Tag: Decor

Customize Your Kitchen Mixer

Customize Your Kitchen Mixer

Hello, friends! I’ve got a new tutorial for you on how to use vinyl to customize your kitchen mixer. You can find my tutorial over here on the Silhouette 101 blog. I used the Silhouette Portrait to show how you can do big projects with 

Creating Crepe Paper Flowers on Craftcast

Creating Crepe Paper Flowers on Craftcast

  I’m excited to share that I have a class on Craftcast.com that’s all about creating crepe paper flowers! This was recorded live May 16th, 2020, but you can still purchase the class here: Creating Crepe Paper Flowers.   I show you step-by-step how to 

Create a Custom Vase with the Silhouette Alta Plus

Create a Custom Vase with the Silhouette Alta Plus

I’ve got a new tutorial up on the Silhouette 101 blog today HERE. I teach you how to use the Silhouette Alta® Plus (or the original Silhouette Alta®) to create a custom 3D printed vase. Check it out!   To purchase a Silhouette Alta or 

Guide to Glass Etching: Silhouette 101 Class

Guide to Glass Etching: Silhouette 101 Class

  Guide to Glass Etching is another Silhouette 101 video class I created with Silhouette America. This continues to round out all of our foundational classes for popular materials used with Silhouette machines. You can watch from the beginning, or skip to the various sections 

Fall Jars with Glitter Vinyl

Fall Jars with Glitter Vinyl

Need some sparkle in your fall crafts? Silhouette’s new glitter vinyl is available now, and I jumped on the chance to use it as soon as it arrived! Check out my tutorial HERE on the Silhouette Blog for decorating fall jars with glitter vinyl.

3D Printed Mini Zen Garden

3D Printed Mini Zen Garden

  On the Silhouette Blog today, I’ve got a tutorial for this mini Zen garden I printed with my Silhouette Alta 3D printer. Take a look here!

Etched Glass Wedding Frame

Etched Glass Wedding Frame

Need an idea for a handmade wedding gift? I’ve got a full tutorial for creating this etched glass project over on the Silhouette Blog HERE. The easiest way to get all the supplies and tools for glass etching is to purchase this Glass Etching Starter Kit. 

Paper Succulent Trio

Paper Succulent Trio

Paper succulents that won’t die? Yes, please! I’ve got a full tutorial for this paper succulent project over on the Silhouette America Blog. Click HERE to go to the tutorial. It includes my methods for shading, shaping, and assembling paper leaves and petals.

Print & Foil Artwork

Print & Foil Artwork

Have you tried Silhouette’s foil transfer sheets yet? I found a new way to use them. I call this technique “print & foil”, and it uses registration marks to print & cut a design and also add foil accents to the design. Pretty cool, huh? 

Tutorial: Object on Path in Silhouette Studio®

Tutorial: Object on Path in Silhouette Studio®

Have you tried the new Silhouette Studio feature of “Object on Path?” It’s so cool! You can take any design, not just text, and drag it to a path to create new and interesting designs. I’ve got a tutorial over on the Silhouette America blog. 

Picnic Party!

Picnic Party!

Hi friends! Today on the Silhouette Blog I’ve got a post about this picnic party I created with my Silhouette Portrait®. Yup, not the CAMEO, but the Portrait! It was a fun challenge to make some fun 3D crafts using the smaller but more portable 

5 Print & Cut Projects For Your Gallery Wall

5 Print & Cut Projects For Your Gallery Wall

I’ve got a new post on the Silhouette America blog, showcasing five print & cut projects with varying degrees of embellishment that can be framed and used for a gallery wall. Check it out here.

Print & Cut Watercolor Décor With Foil

Print & Cut Watercolor Décor With Foil

This is the time of year when I love adding something new and fresh to my décor. However, this is also the time of year when I have minimal time for personal projects. The solution? A 15-minute project that is super simple. How about a 

How To Use Adhesive Cork Sheets

How To Use Adhesive Cork Sheets

Have you seen the new products coming out from Silhouette America? I’ve got a design-team blog post and tutorial about how to use adhesive cork sheets over on the Silhouette Blog. Let me know if you have any questions! See my other project using these 

Do You Kill Your House Plants?

Do You Kill Your House Plants?

I found my solution for killing off any cute little house plants. I’m going to make them out of paper! I found this great little air plant in the Ready, Set, Make section of the Silhouette Design Store. (It’s project #1309.) The designer, Amy Robison, 

Spice Up Your Calendar With Cork Accents

Spice Up Your Calendar With Cork Accents

Silhouette America has recently added adhesive-backed cork sheets to their store, and I’m a fan! I’ve made two projects with the cork sheets already, and I’ll share one today. My other cork project includes a full tutorial on how to use the cork sheets, and 

One Inspirational Word: Curio Style

One Inspirational Word: Curio Style

How about another Silhouette Curio™ metal stippling tutorial today? I made a project to highlight my one inspirational word for 2017. You can find the full tutorial on the Silhouette America Blog HERE. I’ve also got a couple of other ways I created this word 

Halloween Village

Halloween Village

I’m a bit ashamed to say I haven’t really gotten out my Halloween decorations yet this year, but I did make an entirely new Halloween village this month with Carina Gardner’s designs in the Silhouette Design Store. Details about all the fun houses I made 

How to Improve Cut Quality with a Test Cut

How to Improve Cut Quality with a Test Cut

Have you missed me? The Silhouette America blog is back up and running and more beautiful than ever! My post there today talks all about the test-cut feature of the Silhouette machines, including why you need it and how to use it. Go check it 

What Happens When Harry Potter goes to Girls Camp?

What Happens When Harry Potter goes to Girls Camp?

I love Harry Potter as much as the next gal, but I was curious to see how the leaders could use a Harry Potter theme in an uplifting setting for Girls Camp. My daughter just returned from her second year at LDS Girls Camp and 

Paper Patriotic Decor

Paper Patriotic Decor

One of my recent Silhouette design-team posts needed some good photo props, so I took the opportunity to make some paper patriotic decor. It was refreshing to work with my favorite medium again: paper. Flower Pot I made this sweet paper pot design by Jodi 

Silhouette Curio Emboss Effect Tutorial

Silhouette Curio Emboss Effect Tutorial

My latest tutorial on the Silhouette Blog shows how to use the Emboss Effect with the Silhouette Curio for various applications. Originally this etched metal art was published on the Silhouette blog, but now the full tutorial is below.   Hello, my fellow Curio users 

Scratchboard Airplane

Scratchboard Airplane

Hi, friends! I’ve got a new Silhouette Curio project for you today: a scratchboard airplane. I’ve scoured the craft stores for thick and unique materials to use in my Curio, and I love this piece I made with scratchboard. This scratchboard intrigued me, as I 

Multi-Color Stipple with Curio

Multi-Color Stipple with Curio

Hey, Curio fans! Here’s a new tutorial up for a multi-color stipple project with the Silhouette Curio. (Originally posted on the Silhouette America blog.)   Happy Spring! (Or happy fall to my southern-hemisphere friends.) Either way, both seasons often mean it’s time to keep an 

Metal Etch Butterflies

Metal Etch Butterflies

I love how this metal etch project turned out on this black metal sheet! In case you missed my original post on the Silhouette Blog, I’ve got a step-by-step tutorial for metal etching with the Silhouette Curio here. Read on! Here is what you’ll need