Anniversary box card

 

An anniversary card made using the Silhouette Cameo and files from a kit by SVGcuts.com. The paper was pulled from my stash so I don’t know where it came from, other than the cardstock was American Crafts. Because it almost always is!

I really liked this style of card. The box card folds flat so it’s easy to post, and was a lot of fun to make. The second photo shows off the dimension of all the layers a little better.

I’m hoping to get back into crafting after a long hiatus, really hoping I manage it!

 

 

The Silhouette Cameo paper village

These houses were a lot of fun to make. The designs come from the Silhouette Store. I think they are called Ledge Village houses if you wish to look them up! There are more that I haven’t yet made. They are the perfect size to fit on the picture rail in my living room.    And they make me smile whenever I look at them. I especially love the washing on the line.

I made them all from American Crafts cardstock. And the colours were entirely dictated by the colours I had left. I realise that trees aren’t usually purple. But I like it anyway!

Playing with vinyl

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of the Silhouette Cameo. She’s probably my most used crafting tool. (Yes, that’s right, I said she. I’m sure she’s a sentient being!!)

Mostly I have used the Cameo for paper crafts, as pretty paper will always be my first love. However I’ve been dabbling a little with the idea of vinyl over the last few months. I finally took the plunge a little while ago and cut some vinyl. I read all kinds of tutorials about transfer tape and mirroring your design and nightmares with non-straight application. For those wishing to read or watch tutorials, YouTube is your best friend!

Although I was  a little afraid at first, it was surprisingly easy. The first piece I made (shown here) was from a file at the Silhouette Online Store. I had to resize the design and mirror it (which means to flip it!). The Cameo had no problems at all cutting the vinyl. I then weeded the design (which means to remove the bits you don’t want) and used transfer tape to attach it to the back of a picture frame I had lying around.  The frame is 6 x 4 inches so it’s quite small. I just added some digital patterned paper that I’d printed out and it was done. It’s small and simple but I was pleased with it! The picture shown here is from Instagram.

With my second attempt with vinyl I got a little more ambitious and decided to design something myself. I think I’d probably seen the phrase on Pinterest and liked it. I have a million fonts – well nearly – so the hard part was deciding which one to use!

I also wanted to try something different so this time I used canvas as my base. This was so easy I was amazed! I gave the canvas a couple of coats of paint, and once they were dry added the vinyl. There are two different colours in my design and I attempted to line them up correctly. I’ll be honest and say that I didn’t manage it perfectly, but hopefully that will just take some practice!

This canvas is somewhat bigger than the first piece, it’s about 20 cm square (or almost 8 inches in old money!) I’m working up to a big piece for over our bed. Hopefully I’ll get round to that eventually!

Green and pink thank you card

As you no doubt know by now, I love to send thank you cards. It’s something that perhaps has died out a little in the digital age, but I think there’s nothing nicer than receiving a hand-written note of thanks via old-fashioned snail-mail!

I was playing around with card-stock and my beautiful Silhouette Cameo and a class from Kerri Bradford and came up with this. I’m usually wary of posting cards before they’re sent but this one wasn’t created with a recipient in mind, so I’m free to post it now. Do something nice for me and you might just receive it yourself!!!!

Do you think sending thank you cards is a dying art?

A new craft adventure

I’ve been hinting that I’ve made new things for a while now. I’m finally ready to share one of them with you! {Drum roll please}. I’ve been venturing into new things – home décor pieces!

I’ve had a few ideas lately and the rest aren’t yet finished so I just have one to show today. I’m very exited about it though! Here it is:

Anyone that knows me well will not be surprised that there are butterflies involved – it’s a recurring theme for me. But, in my defence, it’s not purple!! It’s a shadow-box frame ( just over 4cm deep ).  I used high quality card-stock and even got some paints out. I do love to make a mess! I’m very pleased with the way it turned out and hope to make a few more in a similar style, just in different colours.

In order to photograph it, I removed the glass from the frame. You don’t want to see a reflection of me trying to take the photo!!

Here is a view from the side:

I’ve really enjoyed getting my hands painty and gluey again. And am looking forward to making the next one. More new-to-me crafts coming soon!

Thank you card

I do love a good reason for a thank you card – it means something nice has happened! I don’t usually post pictures of my cards until I know the recipient has received them, however I’ve got some time tonight and the rest of the week will be really busy so I’m taking a chance.

This card came together really easily with my Silhouette Cameo – yes I’m going to say it again – I love that machine! Its so quick and easy to use and the results are always great. I’ve been playing a lot with it lately, hopefully I’ll be ready to share the fruits of those labours soon. It would be a lot quicker if everyday had 50 hours in it! Anyway, this card was made with two sheets of A4 card and some double sided tape. Really simple, yet effective. What do you think?!