3D Scalloped Cake Box by Eva

Hi there, it's Eva today with a fun tutorial.  Samantha has so many fun treat box Silhouette cutting files that I decided to highlight one of them.  With June here, there are so many weddings, so I thought it would be fun to play with the 3D box scalloped cake and 3 flower sprig with butterfly cutting files.  Here is what I came up with.

I started by cutting out my flowers and I used white card stock for that, so I can paint my flowers with Luminarte Twinkling H2O's.

Once I painted them, I dried them.

I cut out my sliced cake using Samantha's newest Creative Imaginations paper, the Tea Party line.  Once I cut out the file I assembled it with Scor Pal tape.

I added some pretty lace to it and adorned my cake with the pretty flowers, and butterfly and added the Congratulations sentiment from Samantha's Unity stamp set called Ornate Artisan Stackers.

Here is another view of my final project.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and perhaps it will entice you to create some party favors for a special occasion.

Wonderful Wednesday! May 30, 2012!

Welcome to another Wonderful Wednesday at Jessicasprague.com!

Today only, 

you can get the following digital kits 
50% off:

Digital Dies Birdhouses 

and
A to Z Borders and labels

Digital Dies Birdhouses - This kit contains 4 decorative birdhouse shaped boxes for use with digital die cutters. Each digital die comes in 3 different file formats for ease of use with most digital die cutters. There is a file that contains the dies in SVG, AIv8, and PNG file formats. These cute dies can be used as treat boxes, small gift boxes, or simply as Spring decorations. 

Project by Jessica Sprague Creative Team Member Heather Landry

Project by Jessica Sprague Creative Team Member Lorrie Nunemaker

A to Z Borders and labels - School is in session! It's time to scrap those school days memories, and make cards for your kids' teachers. This kit of borders and blank tag/frame accents is perfect for embellishing your school themed projects. Hybrid scrappers...look for coordinating products through Creative Imaginations.

Project by Jessica Sprague Creative Team Member  Savitri Wilder

Project by Jessica Sprague Creative Team Member Jenn McCabe

Hurry, the sale is only good on Wednesday 05/30!

New This Week! May 28, 2012!

Happy Monday!

New this week at the Jessicasprague.com digital kit store...

Digital Dies or Masks Fancy borders 1
This kit is the ultimate kit of versatility! If you want to mask borders on your digi layouts, or cut digital dies with your electronic cutting machines, then this set is for you! 10 elements, 4 different formats. Each element comes in AIv8, PNG, or SVG outlines. These file formats work with most cutting machines. There is one additional file that contains solid shape PNGs on transparent backgrounds for use as masks!

Also new this week at Samantha Walker's Silhouette die cut store! 

Cha Cha Swirl Alphabet

Each letter is designed uniquely for making it easy to "weld" letters together in a word with the Silhouette software. You can resize the letters, and mix and match upper and lower case for a jumbled fun effect!  Look for the entire alphabet in the Silhouette Store!

Please note, designs may not be up in the store at the beginning of the week, but they have been uploaded to the queue.  Watch for them as the queue rolls out the new designs! 

Operation Write Home Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Operation Write Home Blog Hop!

We are so happy that you are able to join us today for this wonderful event and hope you find lots of inspiration along the way!

  

...And of course it wouldn't be a Blog Hop without a fabulous prize to offer!  

We will be giving away a $30.00 voucher to the Silhouette Store to one lucky winner, courtesy of Plum District!  Just comment on this post to enter and for an extra entry, you can stop by our Facebook Page and tell us you hopped, just leave us a comment here letting us know you did! It's that easy!  

We will randomly select a winner and announce it on 

our Facebook Page on Monday, 5/28 

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Cards by Joscelyne Cutchens:

Supplies:

Samantha Walker's Kokeshi Dolls Paper from Creative Imaginations. Bazzill Kraft Cardstock, American Crafts White Textured Cardstock. Silhouette Die Cutter, Lobster 1.3 Font, Hero Arts Just Because... Stamp, Just Saying Hello Stamp. Just Rite Stamps (miss you). Versafine Black Ink.

Cards by Jamie Cripps:

Supplies:

Samantha Walker's Nautical Paper from Creative Imaginations, Recollection White Cardstock, May Arts Ribbon, Sticker Sentiments #51004 Love from SRM, We've Got Your Sticker Plus #54004, Sweet from SRM, Black Dual-Tip Pen from Creative Memories

Supplies:

Samantha Walker's Tea Party Paper and Stickers from Creative Imaginations, May Arts Ribbon, Lilac Baker's Twine from The Twinery, Wisteria Cat's Eye Chalk Ink, Clear Gradient Gems from Creative Charms

Supplies:

Samantha Walker's Tea Party Paper from Creative Imaginations, May Arts Ribbon, Extra Large Circle Squeeze Punch from Fiskars, Pearls from Creative Charms, Sticker from Creative Memories

Cards by Eva Dobilas:

Supplies:

Samantha Walker's Tea Party Paper from Creative Imaginations

Thanks so much for stopping by!  

Don't forget to comment for your chance to win the 

$30.00 voucher to the Silhouette Store !

3D Hexagon Flower Top Box Tutorial

Good Morning!  

