my sweet friend, Louise. We used to scrapbook and make cards together for years, so I know she likes sparkles and flowers. I used the same template I made for this birthday card, but I used colors she would like …
State Float School Project
It has come around again: state floats for a school project. My son ended up with the state of Oregon a couple of years ago, and my daughter managed to get the same state this year. I grew up in Oregon and the kids’ …
Baby Boy Nautical Shower Invitations
I was asked to make baby shower invitations for a soon-to-be mom in our neighborhood. I was happy to do it! …But they had to be inexpensive, done in a week, and there needed to be 90 so we could invite all the ladies in …
Luscious Lemon Layer Cake
I’m no food photographer by any means. Nor a baker, for that matter. But my husband made me a beautiful lemon layer cake and I took some pictures just because it was so pretty! Doesn’t it look yummy? (It was!) He is a big …
DIY Giant Magnet Board for Cards
This is a project I’ve wanted to make for a long time, and I had to recruit my husband and his workshop to help me. He was excited about this magnet board, too, so he was very willing to help. We wanted a place where …
New Silhouette Studio Software (version 3)
Have you heard all the buzz with the major upgrade Silhouette Studio has just gone through? Version 3.0 of Studio has just been released (hopefully it will be easier by now to download it; the first day was crazy!). That means I’ll be doing my …
Desk Organizer
Spring is here in my neck of the woods, and that means a little spring cleaning. Time to stop huddling under blankets and get some cleaning and organization done! Have you seen all of the organization options in the Silhouette online store? I chose a …
Retirement Bendy Card
Happy Retirement, Dad! Even when searching on Pinterest (my go-to source for inspiration), I had trouble finding a retirement card that really grabbed my attention. So I made my own with a bendy card Silhouette cutting file. All the details for this bendy card were …
Fabric Wrapped Canvas with Quote
Wedding season is upon us! I attended two bridal showers this week and love making handmade gifts, so these are my gift of choice this season. Let me tell you how I made these fabric wrapped canvas panels with quotes. I bought a 3-pack …
Happy Pi Day!
O.K. I know 3.14 is past, but I didn’t have these pictures ready to post until now. We had a fantastic neighborhood party to celebrate Pi Day (March 14 = 3/14 on the calendar), and everyone got to bring a pie for dessert. My husband …
How Are You Card
How are you? 🙂 I’m here to share this uplifting card I made that features a mini paper gardenia as its focal point. I’ve got a few Silhouette Studio Library tips for you, too. Did you know that designs requiring some assembly often have links …
Birthday Ribbon
Who likes to be the star of the show on their birthday? Every kid I know. This is a fancy ribbon that can be worn by the birthday boy or girl on his or her special day. Sometimes it’s nice to draw a little attention …
Craft Stick Puzzles
Here’s a tutorial for making perfect stickers to put on craft sticks for simple children’s craft stick puzzles. This would even be fun to make a secret message to be unscrambled. This is my take on several related ideas I saw on Pinterest. Original tutorial …
Lucky to Have You
Hello, friends! I made every bit of this “Lucky to Have You” card with my Silhouette CAMEO. (Well, not the baker’s twine or the brads. But the gold brads were made by dipping plain silver brads into fine gold glitter.) Here is my post originally …
Sucker Holder {Freebie}
Here are some little handouts used for motivation to put your heart into [anything]. I made these sucker holders to motivate our Young Women to work on their Personal Progress goals. It’s easy to find heart-shaped suckers this time of year, but any time …
{I Love You Because} Chalkboard Vinyl
Happy Valentine’s Day! I made this decorative chalkboard for an easy way to write love notes to my husband (and an easy way for him to write them to me). 😉 I couldn’t find exactly the right fabric I wanted for a background design, but …
Valentine Collection Boxes
Both of my girls needed collection boxes for their school Valentine’s Day parties, so I grabbed my Silhouette Cameo and whipped these up. “What does the fox say?” is cut in black vinyl with LD Carefree font. (This phrase is the name of a silly …
Fabric Flowers on Party Favors
I think my favorite thing about a party is the party favor—making it or receiving it. These are some girly party favors I made where I added a fabric flower as an embellishment on the box. (I’m a big fan of both paper and fabric …
Stenciled Valentines for the Kids
My kids and I made these Valentines using the new Silhouette stencil material. I created the stencils using my Silhouette Cameo, and they painted them with watercolors. It was a great kid-friendly project! (And our 75 homemade Valentines are done ahead of schedule.) Original …
Disney Princess Paper Dolls {Updated Tutorial}
When I started making tutorials about Silhouette Studio back in 2010-2011, I was sharing what I had discovered in order to ease the learning process for others. Well, I’ve learned a few more tricks the past few years and still want to share them so …
