Halloween treats!

Hi Friends,

I've been so busy at home and haven't been able to post for a while but I found some time to share a quick 'Halloween treats' post with you today that I made for my son's class!

For the kids treats I used a spider and bat image from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons and a cauldron, and owl from Miss Kate Cuttables. For the teachers treat I used this file from the Silhouette Design Store which is a Lori Whitlock file and the monster title from Miss Kate Cuttables.

I also made some paper clips using jumbo clips in orange and purple and added some dotted ribbon.

I added a Halloween marshmallow chocolate bar into the envelope and sealed it with a print and cut sticker. The sticker paper I used was a very thin one from Staples.

To carry all these treats to school my son will be using his Halloween bag. I used printable transfer paper (for dark material ... seems to works better than the light version!) and used my heat press to adhere it to the bag. The image is from Studio Ilustrado and can be found in their store as well as the Silhouette Design store and is currently on SALE!

Thank you for visiting today.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

*Vicki*

New school year!

Hi friends,

I recently won (yay!) some cutting files from The Cutting Cafe and got to chose this gorgeous file called - pencil treat cup card. My son started a new school year and we're very excited for this year in Grade 4 and I decided to make this file as a hello card for his teacher.

I did not read the instruction sheet that accompanied the file so once I started cutting the card I realised that I should have increased the size as I originally wanted a standard card size.

But it actually turned out really cute at the smaller size (and I got to save some paperclips to use for another project!). I cut out two small apples from left over scrap cardstock and added them to the card with some foam dots.

The pencil treat cup card also comes with some sentiment sayings, the #2 and pencil scribbles.

I did watch the video that is on The Cutting Cafe website to see how to create the section to get the paperclips or treats in and out the card. This is such a fun idea!

Thank you for visiting today!

*Vicki*

Butterflies will fly!

Hello my crafty friends,

Today I'm sharing my latest creative team project for Studio Ilustrado. This file can be found in the Silhouette Design Store or on their website.

Butterflies Card - Studio Ilustrado

I chose my colours and patterned paper and worked on my two cards. I really loved this file as it had so much detail to cut on the butterflies as well as easy to put together.

On the blue card I decided to make the outer butterflies with vellum so you could still see the patterned paper underneath. For the pink card I kept the paper plain with the dots and added some Wink of Stella to give the card a little bit of sparkle, and added some green coloured pearls!

Please visit Studio Ilustrado for more of their great designs which include cut files, digital paper and a few freebies too!

Look for their new designs in the Silhouette Design Store:

Thank you for visiting today! 

Happy Crafting!

*Vicki*

Studio Ilustrado Social Media: SI Facebook; SI Instagram; SI Pinterest; SI Twitter

Exciting Design Team News!

Hello Friends,

Recently Bird from Birds SVGs put out a Design Team call and I am THRILLED to let you know that I am one of the lucky Designers to be chosen to join her team. You can meet the rest of the team up on Birds blog.

For my first project I used the following files from the Roses are Pink set. 

I decided to go with a gold, beige and brown colour palette and put my own touch to it.

I used rose patterned paper for the oval box and the 'leaves' of the card, a gold and clear acetate sheet for the card envelope and a mixture of patterned beige and brown paper for the rest of the designs. I added a bit of subtle 'bling' using some sparkly enamel dots.

And finally I was going to add some candy to the box but I ended up making some coconut sugar cookies and thought they'd be perfect to go in the box to give to my neighbour!

(We are enjoying the left over cookies too ... yum!)

I'm thinking this would be a great hostess gift for any occasion - so quick and easy to put together!

If you haven't already visited Birds site it's definitely worthwhile - she has created beautiful themed collections and also has some fabulous freebies too if you'd like to try before you buy. You can mix and match her files to suit your theme. 

Thank you for visiting today!

Happy Crafting!

*Vicki*

Birds Website, Birds Facebook, Birds Pinterest, Birds YouTube

Linked up to:

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - August

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes Challenge

Gift Card Holder - I made it!

Hello friends,

Yesterday I was looking for a gift card holder and couldn't find what I envisioned so I decided to make one for myself. I haven't designed 'properly' for a  L O N G  time as there are so many great designers and files in the design world already that it's easy to just purchase with a click!

I worked out the measurements I needed, bypassed my design program and just created it directly in the Silhouette Studio program.

My gift card holder has the outer cover, middle insert with cut outs and a sleeve to hold it closed. Depending on the paper I will also add a shaped cutout to the sleeve for added decoration - for this paper I didn't think I needed it as it has crazy zig zags :-)

I have a few tweaks to do with the insert cut outs but I'm really happy with the way it turned out and with the paper choice.

Thanks for visiting me!

See you again soon!

*Vicki*

Linked to:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - July 2016

Adventure scavenger hunt!

Hi Friends,

My son loves scavenger hunts - any size - any event! Every Summer we usually take advantage of the great weather and I create a hunt starting from the inside to the outside. This year my hands have been full with a cute but demanding puppy and I have not been organized - so yesterday I started with a cool little file from Birds SVGs. 

The file I used is called the Matchbox cutting file. It is such a great little file, cuts easily and once glued slides nicely into the cover. It can be used for any occasion - I see myself using it again for a treat box for Halloween and in a Christmas Advent display!

