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Silhouette Blog Hop

 

I am super excited to be participating in the NSD Silhouette Blog Hop. So many fabulous Silhouette ideas by fabulous artists and designers. :)

I think it goes without saying (if you read my blog) that I am a Silhouette junkie. I love everything about the Silhouette. I use it for almost every single project I create. I rarely purchase letter stickers or alphabets of any kind anymore and I love how I can customize accents and embellishments to personally fit my style and project with the Silhouette. No more trying to fit a pre-made die cut or alphabet that just isn't the right size. So much versatility packed into one little machine. Makes me so very happy!

For my Silhouette project today I used 3 regular cut shapes: 2 banners and a title. I cut all the pieces from coordinating patterned papers and embellished with some gemstones and a fine tip pen:

 

Silhouette Designs: 

• laundry_day_set_C00288-20387
  
• dear_lizzy_banner_C0001-27175
• word_art_today_you_C00024_27205

Supplies:

• Cloudy Day/Sunny Day Dots Clothesline Paper by Little Yellow Bicyle
• Backyard/Backyard Ledger Clothesline Paper by Little Yellow Bicycle
• Cora Chrysanthemum/Cora Stitched Clothesline Paper by Little Yellow Bicycle
• Canary Damask/Canary Ledger Clothesline Paper by Little Yellow Bicycle
• Blue Check/Dew Drops Clothesline Paper by Little Yellow Bicycle
• Spring Mix/Cora Damask Clothesline Paper by Little Yellow Bicycle
• White 12x12 AC Cardstock Pack by American Crafts
• Kraft Cardstock
• Vellum
• Fly A Kite Label Stickers by October Afternoon
• Black Precision Pen .01 by American Crafts
• Glossy Accents 2oz. by Ranger
• Mini Paper Clips by Tim Holtz
• Flutter Plastic Flowers by Making Memories
• Sea Mixed Accents by Hero Arts
• Blush Mixed Accents by Hero Arts
• Corner Chomper Crop-a-dile

 Just a little FYI:

Silhouette is having a sale on shapes (.75 per shape this week) and 10% off subscriptions as well as a "buy two get one free" on products in the store.

Next up on the Blog Hop: the amazing....Jen Gallacher!

Jen always has such beautiful, eye-pleasing and inspiring designs in all that she does. Plus, she is a wonderful person. :) So hop on over to her blog and see what eye candy she has in store today!

And if you are starting the hop here and want to catch it from the beginning, click HERE for the start of the hop! 

Have a fabulous Thursday!

Favorite Technique (Silhouette Sketch + Copic Markers Card)

This week the Silhouette Blog is featuring Favorite Techniques.

Currently I am addicted to coloring in the sketch images with my Copic Markers. I love how the sketch images sort of give a "stamped" look. As an added bonus, the Silhouette cuts the image out for me, no scissors needed!

Here is a card i made using the sketch feature on the Silhouette:

 

Silhouette Blog | April 29, 2010

I used the sketch feature to sketch or "draw" the floral label on Neenah Solar White Cardstock. I use this cardstock for almost everything. It is a recommended paper for use with Copic Markers. 

Once the image was sketched I left the paper in my Silhouette, ungrouped the image and changed the color of the outside cut line. That way I could choose that color to cut and the Silhouette ONLY cut the outside line. For more information on how to do this, check out Kerri's tutorial on the Silhouette Blog HERE.

Now I had a perfectly cut and sketched image to color. :)

I colored the image in, added some glitter pen for subtle sparkle, embellished with gems, ribbon and a stamped greeting, then adhered one half of the label to one of the flaps on the die cut card. 

Easy peasy!

 

To complete the card, I stamped a sentiment on the inside as well for a nice finished look.

Silhouette Designs Used:

• floral_card_C00477_2581
• card_2120
  

Other Supplies Used:

• Cerulean Layering Papers by Hero Arts
• Grass Layering Papers by Hero Arts
• Neenah Classic Solar White Cardstock
• Cling Flourish Background Stamp by Hero Arts
• Thoughts & Prayers Stamp Set by Stampin' Up
• Black Memories Dye Ink Pad by Hero Arts
• Broken China Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger
• COPIC Sketch Marker BG000 Pale Aqua
• COPIC Sketch Marker BG01 Aqua Blue
• COPIC Sketch Marker BG02 New Blue
• COPIC Sketch Marker G21, Lime Green
• COPIC Sketch Marker G24, Willow
• COPIC Spica Glitter Pen, Baby Blue
• COPIC Spica Glitter Pen, Melon
• Sea Mixed Accents by Hero Arts
• Ribbon

Be sure to check back tomorrow! Got something exciting happening in the blogosphere! 

