Silhouette's Black Friday Sale! I LOVE crafting and Silhouette is one of my favorite tools. If you've been following Making of a Mom for a while then you would be familiar with some of our Silhouette tutorials, including our Christmas "Jingle all the Way" glass block.I'm teaming up with Silhouette this holiday season to bring you their amazing Black Friday deals, such as: - Free Shipping on order over $50.00 -40% off almost everything in the Silhouette America store -20% off … [Read more...]
Superhero Shirt Tutorial
Kids love pretend play. Since they can't wear costumes to school, there is a way to help them look and feel like superheroes, without going overboard. Here is a little tutorial on how to make some 'super' shirts. Super ShirtsOur two kids came home from school on Friday and said that Monday was 'Marvel Monday' which meant that the students could wear some kind of super hero apparel to school that day. We have a few super hero costumes around the house but we thought that it would be a bit … [Read more...]
DIY Dress Up: Construction Worker
This is DIY Dress up #2 - the Construction Worker (Check out #1). In this set we have:Construction Worker vest Construction hard hat Tool beltConstruction Worker vest We picked up a Construction vest at our local JoAnn craft store and decided to accessorize the "Construction Worker" with some easy DIY crafts.A Construction Worker uses a lot of tools to get the job done, and where does he keep those tools? In a tool belt! Tool BeltI say this in every heat transfer … [Read more...]
Back to School with Silhouette – August Sale
It's my favorite time of the month when Silhouette America has it's great sale! This month there are some fun items included in the bundles!Portrait Bundle:Silhouette Portrait Chipboard Printable Silver Foil Printable Gold Foil Printable White Sticker Paper Printable Clear Sticker Paper Printable Cotton Canvas Adhesive Washi Sheets Sketch Pens Basic PackSALE $149.99CAMEO BundleSilhouette CAMEO Chipboard Printable Silver Foil Printable Gold Foil Printable White Sticker … [Read more...]
DIY Dress Up: Mailman
At our house I have one daughter and two sons, yet we have a TON of girl dress up clothes and not so many boy dress up clothes! I decided to change that! Get ready for a 5 series post on simple DIY boy's dress up outfits.Here's a DIY Mailman Dress up outfit. In this set we have:Mailman vest Mail bag LettersMailman vest We picked up a Mailman vest at our local JoAnn craft store and decided to accessorize the "Mailman" with some easy DIY crafts.No Mailman is complete … [Read more...]
DIY Phone Covers with Silhouette Clear Sticker Paper
Part of the May Silhouette promotion includes clear sticker paper. Thinking of a cute craft to make with clear sticker paper, besides labels, is harder than you think. While my wife and I were brainstorming we came up with a cute idea to decorate our cell phone cases. My wife has a cheap case on hers that is a solid color so we thought it would be fun to add some design to it. We also decided to get a couple more cheap cases (seriously, they are like $1.87 on Amazon) and made several different … [Read more...]
Is it getting hot in here? Silhouette’s April Promotion
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Silhouette has monthly promotions where they feature a very cool product and then bundle it with their cutting machines, either the Cameo or the Portrait. April's promotion is all about heat transfers. Besides getting an awesome deal on the bundles, if you don't already own a cutting machine, or want to give one as a gift, you can get 30% off heat … [Read more...]
The Silhouette Portrait Review
It has been really fun using the Silhouette Portrait. Main Features The Portrait only weighs 3.5 pounds so it easy to carry anywhere. The maximum cutting width is 8 inches. It's small and compact. When you close the lid there are no visible buttons which makes for a really sleek design.Load cutting mat: when using a cutting mat use this button to load the cutting mat into the machineLoad media: when cutting vinyl or heat transfer material use this buttonUnload: when the cutting … [Read more...]
Silhouette Designer Edition SALE
I LOVE when it is Silhouette sale time! This sale is focusing on the Designer Edition. When you buy a Silhouette it has Design Studio for you to use free. This is a great program, but in order to use your images and create your own designs you need the Designer Edition of Silhouette Studio. From February 6 through February 14 the Designer Edition is 40% off. In addition, there are also some bundles on sale as well. Use my discount code MAKING to receive the sale price.Here is the … [Read more...]
Silhouette Tote Bundles Sale
Besides these great bundles, there are some NEW products on sale as well! These products will be 20% off.Adhesive washi sheets Vellum Adhesive corrugated paper Stencil material Black and white sketch pen collection Portrait light hold cutting mat CAMEO light hold cutting matALSO, Silhouette CAMEO and Portrait Rolling Totes are 25% OFF! Silhouette sent me the new rolling tote. It is AH.mazing! This tote features pockets galore, as well as padding to … [Read more...]
Silhouette America 30% Off SALE
It's sale time again. This time Silhouette America is having a 30% sale. This sale includes physical materials and supplies that they have in stock. It also DOES apply to the Silhouette Studio® Designer Edition Software. For some cute project ideas you can learn how to make this Pixelated Valentine's Day card, or this Happy Birthday card. I'm excited for the New Year and all of our new Silhouette projects we are going to share! … [Read more...]
Silhouette’s Year End Holiday SALE
Hello Holiday Shoppers! If you got a new Silhouette CAMEO or PORTRAIT for Christmas then you definitely need some Vinyl and Transfer paper to go with it! If you didn't get the CAMEO or PORTRAIT but wanted it, there is one more chance to get a great deal on it! Once again use code MAKING for discounts to apply.From December 26 through January 2 Silhouette America is having a great sale:1 Silhouette CAMEO® and 1 vinyl starter kit for $269.99 1 Silhouette Portrait™ … [Read more...]
Silhouette’s Biggest Black Friday Deal Yet!
I'm very excited to be partnering with Silhouette America to help promote their BIGGEST Black Friday sale YET! Last year at this time I was stalking one of my favorite blogs for Silhouettes Black Friday sale so I could buy my own Cameo. Once midnight struck I bought my Cameo! It was so exciting and we LOVE our Cameo so much! These deals are WAY better than the deal I got last year!Starting at midnight Thursday (YES! The deal starts easily on … [Read more...]
How to use the Silhouette Fabric Cutting Blade
Disclaimer: I received the Silhouette Fabric Cutting Blade for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.The Back Story ArtSuppliesDirect.com asked if we would be willing to review the Silhouette Fabric Blade and we were excited for the chance! What better way to test out the Silhouette Fabric Cutting Blade then to make something for our cute baby. And since he's a boy it had to be either a mustache or a tie; I went with tie. There are tons of examples on … [Read more...]
Father’s Day Shirt and Tie Card
Just in time for Father's Day, a shirt and tie card. I found this card on pinterest, I clicked on the pin, went to he blog post, found the link to download the cut file for the card, but alas the link was broken. So I decided to make one myself. This is was a came up with.In my haste to get the card in the mail I forgot to take a picture of the card I made, but the picture above should give you a good idea. Here's the link to my pin of the original card Here is the download for … [Read more...]
