Get in the spirit!

Playing with digital paper from etsy tonight using Silhouette Studio software.  This digital paper is for Chicago Bears, but  I am using it for the Auburn Tigers, my alma mater, War Eagle!

I love the chevron paper, how cute is it?

The picture is from The Birmingham News, found on Bing.  I am afraid, I lost all my football pictures, totally my fault :-(

This would be so cute framed, or even printed out and mod podged on to a piece of wood.  However, I am low on ink and afraid I can not print this successfully tonight.  Shopping trip tomorrow!

Thanks for visiting my blog!!!  Happy weekend, and War Eagle to you Auburn fans!!!

Snowman

Hello!  I created this snowman from scratch tonight using the Silhouette Studio software.  I did not create the pattern paper, but I did add the big polka dots to the background paper.  I love creating my own images!  Once I was done creating the snowman, scarf and hat, I grouped the images and did an offset (which you see in gray).

I plan to use the snowman on the oval background for Christmas tags.  I will probably change the colors a bit to make it match my Christmas packages, but I thought these colors were cute since it is fall right now.

Thanks for visiting my blog!

Crock Pot Recipe Book

Back side of tabs

Hello all!  Today I have a recipe book I made for my coworker.  I use my crock pot almost every work day...so the first thing we talk about in the morning is what is in the crock pot today.  She wanted me to share my recipes with her and I couldn't do that without making it a scrap project.

Her favorite colors are white and black (and red too).  I originally tried to use my craft knife to cut the slots in the page protectors for the tabs...but then I figured out it was easier to use my straight edge and cut it instead.

The tabs were purchased from the Silhouette Store and so was the pattern printed on them.  I l♥ve the print and cut feature of the Silhouette.  It is so easy to use!

I hope she likes (and uses) this book. I added a few recipes I have not tried before.

Have a great weekend!

Bird Card Using the Silhouette Weld Feature

Echo Park bird with welded circles all around to maker her fluffy.  I used the same technique on the right side of the pattern paper to create a scallop edge.

Dry embossed the inside.

Matching envelope

Hi all!  Thanks for visiting on this beautiful "summer" weekend.  I feel fall in the air, hence the colors used for this card and matching envelope.

I will be submitting this in the Silhouette Blog Weekly Shape Challenge and Giveaway.

The challenge is to use the Silhouette Studio weld feature.  I used the weld feature on two items on my card.  The first is this cute Echo Park Bird.  I purchased the bird from the Silhouette Online Store, then I created circles all around the bird, once I had the correct shape, I welded all the circles together.  I cold have made the bird a different color then the welded circles, but I liked this little one all one color.

The envelope was also purchased from the Silhouette Store.  It can be found here.

I also used the print and cut feature - all the pattern paper used was printed using the fill option in Silhouette Studio.  I L♥VE this feature!

I bought and recently used a card from the Silhouette Store with scallops like the ones I used on this card.  I wanted to see if I could recreate the look on my own (and then this challenge came along).  I had taken a class at Jessica Sprague and she taught us how to create scallops with Photoshop so, I wanted to see how easy it would be using the Silhouette Software.  There may be an easier way to do it than the way I did it...I love learning new things with my Silhouette!

Thanks for visiting!  Good luck to everyone entering the challenge!

Thank you card using Digi Paper and Silhouette

Echo Park and Silhouette, does it get any better?

Digi Paper:  Echo Park Sweetday from Jessica Sprague's website
Silhouette File:  Artisan Shape Card and 5-Card Kit Elegant Envelope

I recently sold a few of my Cricut Carts to some local ladies.  I had a lot left over and I gifted them to a friend who was purchasing 4 carts from me.  She purchased her Cricut Expression within the last month or so.  She was only expecting to get 6 carts from me.  In appreciation, she sent me a gift card to Micheals.  How sweet is she???

I am sending her a note to thank her for her generosity.  Sometimes I give things away and don't even get an acknowledgment. :-(

All the printed paper is from the Echo Park Sweetday digital paper pack.  I purchased the pack from the Jessica Sprague website.  To make it easy to label, I added a layer of white and adjusted the transparency.  Then I added some rectangle boxes so I could type in our addressess.

