It's Been A While.......

 I've been MIA lately.  Without going into the details, life has been a little nuts lately.  Summer, family, work, etc. etc.   I know that is not a excuse, but that is what has been happening. 

One of the fun things I got to do lately was work with this fun digital scrapbook kit called Party Pants from Peppermint Creative.    I really love the fun colors in this set.  The balloons, the cake, presents....just so much fun party stuff.  

 

Here are a couple of hybrid crafts that I made with this kit and my Silhouette Cameo.  The first one is one of my favorite cards.  It is made with the balloons and the Celebration word art.

 

 

I made a card base 4 x 5 and enlarged the balloons to where they were "off" the sides of the card.  I also printed an extra copy and cut around some of the balloons and layered them to add dimension.  I used black twine and tied it around a few of the balloons.

 

Here is another card using the birthday cake.

 

 

One of my favorite things to do with my Cameo is Print and Cuts. 

For this print and cut, I cut out several extra pieces and adhered to the base of the card with pop dots

 to give dimension. 

 

And last but not least, is a cute little box that I made with the paper from the Party Pants kit.

 

 

Hope that these hybrid projects inspire you to take out your favorite digital kit and make something fun. 

 

Have a GREAT week!

♥, Tanya

 

It's Almost Here

Friday, yep it's almost here.  Work has been a little stressful these days, so I'm really looking forward to my weekend OFF!!  I'm ready to do some gardening and working on  my flower beds.  I'm ready for some COLOR!  I'm so tired of looking at all the dead brown colors.   That's what I really want to do, it's the plan, but we all know plans don't all work out!  Hoping it will this time!

Another thing I would like to do is to work on some crafting projects.  And in case you would like to do the same, I'm sharing some projects I've worked on this past week. 

Here they are, these cute little boxes that I made with my Silhouette Cameo and this adorable new kit in the Hello Collection Series....Hello Giggles from Peppermint Creative.

 

I love making gift boxes and with Graduation quickly approaching, I thought this would be perfect.

 

 

 

Aren't these papers from Peppermint Creative soooo stinkin' cute!?!  I absolutely love all the colors....so bright and cheery!!

 

 Here is a close up of the flower that I purchased from the Silhouette on-line store.  I used the color picker in Silhouette Studio Designer Edition to make sure the color matched exactly to the paper. 

 

 

The color picker is on the right side of your page.  You can pick a color out of the pallet or if you want the shade to really match, you can pick a color from your project you are working on.

 

 

 

To pick a color from your project, just click on the picker on the right and hover over the color you want from the project you are working on. 

 

 

 

Here is another made with the papers from the Hello: Giggles series!  These would be perfect for "Thank You's" at a wedding, bridal showers, birthdays and more.  I have a wedding invite in the making (one of my plans for this weekend)  I'll have pictures posted soon (If my plans don't fall through).

 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone has a GREAT and WONDERFUL weekend!!

 

 

 

Just A Little Catching Up Post!

Sorry, for not posting in a couple of weeks.  You know how the Holidays can be so hectic.  Well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.   I can't believe there is only ONE day left to 2013.  I just wanted to post some photos of things I made for Christmas...yes I know I'm a little (well...ALOT) late.  What's that saying?...."Better Late than NEVER"

 

 

 

 

I used the following sets from Peppermint Creative:

  Cozy Christmas elements and Cozy Christmas digital papers

The bag cutting file was purchased from the Silhouette online store.

 

 

 

 

This is a gift that I gave to a crafty friend of mine.  Anyone that has a Silhouette machine could use a new cartridge, right?  I nailed it, she loved it.

 

This cute tag was done with the following sets:

 

 

I used the gingerbread man that is not decorated.  It's not shown in the picture but it is listed in the kit details here.

 

The background paper is from the new Christmas set, Holiday Hodge Podge digital papers.

 

 

 

 

Close up of the tag.  I added these cute little red jingle bells that I got from Hobby Lobby.

 

 

This cute gift sack was made using those two sets state above.  I made his buttons using the peppermint from the same set.  The gift bag cut file is found at the Silhouette Online store.

 

I also made this really cute card.  I may use this for my card next year, since I didn't get one made this year. 

 

For this little gift box, I used the Candy Cane Christmas digital papers and the Candy Cane digital element pack.

 I got the little box cutting file from the Silhouette Online Store.  It's the perfect size for a nail polish

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made this gift box from a new Christmas from Peppermint Creative called Jolly Holiday. 

 

 

 

 

 

I made this floating ornament like the ones I posted earlier this month (find them here).  I used the apple from the Peppermint Creative set Little Learner.

 

 

 

 

There ya have it. 

Now it's time to scrap all those great Christmas photos so stop by Peppermint Creative to see all the Christmas sets used above and more.