Month: February 2012

Sketch-Pen Window Card

Sketch-Pen Window Card

I made this card for a card challenge on the Silhouette Plus forum, then turned it into a class on using sketch pens for Silhouette users in my area.  I’m going to try this class again later because of a lack of interested parties this 

Just for Fun

Just for Fun

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 

Silhouette Basics Class:  Lesson 2 Make & Take

Silhouette Basics Class: Lesson 2 Make & Take

I just wanted to show this cute bag topper we’ll be making for the Silhouette Basics Class at Heartland Paper (Lesson 2 is on March 6th this time around). My co-teacher Alice came up with the cute idea and I just refined it a little.  

Scraplifting with Silhouette Studio

Scraplifting with Silhouette Studio

Ahhh…it feels good to scrapbook again.  I decided to take on the sketch challenge from the Silhouette Blog and scrapbook a funny conversation I had this week with my two-year old, who has quite an advanced vocabulary for his age.  He’s constantly asking questions, but 

Thanks a Bunch! Card Set

Thanks a Bunch! Card Set

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 

Valentines for Kids

Valentines for Kids

I know Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but I need to share what I did for my kids’ Valentines this year. I used a pen in my Cameo to write “I choo-choo-choose you.  Happy Valentine’s Day” on train shapes, then had the blade cut 

Love My Cameo Blog Hop: Card Gift Set

Love My Cameo Blog Hop: Card Gift Set

Welcome to my stop along the “Love My Cameo” blog hop. If you have just come from Lisa’s blog at Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons, you’re in the right place. If you just stopped by my blog today, click on this link to Amy Chomas to 

Teacher Gift:  Tissue Box Covers

Teacher Gift: Tissue Box Covers

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 

Valentine’s Day Card

Valentine’s Day Card

I’ve been playing with my sketch pens again lately in my Cameo, and this is the Valentine card I made for my husband.  I used a black glitter Silhouette sketch pen to sketch the typewriter, a dark silver gel pen in the Chomas Creations Silhouette