Category: Tutorial

NEW Silhouette Class with Craftsy!

You’re the first to hear this exciting news… Today I get to announce that my new, on-line Silhouette class with Craftsy, The Next Steps in Silhouette Studio is now live and available for registration!!!! I’m so excited about this class!

 

My class is designed to enhance your Silhouette Studio skills by teaching you not only the basics of cutting, but how to create custom designs, how to use your software tools to modify images, make you own cut files and more!  Topics include:   File types for Silhouette Studio, Using Pattern Fills and Tracing, Working with Complex Files, Drawing Tools, Advanced File Edits, Fonts, and Specialty Materials.  After taking my class, you’ll have the confidence to go beyond the basics and get the most from your Silhouette! Here’s the intro video that will tell you a little more:

The cool thing is with a Craftsy online class you can take it as many times as you want, whenever you want and access never expires. The cost of the class is regularly $29.99 BUT with THIS link you can get it 50% OFF!  This includes:  Six video lessons with anytime, anywhere access; Class materials including a supply list, keyboard shortcuts guide and cutting files; Answers to your questions by me in the virtual classroom.  Ready to enroll?  Click HERE to come join us!

Last week we held a contest to WIN a spot in my brand NEW Next Steps in Silhouette Class, and the winner is… Sonya Mullis!!  Congratulations Sonya, look for an email from me with instructions on how to access your free class!

I can’t wait to see you all there! Be sure to go REGISTER!

XOXO Scalloped Rosette Banner with Kathy

Hi Everyone, it’s Kathy today with a tutorial on how to piece together Lori’s new XOXO Scalloped Rosette Banner.  I loved this banner the moment I saw it and wanted to create it for my front door!

I started by cutting 4 of each of the banner back pieces, and one set of X’s and O’s.

I like to add a little dimension to my projects so I adhered the two background triangles together using some foam tape.

Next, I started making the rosettes.  Rosettes are not hard, they just take a little patience.  I fan-folded the rosette strips using the score lines as my guide.

I then attached the two ends of each strip using some liquid adhesive.  I use a quick drying adhesive when making rosettes, it gives you a little wiggle room if you make a mistake (unlike hot glue) and it holds well without taking forever to dry.

To make the rosette, add some liquid adhesive to one of the small circles.  Place the glued, fan-folded strip over the circle (make sure the scalloped edges are on the bottom) and press the top of the glued, fan folded strip towards the center and down.

You may need to play with it a little to get it to be the shape you want.  This is where the patience comes in… you need to hold it down for a little until the glue is dry enough to hold.

Once it is dry enough, put the larger circle on the front of the rosette, let dry.

All that is left is to assemble each of your banner pieces.  I glued the completed rosettes onto the banner pieces, and then added the XOXO letters to each piece using foam tape for more dimension.

I tied my pieces together using some Chunky twine and it’s all ready to go on my door!

That’s it for me today.  Don’t forget that Lori is  having a sale in her SVG shop this week!  Use code JAN2016 and get 30% off your entire order! It’s perfect timing to stock up on Valentine’s Day goodies!

 

Have a great day!

 

Swing Through Assembly Tutorial with Corri

Hi everyone! Corri here today sharing an assembly tutuorial for the new swing through cards. These cards feature a cool swing through motion when opened….your friends and family would love to receive one.

When you cut the file this is what you will have.

I decided to cut an extra one of the red panels so I could have a different pattern paper on the front of my card.

First, apply your panels to the interior of the card.

 Apply the tree cut outs to the interior of the card.  Everything is laying flat on your desk right now.  Do not twist anything yet.

Next, apply the panel on the front of your card.  You’ll notice you can’t see the die cut tree that you adhered.

Now you’re ready to flip your trees.  You can see that they are scored.  With your card open flip the tree on the left side of the card to the left.

Flip the tree on the right to the right.

There is small glue tab on the left side tree.  Fold on the score line and apply glue.   Adhere the tab to the back side of tree on the right.

There you have it! Such a fun and interactive card!

Be sure to check out the big sale happening now in Lori’s SVG Shop.  Save 50% off your order of $20 or more!  What a great deal!

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.