Have you seen the new kit from SVGCuts.com? It is awesome! Just in time for Spring, an Asian themed kit complete with a pagoda! Check out the new Spring Blossoms SVG Kit!
This kit is FREE with a purchase of $9.98 or more! You save $6.99!
I am in love with the pagoda and the lantern. In fact, I've already made both of them, but I'm only going to show the lantern today. Here's my version of it, which looks eerily similar (lol, yeah no creative license taken here!) to the one Mary from SVGCuts made.
I didn't use the same paper as Mary, since from what I've heard it's difficult to find. Of course, any excuse to buy more paper is fine with me!
This lantern is very simple, but I love the clean look of it and I can't wait to put it up on my mantle in the living room with a tea light this evening.
Here's another view.
I can't wait to show you the pagoda I made, so stop by again and in the meantime I'd love to know what you think of my lantern!
What will you make from the Spring Blossoms SVG Kit? Be sure to tell me in the comments!
Have a Crafty Day!
Items used:
Spring Blossoms SVG Kit
Silhouette Cameo
Make The Cut! software
DCWV Wind Butterfly from Far East Stack
Bazzill Basics cardstock
I'm an affiliate for SVGCuts.com and Make The Cut! because I LOVE them and you will too!
Birthdays. I'd like to forget them. But when you're only turning 15 like my son did a few weeks ago, it's okay to remember, in fact, you'd better! Son #2 loves music and plays piano, guitar and viola. Deciding what to make for him was a no brainer. SVGCuts.com has two kits which contain 3D musical instruments. One is called Thank You For the Music (piano), and the other is Vintage Valentines (guitar). At first I thought they'd be difficult to put together, but they were surprisingly easy. Mary at SVGCuts makes everything look easy in her assembly videos, and this time it was!
The only part I'm not satisfied with is the guitar "strings". I apparently didn't tighten the fishing line I used for them enough. It was too late to tighten them by the time I realized how loose they were. My son, however, could care less about the strings. You see, the cool part is both instruments are also boxes, and I had stuffed his favorite candy inside!
I also designed a card to go along with the piano and guitar, using a program called Popup Card Studio (PCS). This is an awesome, somewhat new program created by Andy, the same smart guy who created Make The Cut!(MTC). It was really easy to create this simple pop up card, and it eliminated the need for some tedious node editing in MTC. Of course I did cut the card with MTC after importing the card from PCS. Here's the front which is a frame that I welded a keyboard and musical notes to, along with my son's name.
The black portion of the musical notes on the bottom are printed because they were so tiny there was no way they could be cut. And yes, I did try! It was a free file from somewhere, don't know where so I can't give credit.
Now check out the inside.
This is the first card I made in PCS, so it's pretty basic. There is a learning curve to this program, and the place I get help is at susanbluerobot. She has tons of helpful videos that got me up and running. The cards that can be made in Popup Card Studio are amazing, so go check it out here. Once I get more familiar with PCS I hope to be making some wow factor cards to show off, but until then...
Here's what I used:
Silhouette Cameo
Make The Cut!*
Popup Card Studio
Thank You For the Music SVG Kit
Vintage Valentines SVG Kit
Musical Instruments and Symbols Cut It Set (keyboard on card)
LD Modern Slab (font)
Paper from Bazzill, Core'dinations, K&Company and The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby)
Have A Crafty Day!
*I'm an affiliate for Make The Cut! because I LOVE it!
One of my favorite things to do is use Silhouette Studio Designer Edition (SSDE) to apply textures to card bases and shapes. It's the only reason I decided to buy a Silhouette Cameo since I already had a cutting machine. So here's a card I made using an image and digital paper from Lettering Delights. It's very simple to create and if you don't want to go through the print and cut process it's easy enough to cut the card base on a paper trimmer.
For this card I created a 4.25x11 rectangle for the base. For a shape to apply the paper to I created another 4.25x5.5 rectangle. I made sure this rectangle was set to no cut since I only wanted to print the shape. I filled this shape with patterned paper from the Claus Applause paper pack and put it above the card base. I love doing this because it not only saves ink by leaving the back side of the card blank, but I think it looks more professional. I then created the smaller rectangle (3.925x.810) for the sentiment and colored it white and placed it above the card base. I selected the type tool and typed in Merry Christmas, sized and colored it. The brown frame was created by yet another rectangle 4x5.25 and sizing two smaller rectangles on the inside. To make the open space I went to Object, Modify, Subtract. This frame was cut twice and glued together to add a little dimension. Next I cut the tree in colored cardstock at the imported size which is 4". I wanted a little dimension for the tree so I made a .20 inset of the base layer and cut this from cereal box. If I had made the inset any larger it would have made the shape two pieces because of the narrow distance where the tree meets the star. I would have liked the inset shape a bit smaller, but you can hardly notice it and this method is much easier than using foam tape to pop it up. To cut the card base I did use the print and cut method because I just like doing it! There you have it, a very simple Christmas card! Thanks for looking, and don't forget to let me know what you think!
Items used for this card:
Silhouette Studio DE
Silhouette Cameo
Core'dinations Cardstock (green,blue green, red)
American Crafts Cardstock (white card base for printing)
Bazzill Cardstock(brown frame)
Claus Applause Cutset (on sale until 12/22/13)
Claus Applause Paper Pack (on sale until 12/22/13)
SNF Cheer Squad (font) (on sale for $1!)
(I am not an affiliate for LD or ScrapNFonts)
