I love cutting stencils with my silhouette. I use them for so many different projects. I even cut them for my 5-year-old to trace with for her art. The stencil I am making for this post. I used for my newest Artesprix Design Team blog using a decorative metal panel. It will be posted on…
I love creating string art. It is so much fun, and my kids love to string the string around the nails. The most tedious part for me is nailing in all the nails. But I have a trick that will help you get it right and get them all the same height. Once I figured…
Every day I see someone asking in Silhouette groups on Facebook how to curve text. Not only can you curve text around a curve, but you can curve it to any number of shapes. When thinking about what to do for the Artesprix blog project, incorporating text that was shaped around the corners of my…
I am not the best artist, and by that, I mean that I’m lucky if I can draw a stick figure correctly. So, I design on my computer and rely on my machine to sketch the design out for me so I can color it in. I love using my Silhouette machines to sketch. I use it to sketch designs and text for many different things, including cards, “notes” from Santa, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter bunny, and just like in this post, designs for sublimation
I love cutting faux leather and make something with it at least once a week. It is one of my favorite materials. You can make hairbows, earrings, luggage tags, business card holders, keychains, and many other things. The possibilities are endless. Faux leather is one of my favorite materials to work with. It is a…
This is one of my favorite times of the year! Our family does ALL our holiday shopping on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This year is no different, although most of our Black Friday shopping was done online with curbside pickup. Now once the gifts start being delivered or are ready for pickup, I try…
The time has come! It’s the biggest shopping day of the year. I don’t know about you, but I have been waiting for this day for quite a while, especially with how crazy this year has been. Black Friday is one of my favorite days of the year. I look forward to shopping both in-person…
The free file of the week from the Silhouette Design Store this week is this fantastic Graveyard Ghost Box Card. When I saw it, I knew it was the perfect file for me to slightly modify to add a shaker element. I recently purchased the We R Memory Keepers Mold Press and this was the…
This is such a fun project. I do these every year for people in my neighborhood. “You’ve been boo’ed” treat bags are a fantastic way to spread good cheer. This project is so simple, no matter what you do, you can’t get it wrong. There are so many different options, the possibilities are endless. For…
With the release of the new Silhouette Portrait 3, there are some things that a new Portrait owner should know. While I don’t have the Portrait 3, I do have the Portrait 2, and this basic info is universal across the Portrait line. The blade installation in the Portrait line is somewhat different between the…