Product Review & How-To: The Silhouette Cameo

    In A Nutshell……. (read further down for a full Review) Good Points:  The Silhouette Cameo is a digital cutting tool designed for the home user. It is affordable, easy to use, allows for a variety of applications, and is compact for easy storage. It works in conjunction with your computer but does not require …

Half-Circle Gate Fold Card

Today’s card is my take on the card featured in Stampin’ Up!’s 2011-2012 Idea Book on pg. 51.  I liked the idea of taking a simple gate-fold card, and tweaking it to be a little more unique.  I started out by making mine square (as I do prefer that shape), and then pairing it with the …

Technique Thursday: Gradated Wash

   Today, we are looking at a very beautiful and versatile technique in the watercolor family.  It is called the gradated wash, and is perfect for showing of the beauty of a sunrise or sunset, or the mysterious duskiness of evening or dawn before the sun rises.  If you like to portray a certain moodiness …

Product Spotlight & Freebie Friday: My Mind’s Eye Mischievous Collection….Enter to Win!

  The Mischievous Collection by My Mind’s Eye is one of those paper lines that you have got to love!  With a nice vintage feel, perfect for Halloween, Thanksgiving or even a variety of other themes (although some of the elements are good only for Halloween), you will find it to be the perfect choice for your projects.  …

Halloween Candy Box Dispenser Featuring The Silhouette SD

Today’s cool treat dispenser is a new favorite of mine!  Perfect for any occasion, but fitted out for Halloween, I created this using my Silhouette Studio Designer Edition Software.  For Papercrafters Library members, you will recieve both my Silhouette files so that you can cut it out on your Silhouette machine, or if you do …

Silhouette Cauldron Card

    Today’s card perfectly highlights the wonderful versatility of the Silhouette machine! For this card, I purchased and imported this adorable graphic from the Lettering Delights Spooky Soiree set.  Using the Print and Cut features of the Silhouette Studio Software, I was able to make layers for my image and then create a welded …

Happy Harvest Pumpkin Basket on the Silhouette

The weather is definitely cooling off, and today’s project is meant to celebrate the change of the seasons.  I love this little rustic basket, and the 3-D pumpkins which inhabit it!  Of course, my trusty Silhouette was part of my project lol.  I simply can’t get enough of this machine, and I know that when …

Strawberry Box

Well we are finally back!!  CHA was a blast!  there are so many fun new lines and products coming out.  It was amazing to see all the vendors together, and all the samples which were displayed.  There were papers of all colors and patterns, new die releases, new products for trying out new techniques, and …

Pop-up Fruit Drink Card

Today’s card is a cute little pop-up card.  I originally designed this half cylinder pop-up about a year ago for an online class.  The original one that I did was a pop-up princess in a tower.  This time I wanted to alter it to be a fruit drink on a sandy beach.  The card is …