Crafty Projects and Silhouette Inspiration and Instruction
I have a big change coming up in my life that may affect my blog a little. In a couple of weeks I’ll be starting a part-time job in an accounting firm, which is where my educational background is. I’ve got mixed feelings about this, …
I made these for my kids’ gradeschool teachers back in November. I’m never on the ball for official teacher-appreciation holidays, so we brought each teacher a gift basket during parent-teacher conferences at the end of the first term. That’s a long week for teachers, and …
I just passed the 500,000 mark for all-time page views on my blog! That’s a pretty fun Christmas present, don’t you think? I just want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, or a very happy day in whatever part of the world you are …
Here is my Christmas card for this year. I always try to make cards that don’t take a lot of time but still meet my personal standards, and most years I fail. I start with a base design but then add one more little touch …
One of the best things having a Silhouette machine has done for me is to expand my world. I love living in this age of technology where I can have a machine that does what it does, and then I can post the project …
This is the last of the three projects I made (for now) using the “Seen & Noted” papers from Pebbles Inc. Again, I found a fun tutorial on Split Coast Stampers and adapted it for this card and turned it into a cutting file I’m …
Here’s a fun note holder I found as a tutorial on Split Coast Stampers and converted it into Studio and SVG cutting files. It’s so cute, and only takes a single piece of letter-size paper for the box itself. It’s just a touch bigger than …
This is one of three projects I’ve made with the new “Seen and Noted” paper by Pebbles Inc. I like the bright and cheerful colors. I’m providing a free Studio cut file for all the shapes but the butterfly, which I purchased from the Silhouette …
When I saw this calendar design by Samantha Walker on the Silhouette Blog a while back, I had to have it and snatched it right up! Paid the whole 99 cents for it…didn’t even wait for a sale. (Big spender here, I know.) With my …
Sorry it’s been a while since I’ve made a post on my blog. I’ve been busy creating, fulfilling church responsibilities, and being a mom–which hasn’t left much time to blog. I have made one recent addition to my blog, which I think you’ll find helpful. …
I can’t tell you how excited I am to be a part of the Scrapbook Steals blog hop! I jumped at the chance to be a guest designer for some mystery product from the website that brings me a new amazing deal every day (twice)! …
My Halloween Mobile Tutorial is being featured on DIY Draw’s “10 Amazing Halloween Projects to Try!” Happy Halloween!
I feel very fortunate to consider myself friends with two very talented women I met through the Silhouette Plus forum. We decided to get together and do a little collaboration. We each designed a cutting file or two, shared them with each other, and made …
I cut a couple of Echo Park bicycles out during my recent online class, and this is what I did with one of them. This is a birthday card I made for my sister-in-law. The bicycle, tree, and flag are all print and cut in …
Today is my second anniversary of starting this blog. Thank you so much for all of your support and friendship the past two years. And to my newer followers (I just reached 502!!!), I hope to keep you inspired and educated with my crafting pursuits. …
Thank you to those who joined me earlier today on my first online class since July. I had a few minor difficulties, like forgetting to record and my print & cut miserably failing with the newest software update, but not to worry… I promise to …
For those of you who aren’t aware, this Saturday the 6th of October is World Card Making Day! Now that’s a holiday to celebrate. 😉 I’ll be working on cards as much as I can that day, and I hope you card makers out there …
Here’s a Christmas Countdown project I made for Heartland Paper’s design team. I had a lot of fun decorating each envelope a little differently for 25 days in December. The star of the show (besides the adorable Doodlebug Design envelopes, cards, and new North Pole …
This is a project I’ve wanted to make for years. I saved an image of someone’s flip calendar on my computer in an “inspiration” folder ages ago and am so happy to have finally made it! I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the titles …
Yes, I know it’s been three months since I did my test run for a live online class, but I’m finally able to do another! Anyone who attended the last class may have already received an invitation. I’ll have two online classes on Thursday, October …
I made this card for The Paper Cabana Challenge #4. The challenge was to use a background cut design. No problem! I whipped up this chevron design to fit on a standard card front and layered it on top of a cloud pattern paper (a …
The Paper Cabana Challenge #3 asked us to look to Bright Wish Kanzashi Studio for inspiration on our project. Of course, seeing all those flowers made me want to create yet another flower project. I think the reds and oranges stood out to me, as …
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 was packaging up my cards to send to Card Care Connection and realized I had some random matching scraps and print & cut labels I had made but not used. So I whipped these four cards together to finish off my collection. They’re very …
