Ever year we try to think of cute, creative and clever Valentine's to make our children for their school parties. My husband and I look at the candy available and then think of cheesy sayings and designs to put them on. This year, my daughter is getting a heart card with an Airhead mini to pass out to her classmates. I always love it when I can squeeze a pun into their Valentine cards.Here is the design we came up withThis cut file includes the front of the heart with the … [Read more...]
Starburst Valentine’s Day Card
It's time to start thinking about what Valentines your child wants to take to school. This is a really fun and easy Valentine that your child can give to all their friends. Once you have the card printed your kids can help cut, glue on the stars and tape on the candy.Step 1 - Print out the shooting star shapes and starsStep 2 - Cut out shooting star shapes and the stars. I have included a printable for the shooting star shape and the stars. For those of you with a silhouette cutting … [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...]
Silhouette Machine Tips: 4 Easy Steps to Cutting
So you've created a wonderful masterpiece in Silhouette Studio but somehow you have to make that picture on your computer come out of your Silhouette Machine. These Silhouette Machine Cutting Tips are what you need to get your project from digital to actual. Purchasing your vinyl cutting machine is a great way to expand your craft skills. Silhouette Machine Tips: 4 Easy Steps to Cutting1. Set your cut settings2. Print out your project3. Load the … [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 Stamping Starter Kit Bundles Sale
Silhouette is having another promotion. This time the star of the show is the Stamping starter kit. Here are the details:· 1 CAMEO, 1 stamping starter kit, 1 light hold cutting mat, 1 teal CAMEO dust cover for $269.99 (MSRP $351.96)· 1 Portrait, 1 stamping starter kit, 1 light hold cutting mat, 1 grey Portrait dust cover for $129.99 (MSRP $229.96)· Stamping starter kit 25% off· Almost everything at silhouetteamerica.com will be 20% off! (Excludes … [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...]
Silhouette Project: Disney Freeze Paper T-shirt
The Back Story I got an email from my mom saying that she had been searching for Disney t-shirts but couldn't find what she was looking for. As a backup plan she included in her email links to a picture of a mickey head and a freezer paper shirt tutorial, she figured it would be easy for me to cut out the pattern on the freezer paper with the Silhouette and then send her the paper and she would make the shirts. Here is everything I used to do this project. The Design I needed a picture of a … [Read more...]
Silhouette Turtorial: Hello Kitty Valentine Card
The Back Story Every year for Valentines Day my dad would make each of my brothers and sisters a homemade valentine. These homemade valentines were not a piece of paper folded in half with some sentimental saying inside. He would personalize each one with a drawing of something we were interested in, whether it was super heroes for me and my brothers or my little ponies for my sisters. My Dad has started give his special valentines to my kids each year. Since I am a child of the computer age … [Read more...]
Silhouette Tutorial: Valentine Pixelated Popup Heart Card
The Back Story When we first got our Silhouette CAMEO I started looking for Silhouette projects and tutorials on pinterest. One of the very first things I found was a popup card of a heart that someone else had made on their Cameo. Unfortunately, when it came time to try and make the card the pin was just a picture, it was not a link to a website tutorial. After doing a little "pinsearching" I found a pin for a website with the tutorial on how to make the card. The tutorial goes through … [Read more...]
