Crafting Creativity: Spotlight Artist – Diva Watts Designs

I want to share a fabulous designer that I’ve had the privilege to collaborate with recently – Diva Watts Designs!!!

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I have been a collector of Stacey’s designs in the Silhouette Design Store and in September 2023 was able to connect and meet her face-to-face at the Silhouette Summit.

I love meeting others in the industry and getting to put a face with a name in real life and getting to know them! At least as much as we can squeeze into a whirlwind trip at these conferences.

I took 1 file and each week in March shared a new project that I had created with just that single file. I wanted to share some of the possibilities that you can do featuring the design by Diva Watts Designs. I’ll include a supply list for each of the projects below too!

Here is a look at the Flower file from Diva Watts Designs – you can find it HERE.

One design from Diva Watts Designs = 5 projects

Project #1 – Paper Flowers to Embellish a Card

I started out with simply cutting out the flower design from cardstock, adding some ink, and using paper shaping tools gave the flowers some dimension. The flowers were then glued onto a card base that I had sketched on.

I shared this process on the Silhouette Secrets+ YouTube channel video – Easily Create Paper Flowers with Silhouette. In the video, I am also demonstrating the Silhouette Electrostatic Bed that I used when creating this project.

Additional Resources:

• Silhouette Electrostatic Bed
• Sketching with Silhouette
• More Papercrafts

Supplies Used:

• Recollections cardstock
• Ranger Distressed Inks
• Sizzix Tim Holtz Shaping Kit
• Fiskars Lia Griffith Paper Curler
• Scotch Quick Dry Glue
• Precision Tip Glue Bottle
• Craft Tool Organizer
• Silhouette Cameo 5 at CrafterCuts or Silhouette America
• Silhouette Electrostatic Bed at Crafter Cuts or Silhouette America
• Silhouette Protective Sheets at Crafter Cuts or Silhouette America
• Silhouette Autoblade at CrafterCuts or Silhouette America

Project #2 – Spring Chalkboard Sign

I created this design in the Silhouette Studio software so I would know how it looked prior to cutting.

Once I had it just right, I cut each color out of adhesive vinyl and layered it onto the chalkboard sign.

I shared a quick video of the application process on the Silhouette Secrets+ Instagram account HERE.

Additional Resources for the tools I used to create the design:

• Drawing Tools
• Compound Paths
• Offset
• Subtract

Supplies Used:

• Adhesive Vinyl in colors of choice
• AT65 Transfer Tape
• Rectangular Chalkboard Wall Sign
• Parchment Paper
• Diamond Tip Reamer

Project #3 – 3-D Stemmed Paper Flowers

Next, I cut multiples of the flower design in several sizes, added them onto a floral wire stem, and layered them together to create a 3-D flower arrangement. I had some crepe paper flower leaves from a different project that I added into the vase with the flowers too.

Supplies Used:

• Supplies from Project #1 – see above
• 20 gauge Floral wire
• Pliers kit

Project #4 – Earrings with Shrink Plastic

I had originally intended to create 2 sizes of earrings, but I cracked one during the process, so I ended up with 2 different projects. I used Silhouette Shrink Plastic and set it up as a print and cut project with the flower shapes filled with a watercolor pattern.

And as can happen, a project takes on a life of it’s own. I had originally designed and cut this so it was a layered earring design with the flower center facing forward. But after seeing it together, the center created a unique look showing through and I finished the project loving it even more!

Additional Resources:

• Pattern Fill
• Print and Cut Basics
• More Print and Cut Tutorials
• Silhouette Print and Cut Class

Supplies Used:

• Silhouette Shrink Plastic
• Blue on Blue Grunge Painted Monoprint Background by Clickchic Designs
• Blue Watercolor Pattern with Green by Abelha de Papel
• Earring Hardware
• Jewelry Pliers (2)
• E6000 Glue

Project #5 – Tool Charm with Shrink Plastic

Since I cracked one of my flower designs after shrinking it, I wasn’t going to let the other one go to waste and decided it would make a great tool charm. I added a tassel onto the chain and attached it to my scissors with a lobster claw clasp.

Now these are MINE! This is a great way to designate scissors for different purposes or lay claim to your tools.

Supplies Used:

• Lobster Clasp
• Tassel in color of choice
• Jewelry Chain
• Jewelry Pliers (2)
• E6000 Glue

All of these projects were completed using just 1 file from Diva Watts Designs! Stacey has so many more amazing designs too!

Find designs by Diva Watts Designs at:

• ​Silhouette Design Store​
• ​Design Bundles​
• ​Etsy​
• SoFontsy

Follow along with Diva Watts Designs on the Diva Watts Designs website, Facebook and Instagram too!

A great big thank you to Stacey at Diva Watts Designs for contributing the free file for the Silhouette Secrets+ newsletter for the month of March! If you missed grabbing the free flower file in March, it is available in the Silhouette Design Store HERE.

This year I started offering a free file each month for Silhouette Secrets+ newsletter subscribers. I love designing in the Silhouette Studio software and have shared some of my creations as well as look forward to collaborating with more artists in the future too!

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Did this give you some ideas? How about how you can take 1 file and create a variety of projects with it. I had so much fun brainstorming, designing, and creating with this file. Thank you Diva Watts Designs!

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