Saturday, January 25, 2014

Baby Shower Invites

Just stopping by to share some baby shower invites I was asked to do.  I made 100 of these. Took me about a week between choosing the design and trying to get supplies together.

 
You'll notice that not all the papers used were the same...unfortunately, the two Michael's stores that I visited were short on my selections so I had to improvise.  The colors used were brown, light blue and basic white card stock.  

Here's a close up:

I designed the whole thing on my Silhouette Cameo.  I used two different fonts - Apple Chancery and Gabriola with alternating sizes. The center shape is called "Frame" and it was already in my shape library.  I think it appeared in my shape library once I registered my Cameo.  

The crown is called "princess crown" and I used pop-dots to give it a little definition.  The entire card measured about 5x7.  I forgot to jot down the measurements.

Here's another close up of just the center piece:
The pictures are definitely not the best since I didn't have my camera and was forced to use my phone.

I'm going to link this up to the Silhouette Blog Weekly Challenge.  The challenge is about using your favorite font on a project.  Most of the entries are actual cutouts of fonts but what the heck, I'm still using my favorite fonts, so it kind of meets the requirement.

Thanks for stopping by....I'm hoping to be able to post more often....let's see how that works out.

Sending you crafting wishes,
Jeanette

Monday, January 13, 2014

Dusting off my Cameo

It's been ages but I finally put my Silhouette Cameo to work...

but since I'm not finished you'll just have to come back...

See you soon!
Jeanette

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

It's been awhile....

It's been a long while since I last posted....I've done a few things here and there but seems like I can never get a chance to use this old computer..someone else is always on it...I won't bore you with too many details but I will share pictures of what I've been doing with my time and my toys...

First up...I did 28 little graduates for the 8th grade bulletin board at work. The pictures are not the best, especially since I was rushing to finish these...for these I used the Cricut Teen Scene Cartridge



Next, these Mickey Mouse banners which I made for my grandson's first bday...





The banners were made using both my Cricut and my Cameo.  All the characters and mouse ears were from the Mickey and Friends cartridge and the letters was a Mickey Mouse font that I downloaded from DaFont.com and cut using the Cameo.  I love that I can download images and fonts to my computer and cut them with the cameo.

Other than those simple projects, I haven't done much. Although I've been itching to do some good old stamping and some cards.....

I am happy to say that I've welcomed a new grandson to the family and need to start some layouts soon before all these grandchildren leave for college....


Well this is all for now.  I'll try to come back with a project soon...

Thanks for stopping by...

Sending you crafting wishes,
Jeanette

Sunday, May 26, 2013

New toy....

Haven't posted a thing in ages...I've been super busy with work, school and family but with the summer vacation just around the corner, I'll be back to crafting soon...in the meantime, look what I got for Mother's Day....

I can't wait to play with my new cameo....
Tomorrow I'll be busy making graduation characters from the teen scene cartridge...looking forward to decorating the 8th grade bulletin board....I'll post some pics once it's up...

Thanks for stopping by..
Sending you crafting wishes!

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

8th grade Bulletin Board

Hello my crafty viewers...it's been ages since I've posted anything. Didn't intend on being silent for so long but I've been super busy with work, school and family obligations.  Busy is good I guess but I haven't had time to play with my cricut.

A few weeks ago, I decided to help the 8th grade class at work set up a bulletin board that parents could view as they waited for their turn on parent/teacher night.  The picture is of poor quality because I used my phone but it helps to give you an idea of what the bulletin board looked like.


The students decided to  name it Facebook. I cut the letters using the cricut craftroom basics.  All the fake iPods were cut using the Rock Princess cartridge.  I love the multitude of colors and it looks great hanging in the hallway.  On the iPods they wrote down their favorite song.

Well this is all for now and maybe during the Christmas break I'll have a chance to play around with my poor neglected machine.

Take care and thanks for stopping by!!

Sending you crafting wishes,
Jeanette