Trying Silhouette Vinyl for the first time

I was so excited today when I stopped by Michael's and they had the Silhouette Vinyl.  The last few times I have been in the shelves have been empty.  And not only did they have several colors, they were also on sale.  SCORE!!!  I picked up a couple of colors and decided that some walls in my kitchen needed some spicing up.

 I created 2 files using the Silhouette software and I am sharing them here for you as well. I didn't buy the transfer paper so we used low tack painters tape to transfer it from the backing paper to the wall.  The Silhouette scraper was also very useful during the application.

First kitchen sign was made  with a bracket from the Silhouette store and one of my favorite fonts Champagne and Limousines from Dafont. You can get it here

Download here

The second sign is Pea Sara font and you can find it here I played with the letter spacing and then welded the letters together so that it would cut as one word.

Download here

Now I am wandering around the house thinking.... what I can create next...

My new toy....Silhouette Cameo

I am so spoiled.  My Darling Husband and son gave me a Silhouette Cameo for Christmas.  I have been wanting a die cut machine for a long time but never justified spending the money on it, the Cameo is beyond anything I would have expected under the tree this year.... and I LOVE it!.

I have been spending time playing with the software and figuring out all the different tools and how they work.  YouTube is great- so many tutorials on it.

Here are my first few projects:

Gift card holder-
My husband's family always gets together after Christmas
 so was a perfect chance to try it out to wrap a few of the items we take with us.

Pillow Box- I can't believe how easy it is to do

Dimensional Orchid- I used it as part of a birthday card

My creation last night- love the Chalk Studio Paper by My Mind's Eye
This is going to be a Valentine for my son,.

The Camera I used here is a FREE cut file from Scrapbook & Cards Today Blog and designer Nicole Nowosad.  Thank you!  Love how it turned out

winner, winner....thank you Scrapbook & Cards today!!!!

I am so excited, my goody package arrived in the mail yesterday and I plan on sitting down and making some beautiful things with this package. Thank you Scrapbook & Cards Today and Paper Crate Inc for the chance to win by commenting on your Facebook page.

I never win at these things...guess I can't say that now.

This beautiful gift contains items from the "Love Notes" collection by Crate Paper Inc:

• foam stickers
• 3d stickers
• Vellum Paper
• Before & After photo overlays
• Chipboard images
• Clothespins
• Buttons
• and... Clear Rubber Stamps.

and all just in time for making Valentine's cards :)

Craft Room Transformation

New year and new things...

I have been papercrafting for many years but never really got the hang of this blogging thing. To accompany my new crafting space I have decided that 2014 is going to be the year that I try to blog my creative messes on at least a weekly basis.

I have always had a craft room in this house but this past fall it look on a new life. With the help of my Darling Hubby we took a fairly large basement room and transformed it into a wonderful and relaxing space that I love to be in. I can't believe how easy it is to create in and how easy I loose track of time.

To brighten up the space we painted a soft green and pretty white in the room. Green is CIL- Cabbage Patch, White- Martha Stewart- Picket Fence (love this white!) New laminate floors from Ikea warmed up the space and make it very comfortable to sit in for long periods of time. And a soft grey area rug helps.

 Most of the furniture is from Ikea and some of the smaller pieces are the Recollections collection from Michael's. The addition of a comfy chair and foot stool has been great. I have visitors (Hubby or son) pop in while I am working away and they have a place to relax.

Before Photos

 

The Transformation



My Hubby also spoiled me this Christmas and gave me a Silhouette Cameo.  I am looking forward to spending my evenings in this beautiful space and learning how to use my new toy.  I can't wait to show everyone what I have created.