Showing posts with label paper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paper. Show all posts

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Getting Ready for the Holidays!

The holiday season is already upon us!  Looked out the window the other day and it was snowing, which is a bit earlier than usual this time of year.  Anyway, just thought I would get into the holiday mood and share a project that I created which was inspired by all the creativity going on with my sister's blog http://sisterstamps.blogspot.it/.  There were a lot of wonderful projects shared regarding this reindeer image I had created for Sister Stamps.  I was inspired to use this image and make it a rocker with a treat box in-between.  Hadn't seen anything like this yet so had to create my own,...on my favorite new toy, the Silhouette Cameo.








I also wanted to share this snowman that I made using the svgcuts download.  Their 3D projects are incomparable and such fun to make.






Ok, this was just a quick show and tell. Thanks for visiting and here's to a happy start for the holidays!



Saturday, November 16, 2013

The Pumpkin Coach


Welcome to my blog! In my first post, I would like to share what I did for my nieces for autumn. I found this beautiful set from SVGCuts and I thought it would be a perfect theme for the season. I’ve always been intrigued by three-dimensional paper-craft and the cutting power of the Silhouette CAMEO® allows me to explore this area of crafting more easily. I have recently got this plotter – thank you, Sis! – and I am really excited to try out the many templates available out there. Given I have just started working on this new hobby, assembling and customizing this pumpkin coach box was a bit ambitious for me, but I loved doing it and I am pretty happy with the results. 

 Since I had my nieces in mind, I tried to keep it young, romantic, and a little “princessy”. Went with the glittery papers and a light palette. As I was constructing this, though, I made notes in my mind about what I would do for next time.  Would’ve like the door to actually open and would want the wheels to be mounted on axels so they could really work instead of just glued on.  It will take some planning and adjusting beforehand, but it will make for a new challenge the next time and won’t seem like I’m just doing the same thing over and over.

I have to admit, I didn’t get too creative with the decorations. It is not too different from what you see on SVGCuts , but it’s still a great project to do and had lots fun.   I filled the pumpkin with candy as it was during Halloween when I gave it to them. They seemed thrilled to get it, and pulled all the candy out immediately.  Hmmm, so was it the pumpkin or the candy that they were thrilled with?






You can use it also as a lantern!



When he edited these photos, Guido played a little with the filters to create the frosty-wintery look you can see below, and I think this could be a good inspiration to create a version of this craft for the Holiday Season!



See my link section on the right if you are interested in SVGCuts or Silhouette CAMEO®.