SKETCH PEN ORGANIZATION TABS

Can you believe it is back to school time already?  Where has the summer gone?  I decided to do a quick and fun organization post today.  Whether you are cleaning up the house after the kids have gone back to school, organizing a classroom as a teacher, or even trying to get your kids a bit more organized for the school year, this project could be super useful!

A few years ago I decided to cut down on the DVD clutter and organize all of my DVD’s in a big binder.  It has been amazing, except when I am trying to find the movie I want to watch.  I have them all categorized but there is still a lot of searching to be done.  Then it hit me, why not try tabs!  I created my own with the Silhouette, adhesive cardstock, and sketch pens.  I love the way it turned out.  Now I want to put tabs on everything!

I made the inner flag by cutting the shape and then sizing it down a bit.  It was perfect!

Can’t you see how great this could be around the house or with school stuff?!!!  I love feeling more organized!  I once heard that organized people are just too lazy to look for things.  I agree with that!

How can the Silhouette help you get organized this fall?

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Shapes used:

• 5 Tabs
• SNF Marmalade font

PRODUCTS USED:

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CREATE EMBROIDERY PATTERNS WITH THE SILHOUETTE

Have you seen the embroidery designs in the Silhouette online store yet?  They are so fun!  I found this cute paper airplane and I had to use it!

I cut the design out of adhesive cardstock and stuck it on the shirt.  I used a blue colored pencil to mark all of the dots and then pulled off the cardstock. Ta-da you have a pattern!

Once you have the pattern you just have to embroider it.  I love finding different ways to use the Silhouette!  I love that it can make every project look more professional.  If you are into embroidery, you could also try using some of the rhinestone designs as well if you are just using it as a pattern on fabric, they probably wouldn’t work as well for embroidery on paper unless you size the design so the holes aren’t too big.  Play around with it and have fun!

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Shapes used:

• paper airplane embroidery

PRODUCTS USED:

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FABRIC INK TUTORIAL |CHALKBOARD INSPIRED SHIRT

I don’t know about you, but I love chalkboard things. So I decided to make a fun shirt design that looked like it had been written in chalk.  The white fabric ink on this black shirt worked perfectly!  I used the stencil vinyl to make this design.  Stencil vinyl is the better choice over stencil material if you have little floating pieces in your design.

This design was super easy, here’s what I did…

• Choose any designs you love from the Silhouette online store.
• Line them up in Silhouette studio the way you want them to appear  on the shirt.
• I always measure the shirt first to decide how big the overall design should be.  Then I draw a box that size to be my guide.
• Once I have the designs I want placed just so, I group them together and resize them to fit in my guide box, then delete the guide box.
• Cut the design out of stencil vinyl.  Make sure you have 1-2 inches of vinyl around your design to keep your project clean from stray fabric ink!
• Use the transfer paper than comes with the stencil vinyl to move the design to your shirt.

• I like to use a piece of cardstock between the layers in the shirt to keep the ink from leaking through.
• Apply the fabric ink and let dry.

• Iron the design when it is dry to set the ink.

Voila!  You have an awesome shirt to enjoy!

PS. Have you heard about the July specials? There are great deals on machine bundles, Silhouette Studio Designer Edition, and 30% off all of the fun & games shapes in the Silhouette online store through the end of the month! 

Happy shopping!

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Shapes used:

• special
• little girl

LAMP SHADE REFASHION USING SILHOUETTE VINYL

I have a fun older lamp shade that has some awesome dented character that I wanted to give a little love to.  I wanted something subtle, but exciting.  I decided to use a line from one of my favorite songs that always gets stuck in my head to dress up this shade.

I found a few of the words in the design store then used the SNF Infinity bold font to come up with the rest of it.  (Remember to weld your words if you do this).  Then I flipped the image horizontally so I could stick the vinyl inside the lamp shade.

I love that the design glows through when you have the lamp on and mostly disappears when it’s off.

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Shapes used:

SNF Infinity Bold Font

hello hey hi

darling

today

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FABRIC TIE ONSIE

I just love little boys in ties!  But who wants to have a real tie on a baby?  Not me.  Silhouette and sewable fabric interfacing to the rescue!  This little onsie went together so quickly and easily.  I didn’t even have to resize the shape.  It was the perfect size just the way it was (at least for a 0-3 month onsie).  The main piece of the tie measured almost 2 inches wide and 5 inches long.  I just used the solid tie and the knot piece, but you can get fancy with it if you want to!

I am giving this onsie to my friend who is having a baby boy.  I just had to make a cute little box for it to fit into.  I sized the box as big as I could to get it on a 12 x 12 paper.  The outer wrap was too long to fit on the paper, so I cut it with the knife tool and taped the pieces together afterwards.  Super cute!!!

Have you ever used sewable fabric interfacing to decorate onsies?

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Shapes used:

neck ties

3d wrap box

BUTTERFLY T-SHIRT

My daughter’s first birthday is coming up.  I am so excited to celebrate with her!  I wanted to make a fun shirt for her for her birthday.  I love the number shirts that everyone does, but I didn’t want to feel like it was dated before she grows out of it.  I love a good butterfly design so I decided to add some cute butterflies to her shirt.  I love to mix media when I can.  So I cut the butterflies out of smooth and flocked heat transfer material.  I love the contrast this can add, even if it is subtle.

Here are some before and during photos….

Have you ever mixed the smooth and flocked heat transfer material?  What did you make out of it?

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Shapes used:

assorted butterfly  shapes

Jamberry Nails!

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