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

Yummy treats! Silhouette Challenges #38

Hello friends,

Thank you for visiting today!

I'm sharing some Lori Whitlock creations with you. Two of the files I purchased from the Silhouette Design store and the third file was a free download from Lori's May 2016 Blog Hop.
If you don't know already, from my previous posts (Easter, Christmas, Father's Day, etc..)  - I'm a BIG BIG fan of her work!!.

Today's project files are the: 3D Cupcake Box, 3D Scalloped Party Favor Box and 3 Flowers.

Lori Whitlock files from the Silhouette Design Store

I chose the paper from my stash and started cutting out the files. I decided to use the same paper for all the boxes and used both sides so that I had the same design but different colours. With the Cupcake Box insert and the flowers I used a plain green and plain dark pink.

I also alternated the flower petal colours and added a coloured enamel dot to finish it off. I altered the template viewing area slightly and added a frame to finish it off.

The little favour boxes can be filled with some yummy candy or any small treat really! One Ferrero Rocher (my favourite) will look really cute in this box. I might gift it to myself if I buy some ... lol! These boxes are small but can be resized if you need a bigger box. 

I hope you enjoyed my scrumptious project. Thank you for visiting me today!

Happy Crafting!

*Vicki*

Please head over to Silhouette Challenges and link up to our latest challenge!

Challenge #38

Starts June. 1, 2016

Ends June. 30, 2016

Click HERE to link up!

Project linked to:

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge Blog

2 Creative Chicks

Pink Castle treat!

Hi Friends,

Thank you for joining me today! I have a Castle treat box to share with you for my monthly inspiration over at Silhouette Challenges - Challenge #37 - Anything Goes!

I found this cute castle treat box over at the Silhouette Design Store by a designer called Studio Ilustrado who you can also find on Facebook. After choosing my cute glitter and dotty paper I cut and glued it together.

I filled it up with a few cute pink treats for a sweet, strong, little girl in my sons school who is going through a hard time with Epilepsy and I hope this would just take her mind off things even for a little while.

I wrapped it up and tied with a ribbon and added a watermelon card that I had left over from another project.

I hope you enjoyed my project. Thank you for visiting today!

Happy Crafting!

*Vicki*

Please head over to Silhouette Challenges and link up to our latest challenge!

Challenge #37

Starts May. 1, 2016

Ends May. 31, 2016

Click HERE to link up!

Project linked to:

Skip to my Lou - Made by you Monday
2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes
PDELinkyParty - Anything Goes
Sunny Day Crafting - Colourful or fruit 

Easter on my mind!

Hello again friends,

Today I am sharing a cute lollipop holder from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons called 'Stitched Heart Lollipop Holder ' - as you might know I'm a big fan and love their cute and gorgeous files. I changed the Love theme to Easter for this project.

I added a sweet little chick to the front of this holder - this Chick in Egg is from Miss Kate Cuttables (they offer a freebie file every day then it usually moves into the $0.50 section - still a bargain!!).

I used foam dots to raise the chick on the holder - I love him, he's super cute! What do you think? The paper I used had the yellow pattern on one side so looked plain when I added the lollipops and folded it so I cut out some Easter/Spring patterned paper and glued that to the inside.

I found these sweet little carrot and egg lollipops at the Dollar store and thought they'd be perfect for this little project - they just fitted in the holder :-)

These would be great for classroom treats or for Easter Egg Hunting street parties!

The glue I used for this project were my ATG gun and Tombow Multi liquid glue. I'm not a big fan of my ATG gun, I've tried it a few times but I think I've put it together incorrectly lol - can anyone suggest a tutorial for me!?!

Thank you for visiting today.

Happy Crafting!

*Vicki*

Winter is back!

Hi crafty friends,

So winter has returned, we were in the minus double celsius figures over the weekend and was sooooooo cold - today we have some beautiful snow and milder temperatures!

I recently posted a birdhouse made from a SVGCuts file and now I'm sharing an additional birdhouse that belongs in the same set ...

I used the same colours as my previous birdhouse - you can check that post out here!

Thank you for visiting!

Happy crafting!

*Vicki*

Linked to:

2 Creative Chicks - Showcase#7 Anything goes

PDE Linky Party - Anything goes

Spring is in the air ...!

Hi crafty friends,

We've had a very mild winter here in Toronto and on some days it actually felt like Spring! (but woke up this morning to snow ...lol).

Today I finished a little birdhouse from SVGCuts from the 'Spring Birdhouses SVG Kit' and love how it turned out. It's super cute!

I popped past Michaels the other day just to browse (ha ha) and bought some Bazzill 12x12 cardstock that was on sale for 29c a sheet and knew I had to use some of it for something Spring or Easter.

The pink flowers and feathered bird paper were already in my cardstock stash and thought they would work well together with the embossed dotty 'sandbox' colour.

I added some green and some glossy sugar dots to finish off the birdhouse. This will look great as a gift with some tissue paper and some candies enclosed.

Thank you for visiting today!

Happy crafting,

*Vicki*

Linked to:

2 Creative Chicks - Showcase#7 Anything goes

PDE Linky Party - Anything goes

Super Hero Birthday Card!

Hi everyone,

I'm popping in today with a quick birthday card I put together. I lost the wifi link to my printer (after my puppy chewed through the internet cable ... !!) AND I just had to create something to print to test if my link was working again. I was getting frustrated as I had to keep borrowing the usb cable from my Silhouette Cameo every time I wanted to print something. I'm so glad it's working properly again!

I used the A2 Card bases 4 cutting files from PPPR. I cut the base on plain dark brown cardstock and used the standard patterns from my Silhouette program which I then colourized to match my super cute Super Hero Girl. I purchased her a while ago from a fab Etsy owner. I made a copy of the Super Hero Girl and stuck her on top of the patterned cardstock for a 3D effect.

I hope you enjoyed my quick post!

Happy Crafting and see you again soon.

*Vicki*

Linked: 

PDE Linky Party - Ch 103 - Anything Goes

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes

Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons - Monthly Challenge 

DLArt - December Linky Challenge

Summer coming to an end!

Hello friends!

I've been a bit quiet this end ... it's Summer time and so much has been going on! My son is on school break and goes back next week, we went away to visit dazzling NYC, and, on our return we picked up our new puppy ... I've hardly had any time to 'stop and smell the roses'.

I did however squeeze in some time to create this cute monster by SandyPie Creations over at Scrap Orchard.

How cute is this 'little madam'!? I hope you like her. I downloaded the 3d cutting file and decided to make this monster a pretty girl monster by adding a bit of pink.

Thanks for visiting!

I'm itching to get back into my craft room SO look out for me on the 8th for my DT post over at Silhouette Challenges - #29 Anything Goes!

Happy Crafting,
*Vicki*

Gift bags and tags!

Hello everyone!

Today I've been trying to clean up some files on my computer and I found these free files (except the handbag file - that is from the Silhouette Store) ... so I decided to try them out ... by Shery K Designs.

I chose some paper from my 'small' (;-)) stash and prepared for cutting. Before sending to cut I noticed my page had some space so I quickly drew some tags to have on hand for future use (why waste pretty paper!).

I love the butterfly ones the best ... what do you think?
See you soon ~ Happy crafting ~ *Vicki*

Link: 
Silhouette Challenges - Anything Goes
Decorate to Celebrate!
Skip to my Lou