Crafty Projects and Silhouette Inspiration and Instruction
I made the number 2 for this card a while back, but finally got to give it to my adorable little nephew this month. I placed it on chevron paper (My Mind’s Eye “Fine and Dandy”) with mini glue dots behind a few of the …
I made this birthday card for my wonderful mother-in-law. It’s from the Peony Cottage kit by SVG Cuts, but I used a cupcake instead of the sun that came with it, plus added my own sunburst design behind the cupcake. It’s easy to …
I just passed the 500,000 mark for all-time page views on my blog! That’s a pretty fun Christmas present, don’t you think? I just want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, or a very happy day in whatever part of the world you are …
Here is my Christmas card for this year. I always try to make cards that don’t take a lot of time but still meet my personal standards, and most years I fail. I start with a base design but then add one more little touch …
This is the last of the three projects I made (for now) using the “Seen & Noted” papers from Pebbles Inc. Again, I found a fun tutorial on Split Coast Stampers and adapted it for this card and turned it into a cutting file I’m …
This is one of three projects I’ve made with the new “Seen and Noted” paper by Pebbles Inc. I like the bright and cheerful colors. I’m providing a free Studio cut file for all the shapes but the butterfly, which I purchased from the Silhouette …
I can’t tell you how excited I am to be a part of the Scrapbook Steals blog hop! I jumped at the chance to be a guest designer for some mystery product from the website that brings me a new amazing deal every day (twice)! …
I feel very fortunate to consider myself friends with two very talented women I met through the Silhouette Plus forum. We decided to get together and do a little collaboration. We each designed a cutting file or two, shared them with each other, and made …
I cut a couple of Echo Park bicycles out during my recent online class, and this is what I did with one of them. This is a birthday card I made for my sister-in-law. The bicycle, tree, and flag are all print and cut in …
For those of you who aren’t aware, this Saturday the 6th of October is World Card Making Day! Now that’s a holiday to celebrate. 😉 I’ll be working on cards as much as I can that day, and I hope you card makers out there …
I made this card for The Paper Cabana Challenge #4. The challenge was to use a background cut design. No problem! I whipped up this chevron design to fit on a standard card front and layered it on top of a cloud pattern paper (a …
I was packaging up my cards to send to Card Care Connection and realized I had some random matching scraps and print & cut labels I had made but not used. So I whipped these four cards together to finish off my collection. They’re very …
I made this card box for Sandi (check out her blog) as she was looking for a holder like this. It’s a Studio file that’s in two pieces so you can cut it from one piece of 12×12 paper or split it onto two …
Some of you may remember Bennit the Bunny from this post, and as I was searching for uplifting card ideas for Card Care Connection, I remembered that he’s the most cheerful little character I could ever find! Last time I used the print & cut …
I had the opportunity to attend an event where Jon Schmidt, a well-known pianist/composer, came to perform for our youth group. It was fantastic! We were in charge of the event, so I made this card for Jon Schmidt to go with our thank-you gift. …
I just found out a great opportunity to use our card-making skills to brighten the lives of those affected by cancer. Card Care Connection has asked me to help reach the card-making community in order to help. So here I am, asking for hand-made cards …
I don’t normally do Christmas cards in the middle of the summer, but my friend Barb set a challenge for us to make Christmas cards this week, well last week, but better late than never. 🙂 I figured it sounded fun, especially if I came …
Do you know what one of my favorite things about the Silhouette machine is? I can take any idea out there on the web and quickly turn it into a great cut file. This little fan was so easy, thanks to Pinterest and to Paper …
I was asked how to design a 4×6″ envelope in Studio without having to purchase an envelope file from the online store. I love a challenge and had some time, so I made this video tutorial to share with you. You can use these techniques …
I got short notice for a birthday party a few days ago for my little daughter to attend. I had no time during the day to drag all the kids with me to the store to buy a gift, but I did end up with …
I made this card for my younger sister and used a challenge on the Silhouette Plus forum to help me create my flower design. The challenge was to create a 3D project (I’m counting this flower as 3D) by starting with a shape not originally …
I recently taught a class on using the Modify tools in Silhouette Studio to combine background designs with other shapes. We made this project: And in preparation for the class I made another fun frame, which I used in this project: I was asked again …
I just got the new adjustable marker holder for the Silhouette from Chomas Creations, so when it arrived I immediately went through my stash to see what would fit. I settled on an American Crafts Slick Writer so I could have my Cameo draw on …
As I was busy trying to complete wreaths for my moms last weekend for Mother’s Day, I realized Sunday afternoon there was no way that was going to happen. So I had to switch gears and make some very quick cards, but since they were …