Today we have a video tutorial for creating

 the 3D Hexagon Flower Top Box!

3D Hexagon Flower Top Box

...and be sure to stop back in tomorrow for the Operation Write Home Blog Hop!  The design team has some fabulous cards to share and we will be offering a fabulous prize to one of our lucky participants!

Happy Weekend!

Creative Team Spotlight with Pinky + Wonderful Wednesday! May 21, 2012

Pinky (Cristal) Hobbs is our spotlight this month!  
This is the second year that I have had the privilege to have Cristal on my team. I love the quirky mix and match style that is all her own. Her love of crafting is evident in that she is willing to try anything! She has even ventured into digital with ease! I love seeing what Cristal creates as there is always some element of surprise.  

Pinky is using the new Tea Party collection for her beautiful card!

What is your favorite technique?

I can honestly say I don't have a favorite technique, I love experimenting, peeling cardboard, misting, working with acrylic, you name it I will try it, if I like it you will see it pop up in many projects!

I do love making wall hangings though~

Where did you learn to design?

I am definitely not a pro for sure, I am just a mom who needed a release of creative energy and found a passion for making things from the heart. For me it's not about design but about the love you share with your

hands and heart

What influences your design choices?

Well I think that life dictates my design choices, if I am happy and it's a happy project it is light and fun, if I feel emotion it tends to be bold and a little wild.  Also alot of nature and fabric, I see a design or color I like and it directly goes into my mind as an emotion and I create from that point. If I see an iced over railroad track I think of my journey in life and my mind instantly goes to an emotion, then I work from that point on.

I began crafting to work through my life's emotions and struggles, so it kind of all comes from that point for me.

Who are your artsy inspirations? 
Well I just don't know. I was never really in the craft world until the last few years and did not know any names. I am sort of a wing it gal, but meeting the most kind people at CHA like Eva Dobalis, and Karen Maldonado have really shown me the amazingly kind side of crafting. I think Guiseppa inspires me because of her kindness, and the rest of the SW team because they are so supportive. It makes me more creative to see the kindness in crafting.

What do you enjoy besides crafting?

I love baking, my boys little league goodness, keeping score for the games, organizing parties, raising my chickens, making strawberry jam, all that good average country living mom stuff.

I really enjoy working with children who have survived abuse, and speaking at local schools.

I love sewing pillowcases with my boys for the hospital, anything that brings a smile and just spending time with the family. We love hosting BUNCO and pancake feeds at our home. It's all about the family and living every moment.

They also asked me for a story so I will share my standard most embarrassing craft moment:

When I started scrapbooking I did not know one person who scrapbooked, I crafted completely on my own and only knew 4 people online who did it. I had no clue there was so many crafters to be honest.

So these 4 gals kept talking about rubons....I read it on the screen every day and I swear I thought it was pronounced "Rueben" like the name.

Well I needed to check out these "Ruebens"...they sounded so fun so I went to Michaels and asked where in the world were the scrapbook "Ruebens". The store attendant looked at me like I was a nut job!

She said "I don't think there is such a thing" I insisted that someone online told me about "Rueben" and I wanted to try them, they were made for scrapbooking. I left the store discouraged and decided that "Rueben" was not right for me, I didn't need them anyways, who cares....haha

A few months later I met some crafters in real life and decided to explain my dilemma...needless to say laughter erupted and I learned it was RUB-ON not "Rueben".

Be sure to visit  Pinky (Cristal) Hobbs to see more of her fabulous work!

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Today is also another Wonderful Wednesday at Jessicasprague.com

Today only, you can get the following digital kits 50% off:

Digital Dies 8 Egg Boxes 

and
Digital Dies Floralicious!

Digital Dies 8 Egg Boxes This kit contains 8 decorative egg shaped boxes for use with digital die cutters. Each digital die comes in 3 different file formats for ease of use with most digital die cutters. There is a separate file that contains the dies in SVG, AIv8, and PNG file formats. These cute dies can be used as treat boxes, small gift boxes, ornaments, Spring decorations, and more...just use your imagination!

Digital Dies Floralicious!  This kit contains a lovely collection of borders, leaves and flowers for use with digital die cutters. Each digital die comes in 3 different file formats for ease of use with most digital die cutters. There is a file that contains the dies in SVG, AIv8, and PNG file formats. These dies come as cut lines only, there are no print options for this kit. 

Project by Creative Team Member Guiseppa Gubler

Hurry, the sale is only good on Wednesday 5/23!

Bottle Box Tutorial

Good morning!  

Have you noticed that we have added a YouTube button to the sidebar of the blog and Facebook page?  Be sure to click HERE to subscribe so that you do not miss any of the upcoming tutorials! 

Today we have our first video up for these darling Bottle Boxes which can be found in the Silhouette Store:

These Digital Die Cut Bottle Boxes come in different styles!  

Just click on the box below to be taken over to the Silhouette Store:

3d curved short bottle box 3d curved bottle box 3d bottle box 3d short bottle box

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New This Week! May 21, 2012!

Happy Monday!

New this week at Samantha Walker's Silhouette die cut store! 

Please note, designs may not be up in the store at the beginning of the week, but they have been uploaded to the queue.  Watch for them as the queue rolls out the new designs!