Originally I had created another card, it was all digi using a lot of the patterns in this pack, but it just didn't look nice. 

Happy Scrapping!

2013 Calendar

2013 Calendar (click image to enlarge)

I created this calendar using a basic calendar offered in the Silhouette Store. I created an offset to each month and filled the offset with one of the background patterns I had previously purchased from the Silhouette Store. Patterns are a great deal - only .79 each and you can do so much with them!

Happy New Year!

Bold Flower Layout

Double Page Layout

I made another layout today.  These were created in Silhouette Studio.  All images are my own creation using basic shapes, welding and grouping. I also used the offset feature to create the faux stitching.

New Layout

The kids are at Grandma's, it's quiet here...Wow, it's quiet here!!!

I sat down without any ideas in my head; a blue background became a new layout.  I'd like to give a shout out to my hubby for drawing the puppy for me.  He's awesome!

All these images were created in Silhouette Studio with ovals, triangles, recatangles...you get the idea.  I love the faux stiching, it adds a bit of texture you don't get with digitial scrapbooking.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Winter Fun Card

 

 

 

 

Winter Fun!

I made this little card today as an experiment.  I purchased the .png file online and couldn't wait to play!  It took me a minute to figure out how to get the image traced correctly so I could actually cut it with my Silhouette, but I finally figured it out!

 

This is not my first time playing with Non-Silhouette files but it has been a while and I had forgotten how to do this.  I searched youtube and it helped a lot, but I could not for the life of me get the trace feature to recognize the white parts, ice skates, cuffs and snow ball.  A little editing in Photoshop and voila, it worked!

 

I don't have any winter paper, so back to googling again...the polka dot pink paper was also purchased online.  I printed it on my home office printer, then put it in the Silhouette to cut my card.

It's missing a sentiment, I know.  After I made it this far with the card, I took some time to do some projects with the kids.  (This little girl might need some glitter too!)

 

I love this girl, she reminds me of my daughter :-) 

Project Life cards

Here are 2 journal cards I made using my Silhouette and pattern paper bought from the Silhouette Store.

To add the fall border on the top of the first one, I made a rectangle longer than the image I was cutting and set the option to no cut...that way, I didn't have to glue it on the card.  (See below for the cut line screen capture.)

Project Life

I was excited to find this soccer paper in the Silhouette Library.  Score!!!

I have started a couple of albums for my kids with the Beck Higgins Project Life idea.  The journal cards are currently out of stock at Amazon right now because she is changing vendors.  They will now be made here in the USA!  I have been making my own using Silhouette Files.

To make this journal card, I selected the image, filled it with the soccer pattern, then I did an internal offset and filled it with white.  Next, I added my text and chose a font and font color.  Lastly, I used the cut edge option so there were no layers to be glued.  Please feel free to contact me if you need help with this.  If you are doing Project Life, I would love to see your projects, please share!

Gift card holder and Bag

front of gift card holder

back of gift card holder

gift card holder and bag (front)

Gift card holder and bag (back)


I made this gift card holder today after finding out my son's class is giving his teacher a coffee inspired basket for Christmas. As I was sitting at my desk, I realized a bag I made over the weekend matches perfectly. I printed all the paper using digital paper and I cut the holder and bag using my Silhouette.

"Joy" Banner

I made this banner and added it to the family calendar. My son has taken over the family calendar, he updates it every month and adds to it as the month progresses. He changed Thanksgiving day - removing "Gobble Gobble" to add the Packers game. His teacher is from Green Bay and now he is excited about the Packers.

Gotta run, my sister is calling :-) Thanks for looking!

Penguin tag

I bought digital paper from Etsy last night. Today I received the files and the background is one of those files. I printed it on my home printer then cut it out with my Silhouette. I created the penguin last night using Silhouette Studio and the frame was purchased from the SIL library.

I need something to stamp on the bottom...this calls for a shopping trip! :-)