Tag: Christmas

Variation on Christmas Frame

Variation on Christmas Frame

I hope you’re not tired of this frame yet.  I just wanted to show one more variation of this frame I did using fuzzy black vinyl.  Fuzzy white vinyl would work great, too, but I was working with black at the time.  I wish you 

Christmas Cards 2011

Christmas Cards 2011

I finally got my Christmas cards finished and in the mail last night, a few minutes before the last pickup.  I wasn’t procrastinating…I just couldn’t come up with a great design.  Until I tried these clear plastic sheets in my Silhouette (see my previous post).  

Christmas Advent Calendar

Christmas Advent Calendar

I wasn’t planning on making an advent calendar this year, but when I saw this beautiful set by Elle’s Studio through JessicaSprague.com, I changed my mind! (You can purchase this advent calendar at 35% off through the end of December.) It comes in PDF form 

Christmas Neighbor Gifts 2011

Christmas Neighbor Gifts 2011

Here’s what I came up with after deciding not to make multiples of this frame with vinyl. I used the same shapes in Silhouette Studio, but printed them on cute Christmas pattern paper in black ink. I like the variety of color on these. Merry 

Dress Up a Dollar Store Frame

Dress Up a Dollar Store Frame

I grabbed about 15 of these $1 frames at my local Dollar Tree store, and this is what I did with the first one.  I decorated it with white vinyl on the glass, and backed the windows with red pattern papers.  This was my brilliant 

Holiday Place Cards

Holiday Place Cards

This is the project I’ll be using to teach some skills at my Silhouette Basics class this Thursday night. Everyone is going to design their own place card from scratch using the Silhouette Studio drawing tools and this free Christmas-tree shape everyone with Studio has 

Christmas Village Tutorial

Christmas Village Tutorial

Here it is, folks! The tutorial I promised for making this Christmas Village from my previous post. The video assembly tutorial is in four parts so you can find what you need easily. Part A covers the stairs and window boxes. Part B covers the 

Christmas Village

Christmas Village

FRONT VIEW BACK VIEW I have a new respect for designers.  I knew when I started this project that I wanted to make a set of houses for a Christmas village and that I wanted my new Silhouette Cameo, with its large cutting area, to 

Christmas Ornaments with the Kids

Christmas Ornaments with the Kids

For a kids’ craft this week, we made homemade Christmas ornaments.  Yesterday we made and baked homemade clay which we cut with cookie cutters.  Today we painted them.  Some didn’t get finished yet, but we had a good time.  My girls were very interested in 

Cutting Cling Vinyl with the Slice

Cutting Cling Vinyl with the Slice

I have had some cling vinyl (Grafix brand) for a few years and have only traced and cut it out before.  Today I tried using the Slice machine on it and it worked great!  I cut the snowman out at a full 4″ and most 

December projects

December projects

The Christmas cards are finally done and in the mail!  I worked on them every day for a week.  It’s amazing how what I think is going to be a simple card turns into so many hours of repetitive work.  30 cards x 3 ornaments 

Christmas Card 2010

Christmas Card 2010

  I’ve finally designed my Christmas card!  I received the first three cards from others in the mail today, so it’s definitely time!  I used the Silhouette to cut out the ornaments from double-sided paper by Imaginisce.  The machine cuts so cleanly that I can 

Christmas Neighbor Gifts

Christmas Neighbor Gifts

Now that it’s getting closer to Christmas (yikes!), it’s time to think about neighbor gifts again. I haven’t decided what to do yet this year, but here is last year’s project. For 30 frosted glass ornaments I cut out a snowflake from vinyl using the