Have a great day!

say it with style (a Silhouette font heavy layout)

This week the Silhouette Blog is focussing on fonts. In fact, the fonts in the Silhouette store are 30% off this week! The best thing about the Silhouette fonts: they aren't just for the Silhouette. When you download them they automatically go to your font folder and you can use them for journaling, printed titles - just like a regular font. So awesome!

I used two of the Silhouette fonts: LD Candid and LD Timely for the title on my layout. Notice how the die cut title takes center stage and the embellishments are minimal. 

Silhouette Blog | April 22, 2010 

 These photos really show my youngest son's personality. He is so super ornery...but so cute. :) I cropped and resized each of the photos into a 2" square and printed them in a strip using Photoshop.

Silhouette Design used: 

• frame_1508

Supplies:

• The Boyfriend Homework Paper by Cosmo Cricket
• The Boyfriend Driver's Ed Paper by Cosmo Cricket
• The Boyfriend Paper Crafting Kit by Cosmo Cricket
• White 12x12 AC Cardstock Pack by American Crafts
• Black 12x12 AC Cardstock Pack by American Crafts
• Just Wonderful Journaling Pad by Creative Cafe
• Thrift Shop Word Stickers by October Afternoon
• Lil' Man Rub Ons by Cosmo Cricket
• Clothesline Journal Tablet by Little Yellow Bicycle
• Silhouette SD Digital Craft Cutting Tool
• Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz

For more ideas on using fonts on your projects, check out these pages on the Silhouette Blog:

• Kerri Bradford used the negative space on THIS layout. So clever and I love the black/white look of this page.
• Check out how Erin Lincoln used die cut fonts on her page HERE.

Have a great day!

Making the Most of Die Cutting Machines | April 2010

Finally!

I am so, so sorry that the class was super late this month. I really appreciate everyone's patience. 

Without further ado here is April's class on the Silhouette's Print & Cut feature:

You all know I am passionate about the Silhouette. The P&C feature is my favorite of the special features. I use it all the time.

All the embellishments (except for the buttons) on this page were created with the Silhouette. Love that.

The "one awesome dude" tab, phrase, "never enough" tag, clocks and tab are all Print & Cuts.

The circle border (out of black cardstock) is a regular cut Silhouette design. 

The how to video has tips on resizing P&C images, changing the shape of cut lines (I changed the rounded corners on the phrase die cut to a square), using P&C images with regular cut images and making your own P&C's.

 (c) Two Peas in a Bucket

How To Video:

Silhouette shapes used: 

• clock_face_2465
• phrase_play_1982
• tag_enough_2141
• one_awesome_dude_tab_C00219_19547
• circle_border_1411

Supplies:

• Hard Candy Sweet Life Collection Paper by KI Memories
• Etiquette Posh Collection Paper by KI Memories
• Gimme Sugar Sweet Life Collection Paper by KI Memories
• Blueberry 12x12 Double Dot Paper by Bo Bunny Press
• Black 12x12 AC Cardstock Pack by American Crafts
• White 12x12 AC Cardstock Pack by American Crafts
• Red Vintage Sew On Buttons by Jenni Bowlin
• Other Buttons
• Silver Star Brad (Stampin' Up)
• Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz
• Silhouette SD Digital Craft Cutting Tool
• Black 1/4 Inch Foam Adhesive by Herma
• Black 1/2 Inch Foam Adhesive by Herma

More posts with helpful Print & Cut info and ideas:

• For how to use P&C with regular paper (patterned paper, click HERE.
• Another video tutorial by me using Cosmo Cricket P&C shapes, click HERE.
• Christmas Advent Calendar using P&C shapes, click HERE.
• Halloween Decor Print & Cuts, HERE.
• Tips on P&C, HERE.
• Resizing your document for P&C by Kerri Bradford, HERE.
• Replacing a cutting line with a different shape (scroll down), HERE.
• Making your own P&C's by Kerri Bradford, HERE.
• P&C screen shots how to HERE.

Don't forget to stop by the Education Forum at Two Peas if you have any P&C questions. :)

Have a fabulous evening!

Q&A (a Silhouette Layout)

This week the Silhouette Blog is featuring layouts centered around Q&A style journaling and today it was my turn to share an idea for incorporating Q&A journaling on a scrapbook layout.

I have to admit, at first I was stumped with how I wanted to begin but now I can't jot down ideas for this type of journaling fast enough.

If you're looking for some ideas on getting started or journaling prompts, check out THIS post from Monday.