I chose my 'Adventure' paper and started writing out some of my clues - crack the code and follow the directions ... :-)

I will have these boxes inside so that my son can find these first and work out the next steps!

Thank you for visiting!

Happy Crafting!

*Vicki*

Linked to:
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Patterned paper - July 2016

Time for cake!

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I'm sharing a cute tiered cake gift card holder with you - a little while ago this file was a freebie of the week from the Silhouette Store by one of my favourite designers Lori Whitlock.

I was inspired and loved what Kathy from Lori's design team did with the file (so pretty and pink!) and decided to cut mine out.

I chose my pretty flower paper from my stash. The paper was double sided so I used the other side, the darker pink, for the trim and added some pink and white 'pearls'.

This is an example of what it looks like with a gift card attached - you just slide up the first tier of the 'cake' to retrieve the gift card.

Here is a closer view of my pretty paper and the pearls.

Thank you for visiting me today!

See you soon and happy crafting!

*Vicki*

Linked to: 

Cut it up challenges - Anything Goes #100

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Patterned paper - July 2016

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Bling

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Some Summer Fruit!

Hi Friends,

Today I'm sharing a card with you using the files from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons - I'm not a big card maker so every time I make one it's a challenge for me ... lol ... hopefully practice makes it 'better' for me! :-)

I used these two files from their collection of cutting files

I chose my card base and background colours, added my own caption 'you're berry berry special' and sent if off to print and cut to my Canon and my Silhouette Cameo. (Looking at it now I think I should have a comma between my two 'berry' words!!)

I decided to add some 'shine' to some of the stems and used my dimensional magic from Mod Podge.

I printed a separate basket of Strawberries and used some foam pieces to give it depth.

I hope you enjoyed my project, thank you for visiting today!

Happy Crafting

*Vicki*

Project linked to:

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons - PPPR linky party - July

'Gender reveal' treat boxes! - CT project!

Hello friends,

I'm here to show you some gorgeous 3D Zebra and Zebra print treat boxes. The files are from Studio Ilustrado and can be found here and here.

I chose the Cute Zebra 3D box and the Zebra print digital paper from their website and decided to make a few different coloured Zebras that can be used for any party!

I love purple so I decided to try one of the Zebras as a print and cut file and kept the rest white with different coloured hair/tail.

Once they were all cut out and put together I filled their bellies with popcorn and sprinkled some chocolate covered candy around!

The Zebra comes with lots of little pieces for the stripes and was easy to cut and put together., I even curled some of their hair and tails :-)

I hope you liked my cute 'gender reveal' treat boxes!

Studio Ilustrado is on Facebook and is very active with all their new creations:

https://www.facebook.com/StudioIlustrado

Visit Studio Ilustrado online at the Silhouette Store or their own website for more fabulous cutting files, digital paper and print and cut files.

Happy Crafting!

*Vicki*

June 2016 Blog Hop featuring Dreaming Tree SVG files!

BLOG HOP CONTEST CLOSED! WINNERS ANNOUNCED HERE:
MY BLOG WINNER AND GRAND PRIZE WINNER

Hello friends,

Welcome to the blog hop featuring Dreaming Tree SVG files! 

For this Blog Hop I am using Dreaming Tree's free 'Elegant Favour Box' file and decided to give it a casual Summer feel! That's the great thing about their files, you can create them in any style you like!

I cut the file out in various colours and matched the side panels with some fruit/farm cardstock and added a tag from the same card which I attached with a little peg/clip.

I added a small bird house and a fence box to complete my display. 

(These two files are from My Scrapchick.)

These favour boxes are a great size and fit perfectly on a standard 8.5 x 11 inch page. They can be filled with any yummy treat ... perhaps I'll 'make' some 'homemade' shortbread cookies and give them to my neighbours!

Download the file, and while you're there make sure you check out all the other fabulous files from Dreaming Tree. 

Visit my previous posts using Dreaming Tree files for further inspiration - Vegas style, St Paddy's Day, Valentine's Treat, and Halloween!

Please leave me a comment for a chance to win a $10.00 Dreaming Tree voucher. Remember to visit my fellow crafters participating in this blog and leave them a comment for another chance to win:

1. DezinesbyEm

2. Misfit Crafter

3. Just Yolie

4. A thing for paper

5. Izbzee

6. Oh so many crafts

7. Sweet Love Canada (me ... you are here)

8. The non crafty crafter

9. Scrappy Coyote

10. 2 Debs crafting

Sign up for free files, and the latest news from Dreaming Tree today!

Thank you for participating in the June Blog Hop Featuring Dreaming Tree SVG Files. To enter for your chance to receive a $10.00 Dreaming Tree Gift Certificate you must leave a comment. The more blogs you visit and comment on, the more chances you have to win! Contest runs from 06/10/2016 12:00 AM EST to 06/13/2016 11:59 PM EST. 1 winner will be awarded from each blog and 1 grand prize winner will be awarded based on all comments from all blogs. Winners will be posted by June 15, 2016. Please check back to see if you are a winner! 

Thank you for visiting and good luck!

*Vicki*