Month: January 2012

Silhouette Studio Tutorial:  Make Your Own Scalloped Circles

Silhouette Studio Tutorial: Make Your Own Scalloped Circles

I was asked how to design your own scalloped circles using Silhouette Studio, so I’ve written a short tutorial.  This can be done in either version (basic or designer). Here are the scalloped circles I’ll show how to make, using basically the same steps each 

Heart Mobile Tutorial

Heart Mobile Tutorial

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 

Sweet Valentine Hanger Tutorial

Sweet Valentine Hanger Tutorial

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 

Flower card

Flower card

I spent most of my time available one day making one of my etched-glass frames as a bridal-shower gift for a sweet girl who used to babysit my kids.  As the time drew near for me to leave, I realized I hadn’t made a card 

Home is Where….

Home is Where….

I finally got around to putting vinyl on my wall after years of putting it on everything else. I’ve put Silhouette vinyl on doors, mailboxes, mirrors, jars, plastic containers, dishes, holiday ornaments, cards…you name it. But not on my walls, until a few days ago. 

Love You Card

Love You Card

This is the card we’ll be making for our final lesson in the Silhouette Basics class I’m teaching at Heartland Paper in Bountiful, Utah. It’s simple, but we’re using one existing heart shape, a circle, and a rectangle to make all of this. And a 

Tutorial:  Butterfly Valentine Suckers

Tutorial: Butterfly Valentine Suckers

A reader asked me how she could use her new Cameo to make these from Skip to My Lou‘s free printables: using Sarah Bailey’s “Butterfly Valentine” file from the Silhouette Design Store: She wanted to get text on a path around the butterfly wings, so 

Silhouette Studio Tutorial:  Rhinestone Tool for Single-Line Text

Silhouette Studio Tutorial: Rhinestone Tool for Single-Line Text

I know a lot of you aren’t Silhouette users, but a lot of you are.  I’ve written quite a few tutorials for the Silhouette Plus forum, and teach Silhouette classes at Heartland Paper, but I’ve decided I should include these tutorials here on my blog 

Reader Spotlight

Reader Spotlight

I’ve seen pictures from two wonderful ladies who used my Christmas Village templates. I thought it would be fun to show them here. This set was made by Debby: And this display was made by Susan. She mixed in a lot of other fun things