Simple for the experienced, but when you first start working with Silhouette Studio, these are critical settings that you need to be able to find.
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Showing posts with label Silhouette SD. Show all posts
Simple for the experienced, but when you first start working with Silhouette Studio, these are critical settings that you need to be able to find.
Once again, I was inspired by a layout done by Nicole Magouirk. She and her family went to South Dakota on vacation and I have many pictures from the same areas because my sister lives in South Dakota. I have lots of shots of Mount Rushmore, scenes from the Badlands (including at sunset), pictures of our fun activities like tubing, bumper boats and go karts, and lots of incredible scenery.
I will be using this layout as a title page for an album with all kinds of photos from our many trips there.
I used my Silhouette to cut the South Dakota frame. The "fun" and "Wet & Wild" texts were cut from heavy water colour paper with my KNK.
The stamps used are Ali Edwards stamps -- love, love love Ali Edwards stamps and cannot get enough of them.
Just be sure you have some time on your hands before you click the links to the blogs of Nicole and Ali. I guarantee you will want to spend some time looking around ... be sure to save the bookmarks!!!
I finally completed my Soccer Buddies layout. It has been on my mind for quite some time and now I'm happy with the result.
For those who know my husband, it would have been unthinkable that a dog would be sitting beside him on the couch, much less to see his arm around the dog. Well, things certainly have changed around here!!!!
It's all about the dog now :)))
I created the "soccer buddies" title with Make the Cut and cut it out with my KNK Maxx (the best cutter on the planet). I used my Silhouette to cut the soccer picture frame and flaming soccer ball.
For those who know my husband, it would have been unthinkable that a dog would be sitting beside him on the couch, much less to see his arm around the dog. Well, things certainly have changed around here!!!!
It's all about the dog now :)))
My major project these days involves working on my scrapbooking studio. I recently purchased the furniture for my room and finished sanding and washing the walls so I could start painting. I am hoping to start that this afternoon.
Once I am done painting, I can start putting my Ikea Expedit units and other pieces together and then move all my scrapbooking stuff into the room. It is going to be a huge job, but I will be very happy when it's done.
Of course, it's much more fun to create so instead of getting to it yesterday, I worked on this small mirror I had purchased at Ikea. I used a photo of my brother, sister-in-law and niece and will hang the frame in my studio -- when it's ready! I plan to make many more similar items to decorate my room.
I used my Cricut and my Silhouette for this piece.
The frame and it's background were cut with the Cricut Lite Lacy Labels cartridge, but I cut some of the inner parts off by hand because they covered my brother's face. I ran the background piece through my Cuttlebug using the Victoria embossing folder.
I used my Silhouette to cut the Time Spent Together title and had purchased the word art in the Silhouette Store.
Once I am done painting, I can start putting my Ikea Expedit units and other pieces together and then move all my scrapbooking stuff into the room. It is going to be a huge job, but I will be very happy when it's done.
Of course, it's much more fun to create so instead of getting to it yesterday, I worked on this small mirror I had purchased at Ikea. I used a photo of my brother, sister-in-law and niece and will hang the frame in my studio -- when it's ready! I plan to make many more similar items to decorate my room.
The frame and it's background were cut with the Cricut Lite Lacy Labels cartridge, but I cut some of the inner parts off by hand because they covered my brother's face. I ran the background piece through my Cuttlebug using the Victoria embossing folder.
I used my Silhouette to cut the Time Spent Together title and had purchased the word art in the Silhouette Store.
I was a divorced single mom until my son was about 8 years old ... and then I met my husband (we have been together 26 years now).
Anyway, my son needed a regular male influence who could spend one-on-one time with him so we registered with the Big Brothers organization. My son had a lot of fun with his "big brother", but it didn't last very long before I met my husband and he had his very own, permanent and wonderful male influence who became his DAD.
What a wonderful organization for children who need this!!!
I used bits and pieces from a number of different collections, including Echo Park Dots & Stripes and Crate Paper School Spirit, but also a piece of dictionary paper and computer journalling. I cut "winter" and "fun" with my Silhouette SD. The numbers for the year 1985 are from a bingo card that was used as packaging for some Crate Paper ribbons.
Anyway, my son needed a regular male influence who could spend one-on-one time with him so we registered with the Big Brothers organization. My son had a lot of fun with his "big brother", but it didn't last very long before I met my husband and he had his very own, permanent and wonderful male influence who became his DAD.
What a wonderful organization for children who need this!!!
I used bits and pieces from a number of different collections, including Echo Park Dots & Stripes and Crate Paper School Spirit, but also a piece of dictionary paper and computer journalling. I cut "winter" and "fun" with my Silhouette SD. The numbers for the year 1985 are from a bingo card that was used as packaging for some Crate Paper ribbons.
Below is a picture of the ATCs I made for this swap. I ended up using quite a few of my favourite techniques, including resist embossing, ink blending, die cutting, using embellishments, distressing with inks and crackle medium and misting.
I also recycled the base for my ATCs because I had originally used the larger piece for another project. The piece in question was a part that did not turn out the way I wanted so I put it in a box of scraps for future use. It was perfect for this project and just required a bit of glimmer mist to liven it up.
The next picture shows how I die cut my name with my Silhouette for the back of the ATC. The Silhouette is perfect for very intricate and small cuts like these.
I am just waiting for the ATCs made by Marie and Paula and then will send one out to each of them and keep a set for myself.
The next picture shows how I die cut my name with my Silhouette for the back of the ATC. The Silhouette is perfect for very intricate and small cuts like these.
One of my Scrappin' Sistas organized an all-day crop this weekend and we had a fantastic time. The hall she rented is huge -- big enough that we could each have an entire table and there were still enough tables free to sit and eat. She plans to organize more soon and I'm really looking forward to them!!!!
This is another layout inspired by Nichol Magouirk. The photo is a class picture with my son taken 27 years ago.
It was funny because when I glued all the strips onto the page, I thought it looked terrible, but once I added all the other elements, I really liked the result.
I used both my Cricut and Silhouette machines on this layout. I cut the clouds with the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge and the word Elementary with my Silhouette.
This is another layout inspired by Nichol Magouirk. The photo is a class picture with my son taken 27 years ago.
It was funny because when I glued all the strips onto the page, I thought it looked terrible, but once I added all the other elements, I really liked the result.
I used both my Cricut and Silhouette machines on this layout. I cut the clouds with the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge and the word Elementary with my Silhouette.
