Crafty Projects and Silhouette Inspiration and Instruction
(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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 made these cards a month ago for three graduating high-school seniors in our neighborhood. I loved the idea of hot-air balloons paired with this quote from Stampin’ Up! Because the cards are 5″x7″ and I only had one sheet of cloud paper, two were …
Here are the instructions to my interactive whale card. The whale and spout were Silhouette freebies so you can make this card just like I did, or you can use this template to create any kind of moving card you want! (Think cars, birthday cakes, …
I thought this Silhouette free shape of the week was so cute that I had to turn it into a moving pull-tab card for my niece. I also used Silhouette Studio’s text-to-path function for a wavy sentiment. I used one more recent freebie for the …
Wedding season is coming upon us now that the weather is getting nicer. I’ve wanted to do a more formal 3D cake card from Crafting Creatures ever since this birthday card turned out so nicely. This time I used Silhouette double-sided adhesive with their …
I can’t believe I’m old enough to have a 16-year-old niece! Time flies when you’re having fun, I guess. I cut out the “16” from yellow paper sized slightly smaller than my card front, placed the grey striped paper onto the yellow card base, and …
I bought a Lifestyle Crafts L Letterpress bundle deal towards the end of last year, and have found a good use for it. I’ve made 75 of these letterpress thank-you cards and counting… Since I’m packaging them in sets of 25, including envelopes, I also …
I don’t often impulse buy, but when I found a special one-day deal on the Lifestyle Crafts L Letterpress set (replaced with this letterpress starter kit) with extras, I bought it. The video made it look so easy and cool! After my order was placed, …
I made this card several weeks ago for some good friends of ours who recently moved into a new home. I created this house by tracing some free clipart in Silhouette Studio and bulging out the sides with my point-editing tools. I had my …
A great gift for Mother’s Day or for any friend is a set of cards ready for them to send. For this project I made a set of 6 coordinating cards (2 of each kind) in a folio box. I shared this folio box Silhouette …
I love making cards and I love making 3D paper crafts, so this next project really appealed to me. Cecelia of Crafting Creatures asked me to try out her new cutting files for 3D cake cards, and I love them! She’s got her own …
I must confess… There are a few crafting trends that come along and are popular for a while that I just don’t get. Mustaches are one of those trends. I see them everywhere, but I just don’t think anyone getting my cards would appreciate a …
I’ve been collecting Washi sheets and Washi tape, but haven’t used it much. (I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one.) It can join my collection of unused pretty paper. 🙂 But I did use it for this birthday card for my little daughter’s BFF. …
I have wanted to try the double-sided adhesive sheets released by Silhouette last summer ever since I heard about them, and I finally got some! Here are the simple instructions provided by Silhouette, plus my added observations. 1. Open or create an image in the …
I’ve made a New Year’s Resolution to do better at sending out cards. I love making cards, but the last couple of years I’ve usually run out of time or made other excuses not to get out birthday cards for everyone on my list. But …
