Category: Tutorial

Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

Hi Everyone!  It’s Kathy today with a fun project that would make a great gift for a friend or hostess this holiday season!  I don’t love the snow, but I do love snowmen, so I decided to build one of my own… take a peek…

This fun little guy went together really quickly, and is a great way to package some small gifts such as candies or baked goods…. I started with Lori’s 3D Scalloped Party Favor Box (here in the Silhouette Store)  I cut one from black cardstock.  I then resized it to 130%, 160% and 190% and cut each one from white cardstock. (be sure to re-size from the original-sized box each time)

I then assembled all of the boxes.

Next, I cut some of the pieces of the Square Gift Box with Bow (here in Silhouette Store) and the Snowman Pocket Gift Card Holder (here in Silhouette Store)  to use as embellishments for my snowman.

Now for the fun part… assembling the snowman!  I started with his hat…  First I glued on the holly leaves, and added some enamel dot holly berries.  Make sure to adhere them only to the top of the box so that you can open and close it easily.  I then glued the box bottom to the middle of a 4″ circle of black cardstock.

For the face, I glued on the carrot and added enamel dot eyes and mouth on the smallest white box.

To assemble the scarf, first glue the two bow pieces back to back.  I did this so that when I fold it over, both sides are the red Polka dot.  Next, fold that piece over the middle of one of the scored pieces and glue as shown.. Add both scarf pieces to the top of the cover of the middle-sized white box.

Lastly, I added some buttons to the bottom of the cover of the middle box and to the largest box as shown.

Finally, assemble the snowman by adding a couple of small glue dots between the boxes to hold them in place, while still allowing them to be opened.  All that is left is to fill each of the boxes with a small gift or goodie and give it to someone special!

 That’s it for me today!  Thanks for stopping by to peek!

Slider Window Card – Assembly Tutorial

Hi everyone!  Corri here today sharing a quick assembly tutuorial for the new Slider Window cards.

I used the Story of Fall Collection from Echo Park to make the turkey version of this card.  The card has a tab that you pull to reveal your sentiment.  They are so fun!

Here’s how to put them together.  When you cut out the card you will have these pieces.

The first step is assemble your turkey.  Next apply the mat (orange layer) to the card base (brown layer).

Next, apply your sentiment panel to the front of the card.  Use the window panel (wood grain) to line it up before gluing in place.

Apply adhesive to the outer edges of the window panel and glue down.  You don’t want adhesive too close to the window so your slider (floral piece) can slide freely up and down.

Finally, side the slider all the way down into the window, covering your sentiment area.  The window panel has a perforated edge on the bottom, fold that up and apply a strip of adhesive to the back side.  Press down firmly to adhere that strip only to the slider panel. When you pull up on the tab, you will have a pop up area to attach your turkey to.

Such a fun interactive card!  Anyone would love to receive this!

Be sure to check out all the fabulous new files that Lori recently added to the store.

Using the Cut by Color Feature with Kathy

Hi everyone!  It’s Kathy today with a tutorial on how to use the Cut by Color Feature in the Silhouette Studio.  If you’re not familiar, this feature allows you to select different cutting conditions for each line color on your design mat.  This is super handy when working with the Silhouette Sketch Pens and shapes.  I used this feature to create the leaves on these fun Thanksgiving Place cards.

Papers Used: The Story of Fall from Echo Park

I started by loading the leaf place card from Lori’s Thanksgiving Place Cards set (here in the Silhouette Store).  I moved the leaf part of the design onto my mat.

Next, I loaded my sketch font and typed the names I wanted in my cards.  I changed the color of the lines that made up my names by opening up the Line Color Window and clicking on a different color (the color does not matter as long as it is different from the color marking the leaf shape)

This is what my mat looked like when I was done adding all of the names.

Once I was happy with my design, I clicked on the Cut Settings button, then the Adjust Cut Settings button on the bottom.  First thing I did was change the Cut Mode from Standard to Advanced (1).  Next I clicked on Line Color under Cut Order (2).  This brought up a grid with the two line colors in my design.  I started with the first color, in my case black or the color of my names.  I clicked on this (3), set the Material type to Silhouette Sketch Pen (4).  I then right clicked on the highlighted line color and chose add pause.  This is very important.  It stops the Cameo after it has written out the names using the sketch pen so that you can swap back to the cutting blade before it proceeds to cut the leaf shape.

Next, I clicked on the Red line color (1).  Since the Red line is my outside cut line, and I don’t want to cut the name, I clicked on the center square button (2) until it showed just the outline.  This tells the Cameo to only cut the outline, not anything inside.  Finally I set my Material type to Patterned Paper(3).

Once these steps were done, I loaded my black Silhouette Sketch Pen in the housing, inserted my mat and chose Send To Silhouette.  First the Cameo wrote all of the names.  It then paused.  I swapped the Sketch Pen for the cutting blade, then hit Resume cutting.  The Cameo went on to cut the leaf shapes around the names.

Here’s a close-up of one of my Place Cards…

I love using my sketch pens and this makes it so much easier to use them with fun shapes!  I hope you find this helpful!  That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

A2 Pop Dot Cards Tutorial

Hi everyone!  Corri here today sharing a quick assembly tutorial for the new pop dot cards that Lori will soon be adding to her shop.  These cards are so fun to put together and look really cool!  I love the dimensional look of these.

When you cut out your card you will end up with these pieces.

To asseble the card, first glue the orange layer behind the gray layer. Next, apply the black layer to the gray layer with foam dots.  Using more foam dots, apply the purple layer to the front of the card.

The finished look is really cool!  Lots of dimension and layers.

Be sure to check out the SVG Shop for these fun new cards.

Customizing a Shape Using the Knife Tool with Kathy

Hi Everyone, it’s Kathy today with a tutorial to show you how to use the knife tool to customize a shape for your project.  I have to start this tutorial with a confession.  I am a crazy cat lady.  I saw a similar item to my project on Pinterest, wanted to purchase it only to find that it was only sold in the UK and it was sold out.  I was determined to have it so I came up with a way to make it myself… take a peek…

How cute is this??  Luckily my daughter was happy to be my model!  This was really pretty easy to do… I started by loading Lori’s Black Cat Design into Silhouette Studio.

 I clicked on the knife tool on the left side tool bar. Using the tool I drew a line across the design where I wanted to cut it.

You can see that the line I created divided the cat, leaving the top half of the face as a stand alone design.

I deleted the portions of the design I didn’t want, then resized the top of the cat’s head to fit my umbrella panel.  I changed my cut settings to vinyl and cut my design.

You can cut vinyl without using a mat, but I usually use my mat so that I can use smaller pieces of the vinyl.  I cut out the cat face, then weeded out the pieces I didn’t want.

Next, I applied the transfer paper to my design and made sure it was down well, eliminating air bubbles using my scraper tool.

I peeled the transfer paper off, bringing the design with it.  The transfer paper makes it easy to apply the vinyl design all at once, exactly where you want it.  I applied it to my umbrella, using my scraper again to eliminate air bubbles, then peeled off the transfer paper, leaving just the design.

And voila!  A crazy cat lady umbrella!

That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!