Tag: Cards

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 

Pocket Tag Tutorial

Pocket Tag Tutorial

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 

Student Owl Card | Print and Cut Tutorial

Student Owl Card | Print and Cut Tutorial

Here’s a fun card you can use for students of any age using this week’s free shape. I chose to fill one of the frames with a cute pattern, used printable white sticker paper for all of the print-and-cut elements, and mounted them on chipboard 

Chevron Birthday Cards

Chevron Birthday Cards

I made this rainbow-colored set of chevron birthday cards for the young women in our neighborhood. The chevron square background is my own design, but the cute little sketched flags are in the Silhouette online store, all ready to be sketched and cut. Originally I 

Lunch Box Notes

Lunch Box Notes

  I made a set of notes and envelopes to have ready to write on and toss into my kids’ lunches this school year.  (Actually, I threw in some generic feminine cards with vellum envelopes, too.)  The more I have ready, the easier it is 

Thank You Card with Two-Toned Shapes

Thank You Card with Two-Toned Shapes

I created this two-toned thank you card after I saw this love-you card on Pinterest.  She used punches and scissors, but I used the fancy knife tool in Silhouette Studio (with washi as one layer) to change it up a bit. I used my knife 

Stenciled Flower Card

Stenciled Flower Card

I made this card with Silhouette stencil material and dye-based stamping inks on watercolor paper.  I love the blending I was able to accomplish and the texture from the watercolor paper.  Stencils are so fun to use for flawless artwork!  And now that I have 

Hello Stamped-Sketched Card

Hello Stamped-Sketched Card

Hello! I think Silhouette stamps mixed with sketching is such a great combination! Today’s post features the Silhouette stamping material, combined with the sketch function of the Silhouette machines. I created this simple design with a word balloon from retro speech bubbles by putting 9 

Baby Girl Card

Baby Girl Card

Baby shower season is in full swing around here! I found this cute 3D stand-up birthday card in the online store and added pastel pink glitters to make it appropriate for a baby girl. Because this card has a lot of layers (cardstock, chipboard, double-sided 

Teacher Appreciation Card

Teacher Appreciation Card

  As the school year comes to a close, I wanted to give my kids’ teachers each a little something to say thanks for the time they’ve put into my children’s education this year. This adorable desk card cutting file is in the Silhouette online 

Feminine Birthday Card

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 

Baby Boy Nautical Shower Invitations

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 

DIY Giant Magnet Board for Cards

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 

Retirement Bendy Card

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 

How Are You Card

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 

Lucky to Have You

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 

New Beginnings Invitation 2014

New Beginnings Invitation 2014

  For those of you who are part of the LDS community and know about the Young Women organization, you may be familiar with the New Beginnings program.  We start out the new year with a meeting that introduces the annual theme and gets the 

You & Me Card

You & Me Card

Are you excited about the new products released by Silhouette this month at CHA?  I am!  I made a Valentine’s Day you & me card for my husband using the new white corrugated paper and the new stencil material in my Silhouette machine. I love 

Baby Boy Card

Baby Boy Card

  My cousin had a baby shower last weekend, and this is the card I made for her soon-to-arrive baby boy.  I had so much success with this similar baby girl card that I just changed the color scheme and altered a couple of details. 

Cake Cut-Out Card

Cake Cut-Out Card

This cake cut-out birthday card was originally featured on the Silhouette Blog, but now you can read it all below. I’ve got tips on using some Modify functions in Silhouette Studio (you know, the confusing ones like “release compound path” and “subtract”), so read on… 

Custom Address Labels

Custom Address Labels

Originally posted on the Silhouette Blog 1/2/2014 Happy New Year!  January for me is a time for setting goals and getting things in order, like having cards ready to send.  I made some custom address labels using Silhouette Studio to design them, and I used 

Season’s Greetings Card

Season’s Greetings Card

Originally posted on the Silhouette blog 12/22/2013 Today’s free shape is this group of birch trees.  Doesn’t this make a beautiful winter scene? I’ll show you how to put this card together.  First, open the birch trees shape and resize it to 5.0” x 5.0”.  

Triangle-Fold Winter Card

Triangle-Fold Winter Card

(Original design team post was featured on the Silhouette blog 12/10/2013) Are you enjoying the holiday season?  Kelly here with another card appropriate for various winter occasions.  I found this cute triangle-folds card in the online store but decided to replace the cupcake that comes 

Card with Sketch Pen Tutorial

Card with Sketch Pen Tutorial

Originally posted on the Silhouette blog 11/28/2013 Kelly here!  I’m happy to be here with you again, this time for a Thursday Sketch project.  Stamped backgrounds have caught my eye lately in cards, and I think a lot of sketched shapes would make great backgrounds 

Thankful Mini Card Set

Thankful Mini Card Set

Here’s a thankful mini card set originally posted on the Silhouette Blog, which I’m now including here in its entirety. Hello!  Kelly here to share another card project with you.  Thanksgiving is quickly approaching here in the U.S. so I made a little set of