Flutterby Card

This is my attempt at a vintage, funky butterfly. It's the card that I'll use to go with the butterfly gifts for baby Lilly. The pattern comes from My Scrap Chicks Bug Cards set.

Pinterest Inspired Butterfly Mobile

My Nephew and his wife (my Niece-in-Law?) are expecting their first baby soon. The nursery is a butterfly theme. She's painted the walls a charcoal grey and is decorating in pink. I made this mobile to help lighten the room ;) I am having fun finding butterfly inspiration...especially on Pinterest!

The directions for the mobile are from Heartland Paper blog. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the butterflies which are from Lettering Delights Butterfly Cut It set.

My First Attempt with Iron on Vinyl

Here is my first try using iron on vinyl. Let me just say, the Silhouette Cameo did an amazing job at cutting the detailed letters! Weeding the image wasn't as easy as regular vinyl, but not horrible. The difference was the backing was the sticky part instead of the vinyl. It is important to remember to mirror the image BEFORE cutting it out. (I remembered...this time!)

The vinyl was a Christmas gift from my daughter. I had mentioned that Pick Your Plum (a daily deal site) was selling it, in passing and she picked up on that and took the initiative to purchase it. I was very surprised!...and pleased! I pre-washed the shirt and I've run it through the laundry once since and it seems to be holding up fine so far.

Beary Sweet Valentines

I've been working on Valentines lately...even have a few done. These are for my kids and some other family members (like grandparents.) I used one of My Scrap Chick's sets called Valentine Bears. If you see this in a timely manner (before V-day 2012) it's on sale. Click on the sale link on the side of the My Scrap Chick home page and you'll find it half off along with all their other Valentine sets! I cut them with my Silhouette Cameo. Some of the backgrounds are embossed with the Cuttlebug.

...and these are our "Mailboxes." We decorated them a few years back and have been reusing them each year. Watch the Target Dollar Section in January to get your hands on blank mailboxes.

So GLAD

I found another use for Glad Press'n Seal wrap...(If you missed my first bright idea, see here.)

As I was working on Valentine's for the kids, I had cut out all sorts of itty bitty pieces. I knew I wasn't going to get the project done in one sitting, so was freaking out anytime somebody even went into the craft room.  Don't they know I've got microscopic pieces in there, that need to be kept with the right project? As I lay my head on the pillow that night, it hit me...Press'n Seal wrap...so first thing in the morning I "sealed" my pieces down to the desktop. It worked great! What's funny is I never use the stuff in the kitchen...

Office Name Sign (cutesy)

I made this sign for "the office" to help personalize the cubicle as a birthday gift. I used my new Silhouette to cut it. I used Make the Cut except for the grass which is a Silhouette file. The cats are a dingbat font called Cats and Dogs.

I discovered something new on this project. One of the benefits of the Silhouette, I think, is that it can cut detail so much better. The problem with that is trying to glue those detailed things straight. GLAD Press 'n Seal is amazing at helping with this. I lined the words up on a lined base (paper, cutting mat or something similar) then placed a piece of the Press 'n Seal over the letters, pressing down and rubbing over each letter. Pay special attention to the dots of the "i"s. Flip the Press 'n Seal over, apply glue (I used Tombo Mono Multi Liquid Glue.) and then carefully flip back over and place on project. Give the glue some time to dry and then peal back the Press 'n Seal. This worked wonderfully! I had actually made marks at the center and a line under the words and then light marks on the base to line up with.

Night Owl Baby Plaque

I made this for a new baby at church. The only clue I had about the nursery was that it had a tree in it. But no other theme than that. So this is what I came up with. The verse is Psalm 139:14 "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well."

The owls are Night Owls from  My Scrap Chick, the font used for Abigail is 2 Peas Mr. Giggles, I used Make the Cut to lay out the design and cut it out using my Cricut. You can't see it in the photo, but I ran the moon upside down, through the Zyron using the adhesive cartridge. I then covered it in ultra fine prisma glitter (aka dazzling diamonds.)