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my creative eye skip to main skip to sidebar my creative eye this is my creative journey you never know what is next pages home a bit about me call me crafty tutorials and patterns sew sew thursday december 29 2011 lola s new sweater obviously the only blogging i do is during school holidays it has been awhile but i have been quite crafty this last week i have crocheted since i was a young girl but it was always the same thing zig zag bobbles or single crochet i didn t venture much beyond that with lola in dire need of a new sweater i decided to get a bit fancy for this little sweater i used six small granny square flowers and a bobble trim isn t she the cutest little princess posted by shelly at 10 57 am no comments tuesday june 7 2011 it s been a whirlwind i am so sorry that i have neglected my blog this past month but boy oh boy has life been crazy i have a ton to post over the next week so watch out my oldest graduates from high school tomorrow we have a new puppy and i am back in school i just keep reminding my self that this too will pass i am going to start off my blog postings this week with some fun pics the first pictures are of my graduate austin because i am me i took all of his graduation pictures i couldn t bear to give this special task to someone else we used several locations my favorite was pebble beach my son s the warehouse by the way the building is condemned but there were some great shots the warehouse pebble beach carmel the next pictures are of our new puppy lola she is a yorkie and is as cute as a button thanks for indulging this proud mommy next post crafty stuff posted by shelly at 11 03 am no comments saturday april 30 2011 can you stand it upcycle fever can clippies i am trying to get prepared for an upcycle fashion class that i am teaching at the santa catalina school this summer i started goofing around with objects in my recycling bin and came up with this lovely little diddy my 13 year old daughter was oohing and ahhhing over these cute can clips there are going to be a great project from my students and they are guarateed to turn heads with these clippies for this project i used my old sizzix instead of attempting it on my silhouette or knk since the knk can cut metal i will be giving it a try soon if you use your silhouette for cutting aluminum do so at your own risk i don t believe that it will have enough pressure to cut through it and it could damage your machine if you don t have access to a cutter just use a pair of tin snips or sharp scissors t get your shapes i created the tutorial below just in case anyone else wants to give it a whirl a few notes there can be sharp edges so use caution once cut and embossed the aluminum really isn t sharp at all but if you have a stray little piece of metal on the edge it can smart try using various colors of cans i came up with some great results with what i had lying around please comment below and let me know how your projects turned out customize your own slideshow design posted by shelly at 2 11 pm no comments monday april 25 2011 goodbye birthdays and hello grads freebie i am on the tail end of my spring birthday cards yahoo i will post a few more pics later in the week but this momma needed to switch it up a bit as a mother of a high school senior i know i can t believe it either i have nearly 1 million 1 graduation cards to make before june 8th while this might be a tiny exaggeration it sure feels like it there are days like today where i dream of my son being a loner sitting in the dark corner of the quad but i ll be damned he has more friends than this mamma could count i have tried to talk him into dumping a few before the big day but the stinker won t agree oh well i might as well keep the sweatshop open for a few more weeks today s card was truly a quickie you can download the entire card file and the individual argyle sketch background here and here or in the sidebar i must say my favorite part of this card is the argyle sketch background that i created you have to admit it is soooooo stinkin cute yet hipster cool i can t wait to put it on everything be warned there will be a bunch of argyle around here for quite awhile i would love to see pictures of what you come up with using this sketch file i will be offering additional freebie sketch files this week be sure to subscribe so that you don t miss out posted by shelly at 7 42 pm 2 comments wednesday april 20 2011 birthday card factory running at full tilt i am just about over birthday cards every year i tell my self that i will make a few a month so that when april and may hit i am ready good intentions but not reality so between carpool housework and dishes i got four more finished today here is a quick run down julie s peacock princess i love this card i usually go whimsical and leave the elegant for someone else but i have really been wanting to use this design the peacock came from lettering delights denim frills graphic set link in sidebar i created a cut file for my silhouette and got to cutting i backed the peacock with a square of acetate so that it appear that this delicate piece is supporting the whole card i have been having a lot of fun with acetate lately if you can t tell i actually didn t use annnnnyyyyy glitter today it was really quite miraculous i did however pull out the swarovski crystals the moraccan design in the background was purchased from silhouette design studio this is sure to get raves next up a little russ of sophistication this little card is for my brother russ i went with a simple stair step card with some fun embellishments i actually used the inside pieces of the moraccan cut out see card above to create the pattern on the front of the card the monogram is ld whale tail one of my favs and the name russ is sketched using ld cotton candy font to create a sketch file i simply opened up a new document in silhouette studio and typed in the words using the font that i wanted i then went to offset and did an