Crafty Projects and Silhouette Inspiration and Instruction
This week’s free design from Silhouette is an adorable owl. I decided to make a friendly little owl card with two of these owls and lots of layers. I wanted to create my own saying on a banner shape, so I used Silhouette Studio’s Text-To-Path …
Here’s a fun card you can use for students of any age using this week’s free shape. I chose to fill one of the frames with a cute pattern, used printable white sticker paper for all of the print-and-cut elements, and mounted them on chipboard …
I made a set of notes and envelopes to have ready to write on and toss into my kids’ lunches this school year. (Actually, I threw in some generic feminine cards with vellum envelopes, too.) The more I have ready, the easier it is …
You may have seen this idea on the Silhouette blog by my talented fellow design-team member, Annie. I think we bought the shapes in the Silhouette online store at the same time because I had created my own set of monsters by the time I …
It has come around again: state floats for a school project. My son ended up with the state of Oregon a couple of years ago, and my daughter managed to get the same state this year. I grew up in Oregon and the kids’ …
O.K. I know 3.14 is past, but I didn’t have these pictures ready to post until now. We had a fantastic neighborhood party to celebrate Pi Day (March 14 = 3/14 on the calendar), and everyone got to bring a pie for dessert. My husband …
Who likes to be the star of the show on their birthday? Every kid I know. This is a fancy ribbon that can be worn by the birthday boy or girl on his or her special day. Sometimes it’s nice to draw a little attention …
Here’s a tutorial for making perfect stickers to put on craft sticks for simple children’s craft stick puzzles. This would even be fun to make a secret message to be unscrambled. This is my take on several related ideas I saw on Pinterest. Original tutorial …
Here are some little handouts used for motivation to put your heart into [anything]. I made these sucker holders to motivate our Young Women to work on their Personal Progress goals. It’s easy to find heart-shaped suckers this time of year, but any time …
When I started making tutorials about Silhouette Studio back in 2010-2011, I was sharing what I had discovered in order to ease the learning process for others. Well, I’ve learned a few more tricks the past few years and still want to share them so …
For those of you who are part of the LDS community and know about the Young Women organization, you may be familiar with the New Beginnings program. We start out the new year with a meeting that introduces the annual theme and gets the …
For this project (originally featured on the Silhouette Blog 1/17/2014) I used the Silhouette advent calendar to make a Valentine-themed piece of home decor. It’s a Valentine collage! With Christmas over, I was sad to put away my advent calendar. So I didn’t. 😉 I …
Originally posted on the Silhouette Blog 1/2/2014 Happy New Year! January for me is a time for setting goals and getting things in order, like having cards ready to send. I made some custom address labels using Silhouette Studio to design them, and I used …
I have one more post referring to the Silhouette tattoo paper I used on this candle. The tattoo paper is best used with a full sheet for a print & cut because of the registration marks and the need to apply an adhesive layer on …
I’m excited to show you this candle I made using the Silhouette temporary tattoo paper. It was originally featured on the Silhouette Blog, but now you can read all about it below. I love candles during the holidays! Kelly here to share this candle I …
(Original design team post was featured on the Silhouette blog 12/10/2013) Are you enjoying the holiday season? Kelly here with another card appropriate for various winter occasions. I found this cute triangle-folds card in the online store but decided to replace the cupcake that comes …
(Originally posted for the Silhouette Blog design team on 11/14/2013) In choosing a birthday card design for this chilly time of year, I opted for this adorable penguin as a focal point. I enjoy paper piecing designs because it leaves so much room for tiny …
My friend just had a sweet baby girl last week so I made her this card. There are several baby carriage shapes in the Silhouette online store, but this one just called my name. Even better, it was a great shape to use as …
Need a simple reminder to mass produce with your Silhouette machine and pass out? I love how quick these little clipboards were to put together! I used the Clipboard by Jillibean Soup shape (ID# 30961) from the Silhouette store and turned the paper into …
My 7th grade son has his first-term science project due this week. He had a few options to choose from and decided it would be fun to make a children’s book on lab safety. With a little nudge from his mom, he agreed it would …
I created this card with the hexagons back in May but never got around to sharing it until now. Today I turned it into a sympathy card, and below is what I did with it for Mother’s Day. On the upper card I placed a …
Fall is in full swing here in the western U.S., and that means our Thanksgiving is approaching. I was asked to make a gratitude album for the Heartland Paper design team using the Basic Grey Capture album and page protectors. I must say this …
I get the enjoyable job of helping our Young Women get through their Personal Progress requirements. We have set a goal for each girl to get a ribbon by Young Women in Excellence in November. I whipped up these little reminders to keep them …
I made a couple of thank-you cards today. I pinned a card ages ago by Amy from Pickled Paper Designs because I loved it so much, and in the end I copied the layout pretty closely for this card. (There wasn’t anything to improve …
Here is the fifth and final gift I made for our secret sisters at girls camp this year. I bought a bunch of 1″x8″ cello bags from eBay, filled them with mini jawbreakers, and used my Silhouette to make cute little toppers. I used the …
