Crafty Projects and Silhouette Inspiration and Instruction
It finally feels like fall around here, complete with cooler rainy weather and fall colors starting to pop out on the trees. I love it! This is also my favorite season to decorate in my house. I was so excited to do this project I’ve …
I’m so excited to be a guest designer for the first challenge at a new e-cutter challenge blog called The Paper Cabana. The first challenge is “primary colors” so I grabbed some things from my stash and went to work. I love using clear …
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 …
Here is the tutorial I promised for making your own Grandma Word Album with Silhouette Studio. This can be adapted to make an album out of any word you choose. Just so you know, National Grandparents Day is September 9, 2012. (It’s the first Sunday …
Here it is! My latest and greatest. A princess mini album. I cut everything out with my Silhouette Cameo, including the chipboard album pages. I will be sharing the album cutting file (Studio) at the end of the post, along with a printable file (PDF) …
How about a freebie today? I made some CDs for my Silhouette Basics students at Heartland Paper and needed something to put them in. I have a lot of paper, so I decided to make my own CD cases. There are plenty of CD templates …
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 haven’t even been to an official family reunion for about 15 years, but I was happy to accept the assignment of a family-reunion craft for my Heartland Paper design-team project this month. Now I know what I’ll do if I’m ever in charge of …
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 …
My son had a school project where he had to choose a state and decorate a shoe box to look like a mini parade float. Silhouette print and cut to the rescue! He told me what he wanted to include and I found lots of …
Here it is! I can’t tell you how long I spent on this project because I’ve been thinking about it for a couple of months, collecting ideas and watching/reading tutorials, and gathering flower files. The actual cutting and assembling I spread across a couple of …
First, let me give credit to my source of inspiration. I found this cute spring project on Pinterest and had to make something like it for myself. Here’s Kim’s DIY spring art project from the Celebration Shoppe. And here’s my take on it: I made …
I wanted to try out this little purse file I had in my Silhouette Library, so I cut one in black and one in pink. I spread it diagonally across my 12×12″ mat to make it as big as possible, so there was a lot …
Here it is, the second set of cards I promised during the “Love My Cameo” blog hop. This is actually where I started, with these beautiful flower sketch designs from Barb Derksen. I made my own designs for the blog hop to match the Valentine’s …
I made these tissue box covers for my kids’ elementary school teachers. What teacher doesn’t go through a lot of tissues in a year, right? This cover will go over both Kleenex-brand square tissue boxes and Kirkland-brand (Costco) square tissue boxes. I shared this cutting …
I spent hours drooling over all the pretty mobiles I could find on Pinterest, and then I combined several of my favorites to create this one. This is another project I submitted as a design-team member for Heartland Paper Co. It only uses a single …
I made a version of this Valentine hanging decoration a couple of years ago, but this is my new and improved version. I turned this in to Heartland Paper today, so if you live in or near Davis County, Utah, you can go see it …
At the last Silhouette Basics class I taught at Heartland Paper, I taught how to use the point-editing tools in Silhouette Studio to make this popup place card. I forgot, however, to bring this extra project I made that shows another example using point-editing. This …
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 …
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 …
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 …
I have a confession to make. We’ve had our Christmas lights up (and lit most nights) since the 15th of November, and even have our Christmas tree up and decorated in our living room. My husband has been playing Christmas music since the day after …
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 …
