Keepin' Cozy Petal Book by Cathy

Hi Samantha Walker Fans!  Cathy here with you today sharing Samantha's Petal Book!  It's so easy to create and it will make the perfect mini for all of your winter photos.  I used Samantha's Echo Park Keepin' Cozy 6x6 paper pad and stickers for my petal book!

I enlarged the book ( as you can see in the screen shot) so that each of my pages were a little over 3 inches wide across the circle part of each page.  That way I knew I could add some fun 3x3 photos of our winter outings!  

Just cut all ten pages, layer and punch a whole to add a binding ring!  Then just decorate!  It's a mini you can but together in just a matter of minutes.  Gotta love that!

Here's a peek at some of the inside pages...I can't wait to fill them, I just ordered some photos this morning!

Click on the photo below to find this design in the Silhouette Online Store!

Thanks for joining us today at Samantha Walker!

New Years Eve Candy Wrappers by Christine

Are you looking for a last minute favor to add to your party tomorrow night?  How about some of Samantha's paper candy wrappers?  Today I am going to share with you the ones I created:

I used the Candy Box (#50803) and some gold cardstock to create these.  

The gold paper I had was 8 1/2 X 11" so I sized my box down to fit in that.  Otherwise you can make your candy boxes even bigger!

You can find Samantha's full tutorial for putting these together here.  Samantha used patterned paper on hers.  Since I used solid cardstock I added some 2015 stickers to mine!  I also filled mine up with 15 Hershey kisses - perfect to ring in 2015 with!  

Thanks for joining us today and Happy New Year!

Santa Snow Globe Card with Diana

Hi! Diana Fisher here with you today to share this Snow Globe Card with Santa Claus. I am sharing with you a different way to make the card than is featured on the example.  

I wanted to put the globe base on the inside of the card, making room for a "Merry Christmas" sentiment that I will be adding later on. 

When you download the card, here is what the studio file looks like.

I then separate the files based on what color card stock I will be cutting them out of. I had five colors on this one sheet. 

On this sheet I had the white pieces. 

This sheet was for backgrounds and the globe. 

To assemble my globe in the inside of the card, here is how I arranged that. You can see I still left room for Santa Claus to overlay the globe from the front instead of the globe coming up over Santa.

And here is the up close shot of Santa in the front of the globe. 

Remember, when working with a cut file, there are usually more than one way to arrange the pieces. Have some fun, play around with the pieces and see what you can come up with!

Leaf Bag Luminaries with Pinky!

 Hello again SW friends, 

It's Pinky today with a Fall Leaf Bag Luminary Tutorial. 

My autistic son is so scared of the dark, and lately we have had power outages 

in our area, so I decided to make him these little luminary bags to set

on his dresser when the power goes out. 

Inside they contain a battery operated flameless candle, completely 

safe and perfect to keep him feeling comforted. 

1. Using card stock and SW Bag: Fall Leaves file scale file down to

8.5X11 size, and cut file out using die cut machine. 

2. Before assembling boxes, spray lightly using Krylon gold paint. 

3. Assemble boxes and adhere side panel. 

 4. After assembling box (leaving bottom open) punch out some leaf shapes. 

5. Adhere leaves to front of boxes. 

6. Take wide ribbon and adhere to back as shown in final photos. 

7. Adhere leaf to cover any adhesive. 

8. Insert flameless tealight candle into bottom of bag. 

These would also make wonderful holiday table decor, or even

on your TV stand etc....they are so easy to make and pretty to boot!

  I hope you enjoyed this tutorial today, until next time- keep on creating!

Pinky Hobbs: Samantha Walker Creative Team

Sweet Shaker with Guest Designer Tonya!

Good Morning, Guest Designer Tonya here today to share with you a great shaker card using a Samantha Walker's Silhouette file!  I have been bitten by the Christmas bug and have been making Christmas cards for weeks and weeks already.  

Here is the file I am using:

When the file is opened, it is fit for a 12 x 12 sheet.  

My plan was to use the file as a printed background for a shaker card.  So I modified it.  

The first thing I did was ungroup the pieces.  I used the file color option in the software and colored the candy swirls red, since I was using a white card base.  Once colored I moved the swirls to fit on the 'wrapper'.

The swirls were not lined up the way I wanted.  To correct that, I highlighted the swirls and rotated them until they lined up with the red meeting the wrapper ends.  

I wanted the outline of the wrapper to be a charcoal tone.  To do this, I clicked the line color option and chose the correct level of gray tone.

 Since peppermint candy wrappers are clear, I chose a lighter gray so that they appeared to be slightly transparent on the background.  

Next I drew a rectangle and sized it to 4.25 x 5.5 inches.  This represented the base of my A2 size card.  

The cardstock I used was 8 1/2 x 11 inches.  To make things easier (visually), I changed the page settings to fit.   Also, to represent printing, I positioned the page in portrait. 

