home decor with the silhouette portrait

Hi all, I found these heart shaped mdf coat hooks in a cheap and cheerful shop. They were cream with black writing on originally that said love they were £1 each so I got them with a view to giving them a revamp.  My son got a flat a few weeks ago and is living with his girlfriend so I thought it may be a nice personal gift if I made one each with there names on and one for guests.  He wanted them in reds and blacks so I made the decoration with black vinyl and just painted the bases in red acrylic paint. the bird cage design was 69p from the silhouette store and the lettering was a font I already had on my pc.  The flourishes were one of the free designs I got when I purchased the machine. I have to say I love this machine it doesn't just beat the cricut its not even in the same league can't wait to have a go at some other stuff like t shirt vinyl and glass etching watch this space more playing to come!!!

silhouette portrait my first completed project

hi everyone

I finally took the plunge a bought myself the silhouette portrait and wow am I glad I did. What a fab little machine it cuts like a dream. I went for the smaller machine so I could get some little extra bits to go with it. This is the first full project I have made and I have to say it was fairly easy the hardest bit is choosing what to use. I bought the flower frame from the silhouette store in the reduced section so it cost 33p. I pulled it to pieces a bit so I could mat and layer it up and created a outline for another matt. Using a front on my computer I created the word nan and and outline for that too.  Each flower around the frame has a pearl in the middle for added interest. The background was also done on the portrait using the white silhouette pen and then I added a little gem to the centre of each. The insert was also made using this excellent little machine. Its so good I decided to sell my cricut and grand calibur as just don't think I will use them anymore. Hope you like the card and why not give the silhouette a try you wont be disappointed xx

paper clips???

Hi crafters
This is the card I made for my sons 21st birthday this week. The image is a house mouse stamp that I coloured using my copics I choose the image as my son is a fan of the gym unlike his mum lol. The papers are from a paper pad that I bought and loved but wondered when I would use it as it is mainly pinks however every few pages there are grey tones so I used these.  I was at the caravan and short of my room full of stuff I needed so needed to use my brain a little more than I am use to lol. I needed  red card but didn't have any so cut the card to the sizes I wanted then coloured the edges with my red copics and ta da red card!! I used my cricut to cut the circle and the squares, the 21 and the word Chris. On the grey background I then stamped  with the words party time randomly to add alittle interest as it was looking a bit plain. All that was left to do was put it all together once I had stick and glued it into place I thought it looked a little plain in the top right hand corner and it was drawing my eye to it instead of the main focal point. Umm what to add though jems wouldn't be appreciated and as most my crafty stash was back home I was stumped then I sore a paper clip in the bottom of my crafty tool box so I fiddled about with which way to put them on until I was happy. Problem solved a bit of stamping on the inside for the insert and it was finished. Thanks for looking don't forget to follow my blog crafty hugs Karen xxx

sunbathing bunny!!!!!

hi crafty friends
this is a card I made for my sons girlfriend Becky's 18th birthday this week. It was a bit of a joke card as she turned a little red from the sun just a few days before even though she covered herself in suncream (she will be using a childs factor 30 from now on lol).  My youngest said I should have coloured the Joanna sheen stamped image of the rabbit in bright red to match Becky! The image was coloured using my lovely copics and the shape I stamped on was a spellbinder. The pink roses I bought but the large rose in the patterned paper was made using the flower shoppe cricut cartridge which I love. I love this cartridge so much its making me keep a cricut machine just to cut the flowers. I am going to treat myself to a silhouette cameo over the next few weeks so will be selling my grand calibur and dies as well as my expression and the cartridges. I can then just keep my cricut personnel cutter and a couple of my fav cartridges. Happy crafting please don't forget to follow my blog xx