flower wreaths

My sister has been very unwell after an operation so I wanted to cheer her up and the best way I can do that is to make her something pretty and glamourous and sparkly....So after having a think and a look around I remembered this from Krafting kelly http://findingtimetocreate.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/floral-wreath-with-paper-flowers.html and decided to give it a go. I intended when I cut the first pink roses for it to be autumnal with pinks oranges and reds but my hands went to blues and purples and well this is what I ended up with

Over the years I have collected many flower files and Im sure you have too so theres no need for me to say use this flower use that flower ...i will say use what you have and see what you get...
After making this wreath I realised I had over done it on the flower making department (you can make tons in one evening if you're  not careful!!) and I had enough for another one...so another it was

All I made for this one to finish it was the lighter yellow daisies all the other flowers are the same, but what a difference the lower tone made....

Thank you for looking
Love debby xx

my sd has a new user

My silhouette sd disappeared from her spot and magically reappeared next to hubby!! and he has been having fun with her...I gave him a lesson in how to use her and left him too it, but he says hes not a new user because he has watched me with her over the years...he used some card from my everyday stash and these are his first cards done all on his iwn (hes very proud of them and says he will make the christmas cards this year!!)

I think he did a good job xx but my best stash is under lock and key xx

thank you for looking love debby xx

Ive been playing for christmas

This month for the sil forum card challenge part of the challenge is christmas but not any old christmas card but I cant tell more than that for now...but obviously making christmas cards for the inspiration cards left me in the christmas card stash making mood....and this is what I came up with..

The flowers came from Craft Artist platinum and Daisy trail...it is easy to get the files into the silhouette software to do print and cuts with them...firstly open craft artist,. then choose blank project...then I tend to choose A4....after that choose your digikit...and open it...choose the elements that you would like to take into your sil software and place on the work space...goto file at the top left hand corner and goto export you can then export the page as a jpeg and save to your computer..you then have to find the jpeg on your pc and can then load it into your sil software. Once it is loaded into the sil go to trace and open that then do a trace (as yu would for a print and cut) but instead of clicking onto trace click onto trace and detach...do this seperately for every element on yur page...you can then remove the white background from the files and the bits left behind on the sheet you no longer need...you can then make a print and cut file as normal for your elements (Just remember though that all those elements will be in the one file and they wont be made as seperate files !!

I also found the lovely charm in CA and thought it would look nice on the wreath, then a simple doily from sil store finished it off nicely

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Love debby xx

Ligayas birthday card

I was trawling the net and found this card from http://ligayatg.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/photo-frame-birthday-card-for-lu.html  I love her blog !!

I thought it was a super card and it was inspiring to me!! Well a day or so later I was making the cards for the sil forum challenge and it came to me that I would like to make one for my mum...I then decided it would make her a nice christmas card and heres my take on Ligayas fabulous card!!

All that is left is to put the personal greeting on the heart shape, but I love this card and bow down to Ligaya!!

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Love debby xx

another wedding card again!!

Ive been very busy making cards for next months silhouette plus forums card challenge and Ive been having so much fun with glitters and cammie but I cant show them here yet until I have set the challlenge so a few more days and voila! all will be revealed...

In the mean time, with my daughter being so lax in telling me she wants cards made for an occasion I thought I had best start rebuilding my stack of cards and I started with a wedding one as I know one of her friends is getting married next month and I havent been asked for a card yet ....so ive got in early!!

I have made so many this year and I know an awful lot of the same people are at all the weddings so Ive made a different card for each....which after a while becomes very difficult to find inspiration...but I found this file on http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=203 and really liked it!!

Although the picture isnt too good because the sun was actually shining today! but i think you can just about see the picture ooops I had an accident and it blew onto the garden as you will see it needs a little tlc but heres the picture anyhows

The wording was done using the sketch in sil software, I loved the layers and cammie cut it beautifully. now to go try get the spot of mud off in the right hand corner, if it wont come off then flowers I think!!

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love debby xx

fun wall art

I have been having lots of fun with my cammie Ive been making cards for the september challenge over at http://s15.zetaboards.com/Silhouette_Plus/index/ the sil plus forum but I cant post them on here yet until Ive actually set the challenge for the members...no good giving anyone a sneak peak!! but lets just say Ive been having fun with glitter and flourishes lol

Inbetween making my samples Ive had some fun with my sil vinyl and my hallway now has a new fun look!!

I think I found this file in the sil store but Im not quite sure but I thought it was fun...I cut it . used my transfer tape to put the black on first and lined up the red as best I could and then stuck loads of stick people around the design just for fun!!

Thank you for looking
love debby xx

I learned something new today!!

Whilst trawling the net I leaned something new today that could be quite useful for my Cameo work...I often hear people say that they dont know what settings to use because the standard settings in the silhouette software is designed for the american market and the paper/card weights are in pounds whereas we in the uk use gsm weights and it can be confusing for the learner to judge the weights well fear not any more there is a very simple way to find the settings...here goes...

open your file in sil software, go to file at the top left of screen, go down to Preferences, and then go into measuements, and then change it to centimeters, that then changes the paper weights to gsm

easy peasy when you know how...and will take a lot of guess work out of the equasion!!

Thanks for looking
Love Debby xx