Enter if you dare!

Hello my blogging friends! Today I'm guest designing over at the Scrapper's Delights Papercrafts blog.  Today's project is a door hang I created for my 14 year old niece who seems to be forever trying to get her 8 year old brother to stay out of her room.  Special thanks goes to Janice over at Scrapper's Delights Papercrafts blog for letting me play with one of her new digi stamp releases - this particular one is called the goth girl duo (she comes in two poses, I just used this particular one).   I also used elements from Janice's Spellbound kit (the broom, fence and the crow) to create a scene. 

I'm also entering this project in the following challenges:
1. OLLCB #105 - Ribbons or Twines or both
2. Bunny Zoe Challenge #24 - Anything Goes
3. Going Buggy - Things with Wings (my 2nd entry!)

I used the Silhouette Studio Designer's Edition to design this door hang, then cut all the pieces with my Cameo.  I LOVE that I can import images from other kits or stand alone digi stamps onto the Silhouette Studio and use the print and cut feature.  This is how I envisioned the door hang would look before I started cutting.

The background crackle print is actually one of the patterns I purchased from the Silhouette Store for 79 cents (again, if you have a subscription with the Silhouette Store it comes out much less than that).  Before you can cut any jpg or png format images with the Cameo using the print and cut feature, you would need to use the trace feature for the images (there are some tutorials on youtube).    The layers are stacked up on top of each other in the above screen shot and all you do is peel away and use your own paper when you're ready to cut.

And here are the layers after the Cameo was done cutting and after I colored in goth girl with some Prismacolor colored pencils.  The base of the door hang was an image from the Silhouette Store and is by Silhouette (with the circle omitted and instead I put two small circles for the ribbon to thread through), and the scroll image is by Sarah Bailey.  I used  Distresss Reinker in Dusty Concord to dye the seam binding ribbon.  I used the Matura MT Script Capitals font and then used the offset feature of the Silhouette Studio to create the shadows to cut the words "Enter if you dare!"

And here are some detailed pics of the assembled project.

We don't believe this will keep her brother out of her room for

good as we both know it's an empty threat ;) but it's a nice touch LOL!   I used
the Arial font to write the disclaimer. 

I pop-dotted the colored goth girl using some foam mounts

The top layers of the words "Enter if you dare!" were embossed

with one of Paper Lace II CB folders, then pop-dotted with foam mounts.

I hope you liked my project today for the Scrapper's Delights Blog and hope you can join in on the goth challenge.

Best Hubby and Kids!

Just had to share my excitement with y'all!  Yesterday my hubby bought me a wide format printer for Mother's Day that I have been wanting for a while.  My blogging friend Sabrina has been going on and on  ;p  about hers so naturally I went researching for wide format printers but this same brand and model she has keeps popping up as the best in its price range (should have just taken her word for it, would have saved me weeks of googling printers and the house would have been much cleaner!)  If you have been following my blog, you'll know that I have been dabbing into digital scrapbooking and have actually sent some to Costco to print some pages.  This printer is so going to make my scrapping easier and faster!  Now to hook up this baby and start printing some pages.

My hubby also bought some of these vinegar chips for me.  Last time I had massive cravings for sour things I was pregnant.  Hmmmm......

The Michaels GC was my kids' idea of course!  My hubby will NEVER admit to buying me a GC to "hell on earth" (as he so endearingly calls Michaels and Joann's, while I call them "the mothership") but will buy them for me anyways and say they were from the kids ;p. 

Thanks for letting me share - hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day!

Yet another teacher appreciation gift ;)

Hope everyone's having a wonderful Mother's Day!  My hubby's taking the kids out for a few hours this morning so I have some quiet time for myself - thanks honey!  I just realized I forgot to post this third (and last!) Teacher Appreciation gift I created for my kids' teachers.  I got these jumbo memo clips at the dollar store last week and wanted to jazz them up for the teachers.   

Here are the other two I made:

I used my go-to die cut machine nowadays, my Cameo.  I just love the ease of print and cut feature, as well as the ability to use the fonts already in my computer.  Plus I am able to adjust the shadows as wide or as thin as I want.  Here are some pics of the print and cut feature.  The prints on the cuts were ones I purchased from the Silhouette Store.  Really wished I had a wide format printer so I could utilize the full 12x12 mat :(  - are you listening, honey?! 

For added stability and durability, I added a bottom layer cut in acetate.  It's hard to see below because acetate is hard to photograph.

To adhere the signs to the jumbo memo clips, I used terrifically tacky tape (I tried hot-glueing them but they just came right off). 

To make it easy on me while designing, I used only the Forte font. 

Ok, the hubby and the kids are due back soon so off to spend the rest of Mother's Day in this (finally) beautiful day!  Have a fab day, everyone! 

Another Teacher Appreciation Gift

Hello again, my blogging friends!  Here's another teacher appreciation gift I whipped up for my kids' wonderful teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week.  The base of the boxes was an image from the Silhouette Store and is by Cali Arroyo, cut with the Cameo.  I am linking this project to the following challenges:  (1) Going Buggy [anything with wings], and (2) Scrapper's Delights [anything with flowers]. 

The boxes were roughly 2x2x2 and I was able to fit two in a 12x12 cutting mat.  I used a double-sided K & Company cardstock. 