Next I moved the rectangle I drew to fit the bottom left corner of the page. 

 The peppermint candies were sized and replicated to fit my pattern.  

I intentionally left a bit of space between the candies in the upper center for a sentiment to be stamped.  

When using a cut file for a print design, it is very important to be sure you have the print lines selected.  

The option to do this is under the line style icon.  Since I did not want the rectangle to print as I only used it as a reference, I did not select those lines.  

When I had everything where I wanted it, I sent it to the printer.  I used my paper trimmer to cut the cardstock to 4.25 x 11 inches, then scored at 5.5 inches to created my card base. 

For the front of the shaker, I just used my reference rectangle and created a few offsets for the layers.  

I glued the two pieces together and added two layers of foam tape to create my shaker front. 

I used Doodlebug Designs Sequins to fill the shaker.  

(inside of card)

I added clear Wink of Stella to the white frame.  

Supplies:

Silhouette File

Peachy Keen Stamps

Papertrey Ink Cardstock

Papertrey Ink Cube

Foam Tape

Dooblebug Sequins

Wink of Stella Brush Pen

Printer

Home Decor Projects with Guest Designer Aimee Maddern

Aimee is back today with more Home Decor projects using Silhouette Cuts!

 

I have always wanted to be able to make my own vinyl decals. I just have always been a little bit afraid. So for this tutorial I bit my lip and went for it.

I found one of my favorite phrases from Samantha and decided this one would look great on a mirror. The best part about the vinyl is, you can change it out anytime you want! So if I decide I don’t like it anymore, or I want to change the décor in my home, it’s a easy as cutting it with my Silhouette Cameo!

I first found the phrase I wanted to use. In the Silhouette Program I made it to the size I wanted which is about 7.5 x 10.5 inches. The silhouette can cut up to 12 inches wide, and the vinyl comes 12 inches x 6 ft. So I am only limited on width for this project.

I then changed the setting on the machine it’s self to load media, and feed the machine my vinyl. I made sure I adjusted my setting in the program and also on my blade.

After the vinyl was cut I weeded out the negative space and placed my transfer sheet on top of the design, making sure the design stuck really well to the transfer paper.

 

I cleaned my mirror really well and lined my design up. I then peeled the vinyl backing of my “sticker’ and stuck it to the mirror. I rubbed over the sticker many times to make sure the vinyl stuck to the mirror, I then very carefully pulled the transfer paper up making sure the vinyl stuck to the mirror.

For Aimee's second project, she made this “when pigs fly” pillow!

 

I recently went to a baby shower and the theme was “when pigs fly”. Before making this pillow I was going through Samantha’s designs in the Silhouette store and came across this design and knew I needed to make something with it.

The pillowcase I used is from Ikea {$4} and measures 20x20 inches.

In the silhouette program I ungrouped the design and found “just” the pieces I was going to use, which were the simple pig and wings.

I then made the pig and wings almost 11.75 inches big. To keep the shapes the same scale, I pulled on the corner of the design The design was now way bigger than my cutting mat, so I copied and pasted the wings to a new “untitled” cutting mat. 

Before cutting my material, I cut the shapes from cardstock to see if I liked the size on the pillowcase, this also helped me see how much fabric and interfacing to cut.

Once I figured how much fabric and interfacing I needed I ironed the 2 together following manufactures directions.

I placed the fabric on my cutting mat and cut away. I cut the pink fabric first for the pig and the off white second for the wings {I cut a third wing from a plain off white fabric and adhered it to the wing on the pig body to help give the wing definition}.

After the fabric cut I carefully pulled it off the cutting mat and placed on to my pillowcase.

I then ironed the fabric to the pillowcase.

To see more of Aimee's work, be sure to stop by her blog: http://aimeesarmoire.typepad.com/

Turkey Place Settings by Nicole

Hey everyone, Nicole here on the blog today.  Now I know Halloween was yesterday, but as a crafter and mom I have learned I need to quickly change gears as soon as one holiday is over and stark preparing for the next.  This year our little family decided to stay home for the holidays and I thought it would be fun to make these sweet little turkeys to decorate our table.

I started with Samantha's Turkey cupcake holder.

I cut the tail feathers from three different papers and inked the edges of each before assembling.  The names I cut using Samantha Walker's SW Perfect Susan Font from yellow cardstock.

A bit of packing tape secures the base.  .

I then assembled the rest of the turkey using all three pattern papers offset for the background tail feathers.  Once finished assembling I used a regular cupcake paper and glued it to the inside.  

The glued cupcake paper inside make for a pretty secure little treat holder.  I filled mine with yummy toasted pumpkin seeds.  We'll see if there is any left by the time Thanksgiving comes ;)

I know I'll be glad I prepared these early as the big day gets closer.  

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!