Happy Fourth!

Happy Fourth of July!  Do you all have fun plans for today??  My sweetie and I are heading over to a friend's house this evening for some food and fun.  Well, as I was getting ready this morning, I realized I did not have a festive shirt to wear today.  Local craft store (thankfully open on the holiday!!) and Silhouette to the rescue!!

I ran to the store and picked up some heat transfer vinyl and a plain red tee shirt.  Then came back home and found the perfect image - this week's free image in the Silhouette store!  A little cutting, weeding and ironing later, and I had this:

My sweetie was off playing golf today and when I sent him a picture of my shirt, I immediately got a text back from him asking me to make one for him.  So, one more trip to the craft store for another red shirt!!  He wanted his just a little different though, and this is what we came up with:

I think we're ready for our Fourth of July celebrations!!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a fabulous holiday weekend!

Birthday Box Card

Hello and Happy Saturday!  I hope your weekend is off to a good start!

Not too long ago, I found some box card files in the Silhouette store.  I have been playing around with them, and I have to say - I love them!  A couple posts back, I shared a box card with flowers that I made for Mother's Day.  Well, here's another one I made to celebrate a birthday.

These box cards come together so easily.  They look like they might take a while to put together, but they really don't.  My only fear with them is that people won't know how to open them up when they receive them.  But, I've watched 2 recipients open them now, and they seem to figure it out quickly enough on their own!  :-)

Die Cuttin Divas is having a Happy Birthday challenge this week, so I'm going to link this up over there.  Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful weekend!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV Birthday Wishes stack
Birthday box card from the Silhouette store

Mother's Day Box Card

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!  I couldn't celebrate with my mom today, because she is all the way in Arizona.  But thanks to technology, I was able to FaceTime her and wish her a happy day!  My sweetie and I played golf this morning, then went to brunch with his dad and step-mom and her parents.  It was a nice day!

This is the card I made for my sweetie's step-mom for Mother's Day.  I found some great box card files in the Silhouette store recently and have had so much fun making them.

The box card came together really easily!  There is a very helpful YouTube video that shows how to put the box cards together.  Once I watched the video, I had no trouble assembling the card.

These cards are great because they fold flat and fit in an A2 envelope.  I love that these fun cards can be folded flat and mailed!

I hope everyone had a great weekend and a wonderful Mother's Day!

Recipe:

Flower box card from the Silhouette store

Pattern papers from Teresa Collins Sweet Afternoon pad

Easter Card

Happy Thursday!  I hope you are all having a good week.  My sweetie has been out of town and is coming home this evening.  I decided to sneak in a bit of crafting time before he got home.

Over at Die Cuttin Divas, they're having a fun challenge that I thought I'd play along with.  It's a tic-tac-toe challenge using the box below.

I went from the top left corner diagonally down to the bottom right corner.  And I threw in the top right corner for good measure!  ;-)

I created the card base by welding two scalloped circles together from the Elegant Edges cartridge.  I cut the frame layer of the shape as well.

I found the cute chick holding the egg image at Miss Kate's Cuttables.  I'm still getting used to my Silhouette, but I'm loving it!  I found this image very easy to put together - and the small parts of the image cut beautifully!

I have one more Easter card to finish up, but then I'm ready for Sunday!  Were you all a little better prepared for the upcoming holiday that I was?!?  Thanks for coming by today!

Recipe:

Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections

Pattern paper from My Mind's Eye Happy Day pad

Card base and frame from Elegant Edges

Chick with egg from Miss Kate's Cuttables

Anniversary Card

Happy Saturday!  I hope you are all having a great weekend!  I spent some time crafting today, and we're getting ready to meet some friends for dinner.  Tomorrow I'm running a 43-mile relay race with some friends for work.  Should be a good time!

I thought I'd share this quick card I put together.  I'm sending this to my grandparents for their anniversary.

I used the A2 Heart Cluster Card that I found in the Silhouette Store.  I changed it up just a little because I wanted some different hearts popped up than the file calls for.

I love how fast this card came together and the fun look with some hearts popped up and some cut through the card base so you can see the paper on the inside.  Thanks for coming by to take a look!

