May Silhouette Promo

MAY

Another great offer from the Silhouette peeps, for May 17th - May25th,

when entering "SMITHS" at checkout!

A Silhouette SD 
1 package white flocked heat transfer material 
1 package teal smooth heat transfer material 
1 package dark pink smooth heat transfer 
All for $219!

Savings of over $125.00!

 If you already have a machine, take 25% off all heat transfer material

There are lots of really fun things you can do with the Silhouette transfer material!

Check out all of the great ideas on the Silhouette Blog!

Heat Transfer Crafts

Click here to be directed to deal.

Fabric Card + Silhouette Promotion: Rhinestones

April

Yup, it's that time again.

Another awesome deal from the Silhouette peeps! :)

This months featured product is not ONLY a great deal on the Silhouette machine itself... but the Silhouette Rhinestone Starter Kit too!

Pretty nifty if you ask me

Check out all the fun things you can do with these iron on blingin' beauties.

I tried my starter kit out, and was actually really surprised with how easy and fun it was to use.

I made this little card, for a friend of mine who is having a birthday this week.

Vinyl Decals on Glass in Frames, Photo Wall

Before I left for Creative Estates this last week, I decided to put some finishing touches on a few small frames that we are using in our family room photo wall collage.

I know it's taking FOREVER to reveal, but I have ONE more project after this to finish, and then the photo wall will be complete! :)

All I did was take these three small IKEA frames and back them with paper that coordinated with my photo wall.

A School Project using the Silhouette

{My First School Project}

A few weeks back the twins's teacher sent me home with two blank white pieces of cardboard.  I was told to have the girls help me put together a board that told ALL about them.  Well... the girls helped for about 3 minutes, lost interest, and I was left to finish things up, ha!

Is this a reflection of how things will go in the future with science fair projects??? eeek!

I have about EVERY tool, paper, and embellishment, to be a great scrapbooker... but alas... I am not.

Theres just something so intimidating about all those "cute" little pieces, that makes me crazy.  I never know what to choose, or how to pair things up right, so that my paper pages look finished, but not OVERLY "scrapped"!

So for these little collages, I decided to use my Silhouette Machine to cut out some simple small vinyl decals, and paired them with a bunch of my favorite pictures of each of the twins, that I just printed at Walmart for a few bucks.

Fabric Spring Art + March Silhouette Deal: Fabric Interfacing

I'm so glad that you all are loving the monthly silhouette deals and new products.  Last month I featured Silhouettes frosted vinyl, on a decal I created, and I've even gotten emails with some of your fun projects, that you've made with yours!

You guys are such a creative bunch!

Well, this promotion is no exception!

I'm sure you've all heard about the exciting new feature that Silhouette is able to do.

CUT MATERIAL!

Ohhh... the possibilities!

I thought I would try the technique out for myself, to create a simple little "Spring" plaque, for our home.

I found some good tips and tricks on the Silhouette Blog, on how to iron on the fabric interfacing, to prep my fabric, and such Here and Here.

For my project, I started by cutting a piece of thick cream fabric out to fit the size of my frame.

Then I chose a cute little bird design from the Silhouette library.

(they have TONS of designs!)

and picked a "springy" fabric to cut that out with.

Then... pretty much, just to see HOW detailed this Silhouette could go, I used an intricate "Spring" font, and cut it out in dark grey fabric.

I was really surprised, it cut it SO well, and didn't catch, or fray the fabric up at all!

I used a speed of 3, and a thickness of between 30 - 33.

Font: Albemarle Swash

Then I laid out the design how I wanted it to appear in my frame.