Relaxing Rocks

Well this just made my little calligrapher's heart sing. (It's Suzanne here with the singing heart)  Vinyl is amazing.  It holds such fine detail!  Why would I ever try to directly letter on a rock?  Especially one this small.  Guess what everyone is getting for Christmas next year?  You guessed it.  Rocks!

I used Silhouette white vinyl on the Cameo.  I shrunk/shrank/reduced the lettering to between 1 and 2 inches.  I placed a small piece of vinyl on the cutting mat and set the blade depth to 1 (the vinyl setting) and cut. After weeding out the excess vinyl from the negative spaces, I used the Premium Transfer paper to transfer the cut vinyl to the rocks.

Here are the files I used (and wow, you get Italic, Foundational and Modern Pointed Pen):

Relax

Remember to Breathe

Keep Calm & Call Mom

(links go the Silhouette Online Store)



There are other files I'd like to do, like Serenity, Smile, Welcome Home and more! And I need to design some more!

I tell you, I could go on and on and on.  But I need more rocks..... 
I hope this gives you some ideas for decorating your own rocks.  You know you want to try it.

Thanks for dropping by.  Happy cutting, Suzanne

Resolutions and Celebrate

Hi Y'all Robyn here sharing my resolution to

create more and worry less!

First ATC's of 2017!

On the mat

Resolutions Celebrate

Two oldie and goodie files in the Silhouette Store

• Ungroup the files
• Draw a rectangle and size to 2 1/2 x 3 1/2
• Resize the sentiment to fit into the rectangle
• For sketching- set the sentiment to cut and rectangle to no cut
• Put pen in the holder and sketch sentiment
• DON'T MOVE YOUR MAT!
• Set sentiment to no cut and rectangle to cut
• Replace pen with blade and cut

These were both sketched and embellished on stash backgrounds

This ATC, the sentiment is cut from glossy paper and colored with alcohol ink

Even at this reduced size, it cut and came off the mat perfectly.

These files work beautifully with vinyl as well.

Make 'um or break 'um, be sure to be creative in 2017!

These cards morphed into Brave Girl cards.

Be Brave and hop over to my blog to view the transformation!

Comments and Questions welcomed.

Snowflake Butterfly Scrapbook Layout

Hello, Connie Nichol here today  with a project featuring two Quietfire Design digital cutting files -  'Snowflake Butterfly' and 'Let it Snow'.  These files are available in the Silhouette store here

The snowflake butterfly cut file is so gorgeous.  I debated whether to cut several small butterflies to use as page embellishments, but in the end, went whole hog and cut out a butterfly to cover most of the page.  

It started out white, as did the 'Let it Snow' title, but that looked too stark, so I added some pinks and mauves with watercolour paint.  I used lots of water and just dabbed randomly to get a variegated look.

Part of the original white butterfly wing

and the water colour paint that I used.  Just wet a brush with plenty of water and a few different colours of paint to customize your die cuts.  Let dry and then add a photo and a few embellishments, but with electronic cutting files as pretty as the snowflake butterfly, let it be the main feature on the page instead of adding too much other stuff.  Happy Scrapbooking!

Supplies:  Close to my Heart cardstock and water colour paints, Martha Stewart border punch, PinkFresh Studio stickers, Imagine Crafts white pico embellisher, Silhouette Cameo.

Merry Christmas Sneaker

 

Say Merry Christmas to the fit people in your life!
I created this sneaker in red and green for the season, but I'm kicking myself that I didn't add some little bells to the laces. You try it! 

 

I've used my Sneaker design on the Silhouette Design Store and my AWWW Merry Christmas craft die.

 

Sneaker

This card was for Sarah Seads, my trainer.  I was going to make her a really pretty card.  Then I got real.

 

Merry Christmas and have an active New Year!

Happy cutting, Suzanne

Christmas Card in a box

Hi Y'all.

Robyn here with the

Christmas Card in a Box

From Suzanne's Silhouette Design Store

I added a bear from the Winter Creatures Lantern, 

and the flying star and snowflake are held in place with acetate.

