Silhouette | A Whole Lotta Love

It’s been great playing with each of the new products that are coming soon from Silhouette and finding fun ways to use them on projects.  Today, I have a tutorial using the Stencil Material showing how you can use it to create your own stitching templates.  It’s amazing how many different ways you can use the same product!

I started out, by designing my layout in Silhouette Studio.

Once I had my design in place, I knew I wanted to take away the center hearts on the border, so I ungrouped and released the compound path.  Then I just deleted the center of each heart.  I wanted to cut the heart border with the Adhesive Washi Sheets, but I didn’t want it to be transparent on my layout.  So, I layered the Washi pattern over White cardstock and sent it through the CAMEO on the Textured Cardstock setting.

After the heart border was cut and ready, I cut the word Love on the Stencil Material, selecting the Stencil setting in Silhouette Studio.  When it finished cutting, I placed it on my layout, where I wanted to stitch the word Love.

When you have your Stencil Material in place, gently press it to keep it in place on your paper.  Then you can use a pencil to trace around the cut letters.

Now you can take a paper piercer and go along the penciled word to make your stitching holes.  Then just choose the color thread you would like to use and stitch along your letters.

Don’t you love the idea of creating your own individual stitching templates from shapes in the Silhouette Store??!!  And the great thing is, that they are reusable, and you can even use the Stencil for misting, painting or modeling paste!  The ideas are endless!!

Shapes:

Outline Heart Border

XOXO Vintage Title

Supplies:  Patterned Paper & Tags:  Elle's Studio; Shapes, Adhesive Washi Sheets, Stencil Material, Adhesive Backed Cardstock & CAMEO:  Silhouette; Wood Veneers:  Studio Calico; Color Shine:  Heidi Swapp; Enamel Dots:  My Mind's Eye; 

Hip Kit Club | Sweet Smiles & Card

I'm back today, to share a new layout and card with the January Kit from Hip Kit Club!  I am really blown away by how much is in each of the kits and how well they mix together to create awesome projects!!  Up first is my layout, using a mix of Crate Paper and American Crafts.

I love to use geometric shapes on my layouts, so I thought it would be fun to add some large triangles behind my photo on this layout design.  I used my CAMEO to cut the triangle shapes from the Crate Paper and American Crafts papers included in the January Kit.  The triangles are cut to 2.75x3 inches.  Once I had the triangles in place, I added my photo, embellishments and title.  I also wanted to add just a touch of texture, so I stitched around the Teal triangles.

 
I decided to go for a more simple design on this card, and used the White cardstock from the kit, as my base.  I used my CAMEO to create a positive and negative effect with the heart shapes, and also used it to cut the word Hello for part of my sentiment.  The Studio Calico Wood Veneer alphas in the January Kit are perfect for cards, because they are so light weight and small.  They worked perfectly to complete the sentiment on my card.

I will have one more upcoming post using the January Kit, and then the new Team will start revealing projects with the February Kits, soon!  The February kits have now been sold out, so if you are interested in purchasing monthly kits, please stop by the Hip Kit Club website to check out subscription information!

Get It Scrapped! | I Am Iron Man

Yesterday, Get It Scrapped! shared a new article, 6 Creative Techniques for Scrapbooking with Plaid Patterned Paper.  Plaid is big in fashion, as well as scrapbooking, and I am sure you have some Plaid patterns in your scrapbook supplies!  Here is the layout I created, mixing two different Plaid patterns, with a diamond shaped cut file.