internal offset i sketched the outer line using a rust color glitter gel pen and the internal offset using glitter black i purchased the gel pens and gel pen holders from amy chomas if you head over there be sure to tell her that i sent you you can download my free stair step card template here or check the sidebar arrow stair step card this birthday card is for my brother james this is a center panel stair step card download for free this card is even cuter in person i adapted my original center panel stair step template to make way for the j this step to for freakin ever it is probably the last time i will do it as it would ve been just as cute the simple way i used ld enquirer font for the monogram the sketch letters were purchased from silhouette studio all of the arrows were cut using the most amazing invention known to mankind scissors i just wanted them random and i was able to do it in the carpool lane so it worked perfectly lastly magnet birthday card my brother in law made a request this year so here it is it is actually very simple for me and i felt kind of guilty but this is what he wanted the frame set was purchased from silhouette design studio and the font is ld whale tail for the magnet i used a sheet that i purchased at beverly s crafts i chose not to use the silhouette magnet material as it is too thin for me because of the weight of the magnet though i had to haul out my knk to cut this part in the end it came out pretty cute the second photo shows the card panel that i put the magnet on so that we could write a note posted by shelly at 6 50 pm 1 comment tuesday april 19 2011 purchasing svgs vs graphics sets what works best with silhouette studio with the dollar daze sale at lettering delights coming to an end it is time to make those purchases in addition to offering fonts doodlebats and graphics they have recently began to carry svgs now for some svgs are great if you use scal or mtc they are a perfect addition to your cut library for silhouette users they are a bit trickier you can t cut an svg in silhouette design studio you have to first use a program like inkscape to convert them and then you can import them into sds you have to make sure that the layers are ungrouped and spread out individually all over the layout page then you procede to save as a new file type when you save as you select dxf and when prompted you should only have checked use lwpolyline type of line output or the file will cause sds to crash the problem is that more often than not when you import the file into sds and ungroup them to allow you to cut them seperately or modify them the individual parts are broken into lots of pieces for example if you open a flower file you might find that the flower which should be one piece is segmented into 3 seperate pieces this is why you have to seperate them and spread them over the layout page in inkscape before saving them at dxf files in short it is a pain in the _ _ s i have also used their pngs to make cut files i open the file in inkscape and then select it and run export to bitmap when the export window appears i select seperate by color apply and go back to the main screen i then ungroup them and select the colors that i want to cut this allows me to choose flat colors that will trace easier in sds i select the objects i want and then under the file tab i select export bitmap chose where i want it to go and then click export i can then open the new png file in sds and simply use the trace tool to acquire my cuts there is no regrouping of lines needed i have found that i personally can work more efficiently with the graphic files i am bummed because it would be so much easier just to open a cut file and go to work without all of the converting and exporting i hope especially with the cricut drama that lettering delights will consider offering the svgs as gsds as well it would make it so much easier for silhouette users until they do i am going to keep purchasing the graphics as they are less expensive and it takes just as long to get cut files ready this is just my two cents hugs and blessings shelly posted by shelly at 9 45 am 2 comments another day of birthday cards well to say that i am birthday ed out is an understatement i finished two more last night and still have 6 more to make and mail this week the only thing that i can figure is that my family members spend much of august indoors so one of the cards that was at the top of my list was my step dads this is the first card that i made for him when i started this card i thought o k i will put some flags on it and make a simple dude card fyi ld whale tail and typeset fonts i am not sure what happened in the process while i love the way it came out unless your step dad is liberace it is not going to work i have a glitter addiction that i struggle to keep under control obviously i need a recovery program this card is now for my sister julie so after my liberace moment i went in the opposite direction and went for a laugh i made this card using the eat drink and be hairy set from lettering delights the card came out perfect and i am sure my very hairy step dad will love it yes i did sneak some glitter on it i couldn t resist posted by shelly at 9 17 am no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom subscribe via email enter your email address delivered by feedburner patterns and tutorials argyle block argyle grad card right panel stair step card center panel stair step card 3d bow studio birthday calendar dividers studio poolside shorty shorts tea cozy pattern origami hoodie pattern origami hoodie instructions blog archive 2011 23 december 1 lola s new sweater june 1 april 12 march 9 2010 6 june 3 may 3 2009 4 january 4 2008 2 september 2 2007 31 october 2 july 1 march 1 february 10 january 17 join list previous next random powered by ringsurf my baby basset pictures i love www flick r com shellyhouse s photos i love photoset blog blog blog elliphantom knits eunny jang fig and plum 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