Project #1

I’m working on some projects for the middle school’s new teacher retreat. The first task is making place cards. No, I’m not a new teacher. I thought it’d be wise not to put a stranger’s name on my blog, so I made one for myself.

I used my Silhouette Cameo to print the shelves and names and to cut the white rectangles. This made doing multiples easy!

I added a few details to the apple and fern.

Simon Says Stamp - To Thine Own Shelf, inks

My Favorite Things - Well Worn Greetings die

Stampin’ Up - soft suede card stock, old olive pen

Neenah - white card stock

Uni-Ball Signo - white pigment pen

Silhouette Cameo

CAS(E) this Sketch #11

Here's another sketch from the CAS(E) this Sketch blog. This one was a challenge for me because I like my sentiments to be straight. 

Here's my card for sketch #11. Yes, I put the sentiment horizontally. 

The "holey" paper was created with a Silhouette cut file I made a while back for THIS card. After a few adjustments, I layered two of them to give the card a bit more dimension and to add a little shadow.

 Sandylion Essentials - "Island Oasis" stickers

Neenah solar white card stock

Hero Arts - "Birthday Messages"

Silhouette Cameo

August ODBD Challenge

Our Daily Bread Designs sponsors a challenge every month for Operation Write Home. They'll donate funds for the postage of 2 boxes of cards to be sent to our military. This month's challenge is to make masculine cards.

Many thanks to my crafty friend, Jackie, for the Silhouette cut file she created.

Basic Grey - Oliver Paper Pad

Hero Arts - "Made with Love" sentiment, white embossing powder

Stampin' Up - Sahara Sand card stock

Silhouette Cameo (hexagons)

Poppies

I've seen lots of cards on the web using various long, thin dies with geometric shapes, and they make a great background for a focal point. Well, I don't have one, so I created my own using the software for the Silhouette Cameo. I like it.

I used foam adhesive to pop the card front on the card base creating nice shadows on this clean and simple card.

Memory Box - "Prim Poppy" die

Hero Arts - "All Occasion Messages"

Neenah solar white card stock

SU - Real Red and Old Olive card stock

A Silhouette Cameo Card

I purchased this card from the Silhouette Online Store, and it's a Lori Whitlock design. I had to make some changes to the sizes of the cuts for it to be an A2 card for Operation Write Home. I used a different sentiment than the "cut" one that came with the design.

Silhouette Cameo

Lori Whitlock "for you" card

SU - card stock and designer series paper

Neenah - solar white and desert storm card stock

Her Arts - "Year Round Sentiments"

A Cut Above, Part Two, Day 8

The last lesson in the "A Cut Above" class was a doozie, and I put off completing it for a week. It wasn't as hard to do as I thought. 

I stamped the Hero Arts "Flower Corsage" on white card stock and colored it black. The circle is a 1.5 inch punch to help me scale the stamped image once I've scanned it and opened it in the Silhouette software. I used the "Trace" and "Offset" features in the software to get the cut lines just right.

Once the cuts were made, I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the image on my perfectly cut paper!

This machine and the software are amazing!

Sunshine Circle Card

I'm still playing with my Silhouette Cameo. Shari Carroll of Hero Arts shared a great tutorial for this card. Her video made it easy!

I grabbed some ancient My Mind's Eye patterned paper from my scrap box for this one. I love it when I can use paper from the stash, but I'm not real happy with the background colors. It's a first attempt, and I bet the next one I make will be better.

Clean and simple?

My Mind's Eye - patterned paper

Neenah - white card stock

Hero Arts - "Woodgrain Circle" and "Thoughtful Messages" stamps, "Pool" mid-tone shadow ink

Savvy Stamps "Large Dot Border" stamp

Fiscars cloud punch

SU - card stock

Silhouette Lesson 1

Oh, my. I'm taking another online class. This one is "Silhouette: Getting to Know You," and it's being taught by Kerri Bradford. The first lesson included lots of information to help us get started using the software. I managed to download and organize lots of goodies for my Silhouette. This card was our first assignment.

Kerri Bradford (Silhouette shapes) - flower card, thanks

SU card stock