 
One of our son's Christmas presents from the grandparents, was an Iron Man mask, which he immediately loved!  Instead of taking a superhero route with the look on this page, I thought I would use the Plaid patterns to create a masculine look.  I wanted to pair my plaid patterns with a popular shape or cut file, so I found a diamond pattern in the Silhouette store and cut it out of the Plaid patterned paper.  I also wanted to work with a contrasting Plaid, so I chose a different Plaid pattern and used it to cut smaller diamond shapes, that I placed in the center of the larger shapes.  I chose my second contrasting pattern, by picking a patterned paper that had a different size Plaid, but it worked well, because the Teal color carried over into both of my Plaid patterns.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Carta Bella; Patterned Paper:  Jillibean Soup, American Crafts & Elle's Studio; Thickers:  American Crafts; Wood Veneers & Spray Mist:  Studio Calico; Color Shine:  Heidi Swapp; Washi Tape:  Recollections; Flair Button:  The Paper Bakery; Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette CAMEO

Creative Scrappers Sketch #261 | 6

It's time for a new reveal at Creative Scrappers and I loved our fun new Sketch, from Kristine Davidson!  The moment I took the photos of our middle daughter for her birthday, I knew this would be the perfect sketch for them!

I used the cute Penelope collection from Elle's Studio, and stayed very close to the Sketch.  The circle area behind the bottom photo worked perfectly for my title spot, which I simply titled "6" for our daughter's age.

You can play along with us this month, for the chance to win a February Kit from our awesome sponsor, Paper Camellia!  Just make sure you link up on the Creative Scrappers Blog.  And don't forget to stop by the Blog today, to check out all of the amazing layouts from the Design Team!

Supplies:  Patterned Paper & Tags:  Elle's Studio; Enamel Dots;  My Mind's Eye; Color Shine:  Heidi Swapp; Die Cut Machine & Adhesive Backed Cardstock:  Silhouette America

Hip Kit Club Design Team!!

I have been so excited to be Guest Designing with Hip Kit Club for the month of January, but I am even more excited to share today, that I have been invited to be a part of the Design Team for 2014!

There are some amazingly talented Ladies on this Team, and I am so thankful to Kimberly for including me in this group!  Make sure you stop by the Hip Kit Club website to check out the February Kits!  They are packed with lots of awesome goodies!  And look for upcoming projects from the new Design Team, using the February Kits! 

Echo Park | I Love You to the Moon

Yesterday, I had my first official post up on the Echo Park Blog!  I got a chance to use the amazing new Valentine's collection, Head Over Heels.  We usually are not big on celebrating Valentine's, but this collection can be used in many other ways, and I chose to use it for a photo of our son.

 

I used my CAMEO with the papers from the Head Over Heels collection kit, to create the fun heart background.  If you would like some more info on how I put this layout together, make sure you stop by the Echo Park Blog.

Silhouette | Favorite Fro-Yo

The confetti trend has been one that initially intimidated me, but as soon as I gave it a try, I was hooked!  There are so many fun ways to use confetti on your layouts, cards and projects.  Yesterday, I shared a layout on the Silhouette Blog using one of the confetti cut files that can be found in the Silhouette Store.

 

This page may look complicated at first glance, but it is really easy!  I started by laying out the design of my page and layered my photo and papers.  Once those were adhered in place, I pulled one of the transparent overlay sheets from my supplies.  I don’t have a sewing machine, so I hand stitched around the edges of my page.  I used Washi Tape, to secure my overlay in place and the Washi Tape also gave the straight edges as a guide for piercing my holes for stitching.  Once I had all of the holes pierced, I stitched all the way across the bottom of the layout.  Then I stitched a little less than half way up the right and left hand sides.  While I was busy stitching, I had my CAMEO cutting my confetti file.  After the confetti pieces were cut, I placed them in the bottom of the pocket I created by stitching the overlay and cardstock.  And to finish the rest of my layout, I added some elements over the top of the overlay, like my title and journaling spots.  The Silhouette Sketch pens were perfect for creating the journaling tags to go on my page!

And if you’re thinking about using the confetti trend on your next layout, but the full 12 x12 is a little daunting, why not create a small pocket accent for your layout or try the technique on a card.  It definitely adds a fun and festive look to your projects!

Shapes:

Confetti

Everyday Mini Polaroids

Word Banners

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Carta Bella; Patterned Paper, Transparent Overlay & Thickers:  American Crafts; Tags:  Elle's Studio; Wood Veneers & Paper Clip:  Studio Calico; Sticker:  Heidi Swapp; Die Cut Machine, Adhesive Washi Sheets, Sketch Pens & Shapes;  Silhouette America