After assembling the boxes, I created the layer for the 4 panels of each box in the Silhouette Studio by using the draw feature.  On one of the panels I wrote the sentiment "For my wonderful teacher" in Abbeyline font, flood-filled the font in pink ink and used the print and cut feature of the Cameo to cut. 

On the other three panels, I imported  .png files from images I purchased from Scrapper's Delights' kits (Morning Dew, One Fine Day and Bee Happy; I actually purchased these kits for my digital scrapbook pages but was so tickled to find out I can import the images onto the Cameo!  Sweet, right?!). 

Here are some close-up pics of the 4 panels of the box:

(the stick pin was handmade by me)

(the butterfly was pop-dotted via foam mounts)

And a top view of the box.  I was able to fit 6 of the Ghirardelli squares in each box. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Teacher Appreciation Gift

My kids' school calendar states that it's supposed to be Teacher Appreciation Week this week.  Now I don't think teachers get enough credit for what they do and some are certainly better than others.  But if it was up to me and when times allows, I'd certainly be giving some teachers little gifts of appreciation everyday (my Cameo and Cricuts would certainly be getting a good workout LOL!).  Yesterday I sent my kiddos to school with these boxes filled with mini York peppermint chocolates (I was able to fill each with 10). 

The box cut was an image purchased from the Silhouette Store for 99 cents (if you have a subscription plan with Silhouette it cerainly comes up to much less than that) and is by Samantha Walker.  The box is certainly daunting to assemble after it cut (cuts beautifully on the Cameo BTW) but the trick really is by making sure you crease at all the perforations (they're there for a reason, right?).  And use a strong adhesive (I used the terrifically tacky tape only in small places on the bottom of the box).

The Cameo cut this box beautifully using a double-sided and glittered, I might add, heavy K & Co cardstock, no multicut necessary.   I put strips of masking tape on the corners of the paper just for added assurance that the paper will not move on the mat while cutting. 

And here's a closeup of one of the boxes assembled.  All I did to pretty it up was add curling ribbons.

Until next time!  Hope you all have a wonderful day!

It's about time, lil' bro!

My youngest brother had been wanting to get his college degree for sometime but somewhere along the line, family happened and all the responsibilities that come with it.  But I'm so glad that he stuck with it and finally got his bachelors of science degree in electrical engineering last weekend.  Yey!  So proud of him!  I made this card especially for him.  The card was designed using images purchased from the Silhouette Store and designed on the Silhouette Studio, then cut with my Cameo.  This is also the first time I've used one of the wobblers I purchased from Peachy Keen Stamps a couple of months ago. 

The images from the SS store were:

(1) card base - (actually had butterfly in it originally but I took it out, then used offset feature for the lining) by Samantha Walker 
(2)  wavy pocket card - (used print and cut feature for the sentiment, Baskerville Old Face font flood-filled with black ink) by Sophie Gallo
(3) jumping grad silhouette - by SnapDragon Snippets LLC

Some SS screen shots:

I used Impact font for the sentiment on the inside of the card, flood-filled it with blue ink.

Peek at the inside of the card:

I inserted a giftcard for my lil' bro in the pocket.

It is so hard to snap a pic of the grad silhouette on the wobbler, so here's side view picture:

BTW, the sentiment "Oh yeah!" in the front was cut using the Arial font.  I used the offset feature on the SS to create the shadow.

 Thanks so much for stopping by once again.  "See" you all again very soon!

Outta This World!

Hello everyone!  This is Melody (aka Ry&MysMom on the Cricut MB and the Silhouette Plus Forum) from A Splash Here and There blog.  I am so excited because I can finally share with you all my good news - today is my first time posting at The Bug Bytes as a new DT member!  Thank you Pam for allowing me to share my projects with your readers.

Today's project is a birthday card I created for a friend's son who turned 10 years old yesterday.  His party was held at a laser tagging place so I thought that a space-themed card was fitting.  This card was 8.270 inches tall x 4.46 inches wide.  This whole project was designed using purchased images (pocket envelope by Sophie Gallo, astronaut by Sarah Bailey, and acme rocket by Looney Tunes)  from the Silhouette Studio (will be referring to it as SS from here on), and cut with my Cameo.  There are most likely similar cuts you can find to recreate this project using Cricut carts. 

I started out by fitting my envelope as big as I can on the 12 x 12 cutting mat. Then I sized the pieces of the acme rocket and the astronaut according to how big I can fit the card inside the envelope.  I duplicated the base of the rocket 2x to create the lining for the inside of the card.  On one of the linings, I wrote the sentiment "Have an outta this world day!" in Magneto font.  I flood-filled the font in blue ink, then used the print and cut feature of the SS for this lining.

I used the offset feature on the SS to create 2 shadows of the base of the rocket.  Then I welded these two shadows to create the base of the card, as seen below.

Once I had all the pieces of the card all planned out and cut, I was ready to assemble the pieces.

A little inking here and there, some embossing with the Swiss Dots CB folder, a few foam mounts for pop and depth, some irock gems and faux stitching with a while gel pen and it's done!  Below is a peek at the inside of the card:

Hope you enjoyed looking at my project as much as I enjoyed creating it.  Thank you again Pam for letting me share my project at The Bug Bytes today.  Until next time! 

~ Melody ~