I chose to feature some questions I created for my daughter to answer and here's the layout. 

I think this is one of those pages that could be done yearly to document changes in things that are your favorites and would be treasured years from now.

Silhouette Blog | April 15, 2010

Silhouette Designs Used: 

• rectangular_tags_C00267_23067
• a_window_into_my_world_C00136_19547
• number_border_C00022-27205
• my_world_my_everything_sideline_tabs_C00121_19547

Supplies: 

• Dandelions Fly A Kite Collection Paper by October Afternoon
• Sprinklers Fly A Kite Collection Paper by October Afternoon
• Lemonade Fly A Kite Collection Paper by October Afternoon
• Ice Cream Fly A Kite Collection Paper by October Afternoon
• Strawberry Jam Fly A Kite Collection Paper by October Afternoon
• Picnic Table Fly A Kite Collection Paper by October Afternoon
• Kraft 12x12 Cardstock by Bazzill
• Fly A Kite Label Stickers by October Afternoon
• Fly A Kite Word Stickers by October Afternoon
• Heart Brad (Stampin' Up)
• Silhouette Sd Digital Craft Cutting Tool by Silhouette
• Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz

To make the rectangular tags:

1. Create a new document in a word processing program. Make sure to make the background transparent.
2. Create text layers for the questions and answers. Flatten layers and save somewhere easy to find it. (I save it on my desktop to make it easy to import into the Craft Robo software).
3. Drag image into Craft Robo software to open it. Open rectangular tabs, ungrouping and deleting any unnecessary components. 
4. Copy and paste tags over each Q&A.
5. Print images on patterned paper just as you would a Silhouette Print & Cut image.
6. Cut image using Silhouette following same steps as a Silhouette Print & Cut image.

Have a fabulous Thursday!

Be You (a 2peas layout)

Poor reglected blog. First, my hard drive failed. That was a mess. (p.s. Thank you Apple for taking good care of me and if you have a Mac and don't have Applecare....I highly recommend you look into it. Saved me tons.) Then some life stuff just kind of got in the way.

I am attempting to get back into the swing of daily posting. :)

Here's a layout that went up in the 2peas gallery last Friday:

 

(c) Two Peas in a Bucket

These KaZoo papers from K&Company are some of my favorites. Red + pink + aqua + green + brown = my favorites. And those big hearts. I adore them. Almost as much as I adore these photos of my boys. Almost.

Supplies:

• Ka-Zoo 12x12 All-In-One Pad by K&Company
• Heart Toss Glitter 12x12 Ka-Zoo Paper by K&Company
• Red Hearts Foil 12x12 Ka-Zoo Paper by K&Company
• Pink Valentine Words 12x12 Ka-Zoo Paper by K&Company
• Multi Hearts 12x12 Ka-Zoo Paper by K&Company
• Animal Toss 12x12 Ka-Zoo Paper by K&Company
• Small Hearts 12x12 Ka-Zoo Paper by K&Company
• Pink Polka Dot 12x12 Ka-Zoo Paper by K&Company
• Scallop Stripe 12x12 Ka-Zoo Paper by K&Company
• Robots & Hearts 12x12 Ka-Zoo Paper by K&Company
• White 12x12 AC Cardstock Pack by American Crafts
• Mini Paper Clips by Tim Holtz
• Buttons
• Journaling Tablet by Little Yellow Bicycle
• Border Punch Kit by 7Gypsies
• Silhouette SD Digital Craft Cutting Tool
• Corner Chomper Crop-a-dile
• Black 1/4Inch Foam Squares by Herma

Silhouette Design Used: phrase_be_you_2445

Finally tonight: 

If you are wondering about the April class for Making the Most of Die Cutting Machines. It is still coming. Hoping it is up tomorrow or Friday. I will definitely post of tweet when that happens. Unfortunately I lost the video and pdf when the hard drive failed. It set me back a bit. I apologize guys. 

 

3D Flowers (a Silhouette Layout)

For this week's Monday Cafe over on the Silhouette Blog I'm sharing how to use some 3D flower designs on a layout instead of a 3D project. I adore these flower designs by Rivka Wilkins and used them for a bright and colorful layout featuring my daughter.

Silhouette Blog | April 5, 2010

 

 
 

 
How To:

1. First, cut seeral tags for the background. Mine were 4.75" in height.
2. Add stamping with Versamark ink and emboss with clear powder. Add distress ink to coor the tags using blending applicator.
3. Resize 3D flower designs to fit on the tags.
4. Cut the designs from patterned papers. Add distressing with Vintage Photo ink.
5. Adhere each layer with glue dots and secure all layers with a button sewn on in the middle.
6. Add a foam adhesive square to th back of each floral and adhere to a tag.