Recipe:
A2 Heart Cluster Card from the Silhouette Store
Solid cardstock from Bazzill
Pattern paper from My Mind's Eye Love me pad

Pop Up Thank You Card

Hello!!  I hope everyone is having a great week!  I've been playing with my Silhouette some more and wanted to share a thank you card I made.

I used the Pop Up Thank You Card image from the Silhouette store.  I cut the card base out of dark blue shimmer paper and the inside layer that pops up out of off-white shimmer paper.  It was so easy to put together and I love how pretty the inside of the card looks.

I couldn't decide what to do with the front of the card though.  Finally I decided to cut out just the "Thanks" with the design around it out of the dark blue shimmer paper, which I mounted on the off-white shimmer paper.

I'm so excited about my Silhouette and am looking forward to playing with it more and more.  It cuts intricate images so easily and it seems like there are endless possibilities with this machine.  I still love my Cricut, don't get me wrong.....I'm just excited to have a new toy to play with!!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Recipe:
Shimmer cardstock from DCWV
Pop Up Thank You Card image from the Silhouette store

Subway Art Valentines

Happy Saturday!  I hope your weekend is off to a good start!  It's still chilly here, but warmer weather is supposed to be coming - and hopefully we'll finally get rid of the snow that's still hanging around here!!

I was inspired to make these cards by my friend Missy over at Quick Chick Designs.  When I saw the card she made for her husband using the Love Subway Art file from the Silhouette Store, I knew I wanted to give it a try.  I'm still learning all the fun things my Silhouette can do, and I thought this was the perfect opportunity for me to learn how to fill shapes with color and print them out.

I had some Valentine digital scrapbook paper that I used for the background of my first card.  I was able to determine the RGB codes of the hearts and letters in the background of the paper, and fill the words on the subway art file with the same colors.

For my second card, I used the Valentine Subway Art file from the Silhouette Store, and I made it a bit more masculine (I gave this one to my sweetie).  I used paper from a My Mind's Eye pad I had, and I did my best to match the RGB colors to fill the words.  I think I got pretty close!

I had fun making these cards, and I'm excited to keep learning more about my Silhouette!  Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Owl Easel Card

Happy Friday!  I hope you are having a good week.   We got a lot of snow Tuesday and into early Wednesday.  I got a bonus afternoon off on Tuesday and then worked from home on Wednesday.  It sure was nice being able to stay safe and warm at home!

One of my girlfriends recently started a new job - if you saw my post last week, this is a different girlfriend!  She loves owls and as I was searching around in the Silhouette store, I saw this owl easel card and knew immediately I had to make it for her. 

I'm still learning how to use my Silhouette and getting used to the Silhouette cutting files.  I opened this file up in Silhouette Studio and I was immediately overwhelmed.  I saw all these shapes and wasn't sure how they were all going to come together.  Thankfully, this is a Lori Whitlock file and she has a YouTube video that show you how easily the card comes together.

I love how the branch holds the owl upright if you don't glue the leaves down to the base!

I stamped my sentiment on the branch on the inside of the card and added some stitching to the owl.  I think he turned out pretty cute, and my girlfriend loved it!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Pattern cardstock from My Mind's Eye Happy Day pad
Owl easel card image
Sentiment from The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Wedding set

Snow Fun

Happy Saturday!  I hope your weekend is off to a good start.  We're having a cold weekend here, and I'm taking advantage of it by staying inside and crafting!!

My sweetie got me a Silhouette for Christmas and I've been trying it out a little bit.  I'm so used to my Cricut that it's taking a little bit of getting used to, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it.  I started this layout a couple weeks ago and finally got around to putting the finishing touches on it.

I found a sketch on Pinterest that I used as my inspiration for this layout.

I bought the Snow Fun image and the snowflakes in the Silhouette store.  It took me a little bit to figure the layers out on the title, but I think I got it!

I covered the snowflakes in Martha Stewart coarse glitter - love that stuff!

I'm going to link this project up over at Die Cuttin Divas, where this week's challenge is Winter Fun.  Thanks for coming by to take a look!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Pattern paper from The Paper Studio's Four Seasons stack
Snow Fun and snowflakes from the Silhouette store
Martha Stewart coarse glitter