Sharing Tips & Tutorials for my Sewing, Embroidery & Silhouette Cameo creations!
I have been seeing on social media that many of you are receiving your new Cameo 4 machines – -or will be soon! This is very exciting!! I have been playing (testing) with mine for the past almost 2 weeks, & wanted to share with you some tips & tricks today that I have discovered! Hopefully this will help you get started! SOFTWARE: First, you MUST be running Silhouette Studio version 4.3 for the Cameo 4 to run. {Read More}
I don’t know about you – but I love a good sale! And I have to admit that I have spent a lot of time & energy in the past, stalking Amazon on Prime day to see if the things that I need (want) were actually on sale!! Sometimes I have even been known to buy things that I never thought about buying — just because they are on sale! (Yikes — hello FB Marketplace?) So today, instead of doing {Read More}
I am very excited to announce the very first of its kind — Silhouette Getaway Weekend! with me (Terri Johnson) and Mandy Graham of Sparkleberry Ink! This weekend is very different from the All Things Silhouette Conference, as it is much smaller & hands on with 7-8 Silhouette projects. Attendees will bring their laptop & Cameo- and have the opportunity to sit & create for the 3 days! It is a much smaller event, with only 100 {Read More}
Today is a “twofer” (as my Daddy used to say) – -which means you get 2 things for one blog post! I have a video to share with you how to work with Dingbat fonts in Silhouette Studio! I love Dingbat fonts & if you are purchasing these — they are a great value, as you get a whole bunch of designs in one font! You can use them whether or not you own Designer Edition — {Read More}
Happy Monday! So many of our valued partners are extending their Black Friday sales thru Cyber Monday — so I wanted to share a few of those with you! HEAT PRESS NATION – All of their Black Friday promotions are extended thru Cyber Monday — and there are a lot! You can see them all HERE – -but I wanted to highlight a few for you! This is a great deal on this awesome Heat Press. I have the {Read More}
Christmas is the season for giving, right?? So, when the folks at ProWorld asked me if I’d like to participate in a giveaway with other bloggers — of course the answer is yes! So, they are going to be giving away a Trans Pro Mini Heat Press – to one lucky winner — but more about that at the end of the blog! Today I want to share some tips & tricks with you for working with Strip Flock Heat Transfer {Read More}
Silhouette Cutting Blade – Melissa Viscount @ Silhouette School Silhouette Sketch Pen – Christine Schinagl @ Cutting for Business Mirror, Mirror on the HTV – Rachel Teodoro @ Rachel Teodoro Crazy Silhouette Craft Lady – Kimbo @ A Girl and a Glue Gun All Things Silhouette – Terri @ Terri Johnson Creates Read through to the bottom of this post to learn more about the $50 Giveaway from Expressions Vinyl! So when Melissa of Silhouette School asked me about participating in a {Read More}
I love celebrating Halloween with my grandsons! But because all of my guys are little, I don’t like things too scary. When I was asked to participate in the Pro World Halloween Challenge, I knew that this friendly Jack-O-Lantern design would be just the thing! The products from Siser NA that we were sent to work with are some of my favorite! — Both the Glow in the Dark HTV and the Black Glitter. But, with this file, the challenge {Read More}
Don’t know about you — but these Fall days seem to be flying by at warp speed! Hard to believe that Halloween is only 6 weeks away! But, when I saw these free Jack-0-Lantern files from Mandy Art Market, I knew exactly what I was going to do with them! These are so incredibly cute & come with 32 Mix & Match clip art files! The possibilities are endless! I’ve been hoarding an orange piece of StripFlock that was {Read More}
In my previous post on Siser Foil, I showed you how I used Siser Easyweed Foil to create a vintage train design. As of this writing, Siser only has Gold & Silver in this beautiful foil material. However, we always want more colors!! So today I am going to share with you a second method for adding additional colors of foil to fabric! This technique uses a product called Siser Easyweed Adhesive. It is a semi-clear milky colored product that acts {Read More}
Sewing & creating have always been my passion, since I was a young girl -- and how I've expressed & shared that has evolved over the years. This blog is just one more form of that expression! I hope you enjoy some of the tutorials, posts, tips & ideas that I share here! [Read More …]