Christmas card in a box

On the Mat

 
Lots of parts.
Ungroup, then place pieces of the same color on a mat and cut.
Cut extras in several colors so you have options as you create your design
Here is an assembly video.
Different holiday- same basic box
Quietfire Halloween Card in a Box Tutorial

I love the way the card folds flat for mailing
here with the element of surprise

Here with more of a wow factor

Sentiment stamp is from the

Merry Christmas flourished Tree stamp set 

I gifted this to my kids at Parks House at the Black Mountain Home for Children.

They were delighted and so was I!

Comments and Questions Welcomed!

Flourished Snowflake Cards

 

Hi there!  It’s Suzanne today with a series of Christmas cards using one of my digital cutting files (Flourished Snowflake) and silver vinyl. The part of these cards that takes the most time is weeding out the excess vinyl, but the product is awesome! To create some variety (really, just for my own amusement!) I switched the colours of the layers, but always kept the silver cardstock as the same layer.

Designer Tip:  You could easily make the snowflakes smaller as the vinyl would hold the fine lines.

Here is how you make these cards.

Supplies:
Flourished Snowflake  Silhouette Design Store #164059
SilhouetteAdhesive Vinyl in Silver
SihouetteTransfer Tape
Silhouette Cameo
Bazzill Cardstock in Navajo and Turquoise Mist
Bazzill Foil Cardstock in Silver
TombowMono Dots Adhesive
Tombow3D Foam Tabs

 Instructions:

1.       Form a 6 x 6” tent fold card base from Navajo cardstock. 

2.       Cut a 4.5” square panel of coordinating cardstock.  Cut a 1/8” larger mat for this panel from silver foil cardstock and adhere together.

3.       Cut Flourished Snowflake from silver vinyl (blade depth 1) and weed all the negative spaces out. Since the vinyl is 9" wide, I duplicated the image and fit 7 snowflakes in a 12" long strip.

4.       Use Transfer Paper to place the snowflake in the middle of the smallest panel and burnish into place. (You can reuse the transfer paper many times.) Adhere this panel to the card front with foam adhesive.

 

 

I hope this gives you some ideas for creating your own snowflake cards! 

Happy cutting! Suzanne

ATC Gift Tags-ho ho ho, twinkle & sparkle, joy, merry christmas,peace on earth, merry & bright

Hi Y'all Robyn here showcasing the versatility of Suzanne's digital files.

Finished ATC gift tags.

Have you spoken to Santa about a digital cutter under the tree?

These designed are sketched with pens, rather than cut.

 Raw materials!

On the mat the files are various sizes

To create ATCs, choose the rectangle function and draw a box 2 1/2" by 3 1/2" and  resize the file to fit.

Note the size change in merry and bright.

To sketch, go to the cut window and select just the word to cut, no cut on the outline of the card.

Scribble a bit with the pen, these are Sakura Stardust, and insert the pen into your pen holder. 

Place a popsicle stick under the pen to get the correct placement of the tip.

Be sure to do a test "cut" to make sure the pen is sketching correctly.

Using 80lb Neenah Classic Crest use Speed 5, Pressure 33.

DO NOT move the mat when it finishes sketching.

Replace the pen holder with your blade.

I use the CB 09 holders and blades, 65 for these fine cuts.

Go back to the cut window- select no cut for the words, and cut for the outline.

Some cards are  thermal embossed with clear embossing powder. 

You have time!

If you want to do less coloring, fill the letters with internal offsets.

Now embellish to your hearts content!

Ho Ho Ho

Stamp is from the vast selection of QF snowflakes!

Embossing powder is Ranger Christmas tree!

 Joy works both ways!

 The plan was to add , To: From: to the top of this card and I can't find the stamp!

Merry & Bright

Christmas is the day

 

Merry Christmas

plain and simple

 Peace on Earth

My christmas wish ( hold the flakes!)

 Twinkle & Sparkle

These are quick and easy. Please give them a try!

Comments and Questions welcomed!