Crafty Projects and Silhouette Inspiration and Instruction
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 …
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 …
Sorry I haven’t posted anything lately. I’ve been getting to know my new Cameo machine. I love it so much and am having no troubles whatsoever with it. Here is my first big project I made with it: This is a cutting file from the …
Use any kind of ephemera to create a mobile. Here’s a tutorial I’m sharing with you to create a Halloween mobile with ribbon, thread, and scrapbook paper. Materials: 10” metal ring (or you could use an embroidery hoop, painted black if desired). 4-5 yards …
I surprised my older sister this weekend with an “Over the Hill” party since the big day’s coming up next week and we don’t get to see each other very often. I lured her and her family over and surprised her with decorations and cake …
I just delivered this to Heartland Paper. I wrote a tutorial for it, so hopefully that will show up soon on the Heartland Blog and I’ll provide a link then. This was a lot of fun to make, using Teresa Collins’ new “Haunted Hallows” collection. …
(Continued from my previous post) As I mentioned, I had three parties this weekend. Fortunately the second (the family party) required no decorations. But the party for my daughter and her friends needed something more than cake and ice cream. So I made these little …
I thought I had posted this last fall but apparently I didn’t. We made these houses about the time I created my blog. These are Halloween houses cut by the Silhouette (purchased from the Silhouette store but no longer available). I made them bigger than …
This dutch oven cookbook mini album is what I’ve been working on lately. It turned into quite the adventure as I chose to do this album almost exclusively with the Silhouette machine, and my poor old Silhouette decided it was not going to cooperate with …
Here’s my exciting announcement: I have joined the Heartland Paper Design Team! Heartland Paper is a scrapbook store in Bountiful, Utah. I am so excited! I will be making projects to display in the store, and hopefully will be teaching some classes. If you live …
This interactive card helped me win the most recent challenge in the Silhouette Plus forum. Interactive Card Free File Here is the Silhouette Studio cutting file for you. Instructions Here are the instructions for this interactive card. The front can be adapted to suit your …
This is the project I made in 2008 for Mother’s Day. I just ran across the photos while scrapbooking and thought I should share this here. There are several versions out there for a word-shaped mini album. This is my version I created in Photoshop …
This tip may be basic for some of you, but I’ve been asked about this so I’ll share it with you. Maybe it will be an “ah-ha!” moment for some of you who are new to paper crafts. I’ve referred to “inking the edges” in …
There are a lot of great Silhouette shapes people have created floating around on the internet. I got this rosette shape as a freebie from Craft and Smile blog. I used plain lilac paper and inked the edges before rolling them. The lolli shape was …
I made this sign a couple of years ago but thought it would be fun to share today, with Easter approaching. I used the Silhouette to cut the rectangles and words out of shiny Bazzill cardstock. The eggs are just ovals, but look like …
Update 1/26/2014: The instructions below still work, but I’ve made simplified video tutorials on my new blog post Disney Princess Paper Dolls. Please go there first for updated and easy instructions. Thanks! Original post: I found these Disney paper dolls from a photo on Silhouette’s …
My son and I made this robot to collect his valentines at school. When you push the button it says, “Happy Valentine’s Day” in a robot voice. He was very happy taking that creation to school today! The electronics came from Radio Shack, and everything …
I can’t bring myself to buy boxes of valentines from the store. I just can’t. Even with three kids in school this year, my crafty self just won’t allow it. So I had to plan for 60+ homemade valentines. Where do I start? The Silhouette, …
I’m sorry I haven’t posted in a while. I had to finish my extended family’s calendar, and then decided to upgrade to Windows 7, and the combination of the two has taken all my spare time since my last post. No crafts made. But the …
Here’s a card and a mobile I made for my brother with the Silhouette using the print and cut features. The unicycle comes as a cut design, but I didn’t want to cut and then glue all the tiny little pieces, especially multiple times for …
I got out the Silhouette again today after a great tutorial on the Silhouette Blog. I made bookmarks for two of my kids using the modify tools. It really is great being able to edit and combine shapes to make unique projects that aren’t limited …