Supplies:

• 6x6 365 Degrees Paper Pad by Pink Paislee
• Dream Big 365 Degrees Collection Paper by Pink Paislee
• Smooth Cream Cardstock (Stampin' Up)
• Cling Dots Remountable Rubber Stamp by Hero Arts
• Stripes Pattern Remontable Rubber Stamp by Hero Arts
• Ledger Remountable Rubber Stamp by Hero Arts
• Versamark Ink Pad by Hero Arts
• Shabby Shutters Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger
• Dried Marigold Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger
• Vintage Photo Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger
• Scattered Straw Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger
• Barn Door Tim Holtz Distress ink by Ranger
• Tumbled Glass Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger
• Zing! Clear Embossing Powder by American Crafts
• Ink Blending Tool by Ranger
• 15x18 Non Stick Craft Sheet by Ranger
• Mini Paper Clips by Tim Holtz
• Accountrements by Tim Holtz
• Paper Girl Collction Vintage Buttons by The Girls Paperie
• Other Buttons (MM)
• Leaf Trinket Pins by Maya Road
• Silhouette Sd Digital Craft Cutting Machine

Silhouette Designs Used:

• nesting_artisan_frames_C20090810002213_19210
• Tag_0133
• 3d_6-petal_flower_C20090824125209_2581
• 3D_daffodil_C2009090201350_2581
• 3d_daisy_C20090824211236_2581
• 3D_posy_flower_C2009831121428_2581
• blossom_handwritten_word_C00005_23445

Have a great night!

  
 

Weekly Challenge (Create a Month in Review Layout)

One of my very favorite layouts to do is one that encompasses lots of photos + lots of memories.

The weekly challenge this week at Two Peas does just that. This week I challenge you to create a month is review. I did January here but I am definitely going to be creating similar layouts for both February and March. :)

(c) Two Peas in a Bucket 

Silhouette Designs Used: 

• circle_border_1728
• January_C00134_19547
• a_window_into_my_world_C00136_19547
• star_ribbon_slider_C00118_24282

Supplies:

• Boxelder Terrace Abode Collection Paper by American Crafts
• Lake View Court Abode Collection Paper by American Crafts
• Blossom Road Abode Collection Paper by American Crafts
• Aspen Ridge Road Abode Collection Paper by American Crafts
• Roosevelt Road Abode Collection Paper by American Crafts
• Rockin Lane Abode Collection Paper by American Crafts
• Sugar Blvd Abode Collection Paper by American Crafts
• Salt Dotted Swiss 12x12 Collection Paper by Bazzill
• Vellum
• Abode My Home Flair Embellishments by American Crafts
• Corduroy Buttons & Brads (Stampin' Up)
• Border Punch Kit by 7Gypsies
• Heart Punch (Stampin' Up)
• Corner Chomper Crop-a-dile
• Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz
• Silhouette SD Digital Craft Cutting Machine

I'm looking forward to seeing your month in review layouts. 

Have a wonderful Easter weekend.

Create Easter '09 Layout

I am just finally starting to wrap my mind around the fact that this coming Sunday is actually Easter. For some reason I really feel like the holiday has snuck up on me this year.

In celebration of the coming holiday, here's a layout featuring our Easter egg coloring from last year.

Silhouette Blog | April 1, 2010

Sorry for the crummy scan. My scanner didn't like all the white. At all. 

The title, banners, flowers and borders were all cut with the Silhouette. 

Silhouette Designs Used: essential_ribbon_weaving_strips_C00283_20509, Pennant_border_0878, create_C00024-23851, hand-drawn_scallop_border_C00253_19547, spring_flowers_C00184_19547

Supplies:

• White 12x12 AC Cardstock Pack by American Crafts
• Sesame Oil Egg Drop Soup Paper by Jillibean Soup
• Ground Ginger Egg Drop Soup Paper by Jillibean Soup
• White Pepper Egg Drop Soup Paper by Jillibean Soup
• Egg Yolk Egg Drop Soup Paper by Jillibean Soup
• Eggs Egg Drop Soup Paper by Jillibean Soup
• Pattern Stripe Flutter Paper by Making Memories
• Egg Drop Coordinating Collection by Jillibean Soup
• Ducks in a Row Label Stickers by October Afternoon
• Clear Buttons, Photo Turns (CTMH)
• Clips (Stampin' Up)
• Ribbon (Making Memories)
• Silhouette SD Digital Craft Cutting Machine

These photos have me in the mood to color some eggs. That's first up on the to-do list tomorrow. :)