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Box Cards Part Two – BUTTERFLIE...

November 20, 2017 Written by SusieL
Box Cards Part Two – BUTTERFLIES!!!
Several months ago, I showed you the first batch of box cards I made.  Box cards are greeting cards that fold flat for mailing, but open up to be multi dimensional.  Since I had such good luck with the first batch, I tried making another, more complex box card & here’s how they turned out.  Although I recorded this video over a mon [...]
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Silhouette Mint – make your own...

July 17, 2017 Written by SusieL
Silhouette Mint – make your own stamps!
The Silhouette Mint allows you to make stamps from your own artwork.  I’ve tried a few other tools that promised to do this, but failed miserably (in my experience.)  The Mint delivers on this promise, though! This isn’t the best example, but it’s the first stamp I made.  The original photo is on the left & the stamped [...]
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Using Cricut mats in the Silhouette C...

September 24, 2013 Written by SusieL
Using Cricut mats in the Silhouette Cameo
Although I’ve had my Cameo for a year now & the Cricut a bit longer, I’m still on a learning curve & often unsure about blade settings & such. One issue I’ve had with the Cameo is that I’ve now ruined at least three new or nearly new mats because the Cameo cut right through them. I’ve tried to continu [...]
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Going Away Card for Juanita

August 27, 2013 Written by SusieL
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This was a going away card for a gal who worked with my husband for many years. Her name is cut with the Cricut Lyrical Letters cartridge. The butterfly was cut on the Silhouette Cameo, using a cut from SilhouetteOnline. The cattails on the inside were cut on the Cricut using the Art Nouveau cartridge. The font is JasmineUPC. To create the [...]
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Mother’s birthday luncheon 2013

July 23, 2013 Written by SusieL
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Since my mother passed away in April 2012, I’ve decided to remember her birthday each year by having a girls luncheon. It keeps me from being sad on that day & is always a lot of fun. One of the things I most enjoy about my girls luncheon is I get to do it up all girly. I use my wedding china, crystal & silver. Sometimes I n [...]
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Un-FROG-ettable Birthday card (with D...

February 4, 2013 Written by SusieL
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I made this card for my good friend, Jeannie. One frog & lily pad was cut on the Cricut (Create A Critter cartridge). The second frog & lily pad were cut on the Silhouette Cameo: The Cricut lily pad was then embossed with the Sizzix Damask folder. For the Silhouette f [...]
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