I love being able to whip up a quick gift to send to a friend. I had a towel in my stash & it seemed to be whispering my name. So I went shopping in the Silhouette Design store to find a cut file I liked. After a measurement error & my 2nd scrap of … Continue reading Quick gifts
I just love being able to add a personalize touch to almost any item. We saw this DIY nerf gun target on Facebook over the holidays and knew it needed to be created in our house..... but, I was asked to take it one step further. I was told we needed "bad guy" faces for … Continue reading Customized nerf targets
On Christmas morning I quickly realized that I needed Santa sacks, so no one could "peek" at what Santa brought before everyone else got out of bed. While shopping in the Target Christmas clearance the day after Christmas, I happened on these burlap sacks. I quickly sprang into action.... Grabbed 3 of them and headed … Continue reading After Christmas crafting
I was cutting a few designs out of vinyl and it just seemed to keep tearing..... I powered through and cut a second time & then carefully coaxed it while weeding the design.... You can find that previous blog post with image HERE. A few days later I sit down to cut a few more … Continue reading New Year – New Mat!!!
Did you get a Cameo for Christmas or just because? Need help learning how to do something? I attended Terri Johnson Creates first graduating Instructor class and am now set up for online instruction via video conference calls. I use a program that is free to you called Zoom and it allows me to share … Continue reading Silhouette instruction
I've seen variations of this all over and I just had to try it. This was a bit difficult to weed the vinyl but I was determined. I wanted this image on my charger plate. I ended up cutting it twice and then coaxing it along while weeding & applying it, but I love the … Continue reading ‘Twas the Night before Christmas
Here is another simple ornament made using basic shapes within the Silhouette Studio program. I created a long rectangle belt after measuring the circumference of my square ornament, which I then cut out of black 651 vinyl. Then I made 2 squares and used the Subtract all feature to make the belt, which I cut … Continue reading Simple Santa Ornament
Did you know you can find all kinds of cute Planner things on Pinterest? Of course you did, if you are like me, you have a few things pinned to your Planner board.... ummmmm maybe hundreds.... every time I get a motivated bug & happen to be on Pinterest, a few more jump on my … Continue reading Planning with your Silhouette Cameo
I knew you could do it... but I'd never done it.... then I opened my mouth & volunteered to make stencils for my son's preschool class fundraiser..... After my offer was confirmed, I started researching.... usually I would recommend doing it the other way around and volunteering for something that you already know for sure … Continue reading Stencils with the Silhouette
A few weeks ago, I had the honor of attending Terri Johnson Creates first Licensed Instructor class. I was ecstatic when I saw her announce the opening of her first Licensing event and I had to sign up immediately. Why? Well, I'm a Silhouette fanatic and have been since I first started using the machine. … Continue reading TJC Licensed Instructor
